We had a great first day back after vacation. Everyone seemed to have a restful, fun vacation and be ready to be back in school. In Literacy, we started to prepare for the January 20th visit by the Vermont author, Kate Messner. Prior to vacation, each student chose a a Kate Messner book to read for their January book project. Students are going to try to complete as much of their book as possible prior to her arrival. As a follow up to reading the book, we will be writing letters to the author in class. Below is a link to Kate Messner's web site. You can read more about her and see some of the books that she has written. In addition to third graders reading their chosen Kate Messner book, we are reading aloud her book, All The Answers.
Kate Messner's Web Site
Kate Messner
*Please help your student remember to bring his/her Kate Messner book to school each day, so that we can try to finish the books before the 20th!
Today, we stared our biography unit. The essential question for the third grade unit is how does perseverance help a person overcome obstacles and contribute to the world? As part of this unit, we will be using children's biographies to study slavery and the Civil Rights Movement. As we read, we will be thinking deeply and discussing how these famous people used perseverance and courage to over come obstacles. Tomorrow, we will be reading a nonfiction book called The Amistad, The Story of a Slave Ship by Patricia C. McKissack. Over the next two weeks, students will read biographies about Harriet Tubman, Henry Box Brown and George Washington Carver. Students are very interested in this unit!
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