Anna's Blog

Today we learned about how different leaves can be.  We worked with partners.  Each group got different kinds of leaves: needles, leaves and scales.  Which one?  Deciduous and Coniferous were the two options. We had to say what what the same and what was different.  It was really fun I think.

By: Anna Florness, Third Grader

Lock and Dam #6

We got to visit Lock and Dam #6 in Trempealeau, WI.  It was very interesting.  We even got to walk out on a gate in the lock and walk above the dam.  Later, we went to Perrot State Park for a picnic. I can't believe it's our last field trip of the year.
Mrs. Barnard

Photographs by: Katie Christopherson

Reading Groups

Today we worked on literature in our groups.

By: Alaina Zimmerman, Third Grader

Third Grade Field Trip

Today we went to Prairie Island for some fun outdoor activities led by The WSU Outdoor Education and Recreation Center.  We went on a nature trail around the deer park, took pictures with digital cameras, did a low ropes course, played disc golf and played on the playground. Later we had a picnic lunch.  We also got to visit the Minnesota Marine Art Museum.  We saw some amazing works of art including paintings by Monet and Renoir.  One exhibit was about fish x-rays.  It was an action packed day.

Pringle Challenge

Today we built designs for the Pringle challenge.  We tested them.  Some of them broke but some of them did not break.  We will be redesigning soon.

By: Natalie Runningen, Third Grader

Junior Achievement

Today someone came in to teach us about the city.  We put buildings on the map.  We talked about where places belong.

By: Morgan Starzecki, Third Grader

Track Fun

Today we ran the track to get some exercise and to get our wiggles out.

By: Malana Monahan, Third Grader

Time Lines

Today our timelines were due. We shared our timelines.  They were exciting!

By: Luke Smeby, Third Grader

Crayfish

Today we were observing crayfish. We were doing a worksheet but we had to observe them to get the answer.

By: Treven Viestenz, Third Grader

The Great Egg Drop

Today we made a plan of how to drop an egg off the gym balcony.  Later we went back to the science lab to create our plans.  We had a lot of cool ideas.

By: Veronica Sikorski, Third Grader

Lights On

Lights, Camera, Action! Today we did an experiment on trying to make light in the mummies tomb.  It was only a box.

By: Dominic McQuinn, Third Grader

Frogs

Today we learned about Amphibians, but we focused on frogs.  We did stations too.  The stations were observing frogs and we also did a worksheet on frogs.

By: Katrina Loos, Third Grader