Wampanoag Projects

We finished up the first third-grade social studies unit on Wampanoag life and their first contact with Europeans. The students did a fantastic job creating projects that demonstrate their understanding of Wampanoag life before the arrival of Europeans. They also did a great job of thinking like historians by analyzing artifacts, interviews, and photos to make claims about historical events. Here are some photos of the final projects. They will be on display in the school library and we will share more about them with you in SeeSaw. (The students who made google slideshows will show you their work at home)

 

Math- Learning addition and subtraction the “old school” way and creating cubes

Over the last two weeks we have been practicing the US standard algorithm for multi-digit addition and subtraction, which is probably how you learned to add and subtract when you were a child. It’s been challenging and fun. You can support this at home by giving your child practice problems.

Here’s Amaru and Louis showing off their models for day 64. You can see that 64 can make a cube out of groups of 4, and is a square number. You can also see Grant in the background showing that you can count by 2’s on day 64. 🙃

Extreme Weather

Last week we started a new unit on Extreme Weather. Students will be working in inquiry groups to research an extreme weather topic. They will create a weather report and also engineer a structure that can withstand extreme weather. Here they are in their small groups creating questions that they will research..stay tuned for more about this exciting project!