Good Afternoon,
WOW! Time is flying and we are down to 8½ short days of school. Thank you to everyone who brought their 3rd grader last night to show off their musical talents and see their amazing artistic talents! It was wonderful to see and hear! A couple of reminders:
Academics: This week I hope your students have come home so excited about what we are doing in class! I hope they have not given you the famous “oh nothing” comment because I and Mrs. Anderson have switched up the classroom and your students are learning, creating, discussing, and persevering through some literacy and STEM challenges! We started a unit on fairy tales and are dissecting them apart! Each morning we are reading 4-5 versions of a fairy tale and completing a group poster to show understanding of the fairy tale and how it compares to the others. Then in the afternoon we introduce a STEM challenge connected to the fairy tale. There has been some amazing perseverance throughout the week! Students tried to build a 6cm home for the three pigs using only toothpicks! Then we measured the one successful home to see if it would withstand the “big bad wolf” (aka a desk fan) and it did! Students also had to build a bridge to hold at least 26 pennies using only an index card. Pretty awesome stuff happening in the classroom! We finished this week with rewriting The Three Little Pigs as a class which is titled The Real Story of Trolls, ask your student about being an author and illustrator! Thank you for sharing your children with me throughout this year! They are special little people that I just adore! P.S. I will upload a ton of photos to my website this weekend from our science day, CSU basketball game, and this past week! Have a great weekend, Jessica Van Thorre
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