Japan

From Mrs. MacGregor:

The past two weeks, third graders have been heavily involved in their Japan research projects. This week, students began writing the rough drafts of their research papers. This has involved learning how to write organized paragraphs. They are doing a wonderful job!

We are looking forward to our Asian Banquet on Wednesday, March 9th @ 11AM. Today I am sending home an invitation to this event. Please RSVP as soon as possible with the number of people attending so that we can plan for the amount of food that we will need. Thank you in advance for this!

DRESS for the Asian Banquet: We have kimonos in our school dress up supply that children are welcome to wear for the banquet. If your child has some clothes that are asian-inspired, they are welcome to wear them. Please DO NOT feel obligated to purchase any clothing for this event!

Kokeshi Dolls: Next week we will be making Kokeshi Dolls in class. For this project each child will need an empty paper towel roll. Please send them in ASAP. And if you happen to have an extra, we could certainly use it! Thank you.

Have a great weekend!

Lee

This is from Sascha:

Dear parents,

I am working on Japan in Social Studies. I am studying the Japanese Bobtail Cat and the Japanese Macaque. It is fun doing the work for it. My favorite part is nothing! I like every bit of it! Did you know that a Japanese Bobtail can eat a deer? Or did you know that a Macaque can throw a snowball at people? To learn more come to the Asian Banquet.

Love, Sascha

Poetry

This week in Third Grade we:

*Enjoyed a wonderful workshop with poet Lyn Hoopes. We learned about our "poet's voice", how to string words like beads and make patterns with sounds, and how to honor our imagination with words.

*Got our SmartBoard installed! We had fun using it for our morning message, and playing math games on it. Ask your child how it works!

*Had a fabulous trip to the Boston Children's Museum. We visited a traditional Japanese home and found things that were the same as and different from our own homes. We learned the art of suminagashi, ancient Japanese paper marbling.

* Learned about "remote control reading." Ask your child what this is all about!

*Continued to research our topics about Japan.

Coming up:

Friday, 2/11: Pasta Supper @ 5:30

Friday, 2/18: Parent/Teacher Conferences (No School for kids)

Monday, 2/21: Presidents' Day (No School)

Monday, 3/14: Spring Break begins (Classes resume on 3/28)

Have a wonderful weekend!

Time Capsule

I got a replacement computer just in time to have the kids post this video they made for All School Meeting this week! Enjoy learning about what the third graders think they'll be doing in 25 years. This work was done for the school's time capsule which will be opened in 25 years.

Enjoy!