The Family Pod has been working hard to organize a fundraiser to benefit the people of Haiti. We are collecting gently used books to sell here at school. The books, priced between 25 and 50 cents, will be on sale…
Guest Blogger
Kendyl has been asking me for permission to post on our blog – so now she has her own page. She’s already asking me if any students have left comments for her….. So, hurry up and comment!!! Click on Kendyl’s…
Oreo Moon Phases
Today was fun!!!! Each student was given 4 Oreo cookies with the instructions to use their science notes and create a model of the Moon’s phases. Though at first, they all looked to me for “how” to do it —…
When Fall Comes To New England
Just before the Thanksgiving break, we spent time studying the words to Cheryl Wheeler’s song “When Fall Comes To New England”. The kids did not know at that point that we were studying lyrics to a song. We talked about…
Dreaming Big Wordle
A new favorite website of mine is www.wordle.net…. A Wordle analyzes a text selection, and creates a “cloud” representing the word choice in that selection. This is a Wordle of our Dreaming Big blog:
Duck! Rabbit! Which are YOU???
We are so TOTALLY in love with the book Duck! Rabbit! written by By Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld. Before reading below, you can visit their website to learn more about this adorable book: Duck! Rabbit! This is the…
Family Pod Book Club
It was a super night for our Family Pod Book Club members – we all met in the library where Mrs. Scheer led us in singing the Family Pod song. We then gathered in Mrs. Johnson’s classroom where the discussion…
Young Authors
Our young writers will amaze you with their growth this year in third grade.