School is in session!

I am excited to welcome you all to third grade! It's so much fun to work with so many familiar faces and to meet some new friends as well. We are off to a great start! I hope that this blog will be a useful tool for your family and that it will help you feel more a part of what we're doing at school.

You can "follow" this blog by clicking on the FOLLOW link on the right side of the page. (By the way, sometimes those boxes on the right take a couple of minutes to load... not sure why exactly but I'll keep working to improve things.)

Calling All Captain Underpants Fans!

Dav Pilkey, author of the Captain Underpants and Ricky Ricotta books, has a new book out TODAY! I found the following description of the book on Scholastic's blog: "In this new book, Harold Hutchins and George Beard create two kung-fu cavemen named Ook and Gluk who get sucked back in time to 500,001 BC in the area of present-day Cleveland, Ohio. They have to defeat evil Big Chief Goppernopper and his reckless future great grandson. But that's nothing a little kung-fu can't handle."



On the Captain Underpants website, you can find lots of fun and even educational activities including Professor Poopypants' Change-o-Chart 2000, where you can find out your silly name. Mine is Crusty Lizardchunks. :)

I also found some videos of Dav explaining how to create flip-o-ramas on YouTube. As always, access YouTube with caution!

Family Poetry Jam

Kids love poetry. LD OnLine published a great article about sharing poems at home as a family. One suggestion is: "Have each member of the family choose and practice a favorite poem to share with the family. Set aside a special time to celebrate poetry by having each person share their poem."

Read all about it and share some poems today!