solar s'mores

Hi I'm Ella, and I'm going to tell you about our solar s'mores in our class.   We were learning about geography in Social Studies and learned about natural resources.  Natural resources can be renewable or nonrenewable.  I think we should use more renewable resources, like sunlight, because you can save it instead of using it and then buying it again and again.   
    Well Mrs. Schuh asked us how we can cook without using nonrenewable energy.  We came up with solar energy!  She showed us a video about the people in Africa using solar energy to cook their food.  That night for homework we made a plan on how to create a solar cooker.  The next day, we shared our plan and got to work on making our solar cookers!  She got Imos pizza boxes  and split us in to teams. Then all of the kids in each group got the  supplies they needed like siccors, glue and ruler's.  mrs. Schuh also got us some tinfoil and clear rap and then we got in to work. In our groups we cut the boxes in the different designs. all the other third grade classes also did this.  mrs. Carson's  class did it in shoe boxes but it still worked.
   when we were all done we put them on the black top right before recess because the sun's rays hit the blacktop.  We left them there the hole day and then at the end of the day we came back to eat our solar s'mores.  When we looked at our marsmellows and they did not really melt but the choclate did. We talked  about it and ms.Katinas  said that the marsmellows did not melt cause it is white and it reflects on the sun but since the choclate is brownish blackish that that is why it melted. The solar s'mores were so good! Then at the end of the day we ate are solar s'mores and then went home.

To see more photos of our solar s'mores, please visit our classroom website!

100% smart poster

Hi my name is Lauren and I'm in Mrs.Schuhs class in 3rd grade.  I'm going to tell you about the 100% smart poster.  So our class figured out that no one is the smartest, we just all have different strengths.  So it's not fair to say that you are in the smartest class  because everyone is smart at something, but we are all different!  For example, some of us are body strong.  It means that they learn by being active and use self-control!  Some of us are also music strong.  This means that they like to play instruments and sing a lot.  I have some music strengths, so I like to learn by making songs and repeating things to get them right.  Now that we know that everyone is 100% Smart, we celebrate it pretty much every day!  We learn by using our mistakes and learning through what we are strong!  Here is a picture of me with my strengths.  One of my biggest strengths is nature.  That is the brown piece of the pie!  I love to learn in my natural surroundings and I like animals and nature!

dot day!

Hi I'm Aidan Martinson and I'm  going to tell you about Dot Day. Well first of all, you should get the book because it's awesome.  It's called "The Dot" by Peter Reynolds.  Ok back to explaining how we celebrate it.  When you make a mark and see where it takes you, the mark you begin with can take you anywhere.  It is letting you know that you are just fine the way you are!  And also it's fun to wear dot stuff. I put a dot shirt on it was filled with
dots but some people had very little dots.  Even the teachers wore dots!  Lunch time was the best!!!!! I had a circle sandwich, I know right so good!  The end was sad, we had to leave from school!

Being A Cartographer

Hi my name is Ethan my favorite thing so far was being a cartographer in social studies. First we went out side and sorted in to our groups. I could tell the group that I was in was exited so was I. Mrs. Schuh got our attition and started telling us what a cartographer does I learned that cartographers make maps.so we started to draw our maps. I kept thinking this is so awesome I am going to be a cartographer. The experience was awesome I had a lot of fun and learned a lot with my teammates.

Our First Teamwork Party

This first blog post of 2013-2014 was written by the entire team of Schuh's Stars! 
     A Teamwork Party is a party that celebrates the work we have done as a team!  We made silent transitions, many other classes and teachers complimented our class and teamwork, we listened to each other and lived the CLAYMO promise, and we worked together as a team!  It feels really good to earn our first teamwork party!  We voted as a team and the choice that won was to have a P.J. Day.  It feels great to learn in our comfy pajamas and it makes us feel even more like a team because we are doing this together!  We are really looking forward to earning more Teamwork Parties this year!

