Open House

Miss Parnigoni and I enjoyed meeting you at Open House.   The children were very excited to have you visit our classroom.  They worked very hard over the last two weeks writing their books and poems and working on their backpack posters.  We think you will enjoy reading their Me Books and Bio Poems.

If you have any questions or concerns throughout the year please feel free to e-mail me or write a note and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

More Science Fun!!

We continue discovering the properties of water through our science experiments.  On Friday we discovered that water flows by placing droplets of water on a slanted surface.  The children experimented with different sized drops of water to see if heavier drops flowed faster or slower than lighter drops of water.  We ended by having waterdrop races!

Marvelous Monarchs!

  We have observed our baby monarch caterpillars transform into beautiful butterflies.  The tiny caterpillars ate and ate on their milkweed plants until they were ready to form their chrysalids.  We watched the caterpillars make their button on top of the terrarium and hang upside down in a "j".  Soon the caterpillar made its beautiful green and gold speckled chrysalis and hung there for about 10 days.  Several of our butterflies emerged form their chrysalis when we were not in the room.  Last week we got to see the monarch miracle.  THe children observed the butterfly emerge from the chrysalis with wrinkled wings and a plump abdomen.  Soon the butterfly pumped blood into its wings and they grew larger as its abdomen got more slender.  So far, we have three female butterflies and one male.  Two more should hartch this weekend. We released the other butterflies on Friday.  We wish them a safe trip on their migration to Mexico.

Waterworks!

    We are learning about the properties of water in science class.  We learned about surface tension by piling drops of water on a penny.  It was fascinating to see the water form a dome and raise high above the penny surface.  We also looked at how surface tension works with water in a plastic cup.  We learned that soap can break the surface tension of water by putting a drop of soapy water onto the penny.  It spilled onto the tray.  We also learned that salt does not break the surface tension.  We will be doing lots of experiments with water!!

Welcome To Our Class!

Dear Parents,
   Welcome to our class!  Join me in welcoming our student teacher, Lyndsay Parnigoni to our class.  We have enjoyed these last two days getting to know your children and preparing something special for you for Open House.  We are very impressed with how the children are behaving and working! We believe we will have a great year.  Third grade is a big transition year for students and does take time for some students to adjust to the new work demands expected of third graders.  We understand that some students need more time than others to make this transition.  Please fell free to write a note or e-mail me if you have any questions.  I will get back to you as soon as possible!


Miss Parnigoni has  wriiten a short bio for you to learn more about her:

     My name is Lyndsay Parnigoni.  I am a resident of Westerly and a senior at Keen State College.  During the school year and summer I work for the Westerly Pawcatuck YMCA and have been for 8 years.  This past year I became site director for the older children at Camp Watchaug which was a phenomenal opportunity!  I am very excited to be student teaching for your children under Mrs. Rathbone!  This semester will be a great learning experience and I cannot wait to get to know your children and help them learn and grow.

Here are some photos of our class !