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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
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Our first projects are ready to be shared:
Mrs. Burns's Class Creations website, our class tee-shirts, and our class song*
Our class media store is complete, and just waiting for all of the books, apps, movies, and podcasts we will create! As we create content, it we be available for free download on our store.
Finally, our class logo group has decided that to show our class unity, we should have tee-shirts with our class logo. They have designed the shirt, and have figured out the cost. Over the week-end, I will send an anonymous poll via email to gauge parent interest in this...I think the cost is around $30/each. The shirts they've chosen are Sport-tek Competitor Quarter-zip Performance shirts.
I've told the kids that this will not be viable if we don't have parental support. Please let me know via the poll if this is something you would be willing to purchase for your child or not. Please read their letter to you below:
I've told the kids that this will not be viable if we don't have parental support. Please let me know via the poll if this is something you would be willing to purchase for your child or not. Please read their letter to you below:
*Our class song group worked so hard this week to record their lyrics via Garage Band, but we are still trying to add the music. I hope it will be ready by next week.
Writer's workshop:
learning to write for our readers
Sometimes writers are so excited to write, they forget that their readers need very explicit details. Students worked this week on writing a 'flash draft', developing the heart of their story by adding descriptive details, and also telling the 'internal story' by writing about feelings and thoughts of the narrator. Writing partners are helping to keep each other on track and edit as we go.
Reader's workshop:
Using predicting, retelling, and reading with 'grit' to become better readers
This week, we learned to use prediction strategies to imagine how the story will go, based on what has already happened, as well as knowledge of how stories tend to go. Then, as the story unrolls, they say, ‘Yes, I was right, or ‘Oh, I was wrong-that’s surprising.’ Also, we learned how readers often retell books (up to the part where they’re reading) as a way to lay the story out for themselves, so they can read on, thinking about how the new part fits with the old.
When students read with 'grit', they are reading with resolve. Students discussed what that looks like: setting reading goals, reading a lot every day, choosing challenging books, etc. Good readers need to practice and read with purpose (a skill or strategy in mind) to become great readers!
Practice these strategies at home with your child, and encourage reading for at least 30 minutes a night.
When students read with 'grit', they are reading with resolve. Students discussed what that looks like: setting reading goals, reading a lot every day, choosing challenging books, etc. Good readers need to practice and read with purpose (a skill or strategy in mind) to become great readers!
Practice these strategies at home with your child, and encourage reading for at least 30 minutes a night.
Math: Arrays
Our math focus this week and next is arrays. The main ideas of this investigation are understanding the meaning of multiplication, learning multiplication facts, and understanding and working with an array/area model of multiplication. An array is an arrangement of objects in columns and rows like this:
The dimensions of this array are 3 by 4. There are three rows and four columns. The equation would be 3 x 4 = 12.
Students were introduced to arrays to represent multiplication; then used arrays to find factors and products. Students used arrays to find features of numbers and find products for the array by skip counting or using known facts.
Students were introduced to arrays to represent multiplication; then used arrays to find factors and products. Students used arrays to find features of numbers and find products for the array by skip counting or using known facts.
Coming up next week: project-based learning
Beginning next week, we will start to think about creating Season 3 of our class podcast, The Chat with Mrs. Burns's Third Grade, as well as ideas for creating an iOS app. Like much of what we do, these projects will be student-driven. I will facilitate, align with the standards, and assess. We will be addressing many Social Studies, Science, English Language Arts, and Math standards through these projects during the school year. We are learning to collaborate, and we are ready to start creating incredible and innovative things!
Identifying landforms due next Friday, 9/28
Students are finishing up the projects on identifing landforms and bodies of water on maps. They are preparing presentations to demonstrate their learning. Students chose the region they wanted to look at, the landform/body of water type, and the mode of presentation. Please see the project description and directions here. I am excited to share what they've created!
