Last day of 3rd Grade GT

This year flew by!! After reflecting on all we accomplished this year and a bit of construction (LEGO), we worked on brain stations! Students showed their creativity and ingenuity while accomplishing some energizing tasks. Check it out!

Vocabulary Posters

Today, 3rd grade students turned their vocabulary words into a visual representation. Check out their vocab. creations.

Greek Myth inspired STEM day

Today students put their problem-solving skills to the test during our Greek Myth STEM day. Students worked on Million Dollar Math questions attempting to save Icarus from his fateful plunge into the ocean. Next students "tinkered" like Daedalus with some new ideas - ROBOTS! Did you know, that the history of robots dates back to ancient Greece? - way before we had mechanical things! The mythical story of Talos, the giant "robot" that protected Crete inspired us to create "giant" robots. Check it out!

Greek Movie Trailers

During this unit, the class has been exposed to lots of Greek myths. Today, they chose one story and imagined it was a movie. They then put their creativity to the test when they used iPads to create a movie trailer. Check the trailers out! They will make you wish you really could go see the movie!

Greek Mythology Vocabulary Game

Hey third graders - Practice your vocabulary with this fun game. Can you get 100%?

Comic Creations

Today in an exploration of creativity with constraints, students had limited words to tell a story. Check out the fun comic strips - starring - themselves!

Talking Magazines

Third grade students became  "experts" today on a topic of their choice. After reading a magazine, they had to summarize what they read from the perspective of the character on the cover. They then "became" the character to teach us about the topic. To check out their Funny Face Talking Magazines click HERE.

3rd Grade Sleuths - Mystery Solved!

Our third graders really stepped up as detectives today! Someone stole the OREOs I wanted use in a lesson today! Students examined the scene, collected and analyzed evidence, interviewed suspects and solved the crime. Check out the deductive thinking and problem-solving from class. Enjoy the video!

Sweet Delivery

Students put their engineering and design skills to the test by creating balloon powered Lego vehicles and tested them to be able to carry the maximum amount of Candy Heart cargo.

Working towards a Growth Mindset

Today third graders were introduced to the concept of "Mindset" based on research by Carol S. Dweck. This year, we are exploring what it means to have a growth mindset. A growth mindset embraces challenge, learns from criticism, celebrates the success of others, and realizes that success comes from effort. As our intro lesson, students had a building challenge where we focused on learning from other's successes, and also from failures. During the activity, several students pointed out that they learned what "not to do" from their experience. Check out some of the towers created.

Welcome to the World!

WELCOME POSEIDON!

Poseidon hatched today (December 18, 2014) at 12:34PM. Nate, the Marine Biologist, came in and helped Poseidon out. Check out this wonderful video of Poseidon coming out of the egg and into the world! (Video does not play on tablets or iPads.)

Poseidon will be making a new home at the Aquarium of Boise. For the first few months he will be found in the hallway across from the drinking fountain with a name tag on his tank. After that he will be moved to the tanks where kids can pet him. What a great experience watching him grow and develop!

Poseidon, we will miss you!

Poseidon's Window

Poseidon, our bamboo shark got his (her) window to the world when Nate, the Marine Biologist from the Aquarium of Boise came in to cut open the shark egg and place the window. Watch the video to see this amazing change!

Create a photo slideshow

3rd Grade Sleuth Vocabulary Game

Third graders - study your vocabulary words with this fun game.

Nature Stopmotion

Today third graders produced their own stopmotion films using Bricks from our BrickLab. The class chose a theme for the movie and each student created a film to fit the theme. Check out their creativity in the film titled, Nature.

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Poseidon the Shark

Poseidon, the shark, is getting so big! He (or she) nearly fills the egg and his yolk is getting much smaller! Check out the video to see him now!

Getting to Know 3rd Grade

Today we got to meet our new third grade group. What a great bunch! Check out their first project. They used iPads and a great app called HaikuDeck to introduce themselves. Enjoy!
Conner - Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires
Sienna - Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires
Bug - Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires
Adam - Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires
Daniel - Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires
Eleanora - Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires

Shark Egg!

We are fortunate this year to be included in the Aquarium of Boise's Shark Egg program. Nate, the marine biologist delivered our class Shark Egg last week. We will get to watch this little guy/gal develop in its egg until it hatches (probably in Dec.). Nate will be coming in periodically to check on the egg and talk to us about what is happening! What a great opportunity!

Get a glimpse of our shark in its egg below. The brown thing is the actual egg shell, the dark spot at the bottom is the yolk or food for the shark, and the wiggly worm thing is the shark. Enjoy!