What is Boxing Day???

Students in 3rd grade learned about 5 different countries and how they celebrate Christmas Around the World.  After lunch, we had the opportunity to Skype with a gentleman from England about Christmas and Boxing Day.  Afterwards, students had the chance to ask questions.  We had a blast.  Hope you enjoy the audio.....

I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas by the Boys

Sorry Quinn.....your shirt was the same color as the green screen!

Rudolph is Sick

Santa in Hawaii by Jill

I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

Frosty by Kamaria

Continent and Ocean Practice

Find the Continents and Oceans

Multi Level Practice

Southern's Bookr Project

Dalton's Bookr Project

Cooper's Bookr Project

Drew's Bookr Project

Skyla's Bookr Project

Quinn's Bookr Project

Abby's Bookr Project

Wyatt's Bookr Project

Kamaria's Bookr Project

Makenzie's Bookr Project

Blayne's Bookr Project

Jesse's Bookr Project

Jill's Bookr Project

Mark's Bookr Project

Kassidi's Bookr Project

Bobbie's Bookr Project

Cable's Bookr Project

Circleville, KS

Soldier, KS

Whiting, KS

Netawaka, KS

Holton, KS

Communities of Jackson Heights

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Day of Discovery

Happy Halloween!!

 

Happy Halloween from Mrs. Altenburg's 3rd graders

Skyping with Jeremy

 Jeremy H. on Skype

Mrs. Altenburg finishing concluding our Skype Call

Students in Mrs. Altenburg's classroom enjoyed a Skype call from a former JHHS student, Jeremy H.  He is also a brother to one of my students.  We created a story together using the prompt:  The mad scientist was creating a monster that could......

We had a great time and look forward to more skyping in the future.

Finish the Story!!!

The black cat started to crouch and hiss when...

Slushy Berry

Drew, Abby, Cooper, and Blayne made a commerical for Slushy Berry.  This is a spin off of Juicy-O, a drink in the book Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing  by Judy Blume.  Forgive the fact that the webcam froze during the video...you miss out on the awesome pictures of the Slushy Berry drink.  But the kids came up with the "jingle" themselves. 

Fire Safety Week

On Friday, October 8, members of the Soldier Fire Department visited our classroom and taught us about fire safety. Mr. Taff explained the importance of smoke alarms and what you should do should you have a fire. The Soldier Fire Department also provided each family in our school with a smoke alarm. Thank you so much for doing this for our JH families.

Your assignment is to write about your experience learning about safety. You can write about something you learned from the firemen, the ambulance attendent or the LifeStar paramedics. 

Cable's Venus Flytrap

Kassidi's Venus Flytrap

Jill's Venus Flytrap

Jesse's Venus Flytrap

Southern's Venus Flytrap

Blayne's Venus FlyTrap

Bobbie's Venus FlyTrap

Makenzie's Venus FlyTrap

Kamaria's Venus Flytrap

Wyatt's Venus Flytrap

Skyla's Venus Flytrap

Dalton's Venus Flytrap

Cooper's Venus Flytap

Drew's Venus Flytrap

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Abby's Venus Flytrap

Share what you enjoyed!

Our Grandparents' Day Celebration has come and gone.  Take some time to think about what you enjoyed about the day.  What do you wish we could have done with your Grandparents that we didn't get the chance to do?  What was your favorite part of the activity? What was your least favorite part of the grandparent day activities?  

Grandparents We WANT You!!!

Okay grandparents....we want to hear from you. Please comment on our celebration you attended. To do this: #1--click comments, #2--type your thoughts into the box, #3--scroll down and click "name" and type your name, #4--click publish your comment, #5--check at the top of the page for a message that says, "your comment has been published", if it doesn't say that, try publishing again. Sometimes we have to do this more than one. We can't wait to read what you have to say.

One Word Only!!!

Today your grandparents will be coming to school to celebrate Grandparents Day a little late. Using one word, describe how you feel about our celebration right now.

Bobbie's Grandparent Memory

Skyla's Grandparent Memory

Jesse's Grandparent Memory

MaKenzie's Grandparent Memory

Cable's Grandparent Memory

Blayne's Grandparents Memory

Cooper's Grandparent Memory

Drew's Grandparent Memory

Mark's Grandparent Memory

Kamaria's Grandparent Memory

Kassidi's Grandparent Memory

Abby's Grandparent Memory

Quinn's Grandparent Memory

Wyatt's Grandparent Memory

Dalton's Grandparents Memory

Jill's Grandparent Memory

Southern's Grandparent Memory

Abby's Photostory

Out of this World Experience

Using complete sentences tell why you think being a student in Mrs. Altenburg's classroom at Jackson Heights has been an "Out of this World" experience so far. 

Plural Nouns

We have learned that plural nouns are nouns that name more than one person, place or thing. You know to make most nouns plural you add "s" or "es" to the noun. You need to think of five nouns that you would make plural by adding "s" and five nouns that you would make plural by adding "es". Write the nouns that you came up with correctly.

Mrs. Altenburg's Aliens

We had some fun the first day of school making Aliens to go with our "OUT OF THIS WORLD" school theme!

Tanner's Advice

Shelby's Advice

Sophia's Advice

Ty's Advice

Sydney's Advice

Kolby's Advice

Advice from Curtis

Lane's advice

Brock's Advice

Levi's Advice

Faith's Advice

Tell me About it!

Think about this picture.  What story comes to your mind?  I want you to share a story using this picture.  Remember to be creative, include characters, setting, problem/solution.  Check you spelling and make sure it posted before going onto the next thing.

Transformational Geometry

M.C. Escher is a famous artist that uses transformational geometry in his pictures. Tell me the three types of Transformational Geometry and explain what type is.  Be sure to use both the fancy word and the smaller word.  

Going to the Circus by Brock

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A Boy Fishing by Jaden

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The Purple Pussycat - by Levi

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Leah's Pony

VOKI fun

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Important Events in U.S. History

Pick any two important events in U.S. History that we have talked about during Social Studies and write 5 sentences telling about each of them. Don't forget to write complete sentences with capitals and punctuation.

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Surfing towards Excellence

This is the big week! I know you are all ready and have been working very hard to prepare for these State Assessment Tests. Go to bed early and relax!!! Let me know how you are feeling about the tests.

Sheffel Theater Clinic

Luge

Luge

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Bobsled

Bobsled

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Curling

curling

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Skeleton

Skeleton racing

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Snowboarding

Snowboarding

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Speed Skating

Speed skating

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Nordic Combined

nordic comdin faith

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Ski jumping

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Alpine Skiing

alpine skiing

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2010 Winter Olympics Excitement

What Olympic Sport do you think looks the most interesting? Why does this sport interest you? Tell me something you have learned so far about the 2010 Winter Olympics that you didn't know before. Are you as excited about the Olympics as Mrs. Hufford and Mrs. Altenburg? Tell me why??