What does playing sports teach you about life? The Chat was very excited to interview PGA Pro Golfer Chase Wright. The kids learned alot about the attitude and perserverance needed to attain goals. A new episode of The Chat with Mrs. Burns's Third Grade is published each week! Subscribe to The Chat in Apple Podcasts (iOS) or via Audioboom (Android or other). Math: More multiplication and divisionOur first investigation of Unit 5 is understanding the relationship between multiplication and division. In these sessions, student will focus on:
Family letter (details concepts we will cover in this investigation) Writing in response to readingAs we move into writing in in response to reading, this week was a bootcamp of sorts. Students read several short texts, collectively making claims about the text and identifying evidence by underlining parts of the story. Students practiced writing 'flash drafts' in their writing journals. Next week, we will move into revision, working on writing an introduction, naming the title of the book, stating a strong claim, supporting the claim with evidence, and writing a conclusion. Character studiesWe are reading the book Because of Winn-Dixie, and working on making predictions based upon what we know about the character. Also, we are learning about plot by using the 'story mountain'. Students practiced identifying elements of the plot in their own reading by making their own story mountain.  Summer school is around the corner!It’s time to think about summer school! District 90's Summer School program will be in session from Monday, June 17th through Friday, July 12th, with no classes on July 4th. Students entering Kindergarten-4th grade will be at Willard Elementary and students entering 5th-8th grade will be at Roosevelt Middle School. Registration opened on Friday, March 1st at 12:00 p.m. and closes on April 18th. Click here for the brochure and to register. Next week is Spirit Week!Families, To celebrate the countdown to Spring Break, Lincoln will celebrate Spirit Week during the week of March 18-22. Here is a rundown of the fun week we have planned: Monday. March 18- Mixed up Monday- -Mix up your clothes, wear tacky colors, crazy socks, wear your clothes backwards or crazy hair! Tuesday, March 19- Top Hat Tuesday- -Wear your favorite hat to school! Wednesday, March 20- Favorite Team Wednesday- Everyone is invited to wear clothes to celebrate their favorite team. If you don't have a favorite team just wear red or a Lincoln School shirt! Thursday, March 21-Cozy-up and Read Day- -Wear your favorite pajamas, bring your favorite book and get ready too Drop Everything And Read several times throughout the day! Friday, March 22- Vacation Friday- -Celebrate the start of Spring Break by wearing your favorite vacation shirt and sunglasses! Upcoming events
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Third Grade Teacher Lincoln School 511 Park Avenue River Forest, Illinois 60305 burnsk@district90.org (708) 366 - 7340 x 8026 @MrsBurnsD90
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Chess with friendsWe are so happy to have our friend Max back from New York. He brought along his love of chess, and his parents were generous enough to donate a gorgeous set to our classroom, and the kids are already completely engrossed. Thank you so much to Max's parents!  What can kids do now to help lead a |
| Friday, March 15, 2019 Monday, March 25 - Friday, March 29, 2019 Monday, April 1, 2019 Tuesday, April 9 - 17, 2019 Friday, April 19, 2019 | Lincoln PTO Auction Spring Break Return to school Grade 3 IAR Testing NO SCHOOL- Good Friday |
Contact
Mrs. Karrin Burns
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
burnsk@district90.org
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
burnsk@district90.org
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90
Happy Valentine's Day!
A big THANK YOU to our room parents and volunteers who made our Valentine's Day Party so special.
The Chat with Mrs. Burns's Third Grade
The team from The Chat was wondering, how do books help spark your imagination? They spoke with Melissa Funfsinn, Children's Librarian at the River Forest Public Library to hear her thoughts.
A new episode of The Chat with Mrs. Burns's Third Grade will be published each Saturday! Subscribe to The Chat in Apple Podcasts (iOS) or via Audioboom (Android or other).
A new episode of The Chat with Mrs. Burns's Third Grade will be published each Saturday! Subscribe to The Chat in Apple Podcasts (iOS) or via Audioboom (Android or other).
