Writing

Third grade finished writing their opinion letters to movers and shakers in the wider world. Students typed up the their formal letters, addressed the envelopes, and affixed postage. We walked our letters to the post office on a beautiful spring afternoon. Now the letters are on their way to Canada, Australia, India, Kenya, and many other countries!

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Letters to Leaders

With their expanding skills in persuasive writing, 3G wrote opinion letters about topics important to them. Students drafted, revised, edited, and published their work. Each child typed up her/his letter to send it off to a world leader who could affect change on that subject. The class wrote to prime ministers, governors, members of parliament, cabinet secretaries, UN agencies, company CEOs, and more.

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Snowball Game

Well, other than a flurry or two, we didn’t get any snow this year in Yokohama. As winter slipped away, we finally played the Snowball Game. Students work on a small portion of a worksheet, then crumple the paper into a soft snowball. When the music starts, we have a gentle snowball fight. When the music stops, everyone has to find a snowball, open it up, then complete another section of the worksheet. Then, everyone crumples the snowball again and we play another round.

The 5th Annual Animal Museum was a smash hit! 3G and 3T combined efforts to present research on snakes, bats, koalas, sharks, spiders, whales, elephants, and frogs.

Teachers, students, and parents from across the elementary school visited our exhibits. Many said it was the best Animal Museum the ever saw!

We are back to school in a new year. There is so much to look forward to and so many happy memories to recall from 2024.

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First Activities of 2025

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Spirit Day and Christmas Party 2024

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Here are a few photos from recent happenings at school.

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This is how we learn about paragraphs… hamburgers!

We went on a scavenger hunt to find cards hidden around the classroom. Students were learning the difference between common nouns and proper nouns. It was tough to find all 30 cards in the classroom!