2nd Grade Persuasive Letters

Third Grade PBL

Third graders have been very busy researching best practice, creating lesson plans, and figuring out schedules so that we can begin helping young readers at MES. #thirdgradePBL2014

It was "Dress Like Your Favorite Book Character" day at MES!  Mrs. Diefenbaugh, Mrs. Schmidt and I enjoyed being the Three Little Pigs for the day!

Today we kicked off our PBL activity in third grade.  Students generated a list of things that they need to find out in order to answer our driving question: How can we help struggling readers at MES improve their reading skills?  The photo above shows what these third grade students want to find out!

Singer/songwriter James Hersch visited our classroom on Friday afternoon.  Third grade students  have been studying figurative language all week.  As a final activity for this unit of study, students helped compose a song using the skills they've learned.  They did a great job while getting a glimpse of the ins and outs of writing and publishing music.  A huge shout out to James Hersch and Manchester University for arranging this awesome activity!

Check out these amazing iMovies made by third graders in our class!

Sam's life

Maegan

My firsts until now

My story of life

My Life In Time

My indescribable life

My life

The eight years of my life

My story

Story of my life

My Story

My life

Learning all kinds of awesome information at #WISE2014 @rosensquires. Amazing keynote speaker @gcouros!

First Grade Students' Favorite Moments in Mrs. Rosen's Classroom.

Third Grade Students' Favorite Moments in Mrs. Rosen's Classroom.

Second Grade Students' Favorite Moments in Mrs. Rosen's Classroom!

Students who receive math services enjoyed dissecting cow eyes in class last week.  We want to give a huge shout out to parent volunteer, Ashleigh Maxcey, for providing both the cow eyes and the experience!  What a great opportunity this was for my classes!!

Cow Eye Dissection

First Grade Book Projects

First grade reading students chose a project to do or make about a book they enjoyed reading.  I was very impressed with these projects.  We hope you are too!

First Grade Book Projects

My Movie 8

First Grade Book Projects

First Grade Book Projects

Third grade math students recently created their own games in our classroom.  Students did a great job of designing and then explaining the games to their classmates.  After playing each of the games, our class voted and I've posted the top two games.  Check them out!

Third Grade Games

Third Grade Games

Students at MES are so excited about our new school reading initiative! Each day students from different classrooms have been making morning announcements about what they are reading now.  Check out the following announcement made by one of our first graders just this morning!

What Are YOU Reading Now?!

More Fantastic First Grade Book Reviews!

More Fantastic First Grade Book Reviews!

Fantastic First Grade Book Reviews!

First Grade Book Review

We are so excited about our school Reading Initiative!  We have been reading books  and writing all kinds of book reviews.  We hope you enjoy listening to our reviews.  We also hope that these reviews motivate you to pick up one of these books.  What are YOU reading now?!

Check Out These Third Grade Book Reviews!

Check Out These Third Grade Book Reviews!

Third Grade Book Reviews

Amazing Kindergarten Book Reviews

Amazing Kindergarten Book Reviews

Well, if you're reading this post that means Tucker is still sick or someone else in my family has become a victim of the stomach bug:( 
I hope you are all doing well.  I miss all of you! If you have time you can write me.  You can tell me about a time when you were sick, or a fun experience that might cheer me up, or you can just write what ever is on your mind.  I would love to hear from you all!
-Mrs. Rosen

I love to laugh.  This is one of those moments in life that I laughed so hard I cried.  Have you ever had a moment like that?  If so, tell me all about it!

One of the things I love most about my job this year is that I am learning along with my students.  Believe it or not, this is my very first classroom blog! Though I'm a little nervous about blogging, I can't wait to get started! I hope that I can use this blog to inspire students and show case their work.