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   Over the past month or so we've learned a great deal about the Kumeyaay Indians. We are now creating murals that depict a traditional Kumeyaay village. Last week we created a blank landscape canvas and this week we created several objects, such as e'waa and baskets, to place on the landscape. I'm wondering what objects you created and why you chose to include them in your village? What purpose did they serve? I look forward to reading your responses.
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  Before we went on Spring Break we planted our Three Sisters Garden. The students help to build the brick wall out of the decorated bricks. Mr. Schneider helped out and delivered a huge truckload of dirt. We created seven or so mounds all around the tipi in the dirt. On each mound we planted three bean plants and several corn seeds. At the base of each mound we planted a couple of squash plants. The plants were started from seeds in our very own school greenhouse. We have carefully, tended to them for the past month or so. We planted extra bean plants close to the tipi poles. Eventually, the beans will wind their way up the large tipi poles. We hope to harvest the vegetables before the end of the school year...and have a feast.
 This week we started to read a book called The Green Book by Jill Paton Walsh. Three kids (Joe, Sarah and Pattie) leave Earth in a space ship with their Dad, just before a natural disaster destroys Earth. Each person on the ship is allowed to bring just one book and one luxury item. It is a four-year voyage, and the passengers spend it mostly sleeping and reading. After a few weeks, people start trading books. Everyone makes fun of Pattie, the youngest child, when they find out she brought an empty book (a diary).
What book would you bring on the voyage and why? Please post your response in our class blog.  On Friday, March 26th, Curie held it's annual Multicultural Fair. What a fantastic event! I'm always surprised to see just how many different cultures are represented at our wonderful school--Iran, France, Canada, China, Korea, Italy, Ireland, Peru...I'm wondering which country (or region) my students enjoyed visiting the most? Go ahead and post it to our class blog. Be sure to include details about your visit.
We also had a tea party in our classroom...so that I could share a little of my own culture with the students. We had tea and scones and it was lovely. Many of the students came back for a second and third helping. | About Us
This is Mrs. McKelvey's Third Grade class blog. It was started by Karen McKelvey in 2009, however, Mrs. McKelvey has since moved her blog Edublogs. In this blog we share the day to day activities in our classroom or other classroom assignments. Please feel free to comment--just click on the word "Comments" at the top of each post. (Mrs. McKelvey needs to approve all comments before they appear on the blog.) Thank you for visiting our site. ArchivesJune 2011 CategoriesAll |
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