3rd graders Making Spiced Apples

The 3rd graders are reading Little House in the Big Woods. We learned that back in the day there were no spray cans of room spray. They had to create it themselves. We made spiced apples with cloves. It made the room smell so good and the class learned that they can make things from natural resources such as spices just as going to the grocery store and buying room spray. We will be doing a chuckwagon cookout soon keep looking for pictures and new posts!

Pictures from September 19th

The 4th graders are reading Cricket in Times Square and enjoyed some chinese food.

                                            

Before we ate Cole lead us in prayer for our food. Our guest of honor was Mrs. Stephanie Fouste.

We had a great time and learned about other cultures. We will be finishing our story soon and starting new exciting projects with our new story.

This Little Log House

The 3rd graders are still reading Little House in the Big Woods and they are getting a "feel" of living in the olden days! They were able to design and build their log cabins using popsicle sticks. Some added additional touches such as a ice pond, and a loft to make their creation more unique! We will be making apples and serving up a chuckwagon lunch made only by fire. (aka propane burner) Today the students worked on the final touches of their houses!

       It is exciting to see how interested the students are about life back in the day!

The Communication of the Bees

Ask your fourth grader how bees communicate. And they will tell you how. The sweet dance that the bees do are their way of communicating!

The 4th graders watched Magic School Bus- In the Beehive and learned more about how animals communicate with each other.

We will be writing reports later in the month. Students will pick an animal and discuss how they communicate with each other and how God has designed this particuliar animal to be protected and survive in this vast world!

September 16, 2009

Here are some pictures of the kids playing at recess today. Enjoy!!

                                    

Ode to Autumn

by John Keats



Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,

Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;

Conspiring with him how to load and bless

With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;

To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,

And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;

To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells

With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,

And still more, later flowers for the bees,

Until they think warm days will never cease,

For Summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells.



Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?

Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find

Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,

Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;

Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep,

Drows'd with the fume of poppies, while thy hook

Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers:

And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep

Steady thy laden head across a brook;

Or by a cyder-press, with patient look,

Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours.



Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they?

Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,--

While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,

And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue;

Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn

Among the river sallows, borne aloft

Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;

And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;

Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft

The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft;

And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.          

Week of September 7-11

The year is off to a full swing! We are doing many things in the 3rd/4th grade class! The third graders are reading Little House in the Big Woods and the 4th graders are reading Cricket in Times Square. We will be building log cabins and making spice apples for the 3rd graders and the 4th graders will be designing cricket houses Look for these pictures coming soon!!

The 4th graders did some investigative reporting today. They learned how to use a newspaper and studied why it is important to know how to use a newspaper.

The third graders did a lab today using their sense of smell and taste. Ask you child about the lab and all of the fun things that they tasted and smelled today.

The list of they things that they smelled and tasted is:

1. ginger

2. vanilla

3. almond

4. mint

5. cinnamon stick

6. red pepper

7. mustard

8. celery salt

9. orange

10. salt

11. steak seasoning

12. coconut

13. maple

14. seasoned salt

15. garlic powder

16. strawberry applesauce

17. choc chips

18. choc pudding

19. icing

20. spicy candies

21. butter tasting powder

22. sour patch kids

23. beef jerkey

24. hot sauce

25. apple

26. lemon

27. pear

28. green pepper

29. onion

The third graders also experimented with sugar cubes. They tried to see which part of their tongue was the most powerful. The tip or the back. Their results were that the tip of the tongue was where they could taste the sugar the most!

                                                

School is off to a great start!! Experiments and Observations to start off with.

It has been a busy fun-filled week at school! The 3rd graders are learning about their senses. We did an observation today to see if we could record all of the items that they could see and write them down as quickly as possible.

Next, we tested our eyes. We put a piece of crushed paper on top of a glass to see if we could thump it off the glass when we covered each eye. Some quickly figured out which eye had the stronger vision! :) They experimented with this activity until they figured out that they could direct the piece of paper to go exactly where they wanted it to go! Great activity and a lot of fun!!!

                                         

The 4th graders are learning about plants and birds. They planted seeds today of pumpkin, green beans, apple, and plums. They enjoyed being gardeners for the day. They will record their plants in a log book daily. They will observe their findings for each day and make predictions of what will happen as their plants continue to grow. We will try different experiments with their plants, little sunlight, no sunlight, lots of sunlight, little water, no water, lots of water and so on. We will learn the parts of the flower and plants in the upcoming week!

Finally, a great way to end class, group discussion. What did you already know, what did you want to learn, and what did you learn that was new.