9/29/23 Third Grade

 9/29/23

Dear Families,

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

Literacy:

Students have selected independent reading books that are 'just right'.  We spent a lot of time this week talking about how we check to see if a book is just right.  We have also started gathering ideas for our writer's notebooks.  

Upcoming Events:

10/6  Field Trip to The Shelburne Museum

High/Low

High- I got to spend time with Mrs. Franklin and Mrs. Thompson

High- We are going on a field trip

High- we are going on a field trip

Low- grammy can’t go

High- the field trip

High- getting to spend time with my classmates

Low- they changed it to Student of the Month

High- music, field trip

High- we are having another field trip

High- we are going on a field trip

Low- being sick two days

High- spending time with my teachers

High- another field trip

High- all school morning meeting

Low- I may not be able to go on the field trip

High- excited for the field trip

High- we are going on a field trip

Low- it’s cold

High- field trip

Low- being sick

High- getting Student of the Month

Low- how cold it is

High- getting books

Low- how cold it is

High- popcorn party

Low- how hot it’s going to be

High- popcorn party

Low- not getting Student of the Month

High- spending time with Ms. Franklin and Mrs. Thompson

High- Harper and Avery got Student of the Month!

Low- we have to fill $3 to get the next reward

High- Grace got Student of the Month

Low- how we haven’t had school store

High- morning meeting

High- another field trip

High- the field trip

High- the field trip

High- selecting books for our browsers

9/22/23 Third Grade

 

9/22/23

Dear Families,

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

Literacy:

We have launched our writer's workshop! Students personalized their writer's notebook covers and worked to fill in their 'heart maps'.  Heart maps are a tool students will use to come up with topics to write about.  Students learned that the best stories come from our own hearts and brainstormed things that are near and dear to them.  

In reading, we have begun learning about our classroom library and routines for independent menu time.

Upcoming Dates:

9/28   Open House 

10/6   Fall Excursion Day!  (More information to come next week)

High/Low

High- it was hot and not wet yesterday

Low- I had to come inside to change my shoes

High- writer’s notebooks

Low- Star 360

High- writer’s notebooks

High- writer’s notebooks

Low- I can’t spend the whole day with you

High- writer’s notebooks

High- writer’s notebooks

High- Writer’s notebooks

Low- so cold in the morning

High- writer’s notebooks

High- writer’s notebooks

Low- how cold it was

High- writer’s notebooks

High- writer’s notebooks

Low- I forgot some of my pictures

High- school day feels short

High- spending time with Ms. Franklin and Mrs. Thompson

High- writer’s notebooks

Low- how cold it is in the morning

High- Seeing Mrs. Franklin and Mrs. Thompson

Low- how cold it is in the morning

High- we found pics for my writer’s notebook

High- writer’s notebook

Low- no school store yet

High- going on the morning bus

High- writer’s notebooks

Low- I forgot my pics at home

High- spending time decorating our notebooks, saving Fred

High- writer’s notebooks

High- spending time with the teachers, we can do recess outside, how cold it is in the morning

High- how great kids are doing decorating their writer’s notebooks, how helpful kids were putting papers in folders

Low- I was gone a lot

High- Decorating writer’s notebooks

9/15/23 Third Grade

 9/15/23

Dear Families,

We have had a wonderful week in third grade!  We had so much fun at the Tunbridge Fair yesterday! Thank you to all of our marvelous chaperones that made this day possible.  Here is what we have been up to:

Literacy:

We have started getting to know our classroom library as well as launching Writer's Workshop!  Students are encouraged to bring in pictures to personalize their Writer's Notebooks.  You can email them to us at sthompson2@cvsu.org

We spent the half day learning about fire safety.  Packets were sent home to share with families.  We also spent time thinking about 'size of the problem'.  Students learned that small problems should have smaller reactions.  

Upcoming Dates:

9/28 Open House   5-6:30pm

High/Low

High- we went to the fair

High- I get to be here today

Low- I felt sick 

High- spending time with you guys

High- I got to do ten push ups at the fair

Low- My Grammy couldn’t come

High- I got to pet a lot of cows

Low- we couldn’t pet the horses

High- we went to the old school in Tunbridge

Low- I’m wearing long sleeves

High- petting the bunnies at the fair

Low- all the rain

High- getting to go through and pet all the cows with my little sister

High- going to the Tunbridge Fair

Low- I was hot at the fair

High- I met a bunny and it was really cute

High- petting the baby chicks

High- Seeing the cows poop

High- going to the Tunbridge Fair

High- everything about the fair

High- we got to go to the Tunbridge Fair

Low- how hot is was

High- the fair

High- the fair

High- going to the Tunbridge Fair

Low- we couldn’t buy anything

High- the Tunbridge Fair

Low- I had a headache the whole time

High- petting the bunnies and getting milkshakes

High- I got to pet a bunny

High- we got to pet the bunny 

High- going to the fair

Low- we didn’t get to spend the night

High- the maple cotton candy

High- the fair, the wonderful chaperones, and maple milkshakes

Low- we don’t have all our browser bins

High- maple milkshakes and seeing Maggie showing her cow

Welcome to Third