I am so excited to work with this fantastic group of 3rd graders and hope that you (parents and students alike) have taken the time to check out our class blog. Each time that we have gifted, a different student adds a post to our blog about various activities that we worked on in class that particular day. I can't help but to join in on the fun and will be adding my own posts to update everyone on our classroom events as well. Over the past few weeks, we have been working with one another to create our own civilizations. After reading the book Weslandia by Paul Fleischman, the story of a boy named Wesley who creates his own civilization and names it quite appropriately, we were inspired to do the same. We researched several ancient civilizations in order to understand what elements they were comprised of, and coupled with Weslandia, took off on our own adventure. Each pair of students planted seedlings (or crops), came up with a list of various components of their civilization and are now working on maps to display their civilization. We have also been studying various artists and composers including Van Gogh and Handel. We painted our own versions of Starry Night and constructed opera houses out of paper. Whew- and our field trip to the Cummer Museum is just around the corner. We are having such a great year and I'll continue to keep you "posted" each week!
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