Spelling Words-Week of October 24th-28th

Here are the spelling words for this week. Please remember that the challenge words are part of the regular test and not bonus words. Students should write their words 5 times each on Tuesday night and complete two DIFFERENT spelling choices on Wednesday and Thursday nights.

web.............sticky................bait
cell..............silk.....................weave
fiber............strands.............beetle
thread........science.............fang
breathe......taste..................prey

earthquake
hatch
respect
soldiers
woven

Spelling Words September 19-23

Here are the spelling words for the week of September 19-23. Please remember that ALL words are a part of the test. The challenge words are not bonus words.

open...........battle.............even
candle........frozen...........carrots
silent...........bottle............lazy
lettuce.........maple...........fellow
fifty...............flavor............floppy

area
excitement
halfway
heap
schedule

Addition with Base 10 Blocks

This week, students in Mrs. Green's math class used base 10 blocks to help them better understand the concept of addition with regrouping. Mrs. Stephanie West, our math consultant for the district, instructed students throughout the lesson. The students learned how to trade ones for tens, tens for hundreds and hundreds for thousands.

Jason and Juan

Naima and Logan

Macy and Katelyn

Caleb and Rhendi

Spelling Words for Sept. 12-15

Here are the spelling words for this week. Please remember there is no school on Friday, September 16, so our test will be on Thursday. Some students are doing well on the first 15 words but missing the last 5 words. Please also remember that challenge words are not bonus words this year. They are part of the regular test.

player............strike............parade
mitt.................batter...........bases
glove.............action...........crowd
baseball.......mound..........season
foul................outfield.........record

celebrated
cork
pitcher
score
wrap

Truck Pulls

A couple of weeks ago, all 3 of our 3rd grade classes had the opportunity to view one of the monster trucks that would be participating in the truck pulls at the fair grounds.

Spelling Words: August 15-19

Here is our list of spelling words for the week. Please remember that your child has spelling homework Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Tuesday evening's assignment is always 5 times each. The other two nights, students may choose a spelling choice from the ones sent home. Please be advised the challenge words are a part of the test. They are NOT bonus words.

leg..... black........ much
bag.... rocks........ kept
hid.... window.... mix
van.... thing........ ever
mix.... body......... buzz

astonished
enormous
journey
scattered
surrounded

Team Building Day 2

Today we did another team building activity with the students. The objective this time was to pass a bucket of tennis balls around the circle using nothing but their feet. The bucket could not be touched with hands and could not touch the ground. They quickly found this was not as easy as it looked.

Dylan and Caleb watch as Mrs. Mason and Mrs. Norman demonstrate how to pass the bucket. Looks easy, right???

Logan passes off to Nicole
Kaylee and Zach have a hard time keeping the bucket off the ground

Devanna and Audreyanna figure out how to make it work

Team Building Day 1

Today we spent some time learning about working as a team. Sometimes we work as individual class teams, and other times we have to work as a 3rd grade team. The objective of the activity was to see which class could successfully move their hula hoop all the way around the circle without letting go of each hand. Mrs. Mason's class took the top prize in today's team building activity!!! Way to go!!!

Rhendi, Naima and Jamieson work quickly to move their hula hoop!

Haley and Selena have worked out a plan to move, move, move!

Hunter and Jacob try to figure out which way works best!

Check us out!!!

Aren't we a great looking bunch of 3rd graders!!!! It's going to be an awesome year!!

Back-to-School Night

Welcome new 3rd graders!!! We are so excited about the upcoming school year!

Devanna waits for mom to fill out all her forms

New student, Natalie, is all smiles about becoming a Central Knight!! Welcome to our school!!

Mrs. Norman talks to new parents about 3rd grade procedures

Take a Look at 3rd Grade Fun

We have a wonderful time in third grade!!! Check out the photos below for a preview of fun things to come!!

After a trip to the Carson Center to see "Harold and the Purple Crayon", our 3rd grade students enjoyed some fun at Chuck E. Cheese.

Kaylee and Alaya focus on their target.

Leah and Lauren stop to pose for a picture while playing skee-ball.

Reese enjoys some pizza with his mom!

Every fall, Mayfield offers students and citizens tons of fun with its "Amaizing Farms" corn maze. We took our students for a day of fun and exploring.

Caleb, Jordan, Dylan, Bryce, Trinity and Amber are very glad to have found their way out of the corn maize. They had to have some help from Mrs. Green's husband, Mr. Keith.

Who doesn't enjoy a fun hayride??? Ours was filled with all kinds of agriculture facts for the students to learn.

Aubrey takes aim with the corn launcher!!!

For Christmas we wanted to help students understand and experience the joys of giving rather than receiving. Students brought in money that was used to purchase fleece to make blankets for children battling cancer at St. Jude's Children's Hospital in Memphis. One of our 3rd graders lost her sister to a battle with childhood cancer which made this an extra special project for our students.

Maci, Raychel, Madelyn, Luke and Lisandro work hard on their "princess" blanket. They hope some little girl will love her new blanket. We love you Tori!

Bailee, Aubrey, Ty, and Zach work hard on their football blanket. In all students donated 16 blankets to the children of St. Jude's.

Students from grades 3-6 assemble every year to kick off our state testing. This year each grade level had to perform some type of skit, song or activity to help motivate the other students to do well on the test. Mr. Mays, the principal from GCHS, came to our school to do the "Revolution" dance with students. We were rockin!!!

Do you want a revolution? Whoop! Whoop!

At the end of every year, students who have met all their Accelerated Reader goals for the year are treated to an end of the year reward party. This year students went swimming at the local YMCA and then had a picnic lunch at Kess Park.

Meagan and Bailee smile for Mrs. Mason

Isabelle, Makayla, Lauren and Jessie enjoy a day at the pool

Welcome!!

Welcome to our 3rd grade blog. It is our hope to better keep you informed of the events taking place in our 3rd grade classrooms. Please be patient with us as we get the year started!