1/17/2025 Third Grade

 1/17/2025

Dear Families,

We hope you all are feeling well!  This was a wild week at WES and we look forward to the long weekend so that people can rest.  Here is what we have been doing:

Literacy:  We wrapped up our non-fiction unit and with so many kids out, we have been focusing on buddy reading and independent reading.  We also focused on suffixes in word study.

Upcoming Dates:

1/20  NO SCHOOL MLK DAY

1/27  No School Teacher in-service

High/Low

High- we did buddy reading

Low- I woke up early

High- we were able to do Fun Friday on Thursday 🙂

High- buddy reading

Low- I wasn’t here on Tuesday

High- buddy reading

Low- my friends have been out

High- I was here for two day

Low- I had to go home early

High- buddy reading

Low- not being here yesterday

High- being here for the whole week

High- finishing a book response

Low- waking up early

High- buddy reading

Low- so many people sick

High- I was here two days

Low- I wasn’t here for two days

High- combining classes

Low- so many people not here

High- buddy reading

Low- waking up so early

High- I was here all week

Low- waking up early

Low- my legs hurt

High- I’ve done over 30 in iready

Low- I had to leave early

High- buddy reading

Low- most of my friends weren’t here

High- finishing nonfiction

Low- not being here

High- buddy reading

Low- not a lot of people are here

High- wrapping up our nonfiction unit

Low- weird absences

High- buddy reading

Low- so many kids out

1/10/24 Third Grade

 1/10/24

Dear Families,

We have had a COLD week!  Hopefully we will get outside today.  Here is what we have been up to:

Literacy:

We are continuing our study of non-fiction.  Students have been sorting text features by genre and focusing on the purpose of various features.  We have been doing a review in word study of syllables types.

Upcoming Dates:

1/20   No School, MLK Day

1/27  No School, Teacher in-service

High/Low

High- indoor recess

Low- tired

High- indoor recess

Low- Mrs. Hermsen is out

High- indoor recess

Low- super cold outside

High- library 

Low- wake up early

High- indoor recess

Low- really cold

High- indoor recess

Low- I am tired

High- indoor recess

Low- wake up early

High- indoor recess

High- library

Low- I was late

High- library

Low- waking up so early

High- being here with my friends

Low- I’m tired

High- being with my friends

Low- indoor recess

High- seeing my friends

Low- not going outside

High- library

Low- indoor recess

High- library

Low- I am tired

High- Mrs. Beaudet is our library teacher

Low- getting over a bug

High- getting to see Mrs. Beaudet, indoor recess

Low- not our normal schedule, I was mixed up! No outdoor recess

High- seeing Mrs. Beaudet, indoor recess

Low- waking up so early

High- getting to pick out books

Low- indoor recess

High- indoor recess

Low- waking up early

High- indoor recess, I can do fun Friday

High- Getting to see my friends

Low- didn’t get to go outside

High- books from library

High- Mrs. Beaudet is our library teacher, we get two books

High- Nonfiction text features

Low- indoor recess

High- Math

Low- Ms. Kendal was out Wednesday

High- read aloud

1/3/24 Third Grade

 

1/3/24

Dear Families,

Happy New Year!  We were so excited to welcome all of our learners back yesterday.  We had a great day catching up and making goals for 2025.  

Literacy:  We are starting a unit on reading non-fiction texts.  We have been studying non-fiction text features and started reading, Deadly Predators.

Upcoming Dates:

1/20  NO SCHOOL, MLK Day

1/27  NO SCHOOL, Teacher Inservice

High/Low:

High- glad to be back, New Year’s project

High- being back at school

High- going to PE today

High- seeing my teachers and friends

High- seeing my teachers and friends

High- getting to come back to school

Low- no MIT yesterday

High- seeing my teachers again

Low- getting up early

High- coming back to school

Low- I was sleeping so well and got woke up

High- getting to the gym in the morning

Low- getting up early

High- seeing Mrs. Beaudet for library, getting to come back to school

Low- I am really tired

High- seeing Mrs. Beaudet

Low- going to bed early

High- Seeing Mrs. Beaudet

High- seeing Mrs. Beaudet, being back at school

Low- I am really tired

High- I am back at school

Low- I wasn't able to be here yesterday

High- Mrs. Beaudet is back

Low- I am tired

High- getting to see Mrs. Beaudet

High- there is snow, starting all new read alouds

Low- I am tired

High- happy to be back with friends

High- being back with all of you

Low- I am very tired

High- being back 

Low- I am very tired

12/13/24 Third Grade

 12/13/24

Dear Families,

What a week!  With the late start and the early release we had a pretty mixed up week.  Here is what we have been up to:

Literacy:  This week we have been continuing to read The Wild Robot.  Students have been doing a lot of independent work and preparations for our Baby Shower we are throwing today for Mrs. Hermsen and Mrs. Peacock!  

