| March 2010
News from the 3-4 Class
This month we will continue our in depth study of the Human Body. I would like to  give a special thanks to Tim Harrigan, Reagan’s dad, for teaching the kids about the brain and the nervous system and for bringing in a real “live” brain for all of us to hold and observe in detail. We have teamed up with Mrs. Crane to create biological cellular art. We will be using compound microscopes to look a various cells. We will be learning about the parts of a cell and the differences between plant and animal cells. The students will also be making “Incredible Edible Cells” to further learn about the organelles inside of a cell.
Each student has chosen a system of the body they would like to further research and will be writing an expository essay based on the facts they have learned. We have already begun the process as the students have developed questions associated with their body system and have sorted them according to sub-topics to later form paragraphs in their non-fiction essays. It is going to be an eventful month and we are all very excited!
 The St. Jude Math-A-Thon was a huge success and we would like to thank all of those who participated. We started the day working in our “Fun Books” provided by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. We then moved on to fun math games and activities. In the afternoon we continued to stretch our mathematical thinking in a Monopoly Tournament. We had a great day and enjoyed working hard for those in need!
Have a great month and I look forward to seeing all of you at your parent teacher conference.
Lara
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