Week 17

Wishing you all a restful holiday!

OUR FOREST FRIDAY CHRISTMAS TREE

Week 16

Our third grade otters worked hard to stay focused and productive this week, even with the fast approaching vacation!  In math we worked on rounding numbers to the nearest 10 and 100.  We are subtracting larger numbers on the number line.  Subtraction with regrouping has just been introduced.  In writing workshop students learned about what makes a good conclusion: connecting back to your introduction, explaining why your topic matters and leaving your reader with something to think about.  During reading this week, students chose a non fiction book of their choice and are learning to write an informative summary focusing on the main idea and details and leaving out unimportant information.  Our week will end in the forest with an outside ornament-making workshop.

Week 15

What a busy and wonderful week!  Thank you so much for coming to support your child last night at our winter concert.  The children beamed with pride as they sang their hears out!  On Monday we had Susan Shimko from Ava gallery come in for the morning.  She taught the children about the famous flood of 1927.  The children created beautiful pieces illustrating their understanding of the event.  On Wednesday we spent time with the 2nd Graders to learn more about butterflies.  Thursday's field trip to Circus Mechanics was a huge success.  Our 3rd grade otters were amazed by the show.  They did an incredible job as respectful audience members!  We look forward to two solid weeks more of focused leaning!

Week 14

What a busy week!  We started off with our gingerbread extravaganza.  Our 3rd grade Otters used teamwork to create a unique gingerbread house.  This project seemed to kick off our holiday spirit!
In math we worked hard to strengthen our understanding of multiplication through number puzzles, math games and patterns in the multiplication table.  In reader's workshop students are becoming experts in non fiction topics.  They are reading various interesting articles and teaching their partner about the main idea and supporting details.  In writer's workshop our non fiction teaching books continue to grow.  Students are writing more chapters and thinking about what makes a good introduction.  We ended out week in the forest with more team building activities and exploration in the snow.