Upcoming Dates:

12/19   Holiday Meal

12/23-1/1  Winter Break

High/Low

High- being the helper, having the baby shower, light bulb craft

High- The Wild Robot

Low- I woke up early

High- The Wild Robot

High- seeing everyone

Low- waking up early

Low- waking up early

High- finishing my second book

Low- waking up early

High- baby shower

High- I’m back at WES

Low- waking up early

Low- we didn’t do a lot of PE

High- baby shower, Wild Robot

Low- my leg hurts

High- Kendalynn is back

High- being with my friends

High- baby shower

High- baby shower, Kendalynn is back

High- baby shower

Low- waking up early
High- baby shower

High- baby shower

High- baby shower

High- Kendalynn is back, baby shower

High- baby shower, Kendalynn is back

High- Wild Robot, baby shower

Low- waking up early

High- seeing my teachers and friends, Wild Robot

Low- waking up early

High- excited for our baby shower

Low- it’s been a wonky week 

High- baby shower

High- Kendalynn returning, baby shower

11/22/24 Third Grade

11/22/24

Dear Families,

Thank you to all who attended the Thanksgiving meal yesterday, it meant a lot to all of us!  We had a lot to celebrate at All School Morning Meeting today!  Third graders read a poem about gratitude, some kids were recognized for getting chosen to be in the Fire Safety Calendar, and, of course, our students of the month.  Please check out the video on Facebook.

Literacy:  We have finished our personal narratives and they will be coming home soon!  We are focusing on word study and learning about vowel teams.

Upcoming Dates:

11/27-11/29  No School, Thanksgiving

High/Low

High- it’s sunny

Low- I’m leaving early

High- reading Wild Robot

Low- waking up so early

High- iReady reading lessons

Low- I woke up early

High- seeing my aunt and grandma at the holiday meal

Low- They had to leave

High- reading the Wild Robot

Low- getting up so early

High- Fire Safety Cover winner

High- I did an hour and five minutes on iready reading

Low- waking up so early

High- seeing my family yesterday

Low- not winning the fire safety calendar

High- getting to see my aunt yesterday, getting 100 minutes on iready reading

Low- the fun yesterday had to end

High- I have my iready minutes

Low- I didn't’ get picked for the calendar

High- getting Student of the Month

Low- waking up in the morning

High- Lok getting student of hte month, getting more than an hour on iready reading, finishing four lessons

High- reading the Wild Robot, Kids won the fire safety calendar

Low- waking up so early

High- over two hours on iready reading

Low- getting up early

High- reading the Wild Robot, people winning fire safety, parents coming yesterday

High- getting thirty minutes on iready

Low- not being in the fire safety calendar

High- Thanksgiving Dinner

Low- I am tired

High- excited for next week

High- winning Fire Safety for March, my parents coming to lunch

Low- waking up early

High- all my friends getting in the calendar, finishing a book response

Low- not getting in the fire safety calendar

High- getting in the fire safety calendar, my best friend getting student of the month, my family coming

High- getting 5 books from the 3rd grade store, having a twin

High- finally getting to hear who got into the calendar, twinning with Nurse Krista

Low- not getting in the calendar

High- getting in the calendar

Low- feel bad for kids who didn’t get in

High- my friends who got in the fire safety calendar, Thanksgiving dinner

Low- waking up early, my parents not coming to lunch

High- getting over an hour on iready, my best friend getting in the calendar

High- getting over thirty minutes, getting in the fire safety calendar

Low- not being able to have my parents come yesterday

High- getting more minutes in iready

Low- I am tired

High- gratitude poem

Low- I was nervous

High- How happy third graders were when their friends got called for the calendar

High- Watching kiddos read the poem

11/15/24 Third Grade

 11/15/24

Dear Families,

We have had a great week in third grade!  Here is what we have been up to:

Literacy: Students worked hard to revise their personal narratives by using more precise language.  Yesterday, they learned how to type up their drafts so we can get ready to publish them!  We are continuing to read, The Wild Robot.

Upcoming Dates:

11/21             Thanksgiving Dinner at 11:45

11/27-11/29   No School Thanksgiving

12/11             1pm Dismissal

High/Low

High- school store

Low- it’s chilly out

High- getting to see my friends

Low- waking up early

High- school store

Low- it’s cold

Low- slow at typing

High- typing

High- recess

High- typing, Fun Friday

Low- waking up early

High- getting to see my friends, typing

Low- waking up early

High- typing

Low- waking up early

High- typing, seeing my friends

Low- waking up early

High- typing

High- typing

Low- it’s been cold

High- it’s almost winter

Low- I didn’t get to type

High- typing

Low- waking up early

High- typing

Low- haven’t found out about the fire safety

High- Typing, Fun Friday

High- typing, starting a new book

High- typing, school store

High- typing

Low- waking up early

High- being here today

Low- being sick yesterday

High- typing, getting to see the plow

High- typing, Fun Friday

Low- waking up early and it’s cold

High- seeing my friend, typing, being the helper

High- I got to go bowling and ride the bus

High- Seeing Ms. Franklin’s class during guidance

High- how well teaching typing went

Low- lots of kids absent

High- Typing, the cold weather

Low- so many sick kiddos