Identifying character traits and motivations in biographies
As we wrap up our informational reading unit, students worked this week to identify character traits and motivations in biographies. It's important in Grade 3 that students use evidence from the text when discussing or writing about the text. Here is a good example of identifying character traits and motivations:
Presenting our persuasive speeches
We are also wrapping up our persuasive writing unit next week! Students did a great job presenting their work to the class. We still have a few students left to present next week. Please see your child's work on Seesaw! Here is the Opinion Writing checklist students used to check their work.
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Tetrominoes and finding area
We are moving from figuring perimeter to finding area. The kids are understanding this concept through hands-on work to start. Students found all possible arrangements of four squares, called tetrominoes, and use flips and turns to prove whether or not one shape is the same as another. They use tetrominoes to cover the area of a 10 by 8 grid. How many tetrominoes are needed to cover the grid?
Check out these resources below to learn more.
Bullying eBook
Our team creating an ebook to increase awareness about bullying is moving along nicely! They are working hard to research bullyng and prepare their book.
Simple machines: inclined plane
What is work, and how can humans make it easier? Simple machines, of course! The students built inclined planes and identified a way that an inclined can help humans do work.
Upcoming events
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Monday, February 18, 2019
Tuesday, February 19, 2019 Thursday, February 28, 2019 Friday, March 1, 2019 Monday, March 4, 2019 Monday, March 25 - Friday, March 29, 2019 Monday, April 1, 2019 |
President's Day- NO SCHOOL
Institute Day- NO SCHOOL Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences Parent/Teacher Conferences-NO SCHOOL Pulaski Day- NO SCHOOL Spring Break Return to school |
Contact
Mrs. Karrin Burns
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
burnsk@district90.org
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
burnsk@district90.org
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90
How can we keep our bodies healthy?
The App Dev team invited Ann Bath and Coach K from Orange Theory Oak Park to visit and answer some questions about exercise and healthy eating for Mood Monster's Wellness Workshop. The team found out the top exercises for kids to do, how long ids need to exercise each day, and some healthy foods for kids to eat.
Why do some people challenge themselves to achieve difficult goals, and others do not?
The Chat with Mrs. Burns's Third Grade was lucky to have a face-to-face discussion (via Google Hangouts) with adventurer James Ketchell. The episode is currently in post-production (we had a glitch, and I am trying to piece the podcast together), and will be released tomorrow.
Tune in to The Chat with Mrs. Burns's Third Grade every week on Apple Podcasts (or via Audioboom, if you don't have iOS). Make sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode!
Tune in to The Chat with Mrs. Burns's Third Grade every week on Apple Podcasts (or via Audioboom, if you don't have iOS). Make sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode!
Art appreciation with Mrs. Roginski
Students visted the 1980's to learn about artist Keith Haring, then created their own mural in his style.
Valentine's Party next Thursday, February 14
Our Valentine's Day Party will be Thursday, February 14 at 8:45AM. Much earlier than usual, but there will be a lot of traffic in school that day because of the Kindergarten Valentine's Concert later that morning. All parents are welcome to join us, if you'd like!
Kids will be able to hand out Valentines to each other that morning. We will make envelopes to collect them in school. If your child is handing out Valentines, there are 23 students in our clasroom: 13 boys and 10 girls. Please remember, if handing out Valentines, one must be brought for each child in the class. Also, no candy should be attached to the Valentines.
Kids will be able to hand out Valentines to each other that morning. We will make envelopes to collect them in school. If your child is handing out Valentines, there are 23 students in our clasroom: 13 boys and 10 girls. Please remember, if handing out Valentines, one must be brought for each child in the class. Also, no candy should be attached to the Valentines.
Getting ready to present a persuasive speech
The students are getting ready to present their first persuasive speech to the class next week. They've chosen a variety of ideas to champion, and are ready to convince: some students are writing about a sports figure that is the very best (in their opinion); some are writing about school rules that they want changed; some are writing about global topics. I am looking forward to hearing all the speeches!
Who am I?
We continue to work on the very important skill of summarizing. Kids had fun summarizing the biography they are reading in a short video clip. Can you guess the biographies Sophia and Charles are reading?
Investigating perimeter
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This week, students explored measurement, perimeter, and polygons. Students practiced using measurement tools, determining the perimeter of polygons, and finding a missing side length. Please see the short Math Words and Ideas video activities below to understand what how your child is learning these concepts.
