Ask your child about the “story mountain “ we created based on this story about a young girl who has a tough decision to make! What is the climax? What events lead up to the climax? How does she resolve her problem?

We are learning about secondary characters and why they are so important. Today we read We Are Brothers. Ask your child how the secondary character supports the main character!

Science - design a top that spins!

The Loof Lirpa didn’t make an appearance?! 🤔 They are hungry after making their long trip north. For 3 days only, they will eat directly from your hand if you stand still and call them quietly. 🤣🐦 April Fools

Mrs. Montero taught us all about her time in Kenya! Ask your child about some cool Kenyan facts! 🇰🇪

A big thank you to the Qureshi family for teaching us all about Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr! Charity and doing good deeds are especially important during Ramadan. We were reminded how a smile is one of the easiest and most meaningful good deeds we can offer.😀

Thank you Lincoln Fire Department for visiting our school to teach us about fire safety! Firefighter Ben led a fun game to help us learn some important facts about safety. Ask your child all about it!

Game Time during Connections Block - a class favorite!

Local author, Ray Anthony Shepard, read us his latest book called Runaway. It is a poem about one of George Washington’s slaves, Ona Judge, who eventually made her way to Portsmouth, NH. Ask your child why Ray Shepard repeats the line, “Why you run, Ona?” throughout his poem.

We started our new science unit, Structures of Life! We are kicking off the unit learning/observing seeds and plants.🪴 We will then move to studying animal life… I’m keeping this part a surprise! 😉

Focus question: What effect does water have on seeds? These are bush beans, peas, sunflowers, and popcorn seeds! Look what happened in just 7 days! Whoa!

All it takes is a plastic container, a coffee filter, and a little water - amazing! 🌱🌱

Thank you Ted Scheu The Poetry Guy for popping in for a poetry read! Ted was visiting the 2nd Graders but kindly offered to stop by at the end of his day to share some of his talents with 3C!

Animal research time! Students start by organizing their text sets from easiest to hardest!

Groups are coming up with a table of contents for their animal research books! Ask your child what chapters they are focusing on!

Fun fraction games! Cover-Up and Fraction Match!

A little late in posting this but these caring kids earned the CARES Bear for the week. Way to go!

A game of “I Have, Whooo Has” with fractions! 🦉

We had a wonderful visit from Plimoth Patuxet! Tim taught us all about the Wampanoag way of life. We all learned so much. We all shared the biggest “take-away” from the program. Ask your child!

Ms. Pearce will be SO sorely missed! Her contributions to our students is immeasurable. She has the ability to bring out the artist in each and every student! ❤️ 🎨 🖼 Her artwork is on display at Three Stones Gallery in Concord. Please check it out!