WOW! I have been absolutely blown away by these problem solving 3rd graders!!! Our STEAM challenge this week was to design and build something using 15 sheets of paper and 1 foot of tape that is taller than a chair.
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Today we played a game using familiar prefixes and suffixes. (Students have played a game called "I have, who has" for the past 2 weeks with these affixes.) Each student received a sticker with a different part and they had to figure out which affix was on their forehead. For example, for micro- I heard "this is a prefix." "It means small." "A root word is scope."
Students had a lot of fun and we will certainly be playing this game again sometime soon! Neon Pink and Neon Yellow Science Classes did some work with density today and really enjoyed it. We watched 2 videos that students can try at home. If you try this at home please take a picture and email it to me and I will put it up on the blog! :) Have a great weekend. Turquoise and Lime Green will talk about Density in Science in 4 weeks! Please wait until then to do this experiment. :) Our first Thinking Thursday was a great success. With the new year, we have started STEAM Projects in science which will be every Thursday. STEAM stands for (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math). Today students had to come up with a plan, problem solve and reflect on how to design a 5 inch structure that held a pencil. They then moved on to heavier things like a cell phone, a notebook and a BINDER! At first, they were upset and frustrated that they couldn't use glue or tape but after some serious thinking, problem solving and failures they came up with some creative ways!
In reading, we had another great day with our 1st grade buddies from Mrs. Burroughs' class! We watched the 3rd grade Twas the Night Before Christmas presentation, did a craft, decorated cookies and played a Would You Rather game. It was a lot of fun!
Here are the names in order for the Twas the Night Before Christmas Poem
1. Asa 2. Jenna 3. Elaina 4. Chelsea 5. Matthew F 6. Kara 7. Gavin 8. Mirabella 9. Cole 10. Ainsley 11. Reid 12. Isaac 13. Tyler 14. Hayden 15. Kadi 16. Emily 17. Rylee 18. James 19. Emma 20. Will 21. Mrs. Wey :) 22. Matthew V 23. Danny We hope you enjoyed this as much as we did! For the past 3 weeks we have been studying Historical Fiction. As we read each book we add something to the timeline. Here is the timeline so far. We hope to add more books throughout the school year.
This week students had the task of trying to persuade MR. GRINCH to be be happy this Christmas. Here are their letters!
Dear Mr. Grinch, I would prefer if you acted helpful and happy this Christmas because Christmas is a very important holiday. All the kids wait for Christmas Break to happen so they can get out of school and play in the snow. Then there is Black Friday which is pretty much the parent’s version of Christmas. Black Friday is where parents go bursting through the stores taking everything they can because stuff is a couple dollars off and there's new stuff at the store. One time I was watching a You Tube video about Black Friday and there people were having street fights inside of stores just for a little baby toy. There's also Christmas presents that kids get from this chubby guy that has a big white beard like some guy from Duck Dynasty. Anyway people call him Santa Claus.He's the one that gives the kids Christmas presents. Kids think he is at least. I hope you have a very merry Christmas and a happy new year! Your Friend, Will Dear Mr. Grinch I think you should be nice this Christmas. You should because it is the most joyful time of the year! It is the time of year when everybody is happy! We celebrate Christmas because it is Jesus´s birthday! A big part of Christmas is giving. Everybody makes people happy. It makes kids feel like they deserved it. It makes everybody really excited about Christmas! It makes kids excited for Santa! It makes people give people kind things. Ok Mr. Grinch? I hope you will be nice! Your Friend, Gavin Mr. Grinch, If this is you don`t be rude this christmas because christmas is about giving and spending time with family. If you do that you will have a good time. It's the time of year to be jolly so you need to be jolly and you should not be mean to your dog.I mean it. Don't be mean to your dog because it`s not being jolly. So please don't be mean to anyone this year because it makes people sad. You probably do not like it when someone is mean to you, so don't be mean to people. Your friend, Isaac Dear Mr. Grinch, I think this christmas you should be happy because you can get a winter break. While you get winter break you can go outside and play In the snow. It can be fun making a snowman . You can make hot chocolate to warm up. I also think you should be happy because you get to eat yummy foods. You can make biscuits. It can be fun baking dessert too. Also, you make turkey which is delicious. I also think you should be happy because you get a lot of presents. You can get a Ipad. You also can get a phone. You can also get a Wii U. I hope you change your mind and be good. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Your Friend, Mirabella Dear Mr. Grinch, You should like Christmas because you would be able to bond more with your family. You would bake cookies, cakes, and cupcakes with your parents, grandparents, family, and friends. You would also be able to play games with them. Also you could go outside and build a snowman with friends or family. You could go ice-skating. I go ice-skating with my mom. You could play hockey with your family! You totally should have a snowball-fight with your family! You and your family will decorate your house. You will get presents from ST. Nick and your family. And last but not least your family and you will go to parties! Those are my reasons why you should like Christmas! That’s my opinion! Have a happy new year:) Love, Emma Dear Mr. Grinch, You should be happy this christmas because if you're nice you will get presents. Don’t try to sneak a bad deed because Santa knows if you nice