Lunch Bunch

Julianna and Nicole joined me for lunch bunch today!

We Need Your Feedback

Dear Parents,

  Sra. Silvia and I are planning to have a tech night before Christmas break. We would like to get together with all of you and share some great online resources. Before we start planning we would like to conduct a survey and collect data to find what would be best for most of you. Please take a minute to answer one survey question. 

On the side bar you will find a survey question please vote.

Sincerely, 

Ms. Cynthia 

Exploring Rocks

Chip's Trip to New Mexico

Click here to read all about Chip's adventure.

Lunch Bunch

Dear David and Devin,
Thank you for joining me for lunch today. I learned about your wild cats and about your Thanksgiving plans. I hope you enjoyed our time together. Have a great weekend.
Love,
Ms. Cynthia

The Wall by Eve Bunting

Today third graders started reading The Wall by Eve Bunting. We are practicing how to infer using Eve Bunting's wonderful books. This is one of the thinking stems we are using to help us think.

I infer that.....because....

While in Washington D.C this summer I got to visit the Vietnam wall which is a memorial inscribed with the names of service men and women who died while fighting in the Vietnam war.
Each wall is 246 feet, 9 inches long - the total length of the Wall is 493 feet, 6 inches. In Eve Bunting's book we will read about a boy and his dad looking for a special name on the wall.

Our Super Busy Day

Hello Everyone,
Sra. Silvia, Chip, and I had and extra busy day. First we left Providence Rhode Island, then we traveled to Chicago Illinois and finally we made it to Santa Fe New Mexico. Along the way we made some interesting stops.
What was your day like?
Love,
Ms. Cynthia

Turquoise Trail Charter School

Rhode Island to Illinois to New Mexico 

Madrid, NM a town full of beautiful art work

Turquoise Trail Charter School

        Turquoise Trail Charter School neighborhood. How is it different from ICS neighborhood? 

Chip on a Trip

Hello Boys and Girls,
I'm on my way to New Mexico with Sra. Silvia, Ms. Soraya, Ms. Michelle, Ms. Julie, Ms. Maryann and Chip. Can you believe that he snuck into my bag? He is being very good and exploring the world.
Have a wonderful day and do your best. I miss all of you. Keep an eye on the blog to see where Chip will be next.
What can you infer about Chip in these pictures?
Love,
Ms. Cynthia

What is smaller?

Dear 2nd Grade,
This week you will be investigating the sizes of earth materials. We have already observed some. But I was wondering, is there an earth material smaller than sand? How could we find out?

Sand

Pebbles 

Boulders

Cobbles

What is smaller than sand? 

How to make a whistle

This week 3rd grade continued to experiment with sound, pitch, and vibrations. We created a whistle and learned how to make the sound high or low.
Listen to Amilcar explain how to make a whistle.

listen to ‘How to make whistle’ on Audioboo