Hastings Homestead 2021-2022

  3H Weekly Blog Post: We are having a lot of fun cleaning up and organizing the outdoor classroom during AM and PM recesses. We have put up tarps for our outdoor bathroom, have relined all pathways with new sticks and are "weed whacking" to clear new play spaces. We began the EL Education ELA curriculum this week and have read two books about overcoming learning challenges. The first was "Waiting for the Biblioburro" and the second "Rain School". We will be digging deep into the moral of the stories and connecting it to the guiding question: "Why are books, education, and school so important?"  We are also beginning the first math unit of the year: Multi Digit Addition and Subtraction. We will be reviewing strategies from second grade and learning some new and potentially more efficient strategies in the coming weeks.  Here are some pictures from the week! The first is of our first three Standing O's: Quinn V, Lilly L, and Rayna N. They have...

  A really fantastic week in third grade! A few things that we accomplished this week: Hung up the hammocks in their tree spots Reviewed Second Step lessons about what it means to be a responsible learner and friend Wrote about their Third Grade Hopes and Dreams  Successfully logged into computers and posted on Seesaw! Began their third grade jobs Here are some photos from the week! Best, Jennie Hastings