or naughty. If you like to spend time with family, Christmas lets you do just that. It is only ONCE a year and it’s coming very soon. So that's why you should be nice. Keep in mind if you’re not nice and you're naughty you will get coal. Anyway on Christmas you get to have presents if you're nice. Merry Christmas!!! Your Friend, James Dear Mr. Grinch, You should love Christmas because you can give presents to other people and be nice to them. You can put presents under the tree. Then you can have a good Christmas dinner with the Whos down in Whoville with your family. It will be fun. You will make a lot of friends. Be a kind friend. Make a dinner for them help out. You will be happy you did this. Sincerely Your Friend, Jenna Dear Mr.Grinch, Hi Mr.Grinch! This is Elaina speaking. I would like to convince you to like or love Christmas.I know you HATE CHRISTMAS but please just let me try to convince you. Joyful, you should be joyful for many reasons. You get to spend time with friends that you haven't got to see for a very long time. You get to spend time with your family. You get amazing food that tastes excellent and you will literally die it tastes so good. Most importantly the main reason of Christmas is JESUS' BIRTHDAY.Everyone should know that. I wish I could tell everyone about him but I can not speak every language. I hope I have convinced you to like or love Christmas. Your Friend, Elaina Dear Mr. Grinch, I think that you should be happy this Christmas because you get presents, candy canes and best of all CHOCOLATE COINS!! There are many other reasons. You get to have food and have fun. You get to make your very own ornament and decorate your house with lights and inflatables .Here are more reasons. You get a truck load of toys and you get fruitcake. Your heart will get full of kindness. You get more friends and you can actually feel nice once in awhile. Also, it's somebody's birthday! It's jesus birthday!You get to listen to Christmas music and watch Christmas music. You can drink hot cocoa and you get to eat marshmallows. Please Mr. Grinch. PLEASE be good. I’m begging you to be good because I don’t want you to be on the naughty list . I really like christmas and so should you . Christmas is one of the most amazing holiday in America and I want you to have fun celebrating it before you feel like leaving or moving. I don’t want you to get all happy Christmas morning and then be disapointed cause you got coal and rocks. Christmas is a great holiday but if you're not happy then Christmas is ruined!! Christmas is very fun, cold and awesome but if you're a big grump then Christmas isn’t gonna be fun. Please be good And just a reminder Merry Christmas! Love, Kadi Dear Mr.Grinch,You should be happy at Christmas because Christmas is a time of happiness and joy. You can bake cookies and other kinds of sweets. On Christmas Eve Santa comes and gives you candy and toys only if you be good. If you be bad you get coal. There is a meal you eat ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, green beans and much more. It is really yummy. You can pick out your own. There are these J shaped candy that are called candy canes.You hang stocking too.You can go and cut down a tree. I hope you have a good Christmas. Love, Rylee ps. Be good I am counting on you. Dear Mr. Grinch, For Christmas you get to celebrate Jesus’ birthday! Then you get to spend time with your family. With family you can do events. You would have things to do not to be bored out of your mind. I think that you should like Christmas because you have giving to make other people happy. That little thing could make your day. Make other people happy. It is an act of kindness. That could really help other people to be happy. Giving could make someone cry in joy or even make a day. I know you can do it! Go make a day. I bet you can! Sincerely, Matthew F Dear Mr.Grinch, You should be happy on Christmas because you can spend time with family and friends. You can play tag when you are waiting for the food to get done. You can watch t.v. You can help your mom and dad cook the food. Another reason you should be happy on Christmas is because you can wrap Christmas presents. It is fun to wrap Christmas presents because you can put the pretty bow on. you can pick the wrapping that you want. You can see what your family got. You can sing Christmas songs. You can sing Jingle Bells. You can sing Deck the Halls. You can sing Santa Claus is Coming to Town. That is why you should be happy on Christmas. Sincerely Your Friend, Emily Dear Mr. Grinch, Christmas is a time of joy. When you get out of bed under the tree there are presents. If you aren't nice you will get coal in your stocking. If are nice you get good presents under the tree.You get to sleep in on Christmas with your family. Mom and dad get their coffee and plop down on the couch and watch you open the presents. Santa would be very pleased if you get yourself on the nice list for once. Hey, maybe if I slip a little bit more cookies on the Christmas plate I would be able to get on the nice list. Have a magnificent Christmas. Love, Hayden Dear Mr. Grinch, For Christmas you should be good because you get to spend time with your family and friends. You also get to bake cookies for Santa.You can also watch funny christmas shows. One of my favorite parts is getting presents from Santa. I especially like getting presents for my family and friends. I think if I did get them presents they would feel left out. I really like seeing a smile on their face. My number one favorite part is getting to spend time with my family. We have a lot of fun together and like when we do nice things for each other. That’s what makes me happy on Christmas. I hope it makes you happy. Your friend, Logan Dear Mr. Grinch, Please be nice this Christmas because it’s a time of joy! This is how it is a time of joy. You can hang out with family and friends. It’s cool! You can get presents if you're good and nice. All you have to do is be good and to hang out with you it’s your family. A family will take pictures of you with your presents together.That is pretty cool. I don’t lie