TISA 3rd Grade

Lots of cool stuff has been going on in the TISA 3rd grade lately. We had Marc Space from Trout Unlimited come and visit us. We told him a thing or two about trout anatomy, and he taught us a bit about native New Mexican cutthroat trout.  Our class visited Ms. Roe's 1st grade to see their performance of Goldilocks. The 1st graders did an amazing job, inspiring us for our future performances.  For our study of seed dispersal, Esteban made an incredible slide show on the topic. Here he is explaining all the ways that seeds can be dispersed.  The class also got to make their own artificial seeds in Ms. Ali's class. They had to think about designing seeds that would easily be dispersed. In Performing Arts, we have been learning about classical music with Ms. Anandi. Here is the class waving scarves to the rhythm of the music they hear.  The folks from Explora came and visited TISA again. This time they brought reflective items for the students to study symmetry. Everyone...

 A lot of cool things have been happening lately in 3rd grade. Read on down to see what we've been doing! Our class went on a field trip to the Talpa Library and Farmers Market. There, we got a tour of the library, got to dress up as fruits & vegetables for a market parade, and we also sang our song about the 7 Continents to the community. Thanks again to Ms. Luzita from the Talpa Community Center, and to Ms. Ali for helping us assemble and paint the continents.  The class took another fun field trip, this time farther afield to Las Golondrinas in Santa Fe! Here we participated in their Heritage Days celebration. The students got hands-on experience grinding corn, combing wool, winding rope, and stamping tin. Thank you to Kathy for providing the photos, and to all the parents who came on the field trip with us.  In an integrated arts project, the students applied what they had learned about multiplication to make arrays in the style of Kandinsky.  The 3rd grade h...

The students who came to the Explora Science Night last week had a great time exploring seeds and plants using real scientific equipment, like microscopes and magnifying glasses. The team brought beans for them to dissect so that they could see the different parts of seeds, including the embryo, the seed coat, and the cotyledon.  The students also got to look at the root structures of some newly grown grass plants.  The group explored capillary action, seeing how celery stalks were dyed by means of water traveling up the stalk.  Thanks to all of you who came for this fun event. We look forward to having Explora at TISA again!