Mrs. Katchen's Class 2018-19

We have enjoyed week 2 in 3rd grade! It has been another week of building class community through team building and Top Chef, learning about our brains and the importance of developing a  growth mindset, building a reading life, writing about our lives, the importance of understanding place value in math, planting seeds in science, and celebrating Santino's birthday! Come take a look...

We have been taking time to get to know each other and learn the classroom routines. There is so much more to learn about 3rd grade but we are taking it slow so everyone feels safe and ready to learn. We are learning about the importance of a growth mindset from the start. We worked on understanding how our brains work and what the different parts are for. We also worked on understanding that making healthy mistakes (stretch mistakes and A'ha mistakes) will help you grow your thinking. It is more fun to be challenged. We took some brain and movement breaks to help us focus and pay attention throughout the day. Today we did a team building challenge with some pasta, a marshmallow, string, tape and scissors. The challenge: to build the tallest free-standing tower in 18 minutes.  It was great to see the teams work together. Even when they struggled and could have given up....they didn't! They enjoyed this and we talked about how many skills we work on and grow through these ex...