October 27th

It was so nice to meet with all of you during conferences! It is fun to share the wonderful things your kids are doing.

I am still looking for a few chaperones to join us on November 1st for our trip. We will leave the school at 8:15 a.m. and will arrive back at 11:15 a.m. Please let me know if you can join us!

We had a great week in third grade. We took our second math test and they did an AWESOME job! Third graders joined fourth and fifth and wrote an incredible wall story. Science was a big hit...we saved a city from flood waters(or we tried). Reading has been one of our favorite times of day and it makes me so happy! We are reading in groups and on our own.

Third grade used fractions circles this week. 

We finished our science unit with an engineering activity. Third graders were given a challenge to build a structure that would keep water from flooding a city. They had a list of materials: cardboard, clay, soil, sand, tape, foil, sponges, and paint trays. When they completed their structure it had to hold 500ml of water for 1 minute.

Their plans...

And the building begins...

Each group did a great job working together! It was fun to watch all of their ideas come together. They cheered each other on and it was a great team building activity!

I will post homework on our blog each week. If you look to the right and scroll down you should find it. 

Again, thank you so much for meeting with me last week. It is so nice to work with such supportive families!

I hope you had a great weekend!