It is November!

It has been another busy week!  I enjoyed visiting with everyone at conferences this week.  Thanks for taking an active interest in your child's education.  Remember if you ever have any questions- just let me know!  Here are a few photographs from the first full week in November.  Enjoy!

We began the study of force and motion this month.  Students are learning about friction below and using a lubricant to decrease the amount of friction.  

In math we are studying measurement.  We love practicing our skills!  We are measuring in both inches (to the half and quarter) and centimeters (to the half).  We are also learning to figure out the area and perimeter of a polygon.  

Students presented their inquiry projects this week.  Each student picked a living thing (plant or animal), researched it, and created a slideshow about its life cycle to present to the class.

We finished reading our Global Read Aloud Book- Marty McGuire this week and have enjoyed blogging about it and reading comments from our virtual classmates all over the world. It is great to have other 3rd graders to share our thoughts and ideas with.

On Friday we attended the play "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" put on by the Lime Springs Children' Theatre Troupe.  Several of our classmates were stars in the show.  They were awesome!