Farrington Thoughts

Highlights: "We went to the book fair today." Sophie "Today in PE, we played Pin Guard." Camilla "We started multiplication in math." Alli " We had workplaces." Julia "Tonight, there are conferences." Demi "Today, we completed 26 and 27 in our math student book." Pratyush "Madison is our surfer of the week and she shared her poster." Nithya "We filled out our conference reflection sheet." Pranav "Today, we learned how to activate our prior knowledge." Natalia "We organized our books bins and what we need for daily five." Alyssa "We did our KWL chart." Ryan

Highlights: "We had our math test today." Ryan "In technology, we did a collaborative poster." Alli "We had our first day of social studies. We sorted states and continents." Isaac "We had a mystery read and it was Alli's mom." Demi "In daily five for technology time, we did read theory." Julia "In writing today, we learned about the story teller's voice." Sophie "We have a new student coming tomorrow." Wilson "We read chapter 12 in Fenway and Hattie." Emma

Highlights: "In health, we learned about differences." Julia "On Thursday, we are getting a new student." Brandon "During gym, we played a game fence." Pratyush "In music, we did a song from Africa." Alli "For math, we learned a new game called Anything but Five." Nithya "Today in the middle of daily five, we learned about the difference between reporting and storytelling." Emma

Highlights: "In gym, we played poison ball." Reid "Today, we did handwriting of the letters u and t." Emma "We tweeted Victoria Coe, the author of our read aloud." Pranav "We had book checkout today." Brandon "In media, we watched a video for the book fair that is coming up on Monday." Camilla "We were introduced to word work." Alli "Today, we got bookmarks from Victoria Coe." Jacob "In media, we learned about banned books." Sophie "In math, we did subtraction problems." Nithya "Today, we made our vocabulary taxonomy." Pratyush

Highlights: "In PE, we played a game called shrinking gym." Sophie "Today, we 'dolphined' our gym teacher." Brandon "We did read theory in daily five." Julia "In music, we played a game called rhythm telephone." Camilla "Today, we saw a video about empathy." Pratyush "We read a book called Corduroy." Demi "We did a survey on our favorite book and 'Sam and Dave dig a hole won'."Madison

Highlights: "We did cursive today." Wilson "In technology, we made technology posters." Pranav "We learned about an app called EPIC." Sophie "We did narrative writing today." Nithya "Today, we went over our math homework." Pratyush "We played 2 truths and one lie in our morning meeting." Ryan "We had a mystery reader and it was my mom." Julia

Highlights: "In gym, we played dots, lines and hoops in soccer." Alli "We learned how to play carrot grab in math." Julia "We practiced cursive." Pratyush "In music, we played an instrument called xylophon." Nithya "In music, we learned a new song." Camilla "In Daily Five, we learned about visualizing." Sophie "We had a fun time at recess." Reid "We learned about being assertive." Brandon "This morning, we did technology, which was read theory." Emma "We learned how to write small moment stories." Ryan

Highlights: "We had PJ day today." Sophie "We had our map test today." Ryan "Today, we reached our 1500 goal for the Fun Run." Madison "We had recess without the other 3rd grade classes." Pranav "We got to play soccer with Mr. Farrington." Eva "Today, at daily five, first we did read to self, then we did work on writing." Jacob "We did class interviews to find out more about our classmates." Julia "Mr. Farrington read us a new book called Fenway and Hattie." Demi

Highlights: "We did a subtraction table in math." Reid "In social studies, we learned about being responsible." Isaac "We wrote sentences about being responsible." Madison "We had writing and reading for daily five." Alyssa "Today in gym, we played hoop tag." Emma "We had tacos for lunch." Sophie "We did a math journal page." Julia "We learned something new in music. We learned the 1, 2 and 3 positions in music." Eva "In number corner, we did a survey of our favorite sport." Jacob Also we set up our reading response journals and we played spud. Mr. Farrington

