Thanksgiving First in Math Challenge!!

Over Thanksgiving Break, I challenge Room 305 to keep sharp using First in Math.

You can play at home and log-in using your first name and last name.  All games are fun, but focus on facts and problem solving.  You can play ANYTIME.  I can keep track of your points online.

Any student who reaches a total of 2,000 points before Monday morning will get a special prize. 

My Name is Maria Isabel

Happy Thanksgiving Break

This Thanksgiving Break, I am sending home a chapter book for students to read with a two page Book Report.  The book, My Name is Maria Isabel is about a young girl who struggles to fit in at school.  The book is set during thanksgiving and into the winter holidays.  We started the book in class today, so the students have the next five days to finish the book and report.  I hope that you can read the book together or ask your child for details as they read.  Enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday.

Mrs. Carney

Hale Farm in the Winter

Yesterday we visited Hale Farm!  It was super cold, but the students who were brave and bundled enough for the visit enjoyed themselves and learned a lot.  We were able to visit a woman spinning and making yearn, a dairy farmer's wife making butter, a blacksmith, a frontiersman living in a one room cabin, and a glassblower making colorful glass pieces.

Pictured are the students walking around the farm, students watching the glass blowing, a student holding a blacksmith handcrafted hook, and students enjoying their lunches. 

We will be going on more field trips in December ... so watch the blog for more details and photos!




 

Hale Farm Visit

Next week we will be visiting Hale Farm in Bath, Ohio.  This farm is a historic site that is maintained by the Western Reserve Historical Society.  On the farm we will be participating in a program called Roots of Entreprenuership.  This program teaches how some of Ohio's earliest settlers became business owners.  The weather is forecasted to be cold and possibly snowy, so please dress warmly.  You do not have to wear dress code on this day, but please dress in heavy jeans, jogging pants, hoodies, mittens, hats, and boots.  We will be spending time outside walking on dirt roads and paths. 

For a preview of what we will be seeing, visit Hale Farm & Village's website HERE.