12/19/19 Third Grade

12/19/19

Dear Families,
Thank you to all who were able to attend our concert on Tuesday! Our students worked very hard and were excited to perform.  This week is usually a hectic one, but we have been amazed how calm and focused our students have been.  We have been busy doing crafts, making gifts, and enjoying spirit week!  Here's an update:

Writing:  We are working on a special, top secret, writing project that will come home Friday :)

Reading:  We are continuing to learn about celebrations around the world.  We were excited to welcome Mrs. Slayton to talk about celebrations in Thailand! 

We want to wish all of our third grade families a Happy New Year!  We look forward to working with your students in 2020!

Upcoming Dates:
12/23-1/1    Winter Break

High/Low

High- it’s spirit week

High- tomorrow is pajama day

High- we had the concert

High- it’s spirit week

High- tomorrow is pajama day

Low- Mr. Maloney is not here

High- tomorrow is pajama day

High- tomorrow is pajama day

High- tomorrow is pajama day

High- tomorrow is pajama day

High- tomorrow is pajama day

Low- we can’t bring in blankets

High- we get to watch a movie tomorrow

Low- We have to do gymnastics in front of everyone

High- pajama day is tomorrow

High- tomorrow is pajama day

High- we had the school concert

High- we have pajama and movie day tomorrow

Low- it’s too cold to go outside

High- we had the concert

High- tomorrow is pajama day

High- we got to watch a movie in elective

High- it’s movie/pajama day tomorrow

Low- we have to do gymnastics

High- it’s spirit week

Low- we have to do gymnastics in front of everyone

High- my mom came on Tuesday

High- pajama day tomorrow

Low- we are doing gymnastics

High- we got to watch a movie in music elective

Low- Mr. Maloney isn’t here

High- it was the concert and I had a solo

Low- Mr. Maloney isn’t here

High- tomorrow is pajama day

Low- probably going to have indoor recess

High- it’s been very calm in our class even though it’s the week before vacation and spirit week

Low- I didn’t get to do crazy hair day

High- Mrs. Slayton coming in and our writing project!

12/12/19 Third Grade

12/19/19

Dear Families,
We have had a very productive week! Here is an update:

Writing:  Students have published and shared our personal narratives!  It was nice to see how proud students were of their work.  We are working on a special writing project that will go home before break.

Reading:  We are continuing with our Celebrations Around the World!  Students also spent some time playing dreidel!  As you can see from their high/lows this week, it was a hit!

Upcoming Dates:
12/17         Holiday Concert (Grades 3, 4, 5)
12/30-1/1   Winter Vacation

High/Low

High- we got to learn dreidel

Low- the rain washed away all the snow

High- we had indoor recess and I tried a new website

Low- all the snow went away

High- in elective we did experiments with tasting

Low- we had to hold a piece of paper under our tongue

High- we got to play dreidel

High- we played dreidel

High- we played dreidel

Low- we had indoor recess

High- we played dreidel

Low- my mom gave me a cold

High- we played dreidel

Low- I missed dreidel

High- in art elective we painted a snowman

Low- I didn’t get to play dreidel

High- we are in new elective groups

High- elective

Low- the rain washed the snow away

High- I got to paint a huge snowman

High- I got squishy sand for MIT

Low- the rain washed away the snow

High- we learned a new beat in music elective

High- we learned dreidel

High- we got to play dreidel

High- we went to the ski meeting

High- we learned how to play dreidel and played a bird puzzle

Low- I fell on the ice

High- we learned dreidel

High- it feels like spring

Low- there’s not many sleds left

High- adding a new member to our class and dreidel

Low- behaviors during some of the indoor recess activities

High- adding a new member to our class

Low- a lot of kids absent

12/5/19 Third Grade

12/5/19

Dear Families,
We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  Students have done a wonderful job getting back on track after Experiential Learning and the long weekend.  Here is an update:

Writing:  Our personal narratives are complete!  For this piece we had a few areas we were focusing on.  First, we worked on using a 'storyteller's voice'.  We also learned how to add dialogue to make our stories more interesting.  Finally, we focused on our introductions.  Pieces should be coming home this week!

Reading:  We are learning about celebrations around the world.  Students are reading informational passages and practicing using context clues to fill in missing words.

Upcoming Dates:

12/12- 12/18   Book Fair, more info to come on our buying days etc.
12/17              Winter Concert
12/23-1/1        Winter Break

High/Low

High- we learned about being friends in wellness

Low- we watched a sad movie in wellness

High- we got a new elective

High- we got a new elective

Low- I was gone for half of the elective

High- the high schoolers came and my brother was there

High- in music elective we started to learn the drums

Low- some weren’t following directions

High- I get to be in library elective

High- I’m in art elective and got to color

High- in music elective I figured out the beat on the drums

High- we got new electives

High- the high schoolers came and my brother came

High- we are learning Spanish in our elective

High- we got to color in art elective

High- we got to learn the beat of the drums

High- I get to be in the library elective with Riley

High- the high schoolers came

High- We started the drums

High- we watched a movie and it was sad but good

High- I am in art elective with Gavin

High- we learned in library how to do a bird puzzle

Low- it took me awhile to finish my Lexia level

High- we got a new elective

High- Celebrations around the World

Low- I was gone yesterday and I have to go today too

High- sharing our writing pieces

Low- I still have students not following routines