Fairytale Celebration

Friday we had our Fairytale Celebration! We invited our parents and grandparents to come listen as we read our Twisted Fairytales. First, students told parents how we prepared to write our fairytales and what elements make up this type of writing. Then several students shared their stories and did an excellent job reading fluently and with expression. Thank you parents and grandparents for coming and listening to our stories we worked so hard on!

Punctuation Glasses

Students have been writing Fairytales in Writer's Workshop. Today students worked on editing using their punctuation glasses. Students wore pink glasses to look for capitalization, blue for ending punctuation, and orange to check for spelling. We worked with our writing buddies to check for mistakes. Students did an awesome job working together. We can't wait to share our fairytales!

Indianapolis Children's Museum Field Trip

West Elementary's 3rd graders took a field trip to the Indianapolis Children's Museum! We were able to see the show, "Dorothy Returns", take a ride down the Winter Wonderland Slide, and explore the many amazing exhibits. Many children loved the Dinosphere, Egypt, and Barbie exhibits. There were so many hands-on activities to explore. We had an amazing time!