Grade 3 - Week 13

Week 13 - Moving on...

This was to be our Thanksgiving week with minimal work planned but since we spent an extra week in South America, we are traveling to Norway this week. 

We are back to the "Kingdom Tales" book for our read alouds.  I am still not quite sure what I think of these.  I know they have a point to all of the stories but sometimes, I think they are a little deep for third graders.  Some days they seem to understand and other days, I am not so sure.  I do reword some things that could be a little scary for them.  I wouldn't read these to younger kids. 

We decorated our Turkey Pumpkin again this year.  The girls really like doing that.  We also made some Pilgrim hat decorations.  Anything with paint is always a hit. 

On a side note, the girls started basket ball last week and had their first game this week.  It is a recreational league and they don't officially keep score (and the score was pretty low).  But, Anna got a basket (only a few kids on each team did) and she was very excited.  This was the first time I have seen Anna run as fast as she could from one end of the court to the other on a consistent basis.  She really wanted to be where the action was.  She was pretty aggressive and "stole" the ball too.  She is so short so that is a disadvantage but she seems to really like.  Emma always wants to do the "sports" but I think it is more the social aspect that she likes.  She was able to catch a pass in and dribble the ball down the court a few times.  She took a couple of shots but missed.  It will be interesting to see how they do.