Organize and label all binders and notebooks.

$math homework for 3rd graders$

Finish playing four corners game from yesterday. ( Always a student favorite!!!).

Morning work: reading interest survey (free).

“When your parents ask you what you did today, what are you going to say?”

Pack up / prepare for dismissal / reflect on the day.

FIRST DAY task cards / SCOOT – Afterwards, go through the questions about things they are still wondering!.

Start our first read aloud: How to Be Cool in the Third Grade.

(I am having my students record themselves reading these! More on this here.)

Complete “I AM” poem (free) and draw a self-portrait.

Discuss lunch procedures before heading to cafeteria.

Quick class meeting using discussion cards.

Discuss hallway procedures before walking to specials.

Give students time to share after each move.

Play first half of All About Me Four Corners.

(Students will start in their notebooks next week!) Start mentor sentence for the week on an anchor chart. Students write on a sticky note what is important about them, then they do a gallery walk to see everyone else’s.

Practice drills: evacuation, shelter, & intruder – Talk about the WHY behind safety drills.

Did your team work together better this time? Were you more successful? Why? (Accountable talk!) Another team building activity: tangrams (free).Make chart for “Accountable Talk” to discuss how our words and tones matter. Read aloud The Crayon Box that Talked.Discuss team jobs(blog) – How do we take care of our classroom?.See more in the video below, and download the freebie here. Read aloud Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse and complete an activity to make inferences about the teacher, then inferences about other students.Students come in with the option to read a book or draw a picture.

Math homework for 3rd graders