Mrs.White's Third Grade

We have some catching up to do! We have been busy in our classroom.

We have a fish tank in our room, and the students are very good at seeing that they get what they need. Recently, there was great excitement because our guppies have had babies! We have a few pairs up for adoption. If your child would like to bring a pair home, please contact me and we can make arrangements for their safe travel to your home. No fish will go home on the bus.
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Coming up this Wednesday, April 26 is our Science Night at OTES. Please join us in this fun night. There will lots of fun things to see - robotics, rocket launching, and a helicopter landing on our playground, just to name a few. Here is the link for more information:
https://drive.google.com/a/rsu34.k12.me.us/file/d/0B_OurziqKOQsbXpsQzRGUXlBNUk/view?usp=sharing

Hope to see you all there!

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Our field trip to the University of Maine's Maple Sugar operation was great! The students learned so much about Maple Syrup making, and got to sample some of the new product, hot out of the boiler!

The bus ride over was fun too!

Using power tools! Ask your students why you have to be careful where you drill multiple holes in sugar maple trees!

using power tools!

Peering into the inner workings of Maple Sugar making!

A Maple sugar expert

Different grades of Maple Syrup, all equally delicious.

Glad they allowed cats on the property

The calendar said this was a spring day in Maine, but the snow and frigid temps told a different story.

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Some other things we have been up to are finishing up our Junior Achievement Unit. We have been studying our community, as well as financial literacy, business and city building.

Building 3 dimensional buildings and building our city, putting the different buildings where they belong in the zones.

Designing a diner with classmates, there are lots of money decisions to make when you're a business owner!

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Dress as your favorite book character was a fun day!

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One of the STEM activities we have done recently was the third grade Lego Robotics build - the Dancing Birds! Some fabulous students from Mrs. Daniel's classroom joined us and were excellent peer coaches. They know their stuff, and the third graders loved learning with them.