Importance of Nightly Reading

Each night, we ask all 3rd graders to read for 30 minutes. We are working on developing a love of reading through student book choice and consistent practice. We have the students log their minutes, pages read, and books so that they can reflect on their home reading life. Reading at home is imperative to growing a lifelong reader. Here is a great article about the importance of reading and how to make that 30 minutes count. Please read for some great tips and ideas about reading for homework.

Your child has nightly reading homework. What should YOU be doing?

Friendship Feast

Enjoy these pictures of our class enjoying our Kindergarten Buddy Friendship Feast! We are so grateful for our kindergarten buddies. Happy Thanksgiving!

Halloween

It was a spooky Halloween in our classroom! Thank you to all the parent volunteers for your support! The students had the best time!

Executive Functioning

We work hard in 3rd grade to develop and strengthen executive functioning. We explicitly teach self-awareness, strategies and self-monitoring to develop metacognition (thinking about our thinking). Here are a few articles for you to review on the topic of executive functioning!

3 Areas of Executive Functioning

Strategies for Strengthening Executive Functioning

Kindergarten Buddies

Every class at Hough has been assigned a reading buddy class! Our 3rd-grade class and Mrs. Henning's kindergarteners will be reading buddies this year! Reading to younger students will help the 3rd graders develop a love of reading and a greater motivation to read. Younger students will also read to their older buddies each time, as this allows younger readers to feel a sense of accomplishment while they build fluency. Students often become more positive about their ability to read and may also improve their reading skills. Ideally, our buddy visits will be ongoing, and older and younger students will become familiar with one another and nurture a mutual interest in reading.  Here are some pictures from our first two visits!