Mrs. Goodman’s third graders used Comic Life to illustrate all of the science cycles they learned. Look in a later post for the picture files for your own comic strips.
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Category Archives: 3rd Grade
The Water Cycle
Mrs. Mills 3rd grade students worked using Keynote to develop a presentation on the water cycle. More to come when they have finished!
Black History Projects
Mrs. Atkinson worked with her students in the month of February to develop Black History slide shows on famous African Americans. Students were given time to research their person of interest and then went to work creating slide shows using Keynote. A rubric helped guide them in making sure necessary elements were in their project. Way to go Mrs. Atkinson!!! Here are just a few examples of their awesome work!
Pixie Cycles
As preparation for their upcoming group project on cycles, students in Ms. Lange-McCarthy’s class practiced their skills by illustrating the butterfly life cycle. Students drew, added stickers and text, and learned other Pixie basics. More to come once each group’s project is complete!
Gizmos
3rd through 5th grade teachers learn about Gizmos ~ A great resource for science and math!
Comparing Sizes
Mrs. Goodman’s 3rd graders compared the percentage of each color of M&M’s™ from a small bag and a large bag of the candy. Students were amazed at the results.
Cyclin’ Pixie
Mrs. Bara’s 3rd grade students learn how to work in Pixie in preparation for a class project. Students will be studying various types of cycles, so they learned the tools in Pixie by drawing a familiar life cycle. More to come!
What to do in February…
Here is a package for you with lots of February goodies! Not just Valentine’s Day, but Black History Month, 100th Day, Groundhog’s Day and President’s Day resources are available in this bundle. There are teacher and student resources bundled here. Enjoy!
Gizmos!
Enhance and extend your student’s Math and Science skills! Gizmos is a wonderful, web-based program that provides online learning environments and activities to drive home Science and Math concepts. Not sold yet? They are also aligned with Virginia SOL’s to take the guess work out of finding the correct activity for the strand you are teaching. Need some differentiated activities, this site will do it– with activities that range from 3rd to 12th you are sure to find the right activity for each student. Activities, data, clip art, quick assessments- Gizmos can help. Just ask Judy Holzgrefe at Dumbarton! She just recently set up her free (yes I said FREE) 45 day trial and is now making Gizmos available to her students. Interested? Check it out or sign up for a consult, I’d love to help you make the most of this resource.
Matter Matters
Students in Mrs. Coor’s third grade class are busy working on a Matter Keynote! Students will work to define matter, identify states of matter, and discuss the physical and chemical changes that can occur. Click here to get started on your own Matter Keynote!