Forces and interactions:
exploring simple machines
We had lots of fun at the DuPage Children's Museum exploring simple machines and much more. Students spent the day interacting with the hands-on exhibits and learning about simple machines from the museum staff. A very big THANK YOU to the family members who accompanied us to the museum!
Upcoming events
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Thursday, February 14, 2019
Monday, February 18, 2019 Tuesday, February 19, 2019 Thursday, February 28, 2019 Friday, March 1, 2019 Monday, March 4, 2019 Monday, March 25 - Friday, March 29, 2019 Monday, April 1, 2019 |
Valentine's Day
President's Day- NO SCHOOL Institute Day- NO SCHOOL Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences Parent/Teacher Conferences-NO SCHOOL Pulaski Day- NO SCHOOL Spring Break Return to school |
Contact
Mrs. Karrin Burns
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
burnsk@district90.org
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
burnsk@district90.org
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90
Valentine's Day Party
Our Valentine's Day Party will be Thursday, February 14 at 8:45AM. Much earlier than usual, but there will be a lot of traffic in school that day because of the Kindergarten Valentine's Concert later that morning. All parents are welcome to join us, if you'd like!
Kids will be able to hand out Valentines to each other that morning. We will make envelopes to collect them in school. If your child is handing out Valentines, there are 23 students in our clasroom: 13 boys and 10 girls. Please remember, if handing out Valentines, one must be brought for each child in the class. Also, no candy should be attached to the Valentines.
Kids will be able to hand out Valentines to each other that morning. We will make envelopes to collect them in school. If your child is handing out Valentines, there are 23 students in our clasroom: 13 boys and 10 girls. Please remember, if handing out Valentines, one must be brought for each child in the class. Also, no candy should be attached to the Valentines.
Field Trip next Wednesday, February 6!
Our field trip to the DuPage County Children's Museum is next Wednesday, February 6! We will leave Lincoln around 9:00AM and return around 2:00PM. Please make sure your child brings a disposable/recyclable NUT-FREE lunch and drink. We will be eating lunch at the museum. Thank you to our wonderful volunteers who will chaperone!
Simple Machines
On Monday, we will begin a unit on Forces and Interactions, During this unit, the students will build several simple machines and work together to solve problems involving forces and interactions. Our field trip will explore several of the machines and their uses.
Mathematics: Perimeter, Area, and Polygons
We will begin Unit 4 in our math program next week: Perimeter, Area, and Polygons. There are three investigations:
1. Linear measurement
Students develop their ability to use measurement tools to measure objects. They learn that perimeter is the distance around a 2-dimensional figure and measure the perimeter of various 2-D shapes.
2. Understanding and Finding Area
Students identify the amount of space a given object covers as its area, and develop an understanding that area is measured in square units. They discuss rectangles that have the same area and different perimeters, and the same perimeter and different areas.
3. Triangles and quadrilaterals
Students identify various attributes of shapes and learn that the number of sides identifies a shape as a triangle or a quadrilateral. They place quadrilaterals in different categories (square, rectangle, and rhombus) and discuss how those shapes may share attributes.
The kids did very well on Unit 3; please see your child's last assessment from that unit on Seesaw (posted this morning).
1. Linear measurement
Students develop their ability to use measurement tools to measure objects. They learn that perimeter is the distance around a 2-dimensional figure and measure the perimeter of various 2-D shapes.
2. Understanding and Finding Area
Students identify the amount of space a given object covers as its area, and develop an understanding that area is measured in square units. They discuss rectangles that have the same area and different perimeters, and the same perimeter and different areas.
3. Triangles and quadrilaterals
Students identify various attributes of shapes and learn that the number of sides identifies a shape as a triangle or a quadrilateral. They place quadrilaterals in different categories (square, rectangle, and rhombus) and discuss how those shapes may share attributes.
The kids did very well on Unit 3; please see your child's last assessment from that unit on Seesaw (posted this morning).
