November 7- 18 (November 7 - 18)

Week 12 -13 (November 7 -18)

Matter Matters

Our kids have the different states of matter down to the why! They even know how to change from one state of a matter to another. We’ve also been looking at way to measure and characterize matter. The kids have been doing lots of measuring with milliliters and liters when it comes to liquids and grams and kilogram when it comes to solids. We’ve also briefly investigated what measurement is like with gallons, cups, pints, quarts, and pounds. Next week we will be having a concept day to explore the different states of matter a little more closely. During this day the class will rotate to each 3^rd grade teacher to dig a little deeper into matter.

Watching our Garden Grow

WOOOOOOW! Our vegetables are really started to grow!

Writing in Sequence

This week we’ve been focusing on writing things in sequence and discussing what type of writing we would need to write in a sequential matter. The kids thought that procedural things such as getting ready for school and summarizing were the time when we needed to write in a sequential form. Some of our kidos thought that adding sequence could add details to our stories and help our readers better understand our stories! How brilliant are our kidos?

The Great Debate: Native Americans vs. Settlers

After learning many things about the Native Americans and Settlers of South Carolina! We’ve been getting into some heated debates about whose land it really is and who’s to blame for the changes that occurred. The kids have had lots of questions and frustrations in relation to the relationships between the Native Americans and the settlers. So we decided to have a debate to argue opposing sides of two questions. 1. Who should get the land? 2. Who is responsible for the Yamassee and Cherokee War? ¼ of the students served as speakers for the Native American and ¼ of the students served as speakers for the settlers. The rest of the class served as judges to decide who won each debate. It was interesting to watch the kids present their arguments and reasoning behind their arguments.

Girls on the Run

I’d like to congratulate all of the girls who participated in the Girls on the Run 5k and thank all of those who came out to support them! It was a fantastic, long run!