Week 15: Dec. 12-16, 2011

This week was a busy one for my 3rd graders! We finished up a short math unit on patterns and are now on to multiplication and division! Time to take out the flash cards. We now know all of our lower-case cursive letters and are onto the capital letters. They are doing a great job! In Social Studies we have been studying landforms, climates and communities so it was the perfect opportunity for us to combine social studies and art and create 2D and 3D elevation maps. The students loved it and did such a wonderful job. They will be painted Monday! In science we continue to work on our Ornithology skills and filled out the Cardinal page in our bird book.

Week 14: Dec. 5-9, 2011

We did some partner work in Social Studies this week as we learned about landforms and climates in the US. Students started working in their Ornithology Field Guides in Science. They are so excited to learn about birds! Other highlights included: cleaning desks, an impromptu play about recycling in Social Studies and report cards went home.

Week 13: Nov. 28-Dec. 2, 2011

This week we started with an Art Adventures lesson. We learned about four different art pieces. It was so interesting and we are all so excited to see them in person when we got to the MAI in January! In Social Studies we have been learning about communities so we reflected upon our own communities, sharing places where people live, work and play in our community. In art we reviewed lines and symmetry by creating patterns inspired by kaleidoscopes.