Upcoming events
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 Thursday, September 27, 2018 Friday, September 28, 2018 Tuesday, October 2, 2018 Monday, October 8, 2018 Tuesday, October 9, 2018 Thursday, November 7, 2018 Friday, November 8, 2018 Friday, November 9, 2018 | Fall MAP testing (Math) Fall MAP testing (Reading) EarlyDismissal (11:25AM)- School Improvement School Picture Day Columbus Day- NO SCHOOL Third Grade Field Trip- Botanic Garden Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences (Student-led) Parent/Teacher Conferences (Student-led)- NO SCHOOL Non-attendance Day- NO 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
Thank you for joining me at Open House!
It was so nice to see you all and spend the evening together. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. I loved doing the BreakoutEDU, and next year I'll know to make it harder. You are too smart! We will have a terrific year, and I'm so glad we are all together this year.
Spelling
Spelling words are here! After we assessed all of the students in early September, the students were sorted into groups depending on the spelling skills that need to be developed. I send a spelling sheet home for the kids to work on, and they will keep a copy at school. Students should choose activities from the list below in order to bulid spelling knowledge. New lists will go home on Monday, and we will have a short assessment on Fridays, but students will receive words every week. There is nothing to hand in at school...these are just activities in order to practice spelling at home. For those of you that have forgotten or did not have a child in 2nd grade at Lincoln, here is what the kids could be doing a few times a week at home:
Spelling activities for home
1. Re-write all the spelling words on cards. Sort them into categories (for example, CVC, CVVC, CVCe). Can you sort them more than one way?
2. Write a sentence using each spelling word.
3. Write a letter to a friend. See how many spelling words can you include in the letter.
4. Can you find other words that fit the pattern of your spelling words?
Spelling activities for home
1. Re-write all the spelling words on cards. Sort them into categories (for example, CVC, CVVC, CVCe). Can you sort them more than one way?
2. Write a sentence using each spelling word.
3. Write a letter to a friend. See how many spelling words can you include in the letter.
4. Can you find other words that fit the pattern of your spelling words?
Student-led Conferences
Our class will participate in student-led conferences this year (in lieu of traditional parent/teacher conferences! Student-led conferences are a great step for your child on the path to take ownership of learning; and share his or her successes, struggles, and goals with both parents and teacher in a supportive environment.
Since this is the first experience with student-led conferences for most, we will keep it simple and relaxed: students will share and discuss work, set goals, and talk about his or her learning experiences so far in Third Grade. We (the adults) should be open and supportive, and discuss ways we can assist and or facilitate learning. It will be a very positive experience! Bringing your child is not mandatory, but it is very much encouraged. Please know that there is very little I would say to you that your child and I have not discussed: it is important to me and part of our classroom culture to give honest and frequent feedback.
Last year was the first year I implemented student-led conferences after seeing the success of the Third Grade team at Willard School and our 4th Grade team here at Lincoln. Both parents and students overwhelming agreed it was a successful and positive experience last year in our classroom, as well.
Since this is the first experience with student-led conferences for most, we will keep it simple and relaxed: students will share and discuss work, set goals, and talk about his or her learning experiences so far in Third Grade. We (the adults) should be open and supportive, and discuss ways we can assist and or facilitate learning. It will be a very positive experience! Bringing your child is not mandatory, but it is very much encouraged. Please know that there is very little I would say to you that your child and I have not discussed: it is important to me and part of our classroom culture to give honest and frequent feedback.
Last year was the first year I implemented student-led conferences after seeing the success of the Third Grade team at Willard School and our 4th Grade team here at Lincoln. Both parents and students overwhelming agreed it was a successful and positive experience last year in our classroom, as well.
Inquiry and exploration:
a team update
The Class Creations Team has been putting together a website that will showcase our creations and share them with the world.
The Logo Team has been working on a logo in Keynote to show our classroom unity.
The Class Song Team has written lyrics and created music to share the story of our classroom through music.
