Learning about $$$$

Thanks so much to Diane Hamilton, branch manager at Woodforest National Bank in Freeport (and Sydney's mom), for coming in to talk to the third graders about banking!  The information you shared is so valuable, and hopefully, we'll have a lot more savers (rather than spenders) in the future.... :)

Thanks Ms. Hamilton!

Petting Zoo Fun!

Thanks so much to Mr. Curry and the River Ridge FFA! The third graders loved all of the animals, and the ice cream, too!!!

Vocabulary Gallery

Today we explored our vocabulary words by creating a "Vocabulary Gallery".

I "Mustache" You... Did You Meet Your AR Goal?

Yes, that's right, we had a mustache party today to celebrate everyone in our class meeting their AR goal for the 3rd quarter!  Crazy and fun! After that, we joined Mrs. Reese's class for the school reward of Bingo! Great job reading, third grade!

Busy AR readers!

It was a busy morning at the computers in our classroom as third graders are anxious to take AR tests! Remember, all students should be at 100% by 5-16-14, and we are working hard to stay at or above 85% correct on all tests!

Camdyn, Lebron, Sam, Dawson & Cora taking AR tests

All ready for Open House!

Thanks so much to all the parents, grandparents, and friends who attended Open House on Thursday night! We had an excellent turn-out, and the third graders were thrilled to share their school lives with their families. Here are some photos of the "third-graders" as they anxiously awaited our guests....  ;)

Read the Most - Coast to Coast!

 On Friday, Feb. 28th, River Ridge participated in Accelerated Reader's "Read the Most Coast to Coast"  program in which we were helping to break last year's record of total number of AR tests taken across the US.  Although we were striving to make 5 million, we did beat last year's record with a total of 4,987,949 tests taken from coast to coast.  Here are a few snapshots of our day:

Dawson, Jack & Sam

Elijah

Ella

As an extra reward, we also celebrated Fancy Friday by having lunch in our classroom.

Fancy Friday!