Happy Winter!

From the Third Grade Team to you and your family, we wish you the winteriest of winters.  Enjoy your vacation and we'll see you in 2016!!

From Impossible to Possible

In wrapping up our Global Read Aloud book, "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt, scholars worked with Mrs. Rankin in enrichment.  In the book, Ally keeps a journal of impossible things.  As she learns more about herself as a learner, she comes to realize many of the things are possible and changes or creates new sketches.  Inspired by the book. third graders made their own sketchbook pages!  Watch the videos to see what our RES scholars find to be impossible and possible.

 

Computer Programming This Week with Hour of Code #resvt #vted

The week of December 7-11, RES third graders will have a hands-on introduction to computer programming, or coding, with Hour of Code activities. They will be using the Star Wars: Building a Galaxy with Code tutorial from Code.org. This programming activity and many more are also available for free for families to use at home.

• Scratch Jr. iPad app


• Scratch Jr. Android app 


• Star Wars: Building a Galaxy with Code


• More ways to learn from Code.org

RES scholars during the 2014 Hour of Code

Computer programming helps nurture problem-solving skills, logic and creativity in scholars of all ages. RES is joining over 190,000 other Hour of Code events around the world to introduce our scholars to this important skill. Please watch our Twitter feed this week for updates from Hour of Code!

Image and information courtesy of code.org