Literature Book on a Box

As a fun way to present a book report, we decided to do a "Literature Book on a Box" project. The students picked their VERY FAVORITE AR book of the year. Then they told the title, author, illustrator, main characters, setting, problem, and solution WITHOUT giving away the ending. Finally, on the back, they had to draw 5-10 things that tell more about the main character only. Here are some of projects:

3A's Student-Created Math Board Games

In Math, we decided to do another fun project. We talked about all the different topics that we have studied in Math this year, for example, multiplication, division, geometry, etc. Then we decided on our favorite one and paired up with a partner who also liked that topic. Next, each group created a board game with four game pieces, directions, a game board, fifteen question cards about their topic, and an answer key to check. The game had to be fun to play, educational and at a third grade level, have easy directions to follow, and be appealing enough for someone to buy in real-life (connecting back to our S.S./Lang. Arts project). Each group got to play the other games and rate them based on the criteria listed above. They were also able to give constructive feedback in between rounds to the makers of the games if they felt that their games needed to be tweaked.

Our Own Versions of "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day"

We just LOVED reading the "Alexander" books like "Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday" as well as others. We especially liked "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day." We liked it SO MUCH that we decided to write our OWN versions of it.

It was fun coming up with funny effects of  causes that were mostly our faults. For example, if Alexander would've picked up his room, he wouldn't have tripped on his skateboard. 

Fossil Hunting Field Trip at LaFarge

Last Thursday, we went to LaFarge to hunt for fossils...trilobites, in particular, since they are Ohio's State Fossil. 

We also got to watch a blast.

After that, it was lunchtime so we went to McDonald's.

Then we wrapped up our day by playing at the Paulding Park. We had so much fun!:)

3A's Junior Entrepreneurs:)

In Social Studies, we were learning about economics and, in Language, we were reviewing persuasive writing. So we decided to put them together in a unit called "Create a New Product"--kind of like Shark Tank. Each group had to come up with an idea for a new product, identify their "target consumer," create an ad/poster, and present a commercial to the class (aka consumers). Then the "consumers" had to rate their product as to how appealing the idea was, tell whether or not they'd buy it in real-life, and why or why not. Below are their ideas: