A Peek at our Week.......

This week, we had no school on Monday to celebrate Casimir Pulaski Day! Tuesday was our first day of ISAT, the state test we take for the first time in 3rd grade. We were all a little nervous, but lots of visitors stopped by to wish us good luck. Some classrooms made us goodie bags, too! The ISAT has been going great! We're just showing how much we know! Everyday after ISAT, Miss Gosche gives us "chillax" time where we can chill out and relax after trying hard on the test. Since we finished reading Matilda last week as our class read-aloud, we watched the movie, which was really good. In Math this week, we've been learning a lot! On Tuesday we reviewed flips, slides and turns and 3D shapes. On Wednesday we learned about fractions using Hershey Chocolate Bars! On Thursday we learned about probability, or chance, using M&Ms. We all go our own bag of M&Ms and counted up how many of each color we had. Then we wrote down which color we were most likely to pick, and least likely to pick. We also learned probability words, like impossible, certain, and equally likely. We put all of our M&Ms in a cup, and randomly picked one 20 times to see if our experiment matched. It was fun! On Friday we learned about pictographs, which are graphs made with picture symbols. Usually the symbol represents more than 1. This week in Science we've been learning about the Nervous System. The brain, spinal cord and nerves make up the Nervous System. We learned about the different parts of our brain, the cerebrum, the cerebellum and the medulla and what those parts of the brain control. We even made brain hats! Next week, we'll add the brain to our mini-bodies. Computer Lab today was in the classrooms. Mrs. Risolvo brought in iPod Touches and we worked in small groups. Some of us partnered up and watched some videos about staying healthy and the food pyramid on the iPod Touches, while others watched a nutrition video on the Promethean Board. The iPod Touches were SOOOO cool! The weather has been beautiful lately. We are really enjoying being able to play outside!!!! :) This weekend, Speedy is going home with Siyana. Have a good weekend!

Remember, report cards are going home today and Spring Conferences are next Wednesday, March 11th.