The Chat with Mrs. Burns's Third Grade
The Chat with Mrs. Burns's Third Grade will return next week with special guest, adventurer James Ketchell. We 'met' James last week during a Google Hangout for schools from Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants, and were so interested, we wanted to know more about his journey. James is the first and only person to have successfully climbed Mt. Everest, rowed across the Atlantic Ocean, and cycled 18,000 miles around the world. We are excited to talk to him!
App Dev: Mood Monster's Wellness Workshop
The App Dev team is busy learning to code with Swift Playgrounds, as well as planning the user interface and researching information to go into our app, Mood Monster's Wellness Workshop.
Next week, we have a special guest visiting our class from Orange Theory Fitness to discuss healthy exercise choices for kids so we can add them to our app. We are moving along nicely!
Next week, we have a special guest visiting our class from Orange Theory Fitness to discuss healthy exercise choices for kids so we can add them to our app. We are moving along nicely!
Writing our Bullying book:
researching and gathering information
The book publishing group is doing some excellent research to determine what bullying is and what kids can do to stand up against bullying. We plan to publish the book on Apple Books when it is finished.
Upcoming events
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Tuesday-Wednesday, Feruary 5-6, 2019
Thursday, February 14, 2019 Monday, February 18, 2019 Tuesday, February 19, 2019 Thursday, February 28, 2019 Friday, March 1, 2019 Monday, March 4, 2019 Monday, March 25 - Friday, March 29, 2019 Monday, April 1, 2019 |
3rd Grade Field Trips to DuPage Children's Museum- Simple Machines Lab
Valentine's Day President's Day- NO SCHOOL Institute Day- NO SCHOOL Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences Parent/Teacher Conferences-NO SCHOOL Pulaski Day- NO SCHOOL Spring Break Return to school |
Contact
Mrs. Karrin Burns
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
burnsk@district90.org
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
burnsk@district90.org
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90
Writer's workshop: persuasive writing
Students are learning to write a big, bold thesis, as well as reasons/examples/details that support it. This week, students worked on writing all they know about their opinion, then organizing into categories or subtopics. The kids are writing on a variety of topics they are passionate about, from our Presidents to having fun lunch every day. I must admit, they are very persuasive!
We love math!
The intensity and engagment this class has for mathematics is wonderful! Students are very creative in their ability to think deeply about numbers, and are building perserverance through problems that require long-term thinking. This week, Roosevelt's math specialist Nancy Mueller visited our class to share in presenting a challenging lesson.
In addition, we continue to work on finding the difference between distances and measurements. We will begin Unit 4 next week, and the focus will be on determining area and perimeter.
In addition, we continue to work on finding the difference between distances and measurements. We will begin Unit 4 next week, and the focus will be on determining area and perimeter.
Reader's workshop: reading narrative nonfiction
As we continue reading biographies, students are learning to read narrative non-fiction with different lenses (using reading strategies from both narrative and informational texts). Students also continued to practice summarizing with a partner and checked in with themselves regarding reading goals they set earlier in the unit.
Inquiry and exploration
Students in the three groups are working hard to produce a book on bullying, organizing next week's podcast, and planning our iOS app. During this process, students are working on developing leadership and communication skills, as well as learning how to collaborate.
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Native American Project Final Presentations
Students presented their final projects this week. This work will be shared on our Native Americans of the Great Lakes website, which is used by many schools across the country. After lots of discussion and feedback (both for the kids and for me), we thought of some ways to improve the way we work in the future. If you have any feedback to help us improve, we'd love to hear it, too.
The correlation between success and effort
A recurring conversation in our class is the correlation between success and effort. Giving students a voice and choice in what and how they learn is a one of my fundamental beliefs. Sometimes, it takes kids some time to understand that in this type of environment, they must learn to take ownership of their own learning. My goal for every year is to provide an environment where kids can work on this in a safe place. Building skills like autonomy, responsibility, resiliancy, and other executive functioning skills is imperitive.
