Third Grade is Great!

Mrs. Van Sluys' class has been having fun learning during Readers and Writers Workshop! The students loved decorating their Writer's Notebooks and are enjoying writing their own "seeds". They especially liked the assignment on "Where my feet have been this summer" where they were able to share about special experiences and memories from their summer vacation.  In reading workshop, the class has been learning about Fiction vs. Nonfiction, Reading Genres and many other topics.  They have also read many delightful read alouds to start the year and last week had an author study on Peter Reynolds.  On Friday, the whole third grade celebrated International Dot Day.  This is a day where students celebrate "Making their Mark", the power of trying new things even when they are hard, and "seeing where it takes you".   Here are few pictures from Readers Workshop, International Dot Day and a video clip of the The Dot song from youtube that the students had fun singing in class.