Grandparents Visit Room 177

After Third graders kicked off their first interdisciplinary unit of study, “What Has Value?”   they explored topics of migration and immigration.  During this unit, we will discuss how these two concepts are alike and how they are different. 

Jayda and her grandmother.

Recently, we have been exploring the reasons why an animal has to migrate and are relating them to why people may have migrated across the United States as pioneers.  Through this exploration, we will also be discussing how stories and traditions have been handed down over time as we gain an appreciation for the generations.

Da'marieon interviews his grandmother
about how things were when she was a child.

To help us better understand our history, we took the opportunity to invite our grandparents to come visit our classroom on September 23, 2014.  We asked for grandparents to participate in an interview session with their grandchild about how things were when they went to school.  Additionally, we would showed grandparents some of the new technology we have available to in our school today.  This special event will lasted from approximately 10:20-11:10 a.m.  Afterwards, grandparents were invited to stay and eat lunch with their grandchild in our classroom.  Horizon Science Academy will happily provided pizza and soft drinks to all grandparents who attended.  A regular school lunch was be provided to all students AND they, too, got to enjoy a slice of Papa John's Pizza.

Angel with his Great-Grandmother and Grandmother.

Aaron with his Great Aunt and Darren wit his Grandmother

Shy'Diamond with her Grandfather and Grandmother.

Principal Lierly helps serve Papa John's Pizza to the third graders.

Grandparents eating lunch with the third graders.