Reader's Workshop
As we continue with our Building a Reading Life unit, students focused on checking themselves for comprehension by asking themselves the following questions when they read:
We finished our first read aloud (Fake Mustache- very good!) and have moved on to The Wild Robot.
- Who is in this part?
- What just happened?
- Is this something that is connected to something that has already happened or is it something new?
We finished our first read aloud (Fake Mustache- very good!) and have moved on to The Wild Robot.
Writer's Workshop
At the biginning of the week, students chose their seed idea to grow into a whole story. They practiced rehearing the story aloud with his/her writing partner, then began to write a 'flash draft'. Students used the mentor text, 'Come on, Rain' by Karen Hesse, which is rich in descriptive details, to understand ways to add storyteller's voice to their own work (see below). When students use a storyteller's voice, their work instantly becomes more enjoyable to the reader.
Math
We are studying patterns and relationships between numbers, which can be a little tricky at first! Using 3 and 6 and 5 and 10, students are asked to describe ways soliving one multiplication problem can help solve a related problem. Finding patterns in mathematics is an excellent way to develop critical thinking skills and mathematical depth. To do this, we are using methods such as counting around the class, as well as finding visual patterns on 100 charts.
This week, your child recieved his or her Pearson Realize (Investigations) sign in information. The Investigations website has numerous resources to use for practice at home, but especially good are the math games. Please let me know if your child forgets his/her password, and I am happy to resend.
This week, your child recieved his or her Pearson Realize (Investigations) sign in information. The Investigations website has numerous resources to use for practice at home, but especially good are the math games. Please let me know if your child forgets his/her password, and I am happy to resend.
Resources:
Learn more about our classroom and literacy at home
Over the summer, I had the opportunity to collaborate with a group of global educators to co-author a book on K-3 literacy. The book focuses on activities and lessons that are easily implemented at home or school using iPad. The book is free, and available on iTunes (Apple Books). If you are looking for activities to boost literacy at home, please download Literacy: The K-3 Literacy Project and take a look.
Also, if you are interested in learning more about the culture of our classroom, I wrote another book this summer called Cultivating a Culture of Creativity and Collaboration in the Classroom (it was a busy summer for me!). It is also free and available on iTunes (Apple Books). I am happy to answer any questions you have about either of these books!
Botanic Gardens Field Trip Permission Slip
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Upcoming events
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Friday, September 28, 2018 Tuesday, October 2, 2018 Monday, October 8, 2018 Tuesday, October 9, 2018 Thursday, November 7, 2018 Friday, November 8, 2018 Friday, November 9, 2018 |
Non-attendance Day- NO SCHOOL
EarlyDismissal (11:25AM)- School Improvement School Picture Day Columbus Day- NO SCHOOL Third Grade Field Trip- Botanic Garden Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences (Student-led) Parent/Teacher Conferences (Student-led)- NO SCHOOL Non-attendance Day- NO 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
Mrs. Burns's Third Grade 2018 - 2019
Official Class Portrait
Lincoln School Open House
Thursday, September 13!
The Lincoln Elementary School Open House is scheduled for Thursday, September 13th. This evening meeting is for parents to learn more about the curriculum and activities in Third Grade. I hope to see you there! The schedule is as follows:
6:30-6:55PM- K-2nd Grade classroom presentations
7:00-7:25PM -PTO and Principal presentation- In Auditorium
7:30-7:55PM - 3rd and 4th Grade classroom presentations
To make the most of our 25 minutes together, I will send need-to-know information by Monday. Our time will be spent learning about Third Grade in a creative way...come prepared to collaborate! Please be on the look-out for pre-Open House information from me.
6:30-6:55PM- K-2nd Grade classroom presentations
7:00-7:25PM -PTO and Principal presentation- In Auditorium
7:30-7:55PM - 3rd and 4th Grade classroom presentations
To make the most of our 25 minutes together, I will send need-to-know information by Monday. Our time will be spent learning about Third Grade in a creative way...come prepared to collaborate! Please be on the look-out for pre-Open House information from me.
