50 Days Smarter

The 50th Day of school started out in style.  The students and teachers looked like cool cats!  The room looked like a diner and the music was rock'in!  We even danced the hand jive and the twist!

We looked at books, articles, and photographs from the decade.  We did a lot of comparing and contrasting then and now.  We also learned some 50s vocabulary and used context clues to put the words in sentences.  During math, we did some graphing and analyzing data.  

Since the 50th day was a half day, it flew by. The next day, we continued to celebrate being 50 days smarter with a mystery.  Mrs. Hornby came in with a really interesting case.  Someone had stolen another boy's microphone.  She had six suspects and a description of each.  We had to be her detectives to solve this 50th day mystery.

We solved reading and math puzzles to get evidence.  Then, we used the clues with the descriptions to help us solve the mystery.  Students had to read passages and infer, solve math word problems, practice rounding, and balance equations.  It is a good thing Mrs. Hornby asked these third graders to solve this mystery because they have the skills!

We did it!  These super sleuths cracked the case and delivered their findings to Mrs. Hornby.  The students certainly earned "50 days Smarter" award and some bubble gum.  We also celebrated with root beer float popsicles and more hand jive!