St Patrick's Day

We have been learning about St Patrick's Day in our classroom. We made PowerPoint presentations to share our learning. What do you think of them?

St. Patrick's Day from reslifesavers

St. Patrick's Day from reslifesavers

St Patrick's Day from reslifesavers

St Patrick's Day from reslifesavers

We have been learning about kindness. Here is an A-Z of Kindness we created. Do you agree with all of our ideas?

A             Acknowledge your friends and their feelings

B              Be kind and caring to all

C              Compliment often and sincerely

D             Do the right thing

E              Everyone can make a difference

F              Friends are family – treat them well!

G             Be Generous and kind

H             Help others

I               I can change my world

J               Be Joyful and share Joy with others

K              Kindness is the Key

L              Love one another, Laugh often, Live wonderfully

M            Make the Most of life

N             Never make others feel miserable

O             Treat Others the way you want to be treated

P              Persevere

Q             Be Quiet when others are talking

R              RESPECT!

S              Solve problems kindly

T              Be Trustworthy

U             Avoid Unkindness

V              Use a caring tone of Voice

W            Work together and be Welcoming

X              Give eXtra hugs, smiles and kisses

Y              You can make a difference

Z              Be a hero, not a Zero!

Wonderful, whimsical words!

We have been learning about using beautiful language. Too often people use boring and uninspiring words and don't learn to enjoy language. The word "very" has been banned from our classroom. Instead of saying "very tired", say "exhausted", instead of using the expression "very weird", try saying "bizarre". Words are a lot of fun and we want to use them properly! 

We used a thesaurus to find fabulous alternatives to ordinary words. Here is our list, what do you think of it?

Avoid saying…	Instead, say….	Avoid saying …	Instead, say….
Bossy	Assertive	Weak	Feeble
Shy	Bashful	Funny	Hilarious
Dishonest	Treacherous	Young	Immature
Weird	Bizarre	Tired	Exhausted
Bright	Sparkling	Angry	Temperamental
Annoyed	Irritated	Strange	Odd
Random	Accidental	Poisonous	Toxic
Awesome	Fabulous	Surprising	Astonishing
Sad	Gloomy	Happy	Satisfied
Kind	Generous	Nice	Agreeable
Good	Outstanding	Mean	Malicious
Helpful	Useful	Pretty	Attractive
Scared	Terrified	New	Recent
Clean	Unsoiled	Dirty	Grimy
Interesting	Fascinating	Ugly	Hideous
Spoiled	Ungrateful	Tasty	Delicious
Fancy	Glamorous	Lovely	Enchanting
Loving	Affectionate	Rude	Disrespectful
Dumb	Idiotic	Small	Petite
Clear	Transparent	Big	Enormous
Tall	Lofty	Better	Superior
Find	Discover	Smooth	Silky
Hate	Despise	Chance	Coincidence
Gone	Vanish	Clumsy	Awkward

Math Outside!

On Monday, we had an Education Outside the Classroom (EOC) day. 

We used the pavement and chalk instead of our workbooks and pencils. We worked in groups to solve logic puzzles in Math. We had to draw graphs, explain our steps and solve the problems as a team. 

We had a lot of fun working in the sunshine and we learnt a lot about Math. We hope we can do more EOC in the future!

Times Tables

We are learning our times tables. In pairs, we created presentations about the times tables we were having the most trouble with. What do you think of our presentations?


Evelyn and Taylor:

Evelyn taylor from reslifesavers

Haley and Katlyn:



Ryan and Trevor:



Alaina and Samantha:



Jada, Ta'Tiona and Roselynn:

Collaborative learning

We are working on learning collaboratively.

 We worked together to create a presentation about multiplication. 

We have been learning to "share the screen", where one person is typing but both people are collaborating.











We have also been learning to take turns on the device, discuss our ideas and listen to other's opinions.

 We are learning to to solve problems in Math and in working with others by ourselves, without relying on an adult.

We have been learning to explain our times tables using arrays and repeated addition.

We are proud of our ability to learn together and we are looking forward to sharing our finished presentations with you!

Welcome to our class!

Welcome to Ms Williams' 3rd grade class. Our class is made up of 21 kids aged 8 and 9 years old and we are based in North Carolina. We are excited to be blogging about our learning this year! We are looking forward to sharing our ideas, thoughts and classwork with a global audience including a special class in Auckland, New Zealand.

We would love to hear from you about our learning, so please comment on posts and give us feedback (both positive and constructive). We look forward to sharing our learning with you!