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

11/1/24 Third Grade

 11/1/24

Dear Families,

What a week!  We are so grateful to the Williamstown community for the amazing parade we were able to participate in on Halloween.  It was awesome to see so many families cheering the kids on!  As you can see from our highs and lows, it was a  highlight of our week.  Here is what we have been up to:

Literacy:

We finished The War with Grandpa and have started, The Wild Robot.  Students have been working hard on their introductions and the middle section of their personal narratives.  

Upcoming Dates:

11/5   Election Day: NO SCHOOL

11/8   Conferences:  NO SCHOOL

11/27-11/29   NO SCHOOL

High/Low

High- the parade

Low- walking up the hill

High- the parade

Low- it was a long time!

High- the parade

Low- my legs hurt

High- the parade

High- the parade

High- my legs are sore 

High- the parade

Low- my legs are sore

High- the parade, eating candy

High- the parade

Low- it had to end

High- the parade

High- the parade

Low- how I felt when I got back

High- the parade

Low- too much candy

High- the parade

Low- how I felt when I got back

High- the parade

Low- worried about a classmate

HIgh- the parade, getting slime and eating candy

High- the parade, finishing my first book

High- the parade, eating candy

Low- I got tired

High- the parade

Low- getting up early

High- the walking field trip, dodgeball in PE

Low- not having so much time in PE

High- the parade

Low- getting up early

High- going to the Gardens

Low- falling

High- the parade, seeing my grandma

High- the parade

Low- I had an asthma attack

High- the parade

High- riding in the golf cart

Low- my wifi didn’t work the whole way

High- the field trip

Low- the hill

Hill- the parade

High- seeing everyone in their costumes

10/11/24 Third Grade

 10/11/24

Dear Families,

It has been a productive week in third grade!  Here is what we have been up to.

Literacy:  We have been examining important information that authors give us by reading Stone Fox.  Students have been busy building up their writing stamina by writing entries in their writer's notebooks.  We are using ideas they gathered in their Idea Banks!

Upcoming Dates:

10/14   No School, Indigenous Peoples Day

10/25  PTO Popcorn at Snack Day! (25 cents)

High/Low

High-  visiting the fire truck

Low- getting up early

High- the fire truck

Low- waking up early

High- the fire truck, I got recess

High- the fire truck

Low- the ½ day

High- seeing my friends

Low- waking up early

High- the fire truck, the ½ day

High- waking up early

High- the field trip, the fire truck

High- the bus evacuation, the fire truck

Low- waking up early

High- the bus evacuation, the fire truck

Low- waking up early

High- fire safety calendar

Low- waking up early

High- Fire safety calendar, seeing dad on the fire truck, iready reading, writing in our writer’s notebooks

Low- I’m tired

High- bus evacuation, fire safety calendar, fire truck

High- the field trip, early release

High- the Shelburne Museum

High- I passed 18 lessons on iready reading, seeing my friends

High- the bus evacuation, fire truck

High- fire truck

Low- waking up early

High- fire truck

High- I finished a story in my writer’s notebook

Low- the ½ day

High- the Shelburne Museum, the fire truck

Low- waking up early

High- The Shelburne Museum

High- the Shelburne Museum

High- Stone Fox

Low- some of my kids have not brought home folders

High- seeing the bus

Low- not getting on the bus

High- the fire truck

Low- it’s been so cold