Cultural Arts Assembly

Featured Blogger: Enzo

The first thing that happened was a guy was on the stage and pretending to be a mime. He also was pretending to be trapped in a box. At the beginning of the play there was a rich guy and all he cared about was his money. And one day his heart turned to glass and he went to a witch. And the witch made him a real human heart.

The second play is where a kid is trying to put a boat in the water.  It was foggy out and the kid kept tugging and tugging. When the fog went away he realized he was hitting a rock.

The third play was my favorite play! On the hills of Japan there was a village and right next to the village was a river. There was a never ending food supply because if you put sand in a bowl you will get a fruit or rice. The village was really wealthy. And the river you could have never-ending water. If you drink water from a bowl it will fill up again.

I hope you liked it!

This is a picture of the first play.

Restaurant Project

Featured Blogger: Nicky

Hi my name is Nicky, from 3sp.

In math, my class and I worked on and finished a Restaurant Project.   We are at the step of advertising. Advertising is spreading the word about something that is important to you.  I will tell you the steps of the project:

1. First, our groups came up with a name for our restaurant.
2. Then, we came up with a logo; a picture or motto that represents our restaurant.
3. After that, we make a blueprint for our restaurant.  A blueprint is a sketch map of our building. In the blueprint we draw rooms, tables, chairs, or any other things we need.
4. We measured the perimeter and area of our restaurant, and used it to multiply and come up with a cost for the whole building.
5. Next, we measured the different rooms in the restaurant, and came up with a cost the same way we did with the area and perimeter.
6. Then, we added color and detail to our blueprint, and came up with a cost for it.
7. After that, we wrote a handwritten or typed a menu, (with drinks, main courses, etc.) and once it was printed, we made pictures to go with the menu items.   
8. Finally, we made a creative way to spread the word about our restaurant.  You could do a green screen video, a neat blueprint, a 3D model, a written response about our restaurant, or a slideshow.

Me and my group worked really hard on this project!  It was hard at some points, but we feel so accomplished that we finished and that we made a restaurant!

 

Thanks for reading!

The Multicultural Assembly

Featured Blogger: Sarah

The Multicultural Assembly is an assembly that the third graders put on for the whole school and the parents that want to come.  So that ment this year WE  get to do it this year.  So if you went to the play you got to see us perform.  

There were three scenes.  The first one was 3N the second one was 3Sp and the third one was 3S.  We were in the 2nd scene, and these were our parts:

Danielle = Narrator & Lantern, Zoey = Lantern, Colin = Tech, Sarah/me = Wall Crane, Molly = Narrator, Nathaniel = City Folk, Jake = Tech, Nicky = City Folk, Gabe = Narrator, Serenity = Wall Crane, James = Narrator, Sam = Wang, Kyle = City Folk, Keith = Musician, Ema = City folk, Nora = Beggar, Fiona = Wall Crane, Eamonn = lantern, Katherine = Narrator, Marley = Narrator, Audrey = Tain, Enzo = City Folk.

Now I hope you are excited to know the story  of The Lord Of The Cranes. I will not tell you the whole story this is just a summery.  Once there was a very happy man named Tain witch means heaven. That man had cranes that would do anything for him that is why he was the Lord Of The Cranes.  One day he wanted to see what happens in the world below. So the old man went on top of a crane and flew down to the city. On the way he found a beggar and he ask him “would you be able to exchange your clothes with mine.” So like I said I’m NOT going to go into the details right now my job is to get you into the book so the book sellers get money.  So Tain and the beggar traded clothes and Tain went begging in the city and no one noticed him (you get the trend).  Then one day Tain spied a small inn and asked for something to eat and drink but he had no money to pay. Then the innkeeper gave him some dumplings and rice wine.  The innkeeper didn’t mind that Tain didn’t have the money. Then the innkeeper let Tain come every day to get some food and drink. Then he wanted to repay him so…

I’m going to stop there so you don’t know the whole book before you buy it.  All of the third graders did a great job!!! It was really fun to do the Multicultural Assembly and I KNOW  your kids will say the same.  And don't forget Eddie/my dad as our filmer.  But time to wrap this up.

