Mrs. Watson's Weekly: Friday News

PARCC Update:
PARTNERSHIP FOR ASSESSMENT OF READINESS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREERS
I am so very proud of these third graders. They worked diligently during these two days of testing. I saw them checking their work, highlighting parts of their passages, and working hard! We finish up with ELA testing on Monday. I told them I will provide popsicles for the test takers!

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Bay Colony Educators

Tim and Carol dressed in clothing of colonial America.

Tim and Carol, the Bay Colony Educators, have been coming to Wheelock School for 24 years! They talk about what life was like in Medfield in 1750! It is fascinating. The third graders sit and listen for 90 minutes to these two historians discuss clothing, chores, work, and life in 1750.

Did you know....

wealthy men wore wigs and kept them on a wig stand at night, sometimes called a "blockhead"?

Being called a "blockhead" is NOT a compliment!
people rarely bathed and head lice was very common?
once you lost your first tooth you were considered a grown up?
punishments at school were harsh and often embarrassing?
people made ink using poke berries and wrote with feathers from geese or ducks?
going to church on Sunday was a colonial LAW? If you didn't go, it was a CRIME. You might end up in the pillory!

In MATH...

We played several games this week dealing with equivalent fractions! It was challenging and FUN! We played Equivalent Fraction Four Square.

After getting a four square...
many went on to try to get across the board!

Today we looked at fractions using PATTERN BLOCKS!

Okay.... I get this! Cool!

This (below) was what they looked like
when we started these problems.

Wait... what?

But soon... wait for it! Wait for it!

Oh my gosh... I GET IT! Wow!

NEXT WEEK...

We will finish with PARCC ELA testing on Monday. On Wednesday we start our Jump Rope for Heart Fundraiser with a visit from Mark Rothstein who is an amazing jump roper!