Writing Conferences

Our 3rd grade class loves our Writers Workshop time! Right now we are working on writing Small Moment Stories. Students are writing about real events that have happened in their lives. Friday we met with our writing buddies to conference about one of our Small Moment Stories and to also highlight the "juicy" words used in our stories. This was a wonderful time for students to interact and learn through reading one another's writing.

Our Field Trip Around Amo

We had an exciting field trip last Friday. 3rd Graders took a walking field trip around our very own community, Amo, IN! Students have been learning about communities in Social Studies. Our West Best secretary, Mrs. Estes, was so generous, and took our class on a walking tour through the town. Here are some interesting facts about our town:

*Amo means "love" in Latin

*Our town of Amo is the only town/city with this name in the entire U.S.

*Our post office used to be a bank

*The library used to be a train station that ran from Greencastle into Indianapolis

All About Board

Our student of the week is featured on our "All About Board." The featured student fills out a paper that includes facts all about themself and they also bring in pictures to share with the class. Here, Jersee is sharing her board with our 3rd grade class!

Having some FUN on a FRIDAY!

Fridays mean....treasure box for those students who have stayed on their purple card all week. If students do not have to flip a card they have had spectacular behavior all week long! Here is a fun picture of some students and their new "glasses."

BABY Laptops!

Today we used out baby laptops for the first time. Students did a fantastic job remembering how to log in and navigate around their desktop. I was so proud of everyone. We are excited to be able to use the laptops daily in our classroom!

Oh...how we LOVE to write!

We have been working in our Writer's Notebooks the first week of school on creating lists, Quickwrites, Story Starters, and collecting Artifacts. Our 3rd grade class especially loved sharing all their special Artifacts (which are items that represent US!) they brought in. Our Writer's Notebooks are a place to collect all of our creative ideas for writing. So whenever a student says to Mrs. Egli, "I don't know what to write about...", she can have them turn to their Notebooks where they have thought of countless ideas!

Off We Go....

We have had a wonderful first week of school. Our 3rd grade class has formed our Class Constitution, started organizing and making lists in our Writer's Notebooks, and even have had Dr. Egli come visit our classroom several times! Dr. Egli has taught us a fun way to remember the steps of the Scientific Method :) It has been amazing to see the students' imaginations shine through during Writers Workshop time---it's one of my favorite parts of the day!