Greetings!

I hope everyone had a wonderful break, I know I did!  We had a great week and accomplished a lot.  We worked on another "how to" piece this week, how to make a cookie.  It is real interesting to get a 3rd graders point of view on how to make cookies.  I did not tell them ingredients, temperature, or any details.  In math we reviewed area, started perimeter and ended with some geometry.  Next week we will start on angles.  I have to tell you, I love this stuff!!  The kids look at me like I am crazy because I get so excited!  In Social Studies we talked about Susan B. Anthony and in Science we worked on weathering and erosion.  We did some experiments and made a hypothesis on what we thought would happen in our experiments.  Progress reports went out this past Wednesday, hopefully you have seen them.

This week we will be going to the Christmas shop on Thursday.  This gives the students an opportunity to buy gifts for other people.  This is a way for the students to experience the gift of giving.  The other day in class we played a "would you rather" game, the question was...would you rather have a hundred dollars to spend on yourself or a thousand dollars to spend on others?  Everyone said they would want a thousand to spend on others!!  I thought that was awesome!  Have a great week and I will post the peek at the week by tomorrow night!

P.S.  Don't forget our canned food and toy drive!!

Thanks,
Mrs. B