We had a FUN class party in 3rd Grade!

 We Decked the Halls!

 We had a LOVELY Lunch

A Special Treat! MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Cardboard arcade

Fun with cardboard

I'm so proud of the gifted students for participating in the Science Fair!

Alex and Shad made a Kinetic Rubber Band Car and learned how marbles can effect it! Learning is so much fun! They worked well together and learned a lot!

December Important Dates!

Upcoming Events –
12/3 - Math & Science Night 6:00 pm

12/10 – Seussical the Musical 6:00 pm

12/11 – Seussical the Musical 6:00 pm

12/14 – 5th grade Spelling Bee (for 5th grade only)

12/15 – Music Ensemble performance 6:15 pm

 12/17 – Music Ensemble Assemblies 8:45 am and 9:45 am

CUMMER museum

Cummer Museum Field Trip 11/17/15

The 3rd, 4th and 5th graders went on a field trip on November 17th to the Cummer Museum in Riverside and experienced 3D Art! They learned about positive and negative space, kinetic energy, counterbalance and how to experience a piece of art from many different places. They also got to create their own sculptures.

Our Reading Buddy Day 2

We read to our reading buddies again today. These are pictures from last week, but I wanted to include all of the 5th graders. Both groups of children benefit from this experience. One of my students said, "I sure hope they like us!"

Donorschoose.org

Thank you parents and friends for donating to Mrs. Goethe's Donors Choose project to bring more brain games into our class. Our games arrived and we can't wait to play with them.

 Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!

Check for another opportunity to contribute to our class soon. 

www.donorschoose.org/mrsgoethe 

  FOLLOW THE YELLOW BOOK ROAD...

Our Reading Challenge for the Year was Kicked Off with Characters from the WIZARD OF OZ!

Mrs. Goethe was The Cowardly Lion!

5th Graders have Reading Buddies in

 Ms. Mosley's class. 

What Is Cranium Club?

Cranium Club is an educational opportunity available to all students in my classroom.  It is composed of 100 educational challenges that student complete on their own time.  Challenges vary in topic.  There are educational challenges available in History & Geography, Mathematics, The English Language, Science, and a Miscellaneous category.  Cranium Club reviews important concepts from previous years, topics in the 3rd grade curriculum, and (for a real challenge) concepts from upper elementary and Middle School too!

SOCKS-SOCKS-and more SOCKS!

Thank you so much for all of the sock donations so far this month. We're only half way through the month and we've already received 413 pair. Our goal is 1000 by the end of October so please keep sending them in!

Literacy Week

Reading Quotes:
     We Become, the Books We Read

                         


      There is no Friend as loyal as A BOOK



                     


My Best Friend is Person who has given me a book I have not read.
                                      -Abraham Lincoln

S.T.E.M. Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics

 Make a boat that can hold the most pennies
Check out the design

 Make a house that has 5 windows and 3 doors.

S.T.E.M. Is A Favorite Activity for all of the children. They'd rather do S.T.E.M. than free choice. Here are some of the latest activities

TALENT TIME

We have a lot of very talented children in the gifted program. Children come each week to share their musical talents, writing talents, drawing talents, singing talents, and acting talents. Here are a few!

Dudes Read! Mr. York Joined us on Tuesday to Read about Rome!

All of the 4th graders loved to learn about Ancient Rome!

Critical Thinking/Problem Solving/Creative Expression

Today the 3rd Graders worked in groups to MAKE A HOUSE that had 5 windows and 3 doors that opened and closed. They were provided with a number of supplies that they could use. Check out the process and products.

SOCKTOBER Sock Drive

3rd and 4th Grade Gifted students are sponsoring a Sock Drive in October. They are declaring October SOCKTOBER! They will donate the socks to the homeless men, 

women and children at the Sulzbacher Center in downtown Jacksonville. The students 

researched a need in our community and thought they could make a difference. Please support 

our SOCK DRIVE during the month of October.

CLASS MEETING

At each grade level, we start our day with a Class Meeting. During our class meeting we pass around a stuffed animal and give each other compliments, ask for a compliment, or pass along the stuffed animal. This activity builds the students' social processes by guiding them toward productive interpersonal techniques, self-awareness, and a positive self-esteem. As children give or get compliments we work on looking at the person who is talking and acknowledging the compliment by saying "thank you".

PASSION PROJECTS

5th graders were introduced to their next BIG in-class project. 

Q: What is the Passion Project?

A: Passion Project GOAL

*Take something that is important or interesting to YOU

                          and do something about it!

* Learn something and have fun along the way. 

     We visited the website http:www.startasnowball.com and watched how other children took a passion and made it into a project. These children made a difference. They made the world a better place. This is my goal for the individual projects that the 5th graders will be involved in this year. 

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Today we discussed how we could change the world. The children then made poster of how they would change the world.

Our afternoon S.T.E.M. activity involved the children making the tallest free standing structure using 15 pipe cleaners. Here's what they came up with...