TISA 3rd Grade

This week, the students made comic strips to show what has happened so far in the book that we have been reading as a class, the Tale of Despereaux. So far in the story, the mouse hero has been sentenced to the dungeon for breaking the rules of good mouse behavior by falling in love with a princess. The students illustrated the story very creatively! In honor of Martin Luther King Day, which was on Monday, we talked in class about what our dream was for TISA, inspired by King's famous I Have a Dream speech. We discussed what we saw as problems here in school, and what we could do to try to change them. The students made posters and put them up in our hallway. I think Martin Luther King would be proud! In math this week, we learned about how to represent information graphically, using line plots and bar graphs. The students got to go around the room and ask one another what their favorite type of food was, then they inputted the data into a bar graph. 

We have had a great couple of weeks so far since coming back from Winter Break. Everybody has been eager to help out in the class with our daily classroom jobs. Take a look here at our dedicated chair stackers and board erasers. We have been doing some cool activities to help us grasp the concept of division, including my personal favorite, Herding Buffalo. In this game, the students pretend to be certain animals, and when the teacher calls out "Okay buffaloes, get into groups of 4," the students are able to see how many times 18 students can be divided into 4 groups, and whether there are any remainders.  We are continuing to use our creative skills to study the techniques of famous painters. Take a look at some of these fantastic and colorful versions of Matisse's "Fish Bowl." Many of our students are lucky enough to be participating in Ski Club every Wednesday. But those who aren't skiing are not missing out, because we are going to the ice-s