Memories of Our Third Grade Year

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Memories of Our Third Grade Year

• As told by Mrs. Hillebrechts Class
• 2004-2005
• Robert Hunter Elementary School

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These memories were gathered in Mrs.
Hillebrechts classroom. The students each
created a slide, and Ms. Wintermute, the computer
teacher put them together to make this slide show!
We hope you enjoy the show!
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Cursive

• Have you been waiting for cursive all year?
  Its like regular writing, but you have a lot of
  curves when you write cursive letters and connect
  them. I will give you an example of how to write
  the word (crayon) in cursive. (crayon). I know
  it looks a little weird , but thats how you
  write it. When I first learned cursive, it was
  really hard because you have to write your words
  on a slant, and I had trouble with my slant.
  Once you practice writing cursive, its not that
  hard. Cursives really fun and I think you will
  enjoy it a lot. Have fun in third grade!

By
Brianna
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The Planetarium

• Have you ever been to a Planetarium? Do you know
  what a planetarium is? Well, if you ask me, a
  planetarium is a place where you look up at the
  ceiling and watch a fantastic show about space!
  
• I have been to a planetarium and it was at
  Raritan Valley Community College. I got the best
  seat in the planetarium. When the show started, I
  looked up at the ceiling. The lights were turned
  off, and I saw thousands of stars. I saw nine
  planets, and our big yellow, orange sun that was
  amazingly bright!
• In third grade, we learned all about our solar
  system which includes the nine planets, all their
  moons and our sun. Learning about the
  constellations was very interesting. Have fun
  blasting off into space!

By Casey
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Recorders

• Do you want to learn to play a musical
  instrument? When you are in 3rd grade, you will
  learn to play the recorder in music class. It is
  hard at first to learn how to play a recorder. If
  you try hard and practice you will get better at
  it. When I first came to this school, I didnt
  know how to play this instrument, but the music
  teacher helped me, and she will help you, too!

By Cheyenne
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Chapter Books

• Have you ever read a really good chapter book?
  I have read a lot of chapter books this year.
  Ive read the Chronicles of Narnia, Little House
  in the Big Woods and Ramona Quimby Age 8. If you
  want to read any of these books ask Mrs. H.
  These books are very good books and Mrs. H
  recommends them. I absolutely loved The
  Chronicles of Narnia. Theyre making a movie
  about it and it will come out in December.
  Chapter books rule! In reading groups you only
  read chapter books and theyre all really good.
  Some of the books youll read are Sarah, Plain
  and Tall, Chocolate Fever, Charlie and the
  Chocolate Factory , Help! Im a Prisoner in the
  Library and many more! Have lots of fun with
  Mrs. H and have a great year.

By Connor
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Roxaboxen

• Have you ever heard of the story Roxaboxen ?
  Its a cool fun story in the social studies
  textbook. The story is about children in the
  desert town, and the children pretend to make
  houses using bricks and cement, but they really
  use rocks for the outline of the houses and boxes
  for beds, couches, chairs, and other
  things.There are multi colored pebbles and the
  mayor of the town said that these pebbles can be
  the money of Roxaboxen. If you had a car in this
  imaginary place, then you would have to drive at
  a certain speed or else you would go to jail. But
  if you had a horse, you could go as fast as the
  wind. The children also had pretend wars, boys
  against girls. If a boy/girl gets you before you
  get to the fort, they are out, but if you get in
  the fort, then you are safe.

By Corey
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D.E.A.R.

• D.E.A.R. stands for Drop Everything and
  Read. During D.E.A.R. I like to read Goosebumps
  books. I like to read on the rug. You can have
  D.E.A.R. when you are done with your work. When
  you read books on the rug, they have to be
  chapter books. Some books may have pictures, but
  they should mainly be interesting chapter books.
  When you find an interesting or wonderful word in
  your book, you can write it down on a bookmark.
  When you find out what it means, you can share it
  with the class. Read and grow!

By David
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Resident Expert Project

• Is there a special topic that interests you?
  Would you like to learn more and at the same time
  get extra credit? If you do, it might be fun to
  try a Resident Expert Project!
• These projects are fun because you get to choose
  a cool topic, which can be ANYTHING! You could
  research human bones or chimpanzees or even try
  electricity. Whatever you can think of that is
  cool and interesting to you, can become an
  independent project.
• After you research the fact, you can display
  them in one of these cool ways tri-folds,
  computer slides, written reports, graphs or maybe
  a new display you made up! Whichever you choose,
  be proud of your finished work!
• If you decide to do a Resident Expert Project,
  do your best, but have fun with it, too.
• Good Luck!

By Emma
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Shenanigans Day!

• Do you like leprechauns? In third grade youll
  celebrate Shenanigans Day. The leprechauns left
  gold and green glitter on our desks every time we
  came back from our special. Whenever we left our
  room, strange things happened! We also made
  potato people. You can make them anything you
  want them to be. Mine was a rock star. He had
  toothpicks sticking out of his head and he was
  wearing a cape. I planted real grass which grew
  out of his head! We made leprechaun want ads,
  too. We wrote a want ad which stated what your
  leprechauns must do or know. Sometimes a
  leprechaun will even write back! Have fun on
  March 17th!

