Today we started our Tomatosphere™ experiment! These 3rd graders are doing important work tracking the growth of tomato plants & recording data in a blind study. These tomato seeds have been to SPACE on the SpaceX Dragon 🚀 and visited the ISS! Mrs.Girardi RBPS Red Bank Primary NASA

Sometimes all you need to have fun in math is fun counters! 🐟🐠🐟🐠 Mrs.Girardi RBPS

Congratulations to our first gold coin winner! We took a whole class trip to watch our friend use our brand new book vending machine! @RBBEF @RBPSEagles Mrs.Girardi RBPS

Vocabulary knowledge is 1 of the largest contributors to reading comprehension (RC). According to Stahl & Nagy(2006),vocabulary knowledge contributes 50-60% of the variance in RC. A consistent vocab instructional routine is a powerful tool every teacher needs in their tool box!

We are so thankful for the wonderful food & family we were able to celebrate with today ❤️🦃 We got to try lots of new foods from different cultures like popusas, tamales & most importantly- mashed sweet potatoes we made from our garden! 🍠Red Bank Primary Mrs.Girardi RBPS

Yesterday we used our bodies to act out photosynthesis. Can you tell what part everyone is playing? Cheryl Cuddihy Red Bank Primary @MsCartierRBPS

So much fun building gingerbread houses today. Happy Holidays from Room 603! Mrs.Girardi RBPS Red Bank Primary

Today, we played a review game in order to prepare for our perimeter & area assessment. Students strengthened their learning by working as a team. Red Bank Primary @MsCartierRBPS

Have you ever wanted to throw paper airplanes in your classroom?! Come visit Mrs.Girardi RBPS and I for our paper airplane STEAM challenge this Thursday! 🗒️🛩️

Our paper airplane challenge was so much fun! The farthest official flight of the day was 30 feet! Thank you to all who made STEAM night a success ❤️ Red Bank Primary Mrs.Girardi RBPS

Congratulations to all of our hard-working winners this month!

Ready for the 100th day of school! Mrs.Girardi RBPS

So proud to see so many friends eating their veggies on Valentine's Day! Nurse Reardon #FFV Red Bank Primary Mrs.Girardi RBPS

Today we Interviewed "Clyde Roper", Giant Squid expert. These reporters had some great questions to ask about his research! Mrs.Girardi RBPS Red Bank Primary

These 3rd graders were SO EXCITED to choose and share books connected to the topics we have been studying in ELA. Students chose books about squids, sharks, and even found a book written by Jacques Cousteau's grandson! Mrs.Girardi RBPS Red Bank Primary

So proud of @MsCartierRBPS & Mrs.Girardi RBPS's Ss for hosting a #GalleryWalk in response to their greatminds Wit & Wisdom pilot module about The Sea. Check out their #DidacticWallPanels introducing the collection of writing & art. Ss left one another feedback too! #RBBisBIA

We had an AMAZING day at LibertyScienceCenter especially finding our favorite animals from our read alouds- Giant Squid & Sperm Whales! Mrs.Girardi RBPS Red Bank Primary

Room 603 is all set up & ready to meet our new 3rd graders tomorrow! Mrs.Girardi RBPS Red Bank Primary

#RBBisBIA #September11 #NeverForget911

Nothing says fall quite like pumpkin picking and a trip to our Farmers Market 🍎🎃 Thanks rbps_pto! Red Bank Primary Mrs.Girardi RBPS