Our First Assembly

Something that we are doing new this year is called PBIS.  That stands for Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports.  We have a school wide set of guidelines for all kids.  Once a week we get together in the gym and have an assembly and say the pledge together, announce the student birthdays for the week and learn about one area of the school we would like to improve.
This morning room 24 presented for the first time at the all school assembly.  The kids did a great job teaching about the rules for morning arrival.  Check out the video they made last week.  It is really something to be proud of.

First Day of School

We wrote in cursive.  We learned the letters I and T.    We had fun.  We got to do a game in Morning Meeting.  We also got to stay outside for a little longer for recess.  We learned a new game called 6 corners.  We read about a nature secret. We had fun with Mr. Melde.  We read a book called First Day Jitters.  It had a surprise at the end.  We had apples for snack.

Welcome Back to School!

Welcome back!  We hope that you have had a wonderful summer and that you are ready to come back and see old friends, make some new ones and learn lots of new stuff. This is the official blog for both third grade classes.  We will use this website to communicate lots of information like news, events and tons of pictures and videos.  Check back often because we will be updating often.  Make sure you write down the address and bookmark it at home and at work.  The address is:

www.mrmelde.blogspot.com


If you are looking at this at open house I would like you do a couple things.  They are listed below:

1.  Introduce yourself and your family to me.  I am looking forward to getting to know you and that starts with putting a face with your name.

2.  Find your desk and locker.  They are already assigned but we may find the need to change soon.

3.  Explore the room a little.  There is a lot to see.

4. Parents, I would like to ask you to please fill out the Student Contact Sheet.  If you could leave it on the corner of my desk that would be great!
Also do not forget to sign up for conferences down by the gym.  Times are going to fill up fast!

Thanks!

This is right outside our classroom window!

Could this be any cuter?!?!?

Garden Planting Day

We have tons to share about planting our garden from last week.  First of all, please read over the student blogs.  If you are not sure about the addresses they are still located in an earlier post.

A big thank you to Burpee Home Gardens and Bailey's Nursery for helping to create such great memories for our kids.  We are also very thankful to Tracy Peterson and the Inver Grove Heights Park and Rec. Department for including us in such a cool project.

Also there were lots of adults there that day volunteering their time to help us get all of the plants in the ground.  Thank you to all of you!!

I am sure you heard plenty about the day from your child but we also wanted to share some pictures and videos about the time we spent up there.

We were on the news this morning too. Here is the link to that page:

Fox9 Morning News

This is another video from the online newspaper call the Inver Grove Heights Patch:

Inver Grove Heights Patch

There is another one that will be coming out soon for the local community access cable.  I will post it here when that one comes out.

No Talking

We Finally Finished It!  Now that the book is done it will be fun to try the same sort of contest they did in the book.  Today is the day.  Here are the rules.
1.  The contest will go from 8:45 until I leave for the meeting at the District Office.
2. You may only talk if I ask you a question.
3.  If I ask you a question you may only respond with 3 words.
4.  You may NOT talk to another kid using words.
5.  You may use the paper on your desk for writing notes to others for communication but you only get one so use it carefully.
6. Other than the rules above it will be a normal morning.
The time from 8:30 to 8:45 will be a time to ask questions.
Once the contest begins we will keep track of "Illegal Words".  This means anyone talking past 3 words or talking to another student without me asking a question.
If the number of illegal Words is lower than 30 when the contest ends, then I will recommend free time for you at the end of the day.

Good Luck and have fun!!!!!