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day in life third grade

Published
June 13, 2013

Wildlife Encounters brings critters, science to South School

Children at the South School in Rockland learned about conservation, wildlife and science June 6 thanks to a visit from Derek Small of Wildlife Encounters and friends both furry and scaly. The Rochester, N.H.-based organization visits schools to teach students how to be respectful of wild animals. Among the creatures he brought to visit was a white chinchilla from the Andes Mountains of Chile. The rodents live at ...
Published
June 13, 2013

A day in the life of a third-grader

A boy wearing a plush hat in the shape of a hot dog stands at the front of the classroom, pen in hand, considering how he will attack a multiplication problem. Third-grade teacher Aubray Landry will take the 19 students through two methods of solving the problem. Neither are the "traditional" problem-solving strategy taught to their parents, but both work to get the same answer. "My grandmother taught me a ...
Published
June 13, 2013

What I learned in third grade

“Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life — learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.” — Robert Fulghum, 'All I Really Need to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten' Robert Fulghum had a point in his essay, 'All I Really Need to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten.' After spending an entire day in the third grade last week, I learned lessons any adult could benefit ...

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