Fairy Tale Adaptations Publications

Click on your student's name to hear them narrate their  Fairy Tale Adaption:

Mrs. Eaton's Authors: 
Savannah
Nicolas
Morgan C
Aliyah
Asher
Mitchell
Sophia
Collin
Tyler
Zangmu
Jaydon
Aaron
Derek
Olyvia
Samantha
Brooklyn
Abbie
Morgan B


Mrs. Parker's Authors: 
Zach 
Jaden
Ava
Jerry
Gabbi
Jake
Noah
Trevin
Emily
Logan
Robert
Hailey
Hayden
Ella
Griffin
Keira
Jack
Mia

Once Upon A Time....

This week Kristyn and Sara had their solo week. They were so happy to dive into working on their own with students and were really pleased with how the week turned out. The students were extra S.M.A.R.T this week and were extremely helpful to both girls as the week progressed. Throughout the week students would be reminding their peers that even though Kristyn and Sara are students, this week they are their main teachers. Students were extra mindful this week when they saw the play Grease, a musical put on by the WCS middle schoolers, and sat next to classmates who they knew would not distract them throughout the performance. Students loved the musical and were even singing the main songs as they left the performance (we sense some future actors and actresses :) ).

This week our students worked extremely hard on their fairytales. They were able to publish their work through typing their final drafts or handwriting their adaptations and then they became their own story-tellers. Students recorded their own voices on an IPad through an application called Shadow Puppet. This application allows students and adults to take real photos and create their own book by recording their voice as they scroll through each photo. If you would like to see more information please visit their website.   We were so impressed with their expression and the way they used their best story-teller voices. Students on Friday then had a fairy tale celebration equipped with their adaptations and of course fairy tale treats. We invited other members of our Mosaic team, including the fourth graders, and we had some other members of our faculty come around and listen to their adaptations. Everyone had an incredible time and felt like they walked into a real life fairy tale. It was truly magical.  We will be posting the links to your child’s stories, and we hope you enjoy them as much as we have. We have some very talented and creative third graders in our midsts.
    In Number Corner, students have been learning about how many minutes are in a quarter or an hour, a half or a third of an hour.  They have been making many discoveries and observations about time and began to understand why adults can use phrases like “quarter past” or “quarter till”. In Math we are still working through Unit 5 and have been working more with  multiplication and division. Students are continuing to develop efficient strategies to solve multiplication and division story problems and they have even been playing math games to use their strategies!  We are really looking forward to seeing what else our smart kiddos come up with in the future!

A reminder that this is Kristyn and Sara’s last week with our third graders. They want to thank everyone, including the parents and students, for their support and they will truly miss everyone in their classrooms and in Mosaic. They also want to thank Liz and Jess for helping them grow as future teachers!

Keep thinking Spring! Let’s have some more 60 degree weather shall we?

Fairy Tale Fun

      A few weeks ago we started our brand new fairy tale unit. The unit began with a full immersion of reading different classical fairy tales in order to get familiar with the various story lines and the sequence of events a fairy tale unfolds in. In this unit the students have been working on creating their own fairy tale adaptation of the classic tales Billy Goat’s Gruff or Little Red Riding Hood. This past week the students have been working so hard on drafting their own adaptation by adding their own twist to the classical tales! Students have been going through the steps of the writing cycle and their talent has truly shined through. This upcoming week the students will be working on publishing their fairy tale using IPads through an application called Shadow Puppet. We are very excited to see the students’ creative masterpieces come alive.

     This past week the students filled the school’s brain cell collector to it’s nose. The school held a celebration for our “SMART” students called Minute to Win it. Taking after the American prime time TV game show, the students had only a minute to complete a variety of challenges! It was a well-deserved school wide celebration and everyone had a blast.

     In math we have began Unit 5 and have been diving deep into concepts of multiplication and division. Students have been working on developing strategies to solve multiplication and division story problems and they have even been creating their own story problems! We look forward to working more closely with these new concepts and investigating different strategies to help us as mathematicians. 

Please remember that Sara and Kristyn will be soloing this week. If you have any information that you need to pass on regarding pick-ups and dismissal please send it to them at their school email addresses. Liz and Jess will be working on planning and curriculum for fourth grade this week. It's hard to believe we are already thinking about that! 

Think Spring!