By Harrison
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The Cat and Dog Debate

• In 3rd grade you will be involved in something
  called the Great Cat and Dog Debate. This is when
  you choose to vote on cats or dogs as your
  favorite pets.You get to write edit and type your
  story and chose a cool picture on the computer
  for a cover! I chose dogs because cats are lazy
  !!!! Other people thought cats rock! Do to want
  to do this? Its a lot of fun to do. It is also
  fun to listen to everyone's opinions on voting
  for cats or dogs. I hope that you will enjoy 3rd
  grade. Its a lot of fun! Which pet will you vote
  for?

By Jon
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Homework

• Do you like to do homework that is super
  challenging? Homework is the best thing in third
  grade because it is a lot more challenging than
  second grade homework. In math youll even have
  math division problems.

By Jordan
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Resident Expert Project

• Do you know what a resident expert project is?
  It is a project where you get to select a topic
  that you are interested in. Which topic would
  you pick? I did research on human bones. My
  classmate, Emma, also did the resident expert
  project. She researched on chimpanzees. We
  helped each other with our research and
  presentations. Both of us really had fun. I
  wrote facts like an adult has 206 bones and a
  newborn baby has more than 300 bones! Have fun in
  third grade!

By Mansi
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Health

• In third grade you are going to learn lots of
  interesting things in health. Health class is
  where youll learn about the body like the
  digestive system. You will be learning about
  teeth, saliva glands and the esophagus. Your
  esophagus is your throat. Making a skeleton is
  a fun project and we made posters, too! Youll
  play fun fact games while the teacher is helping
  you review for Health tests!

By Matt F
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Read-Aloud Books

• Do you like to listen to a good story ? In third
  grade your teacher will read lots of good stories
  out loud. You can listen or draw a picture of
  whats happening. Some of my favorite read-alouds
  were Muggie Maggie, Shiloh, Ralph S. Mouse and
  Because of Winn- Dixie. Which book would you like
  to hear Mrs. Hillebrecht read?

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By Matt M.
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Myths Marshmallows

• Did you ever hear about a fun activity called
  Myths Marshmallows? I will bet you will love it
  because you get to make a picture of any
  constellation in the sky. Then you will create a
  myth about how your constellation got into the
  sky. Next, you will draw your constellation on a
  black piece of paper. Then the teacher will give
  you a straight pin and youll get to prick holes
  in the paper, following the outline of your
  constellation. The really fun part is when you
  sit around a pretend campfire androast
  marshmallows, while your classmates read their
  constellation stories. When theyre done, their
  pin-pricked constellations are placed on the
  overhead and projected up on the ceiling. I
  chose to create a myth about Taurus the Bull.
  Which constellation will you chose?

By Matt S
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Hat Day

• On Hat Day in third grade youll get to wear your
  favorite hat all day! It is really fun. Youll do
  lots of fun activities and even make a drawing of
  yourself wearing your favorite hat. Caps for Sale
  was a funny book about a peddler who sold lots of
  caps. As he rested under a tree, the monkeys in
  that tree stole the peddlers caps! Its very
  funny how he got his caps back! Have fun on Hat
  Day!

By Morgan
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Golden Tickets

• Have you ever wanted to be a 3rd grader? Well,
  youre going to have so much fun collecting
  golden tickets.Would you like to earn a free
  homework pass, lunch with the teacher or computer
  time? Well, if you do, golden tickets are for
  you! So be a diligent student and collect some
  golden tickets today!

By Phil
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Space

• Have you ever wonted to visit the solar system? I
  havent, but I have learned a lot about it. Let
  me tell you some facts about the solar system.
  Did you know that Earth is about 93000000 miles
  from the sun? And there is a really big storm on
  Jupiter called the great red spot. It could
  swallow the earth! Jupiter
  is the biggest planet in the Solar system. The
  planets farthest from the sun are the gas giants!
  

By
Ryan
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Bat Day

• Did you ever have a batty day in school?
  Well, in third grade there is such a day called
  Bat Day! It is when you go to school and learn
  about bats all day long! Every half hour, youll
  hum a little tune (thats a little like Batman).
  The first person to hum the tune gets a card that
  has facts about bats on it. You get to read it to
  the class. Youll keep on doing it until the day
  is over. Youll also get to read lots of books
  about bats at the back table. On Bat Day we all
  wore bat color, black, brown or gray. The
  funniest thing was when Mrs. Hillebrecht wore a
  bat hat!

By Samantha
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My Teacher

• Did you ever have a really nice teacher? I have.
  Mrs. Hillebrecht is the really nice teacher.
  She makes up fun homework. She also makes up fun
  projects, like a Roxaboxen town. Mrs.
  Hillebrecht thinks of cool thinks for computers.
  My class and I did a lot of science projects, and
  we also typed a lot of our writing. When I
  learned about the Lenape Indians, we watched some
  videos. I liked my teacher Mrs. Hillebrecht, and
  I know you will too.

By Sami