Here is a photo gallery from our Plants inquiry science kit. We learned about scientific investigations and the tools used for them. We then planted Wisconsin Fast Plants and watched them grow. We made close observations and measurements while they grew. We cross pollinated the flowers with “bee-sticks” we made. Finally, we harvested the seed from the pods that grew from the flowers. It was fascinating fun.

Here are this week’s spelling words.

Week 18

Here is this week’s spelling list.

Week 17

Here are our words so far this year

December Portable Word Wall(pdf)

Here are our spelling words for this week.

Week 15

Since most of them are homophones, make sure your child knows the difference between the meanings and can correctly identify and use them in a sentence. These words are often misused by 3rd graders.