To show an example of the correlation between success and effort, we were lucky enough to be a part of a Google Hangout with James Ketchell, seriel adventurer and explorer. From the Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants site:
"James is the first and only person to have rowed across the Atlantic Ocean, successfully summited Mount Everest and cycled 18,000 miles around the world. Seven years prior to this, he was recovering from a serious motorcycle accident that left him with broken legs as well as a severely broken and dislocated ankle. The prognosis was that he was likely to suffer a permanent walking impairment and would certainly not be able to continue the active physical lifestyle he had enjoyed up to that point. James has continued pushing boundaries and in 2015 attempted to row 4,000 miles across the Indian Ocean with his Epileptic rowing partner. Their aim was to prove that despite having Epilepsy or a disability there is no barrier to pursuing ones goals. James has raised tens of thousands of pounds for his chosen charities as he has climbed, rowed, and cycled his way around the world!"
To show an example of the correlation between success and effort, we were lucky enough to be a part of a Google Hangout with James Ketchell, seriel adventurer and explorer. From the Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants site:
"James is the first and only person to have rowed across the Atlantic Ocean, successfully summited Mount Everest and cycled 18,000 miles around the world. Seven years prior to this, he was recovering from a serious motorcycle accident that left him with broken legs as well as a severely broken and dislocated ankle. The prognosis was that he was likely to suffer a permanent walking impairment and would certainly not be able to continue the active physical lifestyle he had enjoyed up to that point. James has continued pushing boundaries and in 2015 attempted to row 4,000 miles across the Indian Ocean with his Epileptic rowing partner. Their aim was to prove that despite having Epilepsy or a disability there is no barrier to pursuing ones goals. James has raised tens of thousands of pounds for his chosen charities as he has climbed, rowed, and cycled his way around the world!"
3rd Grade Field trip, DuPage Children's Museum:
Wednesday, February 6
We are going to the Simple Machines Learning Lab at the DuPage Children's Museum on Wednesday, February 6 from 9AM - 2PM. Students need to bring a nut-free, disposable or recyclable lunch. We'd love to bring 2 more chaperones! If you are interested, please email me.
Upcoming events
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Tuesday-Wednesday, Feruary 5-6, 2019
Thursday, February 14, 2019 Monday, February 18, 2019 Tuesday, February 19, 2019 Thursday, February 28, 2019 Friday, March 1, 2019 Monday, March 4, 2019 |
3rd Grade Field Trips to DuPage Children's Museum- Simple Machines Lab
Valentine's Day President's Day- NO SCHOOL Institute Day- NO SCHOOL Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences Parent/Teacher Conferences-NO SCHOOL Pulaski Day- NO SCHOOL |
Contact
Mrs. Karrin Burns
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
burnsk@district90.org
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
burnsk@district90.org
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90
3rd Grade Field trip, DuPage Children's Museum:
Wednesday, February 6
We are going to the Simple Machines Learning Lab at the DuPage Children's Museum on Wednesday, February 6 from 9AM - 2PM. Students need to bring a nut-free, disposable or recyclable lunch. We'd love to bring four chaperones! If you are interested, please email me.
Native American Project
We've finally come to the end of this project! Students created, filmed, and edited their movies this week. Next week, individual tribes will present to the class to share what they learned. Here is a short preview from the Ottawa tribe...
Writer's workshop
After the kids learned to take an idea and develop a big, bold, thesis, they focused on knowing and speaking directly to their audience. It is important when using persuasive speech to anticipate the audience's concerns and answer them in the writing. The students were also busy setting goals for their writing in this unit. Please look at the Opinion Writing Checklist to learn more about what is expected from Grade 3 writers!
Reader's workshop: Biographies
Students are exploring different ways to read narrative nonfiction, especially biographies. We learned that biographies should be read using many of the same strategies as narrative texts: reader's should pay attention to the main character and his/her traits and motivations, as well as the problem and solution. In addition, readers must remember they are reading for information, which can be acquired through understanding the main idea and details. Finally, we continued to work on summarizing.
Reading nonfiction and practicing the skills listed above are all great ideas when doing reading with your child at home.
Reading nonfiction and practicing the skills listed above are all great ideas when doing reading with your child at home.
