Dear bloggers,
Happy Earth Day. All week we will be doing activities to help the Earth!
Today was ride/walk to school. Tomorrow is bring a trashless lunch. On Wednesday we will be brainstorming with the class ways to save the Earth. On Thursday we will have another trashless lunch day. On Friday we will have an Earth Day celebration at flag raising. We also talked about ways we can save the Earth in class.
What can you do to help save the Earth?
Sincerely,
Ms. Gomberg
Dear bloggers,
Welcome to Lighted School House! We are learning about magnetism and which items are magnetic. Look at the table and decide which of these items are magnetic!
1. aluminum foil square
2. balloon
3. button
4. cloth square
5. copper strip
6. cork stopper
7. finger
8. metal washer
9. paper fastener
10. plastic bag
11. plastic foam
12. plastic spoon
13. shell
14. wooden cube
15. can lid
Can’t wait to read what you think!
Sincerely,
Ms. Gomberg
Dear Bloggers,
In language arts, we have been reading stories in the genre of fantasy. Two stories that we read were Dogzilla and Kat Kong by Dav Pilkey. We enjoyed these stories so much that we decided to create our own fantasy stories. The students had to use the same story structure but create their own story.
Click the videos below to see what the students came up with!
Have a great spring break!
Ms. Gomberg
Dear bloggers,
We just finished our social studies unit on Chicago. As a culminating activity we went to the Chicago History Museum. We learned about Chicago’s history, architecture, and fun facts! What was the most interesting thing you learned about Chicago? It can be something you learned in class or on the field trip!
View our picture slideshow!
Sincerely,
Ms. Gomberg
Dear bloggers,
Today was such a busy day in 3G! We started off with the vocabulary parade from the story, “Mr. Popper’s Penguins” where we dressed up like a vocabulary word from the story and ended with fondue and dancing at the Valentine’s Day Party! Watch the slideshow below to see all the fun we had today! What was your favorite part of the day?
Sincerely,
Ms. Gomberg
Dear bloggers,
Today in math we learned about parallel and intersecting line segments. Parallel line segments are lines that are in the same place and never meet. We also discussed intersecting line segments. Intersecting line segments are lines in the same plane are not parallel and must meet at some point. We went on a geometry hunt in the classroom to find examples of intersecting and parallel lines. Look around your house. Can you find any examples of intersecting or parallel lines?
Sincerely,
Ms. Gomberg
Dear bloggers,
We are reading the novel, Mr. Popper’s Penguins. In this novel there are a lot of juicy vocabulary words found in the chapters! Pick two vocabulary words from this week’s vocabulary and explain how the words go together! I can’t wait to see the relationships you all come up with!
Sincerely,
Ms. Gomberg
Dear third graders,
Sunday, January 20th is Penguin Awareness Day! Penguin Awareness Day is a great opportunity for people around the world to learn about these adorable animals that live in Antarctica. Penguins are on the endangered species list and it is our job to learn about them to help save them!
What did you learn about penguins today?
Click on the links below to learn about penguins!
http://holidayinsights.com/other/penguinawareness.htm
You can also look at the websites attached to the blog homepage!
Happy Searching,
Ms. Gomberg
Dear bloggers,
This week we started our Penguin Unit. The students have the opportunity to research a species of Penguins and present it to the class. Tomorrow we have the opportunity to skype with a penguin research scientist who is currently in Antarctica! She is in apart of Antarctica called Cape Royds.
Click on the link to see a street view of Cape Royds.
Today we brainstormed questions that we might want to ask her about life in Antarctica and penguins. What is one question you would like to ask the penguin research scientist?
Sincerely,
Ms. Gomberg
Dear bloggers,
We had so much fun at our holiday party! We participated in two holiday sings, had snacks and played games! What was your favorite part of the holiday party?
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
Ms. Gomberg