BYE!!!

Have fun watching the Multicultural Assembly and don’t forget to read all the other blog posts and always be happy. :)

Writer:      Sarah Close 3Sp

Research Clubs

Featured Blogger: Fiona

This is Fiona from 3Sp. I am at Lilja. In reading we are researching Monarch Butterflies. It is really fun! We read a bunch of books on them and then we take notes. We always add to them if we are missing something!!!  Each person in your group has a different subtopic. And then we check with someone with the same subtopic. After that we organize our notes and put them in order. Then we get to present it in some way. Like a comic, slideshow, picture book, newspaper, or magazine. I chose a slideshow. It looks pretty cool!! Soon I can print it out and the whole class can read it!!

Now I am going to ask some questions to my friend in 3Sp, Zoey!

Key: Me=Blue

Zoey=Red

So what do you think about the research clubs, Zoey?

They are very fun!!!!

Do you think they helped you learn a little, a lot, or none?

Well, some things I already knew, and some things I never had heard of!!!

Are you glad you did it?

Yes I am very glad!! I loved it!!!

Do you think Ms. Sprague made it fun?

Yes. I think she made it very fun!! I loved it and I am looking forward to presenting it!!!

How are you going to present your work Zoey?

Well I think I might do a slideshow.

Cool! That’s what I did!!!    OK folks!! That was our interview! Thanks Zoey!!!!!

The Amazing Multicultural Assembly!

Featured Blogger: Serenity

Hello my name is Serenity and I will be talking to you about the third grade Lilja Multicultural Assembly!

I’m in third grade so I have a lot of experience with what my fellow third graders and I have to do to get ready for this.  So you’re coming with me on a adventure behind the scenes!

Rehearsals!

For rehearsals, we have to be QUIET the whole entire time we are there.  This theme is, China!  In the play, third graders in library read a book about the theme (China, Persia etc.).  Third grade Lilja Lions do this every year and always do different cultures. The book we read in library was “The Lord Of The Cranes”  So basically there are three cranes and there is a lord of them and his name is Tian!

Tech!

Since I’m taking you BEHIND the scenes, the tech is technically doing all the work.  But since I’m a crane I actually help change the scenes. If you don’t get what I am saying, I’m going to explain it right now!  In one of the scenes, I come out of a wall, like a crane in the story, and dance to Tian’s (lord of cranes) song!

             

I hope you liked reading my blog post about…

The Multicultural Assembly!  

Exceptional Effort Jar

Featured Blogger: Katherine

Do you know what exceptional effort is? Well 3Sp has been doing a lot of it! Exceptional effort is taking your time, following directions carefully, checking your work when you are done, and thinking of everything you can to make sure your work is the best it can be. Now that is just what exceptional effort is but now it is time to tell you what 3Sp has been doing.  We have a jar and we call it the Exceptional Effort Jar. Every time someone shows exceptional effort they get to put a cube in the jar. When we filled the jar for the first time we got to watch a movie with 3S! We could bring a small toy! That is how the exceptional effort works in 3Sp!

Book Bracket

Featured Blogger: Colin

Hi my name is Colin.  We will talk about the March Madness Book Tournament that we had in school.  First we picked a lot of books (like 60.) we had narrow it down to 30 then 16 then it  started. The books were Zoo 3D, Chronicles of Narnia, Raina Telgemeier, El Defo, Creepy Pair of Underwear, Magic Tree House, Roald Dahl, Wonder, Wild Robot, Puppy Place, Harry Potter Who Would Win, Humphrey, Weird but True, I Survived, and Paddington.  Get your guesses up. Do you know who won? Weird but True Won!!! This is how we got to vote on the books. First someone made a ballot box. If you want to vote on the book bracket you had to at least read half of both books in the pair. We did this because this practiced our reading in a fun way. I hope you enjoyed!!!

This is a picture of the book bracket when it just started.