Beautiful Poetry

Third graders are amazing poets.  Here are just a few of the original poems to come out of our class.  Stop by the bulletin board outside our classroom to read more poems.

Rain
Rain
Wind
Air
I stand
in the garden
waiting.
I'm soaked
to the skin
but I'm still
waiting.
I look up.
The sky is
a brilliant gray.
I hear a sound.
I freeze
as a bird
takes flight
for the first
time.
by Padma

Winter
It is winter.
The snow is falling
softly.
The trees are bare.
Winter.
by Zain

Sumdog Winners

Congratulations to Academy students!  This past week, Sumdog had a contest in southeastern VT and one of our third graders placed 3rd out of all participants!  Congrats to Alex!  We had five students in this class placing in the top 30:  Alex, Anchal, Padma, Jonah, and Grace.  These mathematicians earned lots of points for playing Sumdog and practiced their math skills at the same time.  Keep playing!