New Year – New Job – New Room

Boys and Girls, I am going to be Palmer Way’s Reading Language Arts Specialist! In other words, I am going to be in room D3 helping students learn to read better, faster, and in a fun way – like Mrs. Mazeau and Ms. Schaefer used to do. We also have a new principal this year, [...]

End of the Year

Chemical changes in matter, more cursive practice, multiplication tests, writing our memories to one another, and thank you notes is what we have planned for the next 5 days.
Oh my, It is almost the last day of school, Thursday, June 17! I can’t believe you boys and girls will be 4th graders so soon. Luckily [...]

New Science Topic – You choose!

Science – We have 4 weeks left in 3rd grade so we are going to study some science that we never got to. I’ve added some new links to the left to check out. Should we study water environments, the planets, or chemical changes in matter?
MATH: We are going to continue to practice our multiplication [...]

STAR testing

3 days of testing are almost finished. Find out all you need to know from the California Department of Education website. We didn’t start very well on Monday with the English Practice Test. Luckily, with some help from sucking Jolly Ranchers and chewing gum, we performed much better on the math. So far, Tuesday and [...]

Baskin Robbins 31 cent scoop night

Tonight from 5 to 10pm, Baskin Robbins is giving ice cream away for 31 cents! Go out tonight for a cheap treat! The fundraiser is going to benefit firefighters!
http://www.baskinrobbins.com/
CST (California State Testing) will take place on Tuesday, May 12, Wednesday, May 13, and Thursday, May 14. Do NOT miss any of those days! For the [...]

Spring Break

The break is almost over. I hope you are enjoying yourselves but don’t forget to come back on Monday, April 20. We are going to continue our Biography Reports. I’ll have a list of who you are studying as well as some links to visit for your report. Your goal should be to fill in [...]

Thank you Mrs. Wright

Dear Mrs. Wright,
We want to thank you so much for joining our classroom for the past 8 weeks. It’s been a pleasure to share every day with you. We’ve learned so much about the government and biomes because of you.
Thank you for the pizza, ice cream treats, Capri Suns, pens, and pencils! You [...]

Here is the Preposition Game you like

http://www.tcet.com/eaonline/FlashedESL/CatsMX.swf

Leprechaun Traps due Monday, March 16

Leprechaun traps – Have fun building them and be ready to write the directions on how to build the trap.

Science – Biomes, Habitats, and Adaptations

You are so excited about your science unit on the four major land Biomes! So far we have learned about the desert and the grasslands. Check out the cool videos and links to learn more.
see the sidebar on the left under Kids Science. Don’t forget both user and password for Brainpop is nationalsd
Parent conferences on [...]