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.

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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!