Highlights from our day: "We learned a math game called Make the sum." Nithya "We did writing. We wrote stories." Ryan "We learned about the word mindful." Sophie "One of the lunch choices were pancakes." Brandon "Today, we played a new game called Spud." Emma "We also played the human knot." Pranav "Library and gym were our specialists." William "We read for 17 minutes today. We had a lot of fun today! " Julia "We got to check out books.: Jairus "We finished our math addition table." Alli

I am so excited to write my first post as a Third Grade Teacher! This year is going to be absolutely amazing and we are going to have so much FUN together. Our new school is great and it is going to be even better because of you! Have you been reading this summer? Are you looking to get a reading list started? Well, look no further, here is a reading list for you with popular books for 3rd graders. (Click here ) This school year, we are going to read so many books. We will even have a 40 book challenge. Do you think you can get to 40 books before Mr. Farrington? I can't wait to see. Visit our blog often because there will be lots of great stuff here for you! See you very soon!

Highlights: "Today, we practiced for the music program." Ezequiel "Today, in social studies, we learned about how people use vehicles in different places." Brooke "Today, we had daily five and one of the learning targets for that was I can use I and me in sentences correctly." Grace "We will get to wear our pajamas tomorrow for the program." Alivia "One of our learning targets was I can read and write words with the aw chunks." Sabrina

Highlights: "Today in science, we looked at our plants and the learning target for that was I can make observations of our brassica and rye seeds." Summer "Today in PE, we played tee ball." Calum "Today in Media, we found out that starting on Monday, we will only be able to choose one book." Max "Today, we had daily five and we read Roscoe Riley Rules #1." Grace "Today in writing, we did one more step of our opinion writing about first grade." Ava "Today, we had daily five and my favorite choice was T because I got to read stories." Benton

Highlights: "Today, we had social studies and we did a lot of pages. We learned about presidents and different holidays." Ava "Today, we had daily five and one of the learning targets was I can use my cafe strategies to help me read. Our teacher read a book to us called Roscoe Riley Rules: Never Glue your Friends to Chairs." Grace "Today was Joe's birthday and we had cupcakes." Calum "Today, we had writing and the learning target for that was I can write my opinion story from a thinking map." Summer "We had a great time at Farrington Bay!" Benton

Highlights: "Today, we had PE and we had our first kickball game." Ava "Today, we had math and the learning target for that I was can find the missing addend using different strategies." Grace "Today, Ms. Hatton came and we learned how to make stories more exciting." Max "Today, I shared a video and food from Somali." Sabrina

Highlights: "Today, we had daily five and one of our learning target was I can build background for our story of the week." Grace "In social studies, we learned that we share different cultures." Summer "We did Book Nook. We read Blizzard." Ezequiel "Today, Mr. Farrington changed our books in Raz kids." Ava "Today, we had daily five and my favorite choice was raz kids." Benton "Today, we had math and in math, we counted money to get ready for our math test." Emma

Highlights: "Today, we had art and we looked a cave on the smartboard. We read a book. We played I spy" Benton "We went to technology and we did some more scratch jr." Max "We had social studies and we talked about cultures. We drew pictures to show our family culture." Ava "In reading, we read Tippy Toe Chick Go and the learning target was I can identify characters, setting, and plot of a story." Summer

Highlights: "Today, we had science and the learning target for that was I can tell what has changed about my brassica plant." Summer "Today, we had math and we learned how to divide objects into halves, thirds, and fourths." Grace "Today, we had PE and we played team pin guard. We had our push up and flexibility tests." Benton "Today, we had media and we got some new books." Ava "In daily five, one of our learning targets was I can use my cafe strategies to help me read." Sabrina

