Multiplication Bee

Next week students will have an opportunity to participate in a Multiplication Bee on Thursday.
Tuesday and Wednesday students will be taking timed tests and must make a perfect score in order to qualify for the multiplication bee.
Thursday, the bee will be like a spelling bee, but with multiplication facts. The teachers will say 2 factors, and the student must respond with the correct product. The student who answers correctly each time will be the winner of the bee! The winner of the Bee last year came from my class, so we hope to have a repeat!

We look forward to having all of the students participate! :)

Math help...

Need help with "The Big 7"?
Watch and learn.
Try these problems too.

36/4
54/6
72/8

We hope this helps you with any questions. This method will be used in 4th grade.

I'll be back...

Hi there! This is Ms. Cone! Long time no see! Today I went up to school and visited the class. It was great to see everyone! The students were able to meet the twins- Isabell and Owen. They loved getting to meet them and oohed and aaahed.

I am looking forward to returning on Wed.- Field Day! See you there!

Vocabulary Parade

The Second Annual Vocabulary Parade is going to be on Friday May 20.
Remember to be creative and dress your best. Let's have some fun and learn some new words.
We can't wait to see you!

Drum roll please.....

I know that you have all been anxiously awaiting the announcement of who will be the long term sub for Ms. Cone. As you know these are big shoes to fill. Ha! :)
We spent the past 2 weeks interviewing for just the "right fit" for my classroom and our 3rd grade team. We have a name and a face! Her name is Carly Smith and she is a recent graduate from Texas A&M. She did her student teaching in the Fall at Curtsinger Elementary in 4th grade.
She was able to come in today and meet the kiddos and see a little bit about Anderson and more specifically our class. She will be spending more time with us in the weeks to come so that we will have a smooth transition. I feel confident that Miss Smith will do a wonderful job and your kids will grow to love and respect her as they do with me.
I have 8 weeks until these baby girls come and we're hoping that they stay put until its time. I will not be returning after Spring Break if they have not come before then, so I can prepare and rest until their arrival.
If you have any questions or concerns feel free to contact me.
:)

More than half way!

We just celebrated our 2nd 9wks grading period! Woo Hoo!

Remember to be practicing those multiplication Facts with your child at home. Make it a game or something fun to do.

My favorite "Quote of the Week":
"Ms. Cone, My brother and I agree that your belly looks like a beach ball!"
I love it! The kids crack me up!

Have a great weekend! Stay warm!

Happy New Year!

I can't believe that we are almost halfway through our school year! You have an awesome almost 4th grader! :)

We are really working hard and showing more responsibility. Hopefully this will help out at home too! Everyone in our class has a weekly job and they are great at helping our classroom run smoothly.

This week we are studying seeds and how they help our environment.
In Math we are working on fractions.
In Reading we are learning about why an author might write a story. Ask your child about how PIE can help them. :)
In Writing we're learned about how to stay on topic.


We are collecting Newspapers, so before you recycle them at home, have your child bring them to school for a grade level project.

Practice, practice, practice

We are taking some time this week to practice the TAKS test. This is first time that your kiddo will be taking this kind of test, so we are starting off with really focusing on using their strategies that we go over daily. We use the scores as a guidline for us with specific skills, but we still have a lot to learn. Ask your child about the specific strategies that we use in Math and in Reading. They should be able to teach you something new and make themselves feel good about teaching you something.

Math- We use UPS check




Reading- We use BDA (stoplight)



Please email me if you would like me to email you a copy of what we use, so you are familiar with our strategies.

Book Report

Book Reports are due this Friday! I hope that you've been working hard.
If you need a reminder of what to do, please check out the teacher website to find the book report info.
Book report document
Good luck!
I can't wait to hear and learn about all of these famous people.

Rolling right along!

We have a had a great start to our year! Thanks to all who have visited our blog.

Something new....
We are starting Study Island. Today the students were given their log in information.
If they forget it is their: lunchnumber@anderson password is: birthday (mmddyy)
They are to complete a 20 question test by Friday.

