What we learned at The Grove...

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Mystery Skype Report

Written by our Mystery Skype reporter, Lauren, from Mrs. D's class:   

"Today we did a mystery Skype with a third grade class. They asked us questions and we answered then we switched. Using only yes/no questions we determined they were in North Carolina by asking the question "is your state Capitol Raleigh" they said yes. Then they figured out that our state was Illinois  and then we told them a little bit about where we live and they did the same. I think all the Daredevils and Coconuts had a blast."

Rube Goldberg Machine Videos

While half of the class was at chorus, we worked with Mrs. Diviacchi's class to explore force, energy and simple machines by making Rube Goldberg Machines!  Here are videos of their failures and successes!  Enjoy!


Here is the presentation I created for this project to learn more about Rube Goldberg and the scientific principals involved.

Fun Facts about Illinois

Today the kids read all kinds of interesting facts about our state, Illinois. Then we made a poster of all our favorite random facts! 

SPARKS Night

Next Monday, May 16th, we will be celebrating the arts and what we do with your kids during their time with the specials teachers (art, PE, library, music, Spanish).  Come and enjoy artwork, Spanish games, and a  hamsteriffic celebration for our One Book, One School read.  A concert and dancing will finish off the evening.  This event is for everyone,  the more the merrier!  We hope to see you there!  

We will also be having a book swap in the cafeteria.  Please bring a gently used book or two and hopefully your child will find something great to take home.  Finally, we are collecting the Humphrey books if your child would like to donate it back so we can pass it on to another group of kids.

If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Rolfes at krolfes@op97.org.

 

 

SpArKs  - Monday May 16th - 6:00-7:30

Library - Hamster games/crafts in Cafeteria 6:00-7:10

Spanish - Games in the Cafeteria - 6:00-7:10

Art - View artwork in the halls 

Music - Chorus in the auditorium 6:40-7:10

PE- Dancing on the blacktop 7:10-7:30

Also in cafeteria - Book Swap and Humphrey book collection

Mystery Skype

Here is the list of Mystery Skype Questions we wrote together.  Use this during our practice Mystery Skype today!

Quick quiz tomorrow & MAP next week

Tomorrow the kids will take a quick quiz in reading to assess their knowledge of firsthand & secondhand accounts (RI4.6). 

This anchor chart we made in class is a great study tool. 

Also, MAP testing starts next week. Our class will take math MAP on Monday 5/9 @ 9:15am and reading MAP on Monday 5/16 @ 9:15am. I know we're all excited to finish this final round of standardized testing. :)