Sunday, October 31, 2010

Fall Party

Scarecrow cupcakes

Popcorn hands

The spread

Candy corn estimation

Tray filled with random fall items.  Students had 30 seconds to look,
and then they wrote down as many items as they could remember.

Students had to transfer popcorn into their cups!

Manners do not apply here!

Yum!

Almost done!

Dance Party

Ahh...heaven!


Thanks to everyone who donated items
for our party!

Red Ribbon Week Pictures

Monday was Pajama Day!


Don't we look comfy??


Silly kids!


We work hard!



Zzzzzzzzzz...


Girls dressed in colors of their favorite fruit or vegetable.


Boys dressed in colors of their favorite fruit or vegetable.



Friday was Flyer Pride Day!

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week is October 25th-29th.
Students get to dress up a different way for each day of the week!

Monday - PJ's or Slippers Day

Tuesday - Wear Color of Favorite Fruit/Vegetable

Wednesday - Wear Shirt/Colors of Favorite Team

Thursday - Dress Like a Friend Day

Friday - Flyer Pride Day

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Ludwig Mill & Canal

On Friday, October 15th, the third-grade classes took a trip to scenic Grand Rapids, Ohio. We left school after morning announcements at 9:20 and arrived at our destination shortly after 10:00.

Due to our scheduled tours, we ate lunch right after we got off the bus. Then, we played on the playground area for a short time.






















































Heading to the mill...














Historic Isaac Ludwig Mill...a restored and working canal-era mill. Students learned the history of the mill, asked questions, and got to witness the saw and a wheat grinder in action. For the second part of our trip, we boarded The Volunteer, which is an 1876 reproduced canal boat. There were three characters on board who dressed in the attire of the times and did a great job giving the students a picture of life back then. Be sure to ask your child what a LOCK is, or what kind of "meal" was offered on the boat!















































Thursday, October 14, 2010

Coming Up This Week...

1) Look for pictures of our field trip to be posted soon!

2) Cookie dough sale ends on Tuesday, Oct. 19th. All money is due with the order on this day.

3) We had a long two weeks of testing in the third grade, and I'm pleased to announce that we will finally be resuming a normal schedule...YEA!!!

4) Topics this week include:

Reading - Fact/Opinions & Fluency Work

English - Common/Proper Nouns

Math - Measuring & Perimeter

Science (Miss Moor) - Life Cycles

Edible Landforms

In social studies last week, we ended our landform unit by making edible landforms. Each student used a graham cracker for a base and materials such as frosting, chocolate chips, Hershey Kisses, green gumdrops, red licorice, and green coconut to complete the task.

Students had to show at least one body of water (river, lake, ocean, etc.) and two different types of land (hills, mountains, plains, plateau, etc.). After that, each student created a map of his/her project. Maps had to include a title, a compass rose, and a map key. The map had to display a strong likeness to the original project. We all had a great time, and everyone's creation was so different!