Perseverance

Our school's theme is perseverance....again a word I do not like because of its missing r.  We have been having lots of fun learning about what it is and what it looks like.  Last week we read The Most Mignificent Thing and watched a video about the creator of Lego.  You can read about that here.  Today we did a great lesson from a blog that pinterest helped me find.  Check her original idea here.  We started off by eating a Warhead...that candy that starts out super sour, but after 30 seconds is actually sweet.  Almost everyone persevered through the first 30 second.  The faces were hilarious.  Then we described the experience and the two students who spit the candy out thought they should try again.  Then we pulled out Horton Hatches an Egg and students shared how the the book and the activity were similar.  My last question was why are we spending so much time thinking and learning about perseverance?  And then we went on to math...today there were far less groans....maybe they are learning to persevere...a little:-)

Happy Monday,

Five for Friday Finally

It is Five for Friday.  Here is what happened in the land of some 3rd grade chickadees this week-

Our Donor's Choose project was delivered.  It was like Christmas!  Hokki Stools are such a great piece of classroom furniture.

We started some Engage NY math....I took pages home and circled incorrect answers.  Then students worked in groups to correct their work.  They did such a great job teaching...not just copying!

Our school theme is perseverance.  (I can't tell you how much it bothers me that the spelling of the word seems to be missing the letter r!)  Anyway we read The Most Magnificent Thing and watched The Lego Story and then had a great discussion about perseverance and how the book and video showed that trait.  

I love anchor charts!  Today we made a chart for stamina.  Like this one from Creating Readers and Writers.  

But I wanted kids more involved in the creating it.  So I split the class into 2 groups and had each group work on half the chart.  Then we came back together and added any other ideas that we might have missed.  It was great....although a bit a girl drama had us have a mini session about how to work together and lead vs. boss.

My aunt is in town this weekend!  Which means we will be going to Papa Haydn's for dessert.  The place is a.m.a.z.i.n.g!  If you ever visit Portland, you must stop there.  They have real food also, but I have never tried it:-)

 This is the display case of deliciousness! 

And then they make your choice all beautiful on the plate!

Happy Friday...and GO DODGERS!!!!