Our Class Community

This week as we began routines, procedures, and curriculum we integrated some community-building activities and lessons.  We learned about our own strengths and the strengths of others, especially at school. The students took a multiple intelligences survey to discover not how smart they are, but how they are smart. We also read the book "Enemy Pie", talking about friendship and how to take good care of each other in our class. Finally, we enjoyed a lesson on diversity. The students know that there are different cultures, families, religions, languages, talents, styles, and many other things at our school and in our class. These things make us unique as individuals, strong as a group, and are always to be respected.  We ended by watching a video clip and learning this song by Kira Willey:

What a fantastic first week we had together!

Welcome Back to School

We had a busy first day of third grade!  The students began learning a lot of the rules and procedures.  We read a book about the first day of school called, "First Day Jitters", that had a great surprise ending.  The children also completed a spelling assessment to determine their levels, some short addition drills, a place value lesson and game, self-portraits, and their first keyboarding lesson on the home row.  They did great!  Here are a few pictures from today:

Ms. Mallett's 3rd Grade Class 2011-2012

the boys:)

the girls:)