Here is a quick update on some of the things we did in our classroom this past month:
1. We finished Little Pilgrim's Progress!! My students loved the book. It was a great one. Since we finished the book that also means that I finished writing all 93 worksheets, answer keys, and power points to go with the chapters! That felt like a huge accomplishment and I am so excited to have it for next year. To end our book, I had my students draw a picture of their favorite part of the book. I put their pictures on a wall display showing the map of Little Christian's journey.
2. We also did our last science unit on the nervous system. To compliment our unit, I put up a "think about the brain" wall with each of the parts of the brain labeled. During one lesson, we filled out the blank sheets of paper on the wall display with what we knew each part of the brain controlled. Students also drew their own picture of the brain. It was a fun unit!
3. Grammar! My students came to LOVE grammar and actually asked if we could do a grammar lesson every day. What was the secret? Grammar School House Rock! I absolutely love the songs on Grammar Rock and my students came to love them too. We loved singing "Mr. Morton is the subject of the sentence" and "I find it quite interesting...a noun's a person, place, or thing!" To end our Grammar after a great year of learning parts of speech I put up a "We Love Grammar" display complete with pictures and lyrics to the songs:
4. We also went on a final field trip. One of the local schools does an annual Science Expo for only third graders. Science booths are set up all around their campus. The school even had its own little creek that they had trained 4th and 5th graders to give tours of to the 3rd graders. It was a wonderfully fun field trip! Here are a few pictures:
Here is one of my students looking through a microscope:
The fire department was there and students were able to try on the fire fighting uniform. After watching my students try it on, they roped me and some parents into trying it on too. Here is me ready to fight fires! ;-)
The had a show for us with wild animals that had been rescued. Students LOVED this part.
Here are a few more of my students at a book about vegetables and weight.
What a fun end of the year we had! I can't believe it is over.....I'm still a little sad about it. It has been a wonderful year and I will miss my little students greatly.
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