Highlights: "We did music and we learned our songs again." Ezequiel "Today in math choice, we bought our snacks from the snack store." Gauri "Our buddies came to read with us." Max "Today, we had daily five and one of the learning targets was I can read and write words with the ou and ow sounds." Grace "Today, we built background for Tippy Toe Chick Go." Summer "Today, we went to computer lab. Instead of using our computers, we used iPads and we use Scratch Jr." Ava "Our plants grew a lot over the weekend." Calum

Highlights: "Today, we had Daily Five and one of the learning targets for that was I can use my Cafe strategies to help me read." Summer "Today, we had math and we did math boxes. The learning target was I can solve number stories using different strategies." Grace "Today, we practiced for a tornado." Max "One of our learning targets was I can identify antonym words." Sabrina

Highlights: "Today in science, we learned some things about plants." Ava "At Daily Five, we learned suffixes and a base word." Summer "Today, we had daily and one of our learning targets for daily five was I can read and write words with suffixes /ly/ and /ful/." Grace "Today in book nook, we read book called Cinderella's Rat." Raymond "Today, we learned how to count money with dollars." Gauri "Today, we went to the computer lab and we went to the spanish room. We played with Scratch Jr." Ezequiel

Highlights: "Today, we all got Trojan Pride tickets because we were doing an awesome job at writing." Ava "Today, we went to the computer lab and we had a substitute. We did programming." Max "Today, we did math and we learned about symmetry." Gauri "Today, we had daily five. We worked on our cafe strategies and compound words." Grace "Today, we had health and we learned about healthy foods to eat like vegetables." Summer  We had a FUN time at Farrington Bay!

Highlights: "Today, we had gym and we did some shooting with baskets." Max "Today, we had daily five and I am going to tell you a learning target for Daily Five. I can use my cafe strategies to help me read." Grace "We went to music and we heard a lot of new songs. We had a substitute." Ezequiel and Benton "We had health today and we drew a portrait of our families." Ava "Today, one of our learning targets was I can identify 3-d shapes." Sabrina "We had extra extra recess and I played a game with a lot of my friends." Emma

Highlights: "Today, we had a health lesson about being good characters." Summer "Today, we went to computer lab and we worked on our May calendar." Max "We learned about polygons." Ava "We did daily five and we learned about treasures at home." Gauri "Today, we had daily five and in daily five we build background about Peter's Chair. The learning target was I can describe treasures that we share at home." Grace "One of our learning targets was I can read and write my sight words." Sabrina "We had a great time at Farrington Bay!" Ezequiel

Highlights: "Today, we did a human knot because we are working on teamwork." Gauri "Today, in music, we watching a video about the choir singing at the Twins Game." William "We had surfer of the week and Raymond showed us his favorite things." Max "Today, we had daily five and one the learning targets was I can use my cafe strategies to help me read." Grace "Today, we had a visitor named Mrs. Hatton. We learned creative thinking." Ava "Today, we had computer lab and we did our pictures for our calendar." Benton "WE HAD A FUN TIME AT FARRINGTON BAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" SUMMER

Highlights: "Today, we had writing and we learned how to write an opinion story." Gauri "Today, we went to the computer lab and we worked on the days of the week and numbers for our May calendar." Summer "We went to art and we did a fish project." Max "Today, we made cards for Mrs. B since she is not feeling well." Ava "Today for Daily Five, our learning target was I can read and write words with the long i sound." William "Today, we did our math test." Emma We had a fun time at Farrington Bay!

Highlights: "Today, we had a visitor and we learned about deductive thinking." Ava "We went to the computer lab and we learned a new app called kuler." Max "Today in music, we learned new songs for our concert." William "Today, we did daily five and my favorite choice was read to self." Grace "Today, we had reading and the learning target was I can identify the author's purpose for writing the story." Summer "Today, we had extra recess and we played games!" Emma

Highlights: "Today, we had writing and we did our assessment." Gauri "We learned that there are 5 oceans and 7 continents in social studies." Summer "We had PE today and we practiced basketball." Benton "Today in art, we made a background for our turtles." William "Today, we had a surfer of the week and it was Ava. Ava's parents wrote a note to our class. Ava's mom and dad wrote two different notes." Emma "WE HAD A FUN TIME IN FARRINGTON BAY!!!!!!" AVA

