Summer School Savvy: Third Grade Community Connections

Our third grade classrooms learned about jobs in our community while practicing their interviewing and writing skills this summer. They wrote interview questions, asked their questions, listened attentively, took notes, and used their notes to write newspaper articles. What authentic experiences to keep our summer school students motivated!

Landmark Cafe and Creperie

Chef Nate Weik visited from the Landmark Cafe and Creperie.

Students asked him questions.

He answered questions as they took notes.

Music Makers

Students read interview questions.

They diligently took notes.

Corie Weisenberger represented Music Makers.

Corie compared two instruments.

There were similarities and differences.

Corie showed another comparison.

He explained notes and chords and played some music.

He played a different instrument.

Then he hooked up a foot pedal to his guitar.

While the loop played, he added thimbles on a washboard.

He ended by adding a drum.

The bluegrass band Corie plays with is called Frank F. Sidney's Western Bandit Volunteers. They play all over and everywhere! They have opened for David Allen Coe, will be playing at the River Roots Live festival in Davenport, as well as playing at Shoe Fest in Northern Illinois in September. Corie shared many instruments with the students and let the children try out some of the instruments.

Western Illinois Red Cross