The first two weeks of school have been full of activity! The children are adjusting well to their new routines and are hard at work. You can be proud of their effort and desire to do well.
Parent’s Night is this Wednesday at 7:00 PM. We hope you will be able to join us to find out more about third grade. After a brief presentation, you will have an opportunity to ask general questions. If you have any individual questions or concerns about your child, please write me a note on the assignment sheet.
Since the beginning of school, the children have been creating poems about themselves, which will be displayed at Parent's Night. We are also working on another special project and each child needs to bring in a medium or large t-shirt by Wednesday. The t-shirts will be returned at Parent’s Night.
In Reading, we've been busy investigating the book, Stone Fox. This year we are taking on the persona of "book detectives" examining the "clues" authors give us in their stories to help us unravel the “mystery” (theme) of the book. We've made predictions about what happens in the story and have started examining the suspects (characters).
In Science, we experimented with bubbles and will be studying more about scientific tools next week. We would love to have volunteers come in to help with experiments. Please sign up at Parent's Night or let me know if you can help.
We are reviewing place value in Math and each morning work on a general daily review. Please remind your child to review the fact family of the week written on his/her assignment sheet. You might want to quiz them to make sure they are practicing.
In English we have been talking about types of sentences and what makes a sentence a sentence. In addition, every morning the students have a review of grammar. We use dry erase markers and white boards quite extensively during English. Please make sure your child has three new dry erase markers at school.
This week’s Most Valuable Person is Saul Myers. We have enjoyed getting to know more about Saul, looking at pictures of him and his family, and seeing a part of his Lego collection. Each week a different student is randomly chosen to be MVP (Most Valuable Person). When it is your child's turn they will bring home an information packet explaining what needs to be done.
Hopefully the Assignment Folder and Assignment Sheet are self-explanatory. The third grade team has worked hard to come up with a streamlined system of organization. Anything important that needs to be communicated can easily be written on the bottom of the Assignment Sheet or put in a sealed envelope in the back pocket. Please check your child's Assignment Sheet every night. The Assignment Folder and Assignment Sheet need to come back to school each day with your child. The red Friday Folder will only go home on Friday and needs to come back by the following Friday.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. I am looking forward to seeing you at Parent's Night!
