ELA is working on a unit about the properties of matter. This week as we learned about solids we created sculptures. We used blocks, magnets, clay, and even ice.
Monday, January 18, 2016
Learning About Food Preparation
Here are some pictures from our ELA classes. They made vanilla pudding with crumbled graham crackers and bananas that they cut with a plastic knife! The ELA teachers would like to thank Melissa Webb from the Daviess County Cooperative Extension Office for helping with this activity.
Monday, January 11, 2016
Flashlight Reading
Mrs. Millay's class has started "Flashlight Friday". Every Friday they turn off all the lights, close the curtains, and use their flashlight for read to self time. You should have seen the voracious reading. You could hear a pin drop. Mrs. Millay also uses a flashlight for her read aloud of Charlotte's web.Harralson's Kids
Happy New Year! I am so excited about 2016 and all we will accomplish in our classroom! This Thursday, January 14th at 5:30pm, your child's artwork and writing will be on displayed in the PRC during our Parent Council Meeting. There will be drinks and snacks provided. Please come and check out your child's artwork!
The 100th day of school is coming up and we will be celebrating by bringing in 100 items of something on January 21st. Your child could bring in 100 of something. For example: 100 pennies, 100 cotton balls, 100 cherrios, etc. in a ziplock baggie. We will be doing some experiments with these items. They will be returned back home the same day. I'm also encouraging your child to dress up like an 100 year old person to celebrate our 100th day of school :). I already have my walker and wig ready!
In writing, we are working on the following skills: putting punctuation at the end of the sentence, capitolizing the first letter in a sentence, always capitolizing the letter "I", using finger spaces, and stretching out words. Encourage your child this week to write you a sentence about their day practicing these concepts.
SHOW AND TELL FRIDAY is this week. Your child may bring in their favorite stuffed animal or toy that they love to share with the class on January 15th.
Here is a picture of 2 friends using their motor skills to build a house.
The Taste of Division
Ms. Vincent's class started learning about division with a yummy hands-on review! In 3rd grade, students learned that division is all about breaking something down in to smaller parts. During this activity, each student was given a different number of goldfish. Students counted their total number of goldfish (their whole, or dividend) and then divided it by a variety of numbers (a divisor). To finish the lesson, students wrote an equation to represent one of the division problems they did - explaining which number was the dividend, divisor, and quotient. After a student shared their equation with the class they were allowed to eat their goldfish! Yum!
It's a State of Matter
They are making water evaporate faster by using a hair dryer and melting ice faster by applying heat. They also turned a liquid to a solid when we made homemade ice cream :) They had such a fun week of experimenting with matter!!
Snowman Writing
Have you ever wanted to become a snowman? Well, here is a little writing assignment to explain how it happened. Restate the questions and you will have your very own snowman story to share with your family. Have fun!
Finish the story-do you turn back or stay a snowman-make sure to include a lot of details.
How I Became a Snowman
What is your
name and what are you?
Describe the
weather outside and what you were doing the day you turned into a snowman.
Describe
what caused you to turn into a snowman.
What was the
first thing you did you did when you realized you were a snowman?
Who knows
about you being a snowman?
Where do you
live now that you are a snowman?
What do you
do during the day? Finish the story-do you turn back or stay a snowman-make sure to include a lot of details.
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