"Severe Weather" Poster Contest

For "Severe Weather Awareness Week," 3rd grade participated in their annual poster contest by creating their own posters telling people about several kinds of severe weather such as tornadoes, lightning, thunderstorms, flooding, and extreme cold/heat.  Then Mr. Ogle (our Art teacher) and Mrs. Dunham (our principal) judged the posters.  They chose the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners.  The winners were: 1st place- Clay Stoller, 2nd place- Stella Laukhuf, and 3rd place- Chloe Murphy.  

Clay's poster will be sent in to be judged by the Regional judges and possibly move on to the State level.  Good luck, Clay!  :)

I am super proud of all of the 3rd graders!  Come in and see all of their posters!  They are displayed on the first floor wall in between the girls' restroom and the cafeteria.  :)

"Biome GO!" Opinion Essays

To finish up with our "Biome GO!" project, we took the information that we learned about how animals used their special adaptations to survive in their biome and elevated it.  We wrote an opinion essay stating the following: "I think that by having the special power of _______________ my "Biome GO!" animal, the ______________________, would better survive in the (its biome).  Then they had to state three REALLY good reasons why and support each reason with very good examples. Next, they had to include a good conclusion to wrap it all up.  They also needed to organize this information into five separate paragraphs: introduction, first reason and examples, second reason and examples, third reason and examples, and conclusion.  Finally, they had to draw and color their animal in its biome showing that special power.  They had a lot of fun with this--although it was a bit of a challenge.  ;)  I am very proud of them.  :)  Below are their  projects:

My Self-Portrait: Similes and Metaphors

For our Figurative Language unit, we discussed the differences between similes and metaphors.  Then we wrote and typed our own similes and metaphors in a paragraph in order to describe our facial features.  Finally, we drew our "self-portraits" based on those similes and metaphors.  

Area = Length x Width

In Math, we have been working on finding the perimeter and area of a polygon.  We also just started a different Math curriculum.  It comes from the Owl Teacher on TPT.  The kiddos LOVE it!  It is full of fun ways to learn and games that make them get up and move instead of learning by just sitting and listening to us.  Below is one of the games that reinforces the idea that Area = Length x Width.  It also reinforces those multiplication facts that we have been so diligently working on all year.

Yummy Ice Cream?? Maybe not...

Last month, we worked on a figurative language unit.  It included learning the difference between literal and nonliteral language, idioms, similes, metaphors, personification, hyperboles, alliteration, and onomatopoeia.  

For the alliteration part, we used the letters in our names to come up with some "interesting" ice cream flavors.  Below are our "yummy" ice cream cones.  Beware- the pictures are deceiving.  You may want to read the flavors before you order any.  ;)

We warned you!!  The kids had fun coming up with these rather disgusting new ice cream flavors. :)