“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made”- Psalm139:14

Serving our community through acts of kindness is a vital piece of the overall puzzle that helps mold a student here at St. James Day School.

This year we chose to partner with, “Fearfully & Wonderfully Made", a local nonprofit ministry that helps families of NICU babies in our local hospitals.

Over a span of 7 days, our class along with all students of St. James, collected quarters (of course bills were accepted, too☺️) 3rd graders helped collect, count and roll the quarters. Each day we created a bar graph that displayed $$ data to keep the students engaged. This was a fun and healthy competition that allowed me to teach/review so many skills!

At the end of our service project, the students helped “stuff” the blessing bags! Each “backpack” costs around $250 to fill. Backpacks contains items such as; restaurant gift cards, a roll of quarters for vending machines in the hospital, a baby blanket, diapers, wipes, formula, cash gift cards, etc.... We were able to provide 9 blessing bags!!

 Overall, we collected $2,339.00!! If you would like to donate your time and/or money towards this ministry, please visit the website below.

https://fearfullyandwonderfullymade.com

A classic and always a favorite in 3rd grade, we completed the adventurous novel study, Pippi Longstocking. Pippi has crazy red pigtails, no parents to tell her what to do, a horse that lives on her porch, and a pet monkey named Mr. Nilsson. Whether Pippi’s scrubbing her floors, doing arithmetic, or stirring things up at a fancy tea party, her flair for the outrageous always seems to lead to another adventure.

Our class celebrated the completion of our study by wearing “Longstockings” to school! We also compared the similarities and differences between the book and classic movie!

Eating Our Way Through Math

Learning how to analyze and interpret data from graphs was a fun change up in our math curriculum! In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, we used a family size box of Lucky Charms to count the amount of each type of marshmallow. Then we created a bar graph to show the quantity of each. Who knew nearly 300 delicious marshmallows can be found in 1 box of cereal!?

The marshmallow that we found the most of was the “horseshoe” and the least amount was the rainbow”!

The Biography project is a fun way to incorporate research, note taking, public speaking and reading skills….Along with many many more teachable moments!

Kudos to my students for an outstanding performance and to the parents for the support! Thank you to our teachers and classmates Pre-K through 8th grade for taking time out of your day to visit and be a part of such a memorable day!

Our Parents Club is hosting an online auction for our families the week of Feb. 21. Each teacher contributes a sentimental piece of art made with help by the students. This year I chose to incorporate my love for string art and a brief history lesson of our town. Our town is literally divided by two states, Texas & Arkansas! And when you combine TX & AR with Louisiana, you get our wonderful town, Texarkana!

Pictured below:

3rd Graders & Auction Item