Sled Dog Racing

     After we finished reading Stone Fox in reading class we continued with the theme  of sled dog racing with literature circle groups.  We are reading Akiak, Togo, and The Iditarod.  We began this unit reading The Great Serum Race, which explains how sled dogs played a every important role in Alaska's history with a diphtheria epidemic.  Ask your child about the race to Nome!
     We are also following the Iditarod Race and learning about the mushers and sled dogs teams with live video from the Iditarod.

     We also had a guest speaker last week come to school with her whole sled dog team of 12 Siberian Huskies.  Becki Tucker of Voluntown, CT is a musher and participates in many sled dog races.  She owns 24 Siberian Huskies.  Becki is also a veterinary nurse so she really knows how to care for her dogs.  It was evident how much her dogs love her.  Becki talked about sled dog racing and how she cares for her dogs.  The dogs were very well behaved.  Enjoy the pictures of Becki and her dogs!!

Becki puts booties on one of her dogs

Thank you to the PTO for sponsoring this event!

Beetlemania!

We continue studying life structures in science comparing the Bess Beetle to the crayfish. Here the students observe the structures and behavior of the beetles.

Fun With Geometry

We are learning about solids, shapes, lines and angles in math.  We are also learning about different kinds of triangles and polygons.  There is a lot of vocabulary to learn.  The children have been given a vocabulary packet that they should review.  Here we are learning about solids!

Observing Crayfish

Smart Board Highlights

Here we are practicing identifying adjectives.  We are trying to use better describing words in our writing to make our stories more interesting!

Ashaway Grange Donated Dictionaries

 Superintendent Ricci introduces the ladies from the Ashaway Grange

The Ashaway Grange donates dictionaries to all third grade students in the Chariho School District each year.  The dictionaries are a valuable tool to our students as they are learning how to use a dictionary properly in third grade.  The children have already used their dictionaries during our writing and reading lessons.

IPEVO Document Camera

We are having fun using the IPEVO camera to observe our crayfish up close and personal.  We observed the crayfish behavior on the Smart Board.  The IPEVO software allows us to magnify the image 3X so we can observe the details.  After observing them for a while we took a picture of the crayfish.

Here is a photo of a crayfish shedding.  One of our large crayfish shed his skin.  A few days later it turned orange after being exposed to the air.