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). 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.
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
Contact
Mrs. Karrin Burns
Third Grade Teacher Lincoln School 511 Park Avenue River Forest, Illinois 60305 [email protected] (708) 366 - 7340 x 8026 @MrsBurnsD90
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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! 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. 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
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:
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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
[email protected]
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
[email protected]
(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
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
[email protected]
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90
Third Grade Teacher
Lincoln School
511 Park Avenue
River Forest, Illinois 60305
[email protected]
(708) 366 - 7340 x 8026
@MrsBurnsD90