Oh, and Two Tests Tomorrow!

Posted by Mr. Marchionda on Sep 24, 2009 in Classroom News, Coming Events | Comments Off

Be sure to read Nate The Great, San Francisco Detective tonight in preparation for our test tomorrow. Also, study your spelling words for your test. Keep up the great test scores, and let’s see if we can break our class record!

Tomorrow wear your Lakeshore Pride shirts for our assembly!

The Wisdom of a Third Grade Boy . . .

Posted by Mr. Marchionda on Sep 24, 2009 in Classroom News | Comments Off

While discussing how we come up with an answer to mental math story problem on our POD today, a student explained how he can explain his reasoning so well. Thought I would share it with you all (I’m sure there is a mom out there blushing a little!)

“I am good at ‘splaining stuff because I talk a lot.” ~Ryan Sept. 24, 2009

Today in science we did an experiment that had us practice determining the mass of objects. Using a balance scale we determined that a D-Cell battery has more mass than a C-Cell battery. We also played with a consistent amount of water, pouring it into different shaped containers. We predicted where the water line would be, then compared it with where it actually was. We determined that narrow containers made a higher water level than wider containers, when using a consistent amount of water.

Nice work, kids. I am looking forward to our other experiments and what we will discover!