This week is Red Ribbon Week! 

In grade 3, we celebrate making positive and healthy life choices! The schedule for the week is as follows: 

Monday- Wear red
Tuesday- "Follow Your Dreams" PJ day
Wednesday- "Team Up Against Drugs" wear team jersey or gear
Thursday- "Put a Cap on Drugs" hat day for $1 donation to the Resource Center
Friday- Wear your community color or superhero gear

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On Tuesday October 24, our class will be going on our field trip to Acadia National Park. The bus will be leaving AT 8:00 sharp! and returning at approximately 1:30. 

Please do not be late for school Tuesday, or you run the risk of missing this fun educational experience.

Some important reminders: 
- Unless you have already made arrangements with me to have the kitchen pack your child a lunch, be sure to send your child with a snack, a lunch and plenty of water in a resealable container. Please do not send juice boxes or pouches for this trip.  
- On Tuesday, students should dress in a few warm layers with sturdy closed toe shoes on. No sandals please.
- Students also should be prepared for a little rain, and need to have a full change of clothes in their backpacks in case they get wet.  

Some photos from this week:

Our hand washing experiment was a success, there are billions of bacteria growing on this bread from being handled with hands that had not been washed.  YUCK!  Our class is a lot more motivated to wash their hands and use hand sanitizer! 

In science we are studying life cycles and how/why animals live in social groups.  These pictures are from an experiment we did that demonstrated the benefits and pitfalls of being in a group! Students found that while sharing resources was at times not a benefit, sharing responsibilities and safety in numbers was! 

Every week we have a guest reader!  Jake practiced and did a great job reading to our class.

It's time for parent teacher conferences, please double check your child's backpack and look for the confirmation of the date and time you are scheduled.  No conferences on Monday, October 9.
Our room is in the red community upstairs, room 217.  At the top of the stairs, head right on to the red side, I am the last classroom.  I am looking forward to talking with you about your child's progress!

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     Permission forms went home Friday for our field trip to Acadia National Park. Our class will be going on October 24. We need to leave PROMPTLY at 8am, please do not be late to school that day or your child may miss the trip. Please sign both sheets and return them as soon as possible!  
     We will be gone until approximately 1:30, so your child will need a bag lunch, water in a resealable container and a snack.  If you would like the kitchen to make your child's lunch and snack, please indicate that on the permission form. 
    For your child's comfort and safety, send your child to school dressed in a few layers, as it will be both hot and cool on this trip and they may need to adjust for temperature. A change of clothes is a good idea, and closed-toe sturdy shoes with a good tread are a must.  No sandals or flipflops. 

Some photos of our year so far - if your child is not represented, please call the office to be sure we have a photo release from you on file. 

A Lego STEM activity - engineering a structure with constraints and parameters

Learning about plant and animal life cycles, we dissected Lima beans and planted seeds to observe their growth and development.  

An experiment to show how important hand washing is - please remember to wash hands often!!!  Yuck.

Our classroom mantra - It's OK to not know something, because we just don't know it YET.  There is always something to learn!  We strive to have a growth mindset, and be flexible thinkers.

The following are photos from our fabulous Acadia National Park Rangers classroom visit - Part one of the field trip that is coming up on October 24.  The kids learned about all the jobs the Park Rangers do, and got to put on skits for their classmates.  A lot of learning and fun was packed into this hour! 

Rangers Genevive and Carmedy

What sort of rangers are these?

Tourists and the Rangers that help them

This tourist is having WAY too much fun!

The 6 types of Park Rangers, and what they do!

I think this tourist was injured in the park and the Rangers below had to help!

Writing workshop is always better when you can add a little sunshine.  We took advantage of the beautiful weather to get out and WRITE!