Math: Distance problems
This week's investigation focused on the following benchmarks:
- Determining intervals of time to the nearest minute
- Finding the difference between 2- and 3-digit numbers and 100(s)
- Using multiples of 100 as landmarks to solve subtraction problems
Upcoming events
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Monday, January 21, 2019
Tuesday-Wednesday, Feruary 5-6, 2019 Thursday, February 14, 2019 Monday, February 18, 2019 Tuesday, February 19, 2019 Thursday, February 28, 2019 Friday, March 1, 2019 Monday, March 4, 2019 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day- NO SCHOOL
3rd Grade Field Trips to DuPage Children's Museum- Simple Machines Lab Valentine's Day President's Day- NO SCHOOL Institute Day- NO SCHOOL Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences Parent/Teacher Conferences-NO SCHOOL Pulaski Day- NO SCHOOL |
Contact
Mrs. Karrin Burns
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
burnsk@district90.org
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
burnsk@district90.org
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90
Writer's workshop: Persuasive writing
Should all classrooms have the type of furniture we have in our classroom? The beginning of our persuasive writing unit began with the statement, 'We know every classroom in our school should have furniture like ours because it helps students learn.' Students were asked to do a quick-write speech with a partner to present the hows and whys of this argument. The objective of this unit is for the learners to feel confident developing an effective argument for or against something they believe in. Students will learn how to support their argument with reasons and anticipate counter-arguments.
Reader's workshop: Narrative non-fiction
What makes a great conversation? This week, we praticed having conversations around texts. Talking about reading is a good way to deepen comprehension, as well as practice conversational skills. Ask your child what he or she learned about having a good conversation through this activity.
As we move through our informational reading unit, we are beginning to explore narrative nonfiction, specifically biographies. We discussed the similarities between reading narrative nonfiction and fiction; as well as the differences between narrative and expository nonfiction.
Math: Distance Riddles and Travel Problems
using Addition and Subtraction
Our current Investigation explores addition and subtraction strategies. The main math ideas are adding and subtracting fluently, as well as understanding different types of addition and subtraction problems. We will be looking at and identifying addition and subtraction tasks within story problems and riddles. The focus will be building on number lines, with the goal being developing number sense and fluency.
I will be posting some resources for you to better understand what we are working on each week called 'Math Words and Ideas". For this Investigation, please take a look at these Math Words and Ideas so you can better understand what your kids are working on in school.
Subtraction Strategies: Adding Up and Subtracting Back
Tools to Represent Subtraction Problems
SubtractionStrategies: Subtracting One Number in Parts
I will be posting some resources for you to better understand what we are working on each week called 'Math Words and Ideas". For this Investigation, please take a look at these Math Words and Ideas so you can better understand what your kids are working on in school.
Subtraction Strategies: Adding Up and Subtracting Back
Tools to Represent Subtraction Problems
SubtractionStrategies: Subtracting One Number in Parts
Native American Project:
Showing what we learned
Students have gathered their research and are preparing a way to demonstrate what they've learned. Most teams have decided to make a movie, but one creative team is making a song. Work will be complete next week!
Problem-solving Team
As we near the mid-point of the school year, the students have an opportunity to change inquiry and exploration groups. Further, we added a third group to the mix: the Probem-solving Team. This team will work closely with me to identify and creatively solve problems we notice in our school or community. As with the Communications Team and App Development Team, the Problem-solving Team's work will be based on the Illinois Learning Standards (CCSS) (ELA, Mathematics, Social Studies, Science) as well as the Illinois Learning Standards for Social Emotional Learning.
Mood Monster's Wellness Workshop
The App Dev Team is busy doing research and creating a prototype for our iOS app. Our app will encourage kids to adopt a healthier lifestyle by giving nutrition, exercise, and wellness tips. Here is an example of one group's prototype.
The team is looking for professionals to give advice regarding nutrition, exercise, and wellness for kids between the ages of 6-12 years old. If you or someone you know is interested in helping this team with their research, please let me know!
The team is looking for professionals to give advice regarding nutrition, exercise, and wellness for kids between the ages of 6-12 years old. If you or someone you know is interested in helping this team with their research, please let me know!
The Chat with Mrs. Burns's Third Grade
The Chat with Mrs. Burns's Third Grade learned a lot about teamwork, responsibility, accountability, and how to think on their feet. This podcast is different than others the team has produced, but I think it might be the best.
Tune in to The Chat with Mrs. Burns's Third Grade every Friday. Click here to listen to and subscribe to The Chat via Apple Podcasts.
