A Map of Our Hearts

We are diving right into Writer's Workshop with our Unit on Personal Narratives. The students are taking turns telling stories and today we made "Maps of Our Hearts".  Each student created a heart shaped map marked with topics of great importance.  I will hang the maps in the classroom for the students to refer to in the future for topic ideas for the Personal Narratives we will be writing.  

We started our lesson with My Map Book, by Sara Fanelli. This creative book helped the students formulate ideas for their maps! It is a a great book for this project!

Designing our maps...

Time to paint!

What a Great First Week!!

The first week at Washington Stem Academy was so fun!! We have a great group in third grade:) Here is a little sneak peek into our classroom!

What Was Your Favorite Part of Our First Week of School?

We had a great first week!!!  It has been so fun to get to know one another.  I love how well this class works together!!

Third Graders, what was your favorite part of our week??

"I like when did the "Egg in a Bottle" experiment"  -Brystal and Eryn

"I like making fish"- Lily

"I liked using the IPADs and Laptops!"  - Jackson , Jeremy, Michael

"I liked meeting the Sci-Girls" - Kate

" I liked picking our classroom jobs" - Hannah

"I liked eating cookies"  Diana

"I liked making our classroom promises"- Joel

"I liked writing stories in Writer's Workshop"  - Wini

" I liked playing Sumdog on the computers" - Peyton

" I liked have Mrs. Patton for my teacher."  - Dania

"I like reading and eating cookies!"  - Ava

" I like making money!!"  - Erika

" I liked making Enemy Pie" - Sarah

" I liked when Jeremy's dog visited"  - Carter and Braxton

" I like my classroom job!"  - Marissa

George the Dog Visits 3rd Grade!

Today was the much anticipated visit of my dog, George. George is my 60lb goldendoodle, and he loved visiting us at school today!:)

Insect Study!!

We are studying insects this month! Each student chose one insect to study more in depth. We are currently working on creating PowerPoint Presentations and IBooks to display our learning. I will post the presentations once they are completed :). We also constructed life size versions of our insects to turn our classroom into a "Creepy, Crawly Insect Gallery" in our classroom!! The students did a wonderful job!

Science Central Field Trip!!!

Next year, Washington Elementary will be a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) school. To celebrate this new venture, the entire school went on a field trip to Science Central in Fort Wayne!! It was a day filled with fun Science activities!!!

Solar System!!

This week we started studying the Solar System. We are learning about our sun, moon and the planets. We even made "moon sand" to replicate what the surface of the moon might feel like.

Also, you may want to check out the following link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=me06I9GDM_k
This silly little song is a great way to learn about the sun! We are just getting started and the students are loving it!!:)