Technically Invisible

For St. Patrick’s Day, we celebrated the marvelous potato!  We had a great time reading potato books, listening to a potato song, measuring,weighing and drawing potatoes, and even worked with potato chips!  We managed to squeeze in enough time for…

So, Day Two arrived, and many students thought they had Queen Suzy beat.  There were far fewer pairs of sneakers, and jeans, and the chairs were barely touched.  What I think students didn’t count on, was the new tax structure…

Queen Suzy arrived early this morning to welcome students to Colony 309.  “Make yourself at home, enjoy your time here, I’ll do whatever I can do to help support you….”  is what she said…. Students chose jobs from a can…

Spring has arrived in Room 309, and so soon will the worms, crickets and anoles… The kids are BEYOND excited!!!

Arts Alive Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!! On March 2, students around the country celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss with “Read Across America Day!” Mrs. Brooks’ class chose to celebrate by reading the wonderful story Horton Hears a Who. In…

We LOVED Read Across America Day!  We read Horton Hears a Who, and made our own clovers with tiny specks, which we carried around all day long. We also completed many reading activities about Dr. Seuss, his books, and his…

We started our new Science Unit this week on plants, food chains and webs… We were exploring the characteristics of different soils, and we set up terrariums for our soon-to-arrive creatures (anoles, crickets and worms). Though the room gets a…

I brought in one of the many quilts hand-made by my grandmother.  Grammie allowed me to design this quilt when I was about the same age as my third graders.  Each student was given a map to show them the…