Journey North Test Garden

CLS Students are tacking the arrival of spring in Little Rock by planting a tulip test garden. The primary students have planted a tulip test garden as part of the international science project called Journey North. We have connected with hundreds of other school in the Northern Hemisphere for this experiment. Red Emperor tulip bulbs were planted Nov. 30, 2012 in the school garden. Students will be observing the garden through the winter months and will report the arrival of spring by the sprouting of the bulbs. You can watch springs journey north by going to this website: www.learner.org/jnorth/tulip/index.html

Fun Field Trip

In October the Third Grade class went on a field trip to the Historic Arkansas Museum. We had a great time learning about the history of our community.

 

Germs!

Today Nurse Barker talked to us about germs. She told us how important it is to be aware of how we spread germs so we can all work together to keep our class healthy.

We learned that we should use a tissue when blowing our nose, wash our hands often and to sneeze or cough into our sleeve to keep our germs from spreading around our room. We don't want the cold and flu germs to win!

Still Seeing Monarchs!

We are part of the Journey North migration program. This is the time of the year that we record any sightings of monarchs in our area and report it to Journey North. Yesterday we noted that we are still seeing them in our school garden. With the days getting shorter and cooler we don't know how much longer they will be around.

Hoot Hoot here is what's happening in our class this week;

Religion:  This week we learn about Martin Luther and the Reformation.

English: Unit 2 ; verbs

Writing: ” How To” paragraph

Reading: This week  our story is Little Grunt and the Big Egg. Test on Thurs.

Spelling: Words this week have the io sound. Test on Thurs.

Social Studies: Geography of a community.

Science: The Sun and Moon and the Seasons.

Field Trip: We will be going to the Historic Arkansas Museum on Oct. 26.

Remember to send a sack lunch with a drink on this day. 

Memory for this week 

The Fifth Commandment                                                                        

You shall not murder.

What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not hurt or harm our neighbor in his body, but help and support him in every physical need.

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you. Ephesians 4:32

A fun new way to learn

Today was our first day with the iPads in our classroom. What a fun way to learn our math facts.

Hoot Hoot Here is what's happening in Third Grade this week:

Religion:  This week we take a look at the Old Testament and study the Arch and the Tabernacle.

English: Unit 2 ; Possessive nouns

Writing: Journal

Reading: This week  our story is Wild Shots, They’re My Life.

Spelling: Words this week have c=s, g=j sounds.

Social Studies: Geography of a community.

Science: The Sun and Moon and the Seasons, migration and plant cycles.

Field Trip: We will be going to the Historic Arkansas Museum on

 Oct. 26.

Each month we will read a book from a different literature genre.

Our read aloud book for this month will be a fantasy; Charlotte’s Web.

Our memory for this week:

The Fourth Commandment                                                                        

Honor your father and your mother.

What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not despise or anger our parents and other authorities, but honor them, serve and obey them, love and cherish them.

 

Winn Dixie Celebration

Our class finished reading Because of Winn Dixie. What a great book! To celebrate we had a Winn Dixie picnic and watched the movie of the book. It is always interesting to see what changes are make in the plot and in charters between a book and the movie.

Just like in the book we had egg salad sandwiches, pickles and dump punch. It was great fun!

Hoot Hoot here is what's happening in third grade this week:

Religion: The second unit in religion is the Holy Spirit Blesses the Church; this week we learn about the Holy Spirit.

English: Predicates and compound sentences, unit 1 review

Writing: Flat Stanley writing

Reading: This week we have a literacy circle. We will all be reading Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown. There are many fun activities  that go with this book.

Spelling: Review test of words from the past 5 weeks. Spelling tests are every Friday. We will have 20 review words.

Social Studies: Types of communities

Science: The Sun and Moon and the Seasons

What we are Reading

We finished the book Because of Winn Dixie. Friday we had a Winn Dixie party and watched the movie to celebrate. We discussed how the movie characters and the plot were the same and different from the book.

 Our read aloud book for this month will be a fantasy; Charlotte’s Web.

Our memory for this week:

Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38

The First Commandment and meaning;

You shall have no other gods. What does this mean?

We should fear, love and trust in God above all things.