Welcome to Third Grade in Room 3218!

In Room 3218...

We are learning

I Love FRED! (Families Reading Everyday)

a TON already in Third Grade!

Please, come in ... in to our website and catch us working hard! Welcome parents, students, family, friends, and visitors! This website is filled with

Click on this picture to view our Photo Gallery of Third Grade News Reporters

some wonderful activities that we are and/ or shall be experiencing in third grade. Isn't technology great? Students will be getting their sign on login information this week! How exciting!!!

Learning Thru Multiple Intelligences and Using Higher Order Thinking Skills

Image Gallery: Our Kindergarten Reading Buddies from Mrs. Osborn's Class Sept. 17th

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Image Gallery: In Room 3218

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Third Graders Become "TV" Advertisers for Books
Yes, come and see through our Photo Gallery our Third Grade Students Using Creative Drama and LITERATURE. Just click on the title bar to be taken to the page to find the photo gallery.

The 2008-2009 Third Graders in Room 3218
It's less than two weeks that have gone by and we're working so hard! Click on the photo gallery above to view our class...

Ms. Osborne's Kindergarten Students Become Reading Buddies with Us
On September 10th, we met our new kindergarten Reading Buddies from Mrs. Osbornes's Kindergarten class. After getting to know each other, students read a book with each other and then made a bookmark together talking about what the book was about. Click on the title bar above to view our photo gallery of this activity.

Ames Math Curriculum
Math Routines
Vocabulary -Each class will begin with a new vocabulary word(s) on the board for students to copy down into their portfolio/binder.
Corrections -Each day the class will correct the assigned homework from the night before and review any problem areas.
Daily Assignments -Daily Assignments will be assigned on a regular basis and will be due the following class unless specified otherwise.
Quizzes -Quizzes will be given out periodically during a book/unit.
Tests/Projects -Tests/Projects will be given out at the completion of a book/unit.
Portfolio/Binder -Students will be expected to keep this/her portfolio organized and must bring it to class each day.

Ames Writer's Workshop
SPPS Literacy Framework referenced to ensure grade level standards:
Grammar, usage and spelling incorporated into mini lessons,
Handwriting and word processing skills are also a part of the writer’s workshop,
and Cursive (which is begun late second grade) is introduced again in third and continued thru sixth. Click on the title bar to read our Curriculum sequence for third grade... AND to view what Ames Kids Learn in Writer's Workshop...

Dinosaurs
A start to finding out new and interesting things about dinosaurs. Check this out with a KWL chart you make on your own. Start your inquiry here. Click on the title to be taken to your starting place.

If You Want Interesting Places to Go or Cool Stuff to Explore... Check this out!
Take a visit to places at the Exploratorium and visit the:
*The "Traits Collection"
*A Roof Cam
*Skateboard Science
*Panama Pacific International Exposition/ Viewing the Stereographs
*How to I make 3-D glasses
*Cafe Wall Illusion
and more!!!!! Just click on the title above to get to the icons...

Make a Paper Airplane
The most amazing thing about a paper airplane is that all you need to make one is a sheet of paper—
Click on title above to get directions...

Pinhole Cameras
Nothing to do on a boring day you say? Tinker around with the items located in this section;
*Oatmeal Box Pinhole cameras
*Rays
*Ray Tracing

Contact Me Anytime:

Ms. Gloria Johnson
Third Grade Teacher
Ames Elementary
1760 Ames Place
St. Paul, MN 55106
651-293-8970
gloria.johnson@spps.org

Why Do Leaves Change Color in the Fall?

Click on the leaves to go to a website that describes what happens during the fall when leaves change colors, by Science Made Simple.