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2026-27 3rd Grade Blog

  • Spelling Bee

    Students took home their Spelling Bee fundraiser packets today.  The Spelling Words include  San Jose Unified School District High Frequency Words and words from the National Spelling Bee list of study words for Second grade.

    We will start working with the Spelling Words this week, and have class tests next week.

    The two spellers who score highest in each class will participate in the school-wide Spelling Bee!

    This is a fundraiser. Every class with a 100% pledge rate (every student in the class brings in a pledge, no matter how big or how small) will earn participation in a squirt gun party hosted by Mrs. Doss! Everybody wins. Please only ask friends and family when fundraising, and please don’t knock on any doors!

    (Note: If you can get NO ONE to pledge, ask me. I will do it!)

    For more resources about the National Spelling Bee or teaching your child Spelling, look below.

    National Spelling Bee Students and Parents link

    Ten Awesome Ways to Teach Spelling

    A long Education.com article on teaching spelling

  • May 6-10, 2013

    Computer lab:

    1.  Click on this link: http://www.a-home-for-wild-birds.com/milk-jug-bird-feeder.html, and visit a site that tells you about a project we will do this afternoon.

    When you are done looking at that page, click the “Back” button and come back here.

    2. Next, close your browser window and open KidsPics to create your Mother’s Day card. Be sure to include your name and some words for your mother, like: Happy Mother’s Day, I Love You!, or You’re The Best!

    Remember to ask me to check your work before you print it.

    This week’s Spelling Words:

    science, compost, reduce, reuse, recycle, water, animal, Earth, pollution, air, land, soil, worms, garbage, weather

    Field Trips:

    1. Wednesday, May 8, 2013: San Jose Museum of Art, 2-Part Art 10:00-1:30

    2. Friday, May 10, 2013: Walden West/ Sobrato Center, Life Cycles 9:00-1:30

    Permission slips must be signed by parents or adult guardians and completed on both sides. We need 5 chaperones for each trip. Chaperones will ride the light rail to the museum and/or the bus to Walden West with the class.

    Science Project: Milk Jug Bird Feeders

    On Monday afternoon, we will work in groups to make bird feeders out of recycled milk jugs. As we work on the jugs, I want you to think about these questions:

    1. Will putting bird food in the Carson Garden affect the birds’ environment? How?

    2. Will having food more available in their environment affect the birds’ life cycles? How?

    3. How does making the milk jugs into bird feeders affect the jugs’ life cycle? Did you think plastic milk jugs had life cycles??!!??

    It’s International Compost Awareness Week! This Friday, your class will be visiting Walden West and learning about compost. Here are two links to get you interested:

    Posters designed by kids: http://compostingcouncil.org/posters/

    ‘Vermi the Worm” game: http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Vermi/Game/menu.html

     

     

     

  • Milk Jug Bird Feeder Project

    Milk Jug Bird Feeder Project