M&M Math

Due to the snow days before winter break, we had to reschedule our M&M math, but it was well worth the wait.  Before we could eat our tasty treats, we had to make predictions and graph our results.  We used a line plot and bar graph to show our class data as well as our individual data.  Some of our predictions turned out to be quite accurate, but other results came as quite a surprise! 

We counted, sorted and compared our M&Ms.

We used a bar graph to show the color distribution results.

We used a line plot graph to show our class "scoop" distribution.

We made predictions and collected our data in an organized manner. 

Habitats and Food Chains

We have been studying habitats and the different food chains for each.  After researching the animals we combined the habitat features and food chain in art.  Stop by our 3rd grade hall to see our display.  

DESERT

POND

OCEAN

RAIN FOREST

FOREST

ARCTIC TUNDRA

SAVANNAH PLAINS

PROUDLY DISPLAYED OUTSIDE OUR CLASSROOM.

Food Drive

Each picture represents two cans or boxes of food collected for each category.

We are collecting and sorting all of the food outside the third grade classrooms.

Outside every classroom we are keeping track of their food collection on a bar graph.

We are responsible for categorizing each donation with weekly totals.

This table helps us keep track of a running total for our class donations.

We compare the daily third grade collection totals on this bar graph that counts by tens.

The food drive is a fantastic opportunity to apply "real life" math problems.

3rd Grade Food Drive

Today we spent most of the morning getting ready for the annual third grade food drive.  Each group is responsible for presenting, collecting and graphing food donations from a specific classroom.  Our food drive will begin on Monday, November 29th and run through Friday, December 10th.  We worked extremely hard on writing a speech to present tomorrow, a graph to keep track of the food totals and a box for collecting.  We are collecting canned and and boxed food, so please don't send anything frozen or opened.  Thanks for your support. 

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We are ready to start helping and collecting!

Giving Thanks Luncheon

On Friday, November 19th we hosted a Giving Thanks Luncheon.  We invited friends and family to come and share lunch with us.  We had some really delicious beverages and food for our potluck.  We decided to make and share food that we were thankful for and might have for Thanksgiving.  We also made placemats that we shared.  They showed what we were thankful for in life.  First we thought about what we were thankful for.  We sketched it on water color paper and then painted it.  We wrote what we were thankful for on the placemat and in a story that we shared with the lunch group.  Before we performed our reading, we practiced in front of our classmates.  We had a chance to sit and have lunch with all kinds of new people in our classroom.  We had a great time and are very thankful for our fun luncheon.  HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Mrs. Payne's Football Team

At recess,some of  Mrs. Payne's class has been playing football.They go against Mrs. Laubscher's football team[you can see them in the other blog post].Mrs. Payne's Football team's name is dragons.
The people who play football are Grayson,Max,Sam.o,andDavid.

by John and Grayson

Food Web #3

The dandelion (Savanna) gave energy to the butterfly (Jailyn), the butterfly gave energy to the crab spider (David), the crab spider gave energy to the garden snake (Kees).  

Did you guess this was the MEADOW food web?