Authentic Conversations about Immigration

   Thank you to Mrs. M for sharing her story of immigration!  In Social Studies, we are investigating culture!  We began by defining culture, then took a closer look at our unique family culture!  We investigated immigration then and now.   We learned about Ellis Island and read some stories about immigrants who travelled by boat to America.  Mrs. M helped us understand that immigration looks much different now than it did when Ellis Island was in use!

Bar Graphing

   We have spent the last two days learning how to read and create a bar model.  We also focused on the five must haves for a complete bar model! Ask your third grader if they can name them! (They are title, horizontal label, vertical label, scale, and data)

A Marvelous Monday!

   We learned we WON the Box Top competition! We will have a Crazy Hair Day and Pizza Party sponsored by PTO!  The date will be announced soon! Check out the reaction when our class was announced the winner! 

   There are some important people about to get some inspirational mail from some world changing 3rd graders!  Last week we learned how to address envelopes and we today mailed our persuasive letters!

   The Reperatory Theater presented This, This, and That at an all school assembly!  One of our Schuh Stars was chosen to be a part of the performance!

Solutions, Reactions, and Mixtures...oh my!

   Can you describe the difference between a mixture and solution?  Ask a 3rd grader to!  Today we continued this investigation in Science and enjoyed observing  reactions- determining if they created a solution or a mixture!

A Study of Mindset with Mrs. Spann

   Our life skills lessons are focused on many different topics!  Most recently we are focusing on mindset!  Within this focus, students learn about the brain and how we can all learn and continue growing!  Mrs. Spann is using the online resource, called Brainology.
   Brainology teaches the growth mindset through education of how the brain works and how we use our brain as a muscle.  We are reflecting on how we grow our own brains!
 
    

Book Clubs with Interesting Characters

   Our new book clubs are getting good!!! Students are independently reading and then talking with book club partners about their thinking, questions, and reactions! I've witnessed some amazing conversations so far!

   Our book clubs include: Harry Potter, The Wright 3, Kingdom Keepers, Only Emma, Hatchet, Drizzle, and Dragon Slayers Academy.  Most book clubs meet twice a week!

States of Matter

   What a perfect day to begin observing the states of matter! As it snowed outside, we were conducting a little hot and cold experiment inside!

    We placed a large cup of warm water (with red food dye) in the middle of our table. Just inside this cup, we placed a smaller cup of cold water (with blue food dye) and observed the model.

   Students noticed "steam" on the inside of the larger cup and droplets of water on the bottom of the blue cup.  Mr. Kearney used this model to review the water cycle.  He called the droplets condensation and the "steam" evaporation.