Perfect Pizza!

We had a fantastic time at Shelburne Farms today!  During our visit we worked on building our teamwork skills by making a community pizza.  The children were split into four groups.  Each group was responsible for making part of the pizza:  dough, sauce, cheese, and  vegetable toppings.  We spent the morning working on our parts of the pizza and then each group assembled their own pizza.  The best part was the pizza tasting!  "That was the best pizza ever!,"  one child said.  Be sure to ask your child about his or her role in the pizza making process!  Thank you to our parent volunteers who joined us on this pizza-making adventure!

This week we began both Reader's Workshop and Writer's Workshop.  Our focus during the beginning of Reader's Workshop is to help the students build reading lives.  That means they are setting themselves up (finding a good spot to read, choosing just right books, etc.) to enjoy and be successful at reading throughout third grade.   During Writer's Workshop, the children were introduced to their writer's notebooks. Writer's notebooks will be used for our 7 minute writes and to hold ideas for new stories or books.  During 7 minute writes, the children can write about anything they want from a story, to a list, to jokes.  The purpose is to build stamina for writing by writing for the whole time.

In math, we continued with our work on www.youcubed.org. and learned about "Math Myths" and our brain.  We learned about how our brain can change and grow and what things we can do to help it grow the most.  We have been participating in number talks and other activities to help grow our brains.  Next week we will begin Unit One of our Bridges Math program.  This unit will focus on addition and subtraction patterns.

Deb's class had Hands On Nature this week and learned about life cycles of insects.  We listened to a puppet show, did a puzzle activity and went outside to explore and find insects.  A huge thank you to our Hands On Nature parents for a terrific afternoon of learning.
Have a great weekend!
Jenn and Deb