This Week in 3rd Grade

In addition to reading some of:

• The Princess and the Goblin
• Beware, Princess Elizabeth 
• Life of Fred: Algebra
• Hexapod Stories (The chapter about Swallowtail butterflies, followed by a couple of short YouTube videos of Swallowtail caterpillars)
• The World By the Fireside (The chapter about flycatcher birds, followed by a couple of short YouTube videos of flycatchers)
• Exodus and Matthew
• Walter De La Mare’s poetry
• Discovery of New Worlds & This Country of Ours (about Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci)
• Tales of Troy and Greece (about Perseus)
• Pilgrim’s Progress
• Lamb’s Shakespeare (Much Ado About Nothing)
• ...and A LOT of free reading of books Gemma checked out from the library (she currently has 23 checked out, and a handful on hold)

We:

• went bowling several days this week (and by “we” I mean “she”)
• saw the play in which big sis Krystyna is the lead

• went to the reptile show at the library

• went to water polo class

(Gemma’s turn as goalkeeper.)

• started diving class (and taught herself how to do a somersault off the edge of the pool😳)

• grew mushrooms 

(Our mushroom harvest - sautéed 😋)

• saw the youth production of “Mercy Watson to the Rescue” at the Morgan Wixson Theatre