3 Cheers for Caring!

Our third graders wrote letters to a former Mrs. Stetzel Sappington fifth grader and LHS graduate, John, who is training to be an American Hero, serving in the United State Navy.  We also wrote letters to New Jersey elementary students that recently experienced Hurricane Sandy.  Thank you third graders, for sharing your caring spirit with others.  Merry Christmas wishes to you and your families.

Happiness

We read Happiness is a Warm Puppy.  Ask your child about Happiness.

The Mitten

http://www.janbrettvideos.com/the_mitten_twentieth_anniversary_hedgehog_drawing_high_bandwidth.htm

Today we visited Jan Brett's website: www.janbrett.com and learned more about her beloved winter story, The Mitten.  Students are designing sequencing maps, showing the order of the woodland animals that snuggled into Nicki's mitten.  Please visit the above link to watch how Jan Brett paints her favorite animal, which is also featured in this story, the hedgehog.  We will read books written and illustrated by Jan Brett during the month of December.  Please share one of your Jan Brett favorites.  We will also write her letters after our author study.  Ask your child about Jan Brett.

Thanksgiving Feast

We celebrated our Thanksgiving Feast with our kindergarten buddies.  We are Thankful.

Happy Thanksgiving Day Wishes

Happy Thanksgiving, Dear Kennerly Third Graders and Families.  We hope you are enjoying the 86th Macy*s Day Parade!  Share the Milly story and summarizing map with your family.        Enjoy making happy memories.  I am thankful for each of YOU!  Love, Mrs. Stetzel and Family

A Recipe for Friendship

We made cornbread with our kindergarten buddies this afternoon.  Tomorrow we will celebrate with our Thanksgiving Day Feast!

Author's Purpose

We have been learning about Author's Purpose.                  

This afternoon we created Author's Purpose Pies.                 

Ask your child about this sweet literacy activity.

Educational Games

Visit www.ttgo.com for some awesome educational game ideas, including: addition & subtraction, money, telling time, and geopgraphy. 

Math Coach

We reviewed subtraction with regrouping this morning.  Many students volunteered to be a math coach and share their problem solving strategies. Please review chapter 5 math lessons with your child. Thank you.

Time for Kids

Today we read informational text in Time for Kids. We learned about a new Guinness World Record giant pumpkin grown in Rhode Island, weighing in at 2,000 pounds! We also learned that another name for pumpikin is gourd.  Ask your child about the  Shoe Crew, a team of California teens that have collected almost 3,000 pairs of shoes to donate to people in need of shoes. Please visit www.timeforkids.com/shoecrew to view a video from the Shoe Crew.  How do YOU help others?

Whooping Cranes

Please visit www.journeynorth.org to learn more about whooping cranes.

Weldon Springs

We had an amazing day visiting Weldon Springs.  We learned about the history and participated in many cool investigations, learning more about solids, liquids, and gases.  Ask your child what happens when you experiment with vinegar, baking soda and balloons. A BIG thank you to our wonderful volunteers.  Please email any photos that we can share with our third grade families.  Thank YOU!



Wow!

            Wow!  Snow leopards, blue whales and macaws...



So Wonderful!

More photos of our wonderful animal reporters & artists!

Fabulous Presentations

We learned about about tigers and snow leopards today...

Awesome Animal Reports

We learned about rhinos, elephants, poar bears, & hammerhead sharks today.  Our third graders have designed aweome animal reports!



B-I-N-G-O

We taught our kindergarten buddies how to play B-I-N-G-O this afternoon! You are invited to B-I-N-G-O Night at Kennerly tonight!

Endangered Animals

We learned about zebras, dolphins, whales, and wild horses today.

Educational Devices

We shared many educational devices today.

We continue to share educational apps and websites that support our learning success.  Educational devices are welcome in our classroom.

Endangered Animals

More excellent endangered animal reports today...

That's A Winner!

Go Cardinals! 

Please wear your STL Cardinals fashion tomorrow...

Endangered Animals

         We started our Endangered Animal presentations today!

Kennerly Clouds

Our third grade scientists read The Cloud Book, written by Tomie de Paola.  Look at these beautiful clouds floating around Kennerly School...What types of clouds will we see today?