Learning with Ms. Manganello

We had a fun day on Halloween with Pumpkin Math. Thanks to our mom volunteers .  They helped the children estimate the height, weight, number of seeds, circumference, and height of the stem.  The children then found the actual measurements and calculated the differences.  Mrs. Kelly took some wonderful photos that I am still trying to download.  Later in the day we had a Read-A-Thon in the hallway for about 30 minutes with our 3rd grade peers.

This book sure is great!

Can we read forever?

Reading together.

This is really interesting!

On October 9th we had our annual fire prevention program.  The children participated in a discussion with Mr. Lunn about fire safety in the home.  They then had the opportunity  to visit the famous and highly anticipated “smokehouse”.

Maggie exits safely.

We celebrated Veterans Day with an assembly honoring local veterans and family members of our students.  Two of our classmates honored their family member by presenting them with a flag and getting a round of applause from the audience.  We also read a book entitled The Wall by Eve Bunting – a story about the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. .  The children did a fine job on their homework assignment: I’m Proud To Be An American.  See their work  in the hallway.

Caroline Bowe with her grandfather Oscar Parente. Mr. Parente was in WWII and received the purple heart.

Caitlin Rosinus with her father Jon Rosinus, an Navy veteran.

We are very proud of our own Catie Patrick.  Her drawing of a tiger was picked from the many entries submitted by IAS children to be our new school mascot.  She did a terrific job and captured the essence of our school.  Congratulations to all the children who took the time to submit an entry.  They were displayed in the front hallway.  Way to go Catie!

We got it!!!

As a culminating activity to our water unit, we created a waterwheel of our own.  The objective was to demonstrate how water can work for us.  The children were given 6 round discs, some string, a dowel, a basin, a syringe, and some clips.  They were told to use these objects to create a waterwheel that would lift the clip.  One group got it very quickly and then the others caught on.  We had a lot of splashing water and a lot of fun!

Does this seem right?