Ag in our class by Ethan

                           On March 18 we had an indoor field trip. We learned all about agriculture. We learned that Illinois grows a lot of different kinds of crops. We played a game and sorted different types of seeds and we sorted them by popcorn, oats,wheats,corn, and soybeans. We learned about what lives on the farm and what the farm animals eat. We learned that the farms give us all the food that we have today.  We did an experiment  when we poured water and white powder and it started to look like ice, but it wasn't. It was a gel that you find in diapers made from corn!At the end he took out a model of a timeline of what they used on farms back in the olden days and now. We also got a bookmark  when Mr B left. We learned a lot!                                                                    

 

Sports Day

Today we had sports day! Lots of people wore lots of different team jerseys!!! We took some pictures of people with sports jerseys on!! We had lots of fun wearing our favorite teams. We spent the whole day in our awesome sport team outfits!!

Write a letter to your State Representative by Alec

    In our class,3D, the Legislative branch made laws.  Some people wanted the laws and some people didn't. We, the people of 3D, decided if they wanted the law or not. We wrote letters to our final decision maker, which was Erik, our State Representative. He read the letters to see what people thought. Then he voted yes to the laws because most people wanted the laws to pass.

Erik carefully read each letter.

Erik had a lot of letters to read.

Unfair Laws by Ethan

         In our class, 3-D, the Legislative branch made laws for our class. Some of the laws we thought were unfair to the boys and not the girls. One of the laws was boys must carry girls' backpacks and the other one was that the girls have to be first in line.

To follow the law, the boys must carry the girls' backpacks.

The new law says girls always get to go first in line. 

Danny giving Shayna back her backpack.

      Our class wrote persuasive paragraphs and presented them to the Judicial Branch about the backpack law and the girls first in line law.  Now we are seeing if they might take out the law. Hopefully the unfair laws are going to be changed. We will find out soon.

                                   

Legislative & Executive Branch at work! contributed by Danny, Daniel, & Evie

If you are just catching up on our 3D Learning,  read Ainsley's writing on the classroom elections. and  our campaign speeches post.

Meeting of the 3D Illinois State General Assembly (Legislative Branch)

The senators & representatives proposed possible bills.

They voted on each of the bills.

Our governor accepted the bills and signed them into law.

She did not use her right to veto any of the bills.

Our new laws:

If someone asks you for help, you must help them.

No talking when the teacher or another person is talking.
Boys must carry the girls’ backpacks.
Girls will always be first in line.
No running in hallways or classrooms.

Art Appreciation

Mrs. Harder came in and taught us about Henry Matisse.  She showed us a painting called The Purple Robe. She also shared that he made artwork by cutting patterns out of paper.  We gave that a try too!  What do you think of our artwork?  Thanks for the information and inspiration Mrs. Harder!

 

Campaign speeches

The students of 3D did research about the different roles within the Illinois government. They discovered what senators, representatives, and judges do. They also learned about the roles of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer and Comptroller. They then applied their knowledge about the position that they were running for and gave campaign speeches explaining why they would be a good candidate for that job. They focused on their character traits and the skills needed to fill the position. They all did a great job. Enjoy a few pictures  of the campaign speeches! Videos to come soon!

Daniel for State Representative
Legislative Branch

Maeve for Treasurer- "She'll manage the State's Money"
Executive Branch

Ahmad for judge-Judicial Branch

3 D election by Ainsley Walter

 We are learning about the three branches of government. The three branches of government are the Legislative branch, Judicial branch, and Executive branch. We are voting on who wins as the State Judges and State Representative and State Senate. We all win to make it fair. There are 7 judges, 3 senators, and 6 representatives. We have a governor , lieutenant governor , treasurer,  and a comptroller, just like Illinois.

Students voting in their voting booth.

We connected the arrows just like on a real ballot.

Students voting