A Sad Farewell!

   We said goodbye today to a sweet friend!  Thomas is moving back to China.  We made a memory book for him and students made him farewell cards!

Playdoh Landforms

   We learned about the characteristics of specific landforms today by using those characteristics to make each landform with playdoh!

Our Changing World

 Since our Geography unit and Science unit- Soils, Rocks, and Landforms- are so connected, we teach all the objectives as one "Changing World" unit.  Our focus up until this point has been heavy in geography (location based).  Now that we are moving on to what places are like, we can focus on the ground up- soil!
   Today we learned about physical weathering.  Ask your child how rocks break apart!

Homecoming Celebration!

   The CHS Marching Band and Cheerleaders visited Glenridge Friday morning!  We celebrated CHS Homecoming with them!

The Heart of the Story

   Our writers developed their "heart of the story" today!  The heart of the story is the most memorable part of the story.  We first identified the hearts of our own story today, then zoomed into the moment, telling it bit by by.  We learned how to tell this part like it is a movie.  Writers use sensory details and drama to do this.  
   Here are two examples of what writers did today.  The heart of their stories are shown with the big red heart and the writing they added is below that.

Mind Mapping

   To review our learning about location, we took a little trip out to the blacktop!  I asked review questions to 4 groups and instructed them to make a map of our world from memory!  They did a really nice job!
First, we began with our Cardinal Directions (N,S,W,E).  We figured out which way was east because the sun was still rising!

After we established our directions, we could place our Equator and lines of latitude, plus our Primer Meridian and lines of longitude.

We were ready to map our continents and oceans!  

This activity could be a great activity to do at home!  Let your child give you the directions and coach you into making a mind map!

Trying Multiple Leads

   We read many examples of leads that hook readers.  Leads are the first few sentences or paragraphs that begin a piece of writing.  Ask your Third Grader what types of leads they are trying out!