Ability Awareness Day

We had a great day learning about people with all different abilities. We had an assembly and learned about the Buddy Program. (More information on this program will come home to tomorrow.) We had a presentation from representatives from Paraquad who taught us the importance of living with independence when you have a disability. Linda Baker from the Center for Speech and Hearing talked to us about living with hearing loss. Finally, we learned about Therapeutic Horsemanship and its benefits for people of all ages with or without disabilities. We discussed what we learned and wrote about it too. What an amazing day!

iPad cart

Everyone was excited to use their own iPad in the classroom. Sappington now has a cart with 25 iPads that classes can check out. They were very useful in helping us do research for our business plans! Students have come up with some great ideas for our economics unit. We are looking forward to following through with our business plans and sharing them with you.

We're 100 Days Smarter!

We celebrated the 100th day of school on Friday, Jan 25. We had a 100 snack and played some games. I hope everyone enjoyed the day! I know I have enjoyed working and learning with this class these last 100 days!

Sink or Float!

Our density experiment was awesome!

Scientists at Work

Third grade scientists were busy experimenting with volume! Ask what we learned about measuring the volume of a liquid as well as how its shape changed.

Matter Scavenger Hunt!

We had a great time discovering matter around the room and noting properties!

Third Grade Spelling Bee!

Our spelling bee was great today! Congratulations to Natalie (Mrs. Schmidt) and Ana (Ms. Handrahan) who will represent the third grade in the spelling bee next Friday.

Happy New Year!

We have been busy thinking of our goals for 2013 and writing our strategies to get there. Here is our class goal we wrote together as a model!