when it comes to Christmas at all. There's still more, like they play with you. They play board games and all kinds of stuff. You can play Beat the Parents or Jenga. You could watch a movie also. These are all reasons why you should be happy for Christmas. Your Friend, Asa P.s If you're gooder than good than you get a lot of presents. Dear Mr. Grinch, I think you should be nice on Christmas because it is supposed to be joyful.You bond more with family and you get presents! You get to travel to different places to see people. Games are very popular during this time because everyone is together. You can play tag and hide and go seek. Also, I think you should be nice on Christmas because Santa is nice. You can get lots of presents if you are good. You should be nice on Christmas because it is a nice holiday and it will make your heart grow. Your Friend, Matthew V Dear Mr. Grinch, I think you should be good this year. I don’t know why you think you should not like Christmas .Helllo. You get to spend time with your family! I don´t know why you don´t want to see your family on Christmas. You can also play in the snow. You can have a snowball fight. It is fun to build a snowman. There are many people that will come to play with you. I really like this holiday.In fact I think it is a great holiday. This is a awesome time of the year. Have a great new year. Love, Danny P.S. Be good!!! Dear Mr.Grinch, This year you should be good. You can see your family on Christmas. They are fun to play with. They want to see you on Christmas because your family loves you. The food that people make for the holiday is super good. I like it a lot. I like to make it too. My favorite food to make is ham. I make the ham with mom and grandma. It is really special to get to make this with them. People make food for everyone. Cookies are given often and they are delicious! During the winter we also get snow and you can play outside! In the snow you can make a snowman. You can have a snowball fight. You can build a snow fort. Mr.Grinch these are the reasons you should be happy this year. MERRY CHRISTMAS! Your Friend, Reid Dear Mr. Grinch, I think you should be happy this Christmas. Christmas means Christmas presents and a time of joy. That's why you should be happy this Christmas. One reason you should be happy this Christmas is because it’s Christmas Break. You get break for almost three weeks! You get to see family. Plus, Santa Claus comes. Another reason you should be happy is because you get presents. One present you could get is kroanose bomb. You could also get is spy gear. If you are really good you could get an XBOX One. Christmas is a time of joy. It is fun to do all of these things. So Grinch I think that you should be happy. My reasons support why you should be happy this Christmas! Sincerely, Chelsea Dear Mr Grinch, I think you should be happy on Christmas! You can bake cookies, open presents, and decorate the tree. There's Christmas movies with a lot of singing. My favorite Christmas movie is the Grinch. On christmas break I get to see my nana. Also I get to stay up and I don’t have to go to school. You can sleep in and read a book in peas so you're not bothered and you can be with family. My cousins and I do secret santa. You can decorate the house with Christmas decorations. So I hope you will be good now and Merry Christmas. Your Friend, Ainsley Dear Mr. Grinch, I think this year you should not steal Christmas. I will give you many reasons why you should be happy this season. Christmas is a time of joy and you should be joyful not greedy. You also get to spend time with family. Do you have a family? If you don’t, you can spend Christmas with the Whos. Playing games is a fun part of the holiday. I especially like that I can sleep in because we do not have school. Having days off is something I think you might like! If it snows you can build a snowman. That is fun! I hope these things will help you to have a happy Christmas! Sincerely, Kara Dear Mr Grinch, Christmas is joyful seeing family. You get to open presents. It's fun going to Christmas parties. You can eat cookies and drink hot chocolate. You can go outside when it snows make a snowman and make snow angels. Over winter break you get to sleep in because you don’t have school. You can also decorate your Christmas tree, read Christmas stories, and do some caroling. You go Christmas shopping and can go ice skating. You see beautiful snow it’s a winter awesome land or winter wonderland. Don’t be mean anymore and enjoy Christmas this year. Sincerely, Tyler #merrychristmas Dear Mr. Grinch, You should like christmas because there are toys. There are cool toys like monster trucks. You have fun playing. There is no school work you have to do and you don’t even have to go to school. You get to spend time with your family. You get to have fun with your family. You get to see friends and family you haven’t seen for a long time. You get to have fun. You get to have snowball fights. If it were not for Mary we would not have Christmas. Jesus made Christmas a happy holiday. I hope my reasons have made you like Christmas and I hope you have a happy new year!!! Your Friend, Cole Mrs. Wey's reading group practiced, read and recorded Twas the Night Before Christmas. The video is below. Can you figure out which stanza was read by your child? Can you figure out the order of all of the names? (The numbers in the bottom left hand corner help to put student names in order). Names of students in no particular order: Matthew V, Kadi, Rylee, Mirabella, Tyler, James, Hayden, Will, Emily, Danny, Reid, Cole, Chelsea, Gavin, Elaina, Mrs. Wey, Jenna, Emma, Kara, Ainsley, Matthew F., Asa, and Isaac) Right before break we will post the correct order! We had a special treat on Friday when a USA Jump Rope Team came to SLE. They showed off some pretty cool moves as evidenced by the pictures below. Mr. Winebrenner talked about different characteristics needed to become successful on the jump rope team or ANYTHING thing in life. You have to be confident, positive and you have to try your best.
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