Wednesday, May 16, 2012

An Invitation to Open House

Open House!  

The day classrooms are opened up to families, special student projects are shown off, and teachers exhaust themselves (because we want it all to be perfect)!

One of our third grade standards for social studies is learning about our patriotic symbols.  I love teaching my students about it, but what I really love are the projects!

Wanna' see?

I teach them about the Liberty Bell,
 the Bald Eagle and the Great Seal,
 the Pledge of Allegiance, 
 the Statue of Liberty,
 and the U.S. Flag.
I forgot to take pictures of the project my students do on Uncle Sam and the Star Spangled Banner.

They also write a flag poem and

created dioramas on Great Americans such as
Martin Luther King Jr., 
George Washington,
and Neil Armstrong.

I also cut out little Statue of Liberties and put the student's picture on them.  The students have so much fun trying to figure out whose face is on each little statue.
We make a paper quilt about the things we have learned about in third grade,
create a model of the solar system (my very educated mother just served us nachos - kudos to anyone who can tell me what that stands for),
and write a report about one of the planets!
And of course, I always have a little welcoming plant outside my door
and
a plate of cookies for my special guests.

Thanks for buzzing by!  Only three more weeks!!!! 
summer --- summer --- summer

Linking up with Have a Daily Cup with Mrs. Olson
for Share Your Cup!

18 comments:

  1. How lucky the children are to have you as a teacher! So many fun projects.

    chris

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  2. Oh my, what a fab teacher you are! I bet your kids just love you. All of the projects are so creative and have wonderful detail. Can I please come back to third grade? I'm kind of short, maybe the kids won't notice that I'm an old lady. lol! Thanks so much for sharing with Share Your Cup!
    Hugs,
    Jann

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  3. Your room looks awesome!! I always look forward to Open House, even though it was a lot of work, it was fun to see the kids come in and show off all their hard work!! They are lucky to have you!! Have a great rest of the week! xo Heather

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  4. What a great teacher you must be. God Bless America indeed. The cute red chair with plant, adorable. Yeah for summer.
    blessings to you.

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  5. the magic little hands create!

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  6. In my day my mother served us nine pizzas :)

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  7. How fun to share your classroom! I think I love the paper quilt the most :) How I miss these days when MY kids were small...

    ~Chris

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  8. Awesomeness! Great Diorama projects. Have fun!

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  9. Aw, this make me miss teaching! Your classroom looks like such a happy and welcoming place where students are encouraged to be creative.

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  10. What wonderful classroom projects! I bet the students loved showing their parents all the goodies they had worked on! I loved going with my kids each year.
    Lets see... nachos.... because the moon is made of cheese? ;-) LOL!

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  11. Love this! I was a teacher (but now stay home with my little one)and this brings back good memories. How lovely! And this is my 1st time visiting your blog and already I see you love Susan Branch and Anne of Green Gables--so I'm following you now! haha! :) 2 of my FAVORITE things/people. What a lovely blog!

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  12. Oh how sweet, I love it all.

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  13. I know you are a wonderful teacher and the children are lucky to have you! You have the cutest projects for your students. Love the chair ... I have one just like it :)
    Hugs,
    Donna

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  14. I just love all of this. My sons school is having gallery night on Wednesday. I cant wait to see what all the kids classrooms look like! Your students are so blessed to have a teacher like you.
    Blessings,
    Susie

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  15. Hi cutie, just wanted to let you know that I will be featuring this post for Share Your Cup today. I think you are a fabulous teacher!
    Hugs,
    Jann

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  16. Because you are so creative I came by to let you know that I have chose your blog to give an award to, so please stop by and accept your award at my blog! If you don't accept awards then know that I just adore your blog!
    Blessings,
    Susie

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  17. You obviously love teaching and it looks like your students are reaping the benefits! Great Job! We need more like you.
    Blessings!
    Geneva

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  18. Hi Sweet Bee,
    My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos...
    Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. An easy way for children/adults to memorize the order of the planets in our Solar System.
    Your classroom looks wonderful and I know you have to be a much loved teacher. Sure wish one of my boys could have had such a great 3rd grade teacher as yourself!! The children's artwork is so creative and amazing. I have always been a big fan of dioramas.
    I hope you have a wonderful, relaxing summer. You certainly deserve it!
    Fondly,
    Ann

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