Another wonderful day in the third grade.  We decorated our writing journals today to reflect our personalities.  This will help us to take ownership of our own writing. 
    I was very proud of everyone today during reading.  We practiced our skills at giving text evidence to support what we know, and predictions that we make in reading.  If you are reading with your child at home it is great practice for them if you ask them to tell you what happened in the story to support any inferences or predictions that they make.  For example, today we read a book called Louise the Big Cheese. I asked the class if Louise was excited about her new teacher, and everyone agreed that Louise was not excited.  The text evidence we used to support our answer was that Louise's goal for the new school year was to get straight As, but she heard that her new teacher never gives As.  Using text evidence is an important skill, but also difficult for kids this age. 
   Special thanks to the parents who have stopped in to volunteer!  I can't even tell you how nice it is to see your faces here at school supporting our learning.