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!
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?
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