Mrs. Katchen's Class 2017-18

Celebrating Rutuja's birthday!  Taking care of our crayfish! 

Monday: Writing:  We meet with our kindergarten buddies in Mr. George's class to story tell our personal narratives to them. The kindergarteners also read us a story they wrote. This was a great learning experience. Some students realized that the story they were going to write about may not be a story worth writing. This is hard in 3rd grade to start to realize the importance of choosing a good story that will interest their audience. It was fun to hear all the stories flying through the air!  Tuesday: Charlie and Crew took some time to teach us some Mindfulness Strategies that they are learning. It was very intersting what the students noticed when we stop and listen closely. Ask your child what they remember.  Wednesday: Our class is working hard to develop a growth mindset. Students are in mindset groups and are working on answering questions about mindset individually and then coming together to talk about their answers. Th...

Monday Buddy Reading:  Students read a Time for Kids  magazine with their reading partner looking for strong vocabulary words. This was a way to practice working on reading comprehension, collaborating with a peer, and practiced our reading strategy of finding good words in reading to increase our vocabulary.  Tuesday Real World Math: Students continued working with their math partner to discuss the Real World Math problem from Friday. They used the app, Explain Everything, to set up slides to show their thinking in all areas: Notices, Wonders, Main Question, Low-High Estimate, and Math Work. This app allows students to show their thinking in many ways: drawing, typing, pictures, and audio recording. Students had time to work with their partner and then voice recorded their thinking at home on how they solved the main question. This is an activity in math we will do each Friday using the voice recording as a way for students to explain their thinking and develop th...