Haiku Hike at Wapato

One cloudy and cool morning in February, we set out do the 2 mile loop at Wapato Park. Luckily we were mostly dry and while we walked we started to collect words and images in our minds, hearts, and poetry notebooks so we can later on turn these thoughts and images into haikus. A special thanks to Kim DuBois, Jenny Malone, Sarah Murrell, Paul the bus driver, and SIA Community member John Eccles for joining us on this adventure and for the beautiful photos!

Measurement in Math

Third Graders have been working hard in the last month to deepen their understanding of measurement; more specifically mass, volume, and length. We started by doing some work with pan balance scales to see how much mass certain classroom items have, estimating before we starting using the scales. 

Later on we worked with liquid volume, estimating the amount of liquid that would fill up certain containers before pouring the water in these containers. 

Last week we read the book Jim and the Beanstalk. After reading the book, students worked in partners to create their own beanstalk, later counting and measuring the beanstalk and its leaves to the nearest quarter inch. We have used our unit on measurement to introduce basic concepts about fractions, such as what 1/2, 1/3, 1/4/ and 1/8 represent and which fractional part is a bigger amount of the whole. 

Salmon Release Photos

On Thursday, December 17th we put on all our rain gear and headed down to Hadley's Landing in Wapato Park to release our salmon fry that we had been taking care of since they were eggs.

Goodbye Salmon Fry! We will miss you. Good luck on your journey. Special thanks to the parents and SIA community members that joined us on that very rainy yet magical morning!! 

Fish dissection Photos

On Friday, December 4th James Stewart from the Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership (LCREP) visited our class and taught us about fish anatomy and identification in a very hands on way.