Our first field trip:
Chicago Botanic Garden, October 9
Our first field trip of the year is coming up on Tuesday, October 9! The Third Grade classes will be going to the Chicago Botanic Garden to experience the guided program, Flower Lab. We will be learning why plants make flowers. Students will dissect flowers to examine their external structures and gather evidence for how certain flower characteristics help attract pollinators so the plant can make seeds. We will use models to describe the life cycle of a flowering plant.
If you'd like to volunteer to accompany us on this field trip, please contact me at [email protected]. Each class is allowed 4 parent volunteers. I will send field trip permission forms home next week...please return them by September 30.
If you'd like to volunteer to accompany us on this field trip, please contact me at [email protected]. Each class is allowed 4 parent volunteers. I will send field trip permission forms home next week...please return them by September 30.
Identifying Landforms
Students are working to identify landforms and bodies of water on maps, and they will soon prepare presentations to demonstrate their learning. We started out by learning about different landforms, like oceans, continents, islands, mountains, valleys, etc. Below, see a very nice example of my favorite landform, the peninsula (I am a Michigander). During this project, students will chose a region they want to explore, the landforms to identify, and the mode of presentation. Please see the project description and directions here.
Writer's Workshop
We've been working this week on using a storyteller's voice, editing our work as we go, and using a narrative writing checklist to help us set goals and improve writing. Next week, students will pick a seed idea and begin to write their best narrative story using all they've learned. Students were excited to use a thesaurus to enrich their writing with synonyms.
Reader's Workshop
We spent the last two weeks learning how to use our reading logs to look for patterns in our reading, and working with reading partners to help each other set goals and discuss our reading. We discussed ways to read longer and stronger, and I encourage the kids to increase both reading time and pages read daily. Please encourage your child to read at least 30 minutes each evening. Our class also devised a way to share good books with each other and the world each month: we will use a video format called Flipgrid to share our favorite books.
The kids continue to learn about developing a powerful reading life by using all the tools they've learned to enhance their reading. This week's focus was on fluency and comprehension, and students learned that readers understand a story by giving themselves comprehension checks, thinking about the mind-work the text is asking the reader to do (envisioning, gathering information), and predicting what will happen next based on several factors. This class LOVES to read!
The kids continue to learn about developing a powerful reading life by using all the tools they've learned to enhance their reading. This week's focus was on fluency and comprehension, and students learned that readers understand a story by giving themselves comprehension checks, thinking about the mind-work the text is asking the reader to do (envisioning, gathering information), and predicting what will happen next based on several factors. This class LOVES to read!
Math: Finding multiples of 5, 10, 3, & 6
The main concepts in Investigation 2 are understanding the meaning of multiplication, learning multiplication facts, and finding and understanding patterns and relationships between numbers. Using a 100 chart, students discovered patterns between multiples of 5 and 10, 3 and 6. We will continue with skip counting and 100 charts at the beginning of next week to find multiples of 2 and 4 before we move into learning multiplication through arrays.
Inquiry and exploration
This week, we worked on some beginning ideas for developing essential questions, collaboration, and community building. Three teams chose to work on composing a class song, designing a class graphic logo, or creating a class media store. Team leaders were chosen to lead the group, and the whole team then updated the rest of the class on the group's progress and received feedback on their projects. Next week, the students will post a video update.
Upcoming events
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Friday, September 28, 2018 Tuesday, October 2, 2018 Monday, October 8, 2018 Tuesday, October 9, 2018 Thursday, November 7, 2018 Friday, November 8, 2018 Friday, November 9, 2018 |
Non-attendance Day- NO SCHOOL
EarlyDismissal (11:25AM)- School Improvement School Picture Day Columbus Day- NO SCHOOL Third Grade Field Trip- Botanic Garden Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences (Student-led) Parent/Teacher Conferences (Student-led)- NO SCHOOL Non-attendance Day- NO SCHOOL |
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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