The Christian Chronicle: February 2020

Monday, February 24, 2020

Third graders learn about mistletoe in class

We had a great day in class!

We had our Monday assembly to get us off to a great start. The last day to "Feed the Pigs" for Relay for Life is this Thursday.

We read silently this morning. Then we read a short passage about mistletoe. It was interesting, as most didn't realize that it is a parasite. We also took our timed "Maze" test. These are the ones where there are three given words to choose from throughout a passage. This helps with comprehension and using context clues.

We got our spelling words for this week. We are on lesson 16. They had to write them using their color charts.

We went to computers for Istation math practice.

In science we drew a picture of our new plant that I brought. They not only drew it, they had to label it as well.

Thursday, February 20, 2020

A great Thursday: apostrophes, contractions, fractions

We had a great Thursday. We started with some silent reading.

We finished our point of view project and they were able to bring them home today, as they wouldn't fit in the Wednesday folder bucket. We also worked with contractions and alphabetical order. Not only did we find the contraction for given words, but we circled the letters that were omitted in the contractions. This helps them realize why the apostrophe is where it is in a contraction.

We worked more with fractions. We added to our notebooks. We made our own group then colored according to what I wrote on the board. (3/5 purple, 1/5 red, 1/5 green)

Have a great weekend with your family!

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Students learn about point of view in reading

We had a great day today. It started with our last multiplication puzzle.

We worked more with point of view in reading today. We made charts, and tomorrow we will finish the reading/writing part of it.

We had our vision screening today, as well.

We worked more with fractions today. But we are going to revisit them in a different way tomorrow. Today we tried using counters to find 5/8 of 24. This was difficult for them. We were working them together but it just wasn't clicking. We will save that skill for later. They were doing so well on the other that I thought we were ready for that.

About Mrs. Christian

This fall, I started my 35th year in the classroom, my 27th year in third grade. I graduated from East Central University in the summer of 1984 and began my teaching career four days later as an all-day kindergarten teacher.

After six years of teaching in my home town of Wetumka, I moved to Enid, then to Moore, and finally to Shawnee.

I had thought I would retire from Moore Public Schools, at some point. But then, life happened. I got married, after thinking I would never go down that road ever again. I commuted the full second semester from Shawnee. The drive was way too hard on this old lady. Fortunately, Mrs. Noble and I found each other. I truly believe Will Rogers will be my last school. I have many years of teaching ahead of me, and am excited to spend them in Shawnee.

I have been fortunate to win a number of awards in my years as a teacher, including being honored twice in Enid as Teacher of the Year at Glenwood School. I also received the Enid Air Force Association's Teacher of the Year for two years, and have been nominated for its state and national awards. I have presented at state and national conferences and have been designated as a Master Teacher by the Oklahoma Energy Resource Board and work as a teacher-trainer for science curricula throughout the state. I also co-authored OERB's second elementary curriculum, and I am the co-author of a new picture book, O is for Oil.

I am a faculty member for one of the nation's most prestigious professional development organizations for teachers, Pathways to Literacy, and I am also active as a trainer of teachers for several statewide organizations.