We also started guided reading! Its one of my favorite things! I get to meet with each of my groups and talk about the books that they read. Each week they will get a lesson plan. The lesson plan lets them know everything that they have to do for the week. I check the reading folders daily and meet with them as often as I can. So, be on the lookout for these two things specifically this week.

Make it a great day!

Welcome Back!

I am "Fired Up" for a great new year! I hope that you are too!

Leave me a message so I know that you visited our blog.
:)

Last Day

The school year has flown by and I can't believe we're at the end. It was a great year and I will miss you all so much. Remember to memorize those Multiplication facts, so you can impress your 4th grade teachers.
Please be sure to come back and visit me next year!
Lots of love!
Ms. Cone

Feel free to leave me a message to let me know what you're up to this summer!

Field Day

Its so hard to believe that the school year is almost over! When Field Day comes that signals that the end of the year is near.
We had a super, fun day! Here are some pictures from our day.
Enjoy!

Vocabulary Parade

Anderson had its 1st Vocabulary Parade on Friday. Each student and teacher were to dress as their favorite vocabulary word. We all paraded around the school. It was a lot of fun seeing what each word looked like.

Here are the 3rd grade teachers:
Ms. Cone- "hibernation", Ms. Theilen- "camouflage", Ms. Wanasek- "elderly", Ms. Percle- "flood", Ms. McCoy- "monocot", Ms. Zadina- "childhood"



I chose one of our science vocabulary words.

Rough Rider's

We had a great time on our Field Trip to the Rough Rider's Stadium. We learned some interesting things about the stadium while we were there!

"My favorite part was when we got to walk on the track to the dugout and we got to sit where the players sit! -says Michele. :)

"My favorite part was the dugout, because the players sit there!" -says Sam.

"I liked the bullpen because that's where the pitchers warm up!" -said Romo.

Did you know that Daisy and Deuce live under the pitchers mound? If you haven't ever been there, we highly recommend going.

Ha ha!

This is pretty funny, for all of you Diary of a Wimpy Kid fans out there!

http://www.wimpyourself.com/?w=ac7f0bbf0280f5de7d1113ed5

Field Trip!

A mistake was made, and our Rough Rider's field trip has been changed to Monday May 10th.
The Rough Riders will actually be playing a game the original day that we were schedule and although that would be fun, we can't go on that day. So we did the next best thing and changed it to Monday. Even more good news, your child will be getting a refund of the $2, so we get to go for free!
Thank you for your understanding.
:)

TAKS Journey

We took a journey through all of the 3rd grade teachers classrooms to review all of the skills that will be tested on the TAKS test.
We had a great time!
Reading- Summarization, Main Idea, Inference, Characterization, Story Problem/Solution, and Context Clues.
Math- Problem Solving, Addition & Subtraction, Real World Math, Place Value, Patterns, Multiplication & Division.

We feel ready ROCK that test! Way to go 3rd grade!

Are you ready for some baseball?

We have a fun filled field trip scheduled to go see the Frisco Rough Riders' Stadium on May 11th. If you would like to chaperone, please be sure that you have your background information filled out by April 27th as it takes 2 weeks to run the check. We are so excited and would love to have as many parents there as possible! You can even meet us there. We hope to see you soon!

Frisco Fire Safety Town

Today we had our Field trip to FFST.
We had a blast. We learned about bicycle safety and how to be a safe pedestrian. We walked and rode bikes around the town.
After our tour of the fire house we went to Friendship Park and had lunch and an extended recess. Ms. Cone got a workout pushing little people on the tire swing. So fun!


From the mouths of 3rd graders:
"I won hand signal Simon Says", says Alex.
"What a day!", exclaimed Slick.
"Best time ever!", shouted Vince.
"Fire safety town is the best place to ride bikes! exclaimed KT.
"It was the best time of my life", squealed Jennet.




Thanks moms for coming and helping!