November 17

Good Morning, 

I hope you have had a nice weekend! Things in third grade have been very busy. The days and weeks are flying by so quickly!

The kids are really enjoying our Plymouth Colony simulation. They might be a bit more competitive then the Pilgrims, but their enthusiasm is wonderful! They make my job pretty fun!

Here are some pictures of our simulation:

Third graders split into colonies. The space that is marked off helps them to see how small the space was that the Pilgrims had on the Mayflower.

This was a favorite activity. They had to build houses in certain amount of time. They earned houses for their colony for every house completed within the guidelines. The red strips of paper are their tools. They had to be out so that the Native Americans could try to steal them. If any tools are lost they lose a colonist.

 We will finish our simulation on Monday.

Third grade and Kindergarten have become reading buddies! They met on Thursday. The kids completed a Venn Diagram so they could see that even though their age is different they may like some of the same things! I was so proud of third grade. They took on a leadership role and did an AWESOME job! We are looking forward to lots of fun with kindergarten.

This week we are going to do the first reading of the 3-5 musical. We are pretty excited and I think the kids will be as well.

On Tuesday, the kids are going to do a breakout box with Ms. Spinney...I think they will love it!

There will be NO homework this week! 

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!