Weekly Update and St. Patrick's Day

March is Reading Month - Below are pictures from a few of our most recent events.

Big and Little Day - Last Friday we enjoyed reading books with Ms. Hartley's class for our Big and Little Day.  We also helped the kindergarteners write a book report about the book we shared with them. 

 

 

Cozy Reading Day - This week we celebrated March is Reading Month by joining all of the 3rd graders together for some cozy reading time in the LGI.  Students were invited to wear pajamas and bring a stuffed animal or blanket to help them cozy up with a good book.

 



Mystery Readers - We were overjoyed to have a very special guest read to us this week!  Along with our favorite family members, Superintendent, Dr. Machesky surprised our class on Tuesday as a Mystery Reader.  Below are pictures from some of the readers this week.

 

 

 

 

St. Patrick's Day Stem Challenge - Along with wearing green to help celebrate St. Patrick's Day, students were challenged to steal the leprechauns gold in our Pot O' Gold Stem Challenge.  Students had to keep their hands at least twelve inches away from the pot of gold at all times.  Creating a strong enough device to lift and carry out the gold, all within thirty seconds, proved to be quite the challenge for all groups.



 

 

Math - We have started our next unit of study on Geometry.  Students will gain more knowledge about shapes, including understanding how sides and angles work together, measuring the perimeter and solving for area.  Already students are working with three to eight sided shapes. 

 

Social Studies - Students gained some insight as to how Henry Ford became famous for bringing the assembly line to the automotive world.  Students participated in an activity where they first created an individual car by following a list of required car parts.  Designing the car was difficult and all cars created in the classroom looked very different.  Then students participated in an assembly line production of cars where each student within the group had one part to create on several vehicles.  Students quickly saw how much easier it was to focus on making one auto part, and how quickly cars were created.