Click here to let us know what you think, and suggest guests and topics for upcoming shows.
Tune in to The Chat with Mrs. Burns's Third Grade every Friday. Click here to listen to and subscribe to The Chat via Apple Podcasts.
Click here to let us know what you think, and suggest guests and topics for upcoming shows.
Upcoming events
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Monday, January 21, 2019
Tuesday-Wednesday, Feruary 5-6, 2019 Thursday, February 14, 2019 Monday, February 18, 2019 Tuesday, February 19, 2019 Thursday, February 28, 2019 Friday, March 1, 2019 Monday, March 4, 2019 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day- NO SCHOOL
3rd Grade Field Trips to DuPage Children's Museum- Simple Machines Lab Valentine's Day President's Day- NO SCHOOL Institute Day- NO SCHOOL Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences Parent/Teacher Conferences-NO SCHOOL Pulaski Day- NO SCHOOL |
Contact
Mrs. Karrin Burns
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
burnsk@district90.org
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
burnsk@district90.org
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90
How can fake news change people's lives?
The Chat with Mrs. Burns's Third Grade was excited to welcome special guest Paris Schutz, politcal correspondent and host of WTTW's Chicago Tonight. Paris helped us understand how listening to and believing everything you hear is not necessarily a good thing.
Tune in to The Chat with Mrs. Burns's Third Grade every Friday. Click here to listen to and subscribe to The Chat via Apple Podcasts.
Click here to let us know what you think, and suggest guests and topics for upcoming shows.
Tune in to The Chat with Mrs. Burns's Third Grade every Friday. Click here to listen to and subscribe to The Chat via Apple Podcasts.
Click here to let us know what you think, and suggest guests and topics for upcoming shows.
Coming next week to
The Chat with Mrs. Burns's Third Grade:
Musician and artist Jon Langford
(Waco Brothers, The Mekons,
The Four Lost Souls)
We are so excited to welcome The Chat's biggest guest ever! This special podcast will be released on Monday, December 17. Tune in for our conversation with Jon Langford!
App Dev: testing what we've learned
The App Dev team was assessed on some of the coding concepts they've learned so far: commands, functions, and loops. Students first had a short quiz, then chose a robot to guide through an obstacle course using at least one function and one loop.
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Reader's workshop
We continued identifying main ideas and details in nonfiction texts this week by teaching a text to a partner. Also, we worked on the sometimes tricky strategy of cross-text synthesis, which is finding a common subtopic between two texts/sources and combining the ideas.
Please make sure your child is reading at least 30 minutes a night. Just a reminder: it is helpful for children to spend an equal (or nearly equal) time with fiction and nonfiction texts.
Please make sure your child is reading at least 30 minutes a night. Just a reminder: it is helpful for children to spend an equal (or nearly equal) time with fiction and nonfiction texts.
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Winter Concert and party
We will be celebrating winter with our holiday concert and classroom parties on December 21. The concert schedule is below. Our classroom party will take place immediately after the concert. All are welcome!
1st Grade- 9:45AM
2nd Grade- 10:30AM
3rd Grade -1:00PM
4th Grade -1:45PM
Dismissal 2:30PM
1st Grade- 9:45AM
2nd Grade- 10:30AM
3rd Grade -1:00PM
4th Grade -1:45PM
Dismissal 2:30PM
Native American Artwork
The students have worked hard with Mrs. Kozbur to create some wonderful works of art in the style of several Native American tribes. Please stop by the art room after the 3rd Grade Winter Concert to see the beautiful creations!
Math
Our work this week focused on addition and subtraction using numbers to 1000. Students worked to add and subtract numbers, find out the number of tens and hundreds in a number, and order numbers. Rounding to the nearest 10 or 100 was also visited. These were some of our focus points this week:
- Determining the number of 100s in the sum of 3-digit numbers (e.g., there are 6 hundreds in ???+???)
- Recognizing and representing the groups of 10s in 3-digit numbers (e.g., there are 27 tens in 276)
- Finding pairs of numbers that add to 100
Writer's workshop:
wrapping up informational writing
The kids published their final texts this week! Some published online via Pages, and some created a paper book. As soon as I make it through all of these great informational texts, I will send them home for you to enjoy! Here is a great example of an informational text from Neil.