Highlights: "Today, we had Social studies and we learned more about maps. We drew a map of our neighborhoods." Ava "Today, we went to the computer lab. We are still working on our May calendars." Max "Today, we had writing and we finished up our stories for our author celebration tomorrow." Grace "We had a brain break and it was in kids bop." Summer "Today, we had music and we sang two songs." Benton "Today, we had math. In math, we used our math reference books. We did a scavenger hunt with them." Emma "We did M.A.T.H. My favorite choice was T." Raymond "Today, we had daily five and we used our CAFE strategies to be fluently readers." Gauri

Highlights: "Today, we had PE and in PE, we did basketball and today, we could also shoot baskets." Grace "Today, it was Dr. Seuss's birthday and at snack, we read Dr. Seuss books." Brooke "Today for art, we colored our turtles and we colored in our sketched books." William "Today, we learned how to describe maps and globes and we found places of where we visited." Summer "Today, we had Daily Five and my favorite choice was read to someone because you get to read with somebody." Emma "Today, we learned how to change y to i at the end of words."

Highlights: "Today, we did a reading test and we had to read a book." Summer "Today, we had writing and we learned about how to fix errors in our story." Grace "Today, we had gym and music. In music, we played 3 games. In gym, we practiced dribbling." Emma "We did Social Studies and we learned about the directions: north, east, south, west." Max "We learned about our new sight words." Benton "We had daily five and we learned about the ea chunk." Gauri WE HAD A FUN TIME AT FARRINGTON BAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Highlights: "Today, we had PE. We practiced for the Fun Run. We had to write our shining star awards." Benton "Today, one of our learning targets was I can read and write words with the ai and ay chunks." Summer "Today, we had writing and our learning target for that was I can add 3 or more sentences to my teaching book." Grace "Today, we had a musical called Seussical. It was from all the Dr. Seuss books." Brooke "Today, we had MATH and I went with Mr. Farrington." Emma

Highlights: "Today, we went to computer lab and we put our number charts in seesaw." Ava "Today, we had buddies and we read books to them." Brooke "Today, we had writing and the learning target for that was I can write 3 or more sentences for each chapter." Grace "Today, for music, we read a book called 'The Star Spangle Banner." William "Today was 105th of school!" Max "We had daily five and we learned about the ai and ay chunks." Gauri

Highlights: "Today was the 100th day of school. We did projects and we went to different classrooms." Brooke "Today, we went to music and computer lab. In computer lab, we went to google earth. In music, we played xylophones." Summer "Today after snack, we watch a video about the 100th day of school." Ava "Today, we had book nook and Brooke's mom read to us." Gauri "We did a 100 piece puzzle for the 100th day of school." Max "In math, we rotated to different stations and some of the stations were coloring, math with someone, puzzles, and 100 math problems." Emma "On 100th day, of school we switch classrooms and it was really fun." Alivia

Highlights: "Today, we went to PE and played team pinguard with pillow hockey sticks." Summer "Today, we had math and it was very fun. We learned about the equivalent numbers." Ava "Today, we had writing and our learning target for that was I can write 3 sentences from a tree map.We wrote about Barack Obama." Grace "We had Daily Five and practiced our sight words." Gauri "We did writing and we finished our teaching books." Max "We did Social Studies and we made videos of us saying what we would do if we were a president." Emma

Highlights: "Today, we learned about Oprah and we read a book about her." Ava "We had PE. We did our pacer test and we played floor hockey." William "Today, we had writing and the learning target for that was I can use the editing checklist to check over my writing." Grace "Today, we went to art and we got to draw on different people's papers." Gauri "Today, we did book nook and we read a book about Skates." Max "One of our learning targets was I can count base 10 blocks." Benton