 

About Swimming

Mr. Hutson told us the rules of swimming at the center.  The rules are no jumping and no rough play in the water.  I shared my goggles with DJ.  Mr. Hutson let me show how to do the moves.  I floated on my back with my arms out.

Writing Celebrations In Forts

I'm LuLu and I'm here to tell you about writing celebrations in forts. We got into groups and built forts, once the forts were built we all got inside our groups' fort. Then we shared our all about book or our literary essay with our group. I think the activity was really cool because we were all in a fort and we also shared our writing pieces. I got to hear really great writing and build a fort!

Hi my name is Jonah. We had a special guest come in two days ago. Her name was Ms.Holly. She taught us about sound and music. She brought two guitars with her. We got to strum the strings. She also brought this giant rubber band called a co-oper band. People got on the ends of the co-oper band and Ms.Holly plucked it. It vibrated for a few seconds. Then we decided to go outside and do it. Once we got inside she gave us these bells and we played songs with them. Then we asked some questions. She answered them. Once we did not have any more questions Ms.Holly played a song on the guitar. The song was called twist and shout. Then she had to leave. We said thank you to her and then she left. It was really fun.

Character Meet and Greet

Hi! My name is Juju. I want to tell you about the character meet and greet. It's about telling people in other class rooms in third grade about you. What we did is dress up into the  character you are. We went to different class rooms and we meet up with them then tell them about who you are and what book you are in. Then we told them a little about the book but not all of it. When we went to the other class rooms we brought our reading notebook. In the reading notebook we went to the some day list page. The some day list is for books you might read or you want to read.We had about ten min. to share with other people. You mostly tell them about what you are like and about you. All the teachers dressed up too. Thanks for reading!

Hi my name is Eugene Kang!  I will tell you about The Korean Cinderella.
   One day Juju's mom came in our classroom and showed us about the story; so I will begin. Mrs.Kim Juju's mom, showed us the clothing about Korean culture.  It looked really different from our clothing; but to me it wasn't new to me.  You see,when I was born I wore the same thing.  The tradition was called the 100th day; that is your baby celebration.  You wear something its called hanbok. So,Mrs.Kim brought in the hanbok it looked big.  In Korea you wear the clothing hanbok on your birthday and on other traditions.  So I will begin to tell about the Korean Cinderella, the story begins with a girl; her mother dies but the father and the girl lives.'  The father remarries the omoni,which means mother; the omoni has a daughter who is mean to the girl.  The omoni gives [Pear Blossom which is the girl] work.  The animals help Pear Blossom first the du-co-be[which is the frog]then the birds and last the black ox.  Then the prince comes and called hey you.  That made Pear Blossom think is he calling to me? 
Then Pear Blossom runs away. Then Pear Blossom goes to a festival she was eating the treats and the fruits that the black ox gave her. But she left her shoe, the prince saw it and thought who's shoe is this?
he thought; the prince was looking for someone who was missing a shoe until the prince went to Pear Blossom omoni was mad. The shoe was hers so thats how the story goes. Try compare the story with the real U.S.A cinderella. It was a good time to meet you thanks for reading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Hi. My name is John. I'm here to talk about Aunt Dona. Aunt Dona brought an Enviroscape. An Enviroscape is like a model of the land. Aunt Dona showed us what should go in and out of the storm drain. What should go in the storm drain is and only water. What should not go in the storm drain are: trash, fertilizer, oil, and grass clipping.  She also taught us about the places that clean the Mississippi River water and helps keep the water reusable.  Aunt Dona works for the place that cleans the water.      
    The Gulf of Mexico has a huge dead spot.  It is a place in the water that has nothing but garbage!  This was caused by the pollution from the Mississippi River!  We used the Enviroscape to show what humans do to affect the water and land around us.  We put pollution, oil, grass clippings, and more on the Enviroscape and then we made the water cycle happen!  It rained and the rain pushed all the oil, grass clippings and trash into the storm drain that went out to the Mississippi River!  This is how it gets polluted!  We have to stop polluting or littering because then the Mississippi water can stop being polluted.  Then the dead spot in the Gulf of Mexico can stop growing!