Upcoming events
|
Friday, December 21, 2018
Friday, December 21, 2018 Monday, December 24, 2018 - Friday, January 5, 2019 Monday, January 7, 2018 |
Winter Concert and Party
Early dismissal, 2:30PM Winter Break Return to School |
Contact
Mrs. Karrin Burns
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
burnsk@district90.org
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
burnsk@district90.org
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90
What is astronomy, and why is it important?
The Chat team was fortunate to speak with astronomist Summer Ash from Columbia University's Department of Astronomy. Summer is also a science writer and is the resident astrophysicist on the Rachel Maddow Show. You can learn more about Summer by listening to our podcast and visiting SummerAsh.com.
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Tune in to The Chat with Mrs. Burns's Third Grade every Friday. Click here to listen to and subscribe to The Chat via Apple Podcasts.
Click here to let us know what you think, and suggest guests and topics for upcoming shows.
App development team: prototyping our app
The team's been working hard on learning to code by completing puzzles in Swift Playgrounds. They are beginning to collaborate on some ideas for their app's design.
Math: Working within 1000
After playing Close to 100 and an assessment on addition and subtraction within 100 at the beginning of the week, we moved into working within 1000. To start, students made a 1000 chart and used landmark numbers to find numbers on the chart. This helps students understand relationship between numbers, as well as patterns.
We finished the week with a fun task:
We finished the week with a fun task:
Thomas and Neil were the first to complete this tricky task correctly!
Winter Concert and Party
We will be celebrating winter with our holiday concert and classroom parties on December 21. The concert schedule is below, and I will pass on information about our classroom party soon.
1st Grade- 9:45AM
2nd Grade- 10:30AM
3rd Grade -1:00PM
4th Grade -1:45PM
Dismissal 2:30PM
1st Grade- 9:45AM
2nd Grade- 10:30AM
3rd Grade -1:00PM
4th Grade -1:45PM
Dismissal 2:30PM
Informational writing: preparing to publish
The students are editing rough drafts and beginning to publish their final informational texts. For this final informational text, students are expected to use everything they've learned over the course of this unit to produce a text independently. Good informational writing teaches the reader all about a topic of the student's choice and includes the elements on the informational writing checklist.
Native American Project
Students dove into researching Native American tribes using the provided resources. We learned that several Great Lakes tribes (Ottawa, Potawatomi, Chippewa, and more) lived right here in River Forest. The kids were interested to learn that the corner of North Avenue and Thatcher was a large hub for local tribes due to the proximity of the river and fertile soil.
As students gather research, they will organize and publish their work online on our Native Americans of the Great Lakes website. Their written work is due on December 21; each tribe will create a movie or other demonstration after we return from winter break.
As students gather research, they will organize and publish their work online on our Native Americans of the Great Lakes website. Their written work is due on December 21; each tribe will create a movie or other demonstration after we return from winter break.
Reader's workshop:
identifying main idea and detail in nonfiction
Our focus this week was identifying main ideas and details in texts. Students used the 'boxes and bullets' method to create quick outlines to help organize texts, and searched for pop-out sentences to help us determine the important points. Students then practiced these skills in their own independent reading.
At home, you can help your child be an effective nonfiction reader by encouraging the reading of informational texts daily. Students should focus on summarizing and synthesizing information, as well as identifying main ideas and details. The informational reading progression is a very helpful tool to identify reading skills to work on.
At home, you can help your child be an effective nonfiction reader by encouraging the reading of informational texts daily. Students should focus on summarizing and synthesizing information, as well as identifying main ideas and details. The informational reading progression is a very helpful tool to identify reading skills to work on.
Upcoming events
| Friday, December 21, 2018 Friday, December 21, 2018 Monday, December 24, 2018 - Friday, January 5, 2019 Monday, January 7, 2018 | Winter Concert and Party Early dismissal, 2:30PM Winter Break Return to School |
Contact
Mrs. Karrin Burns
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
burnsk@district90.org
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
burnsk@district90.org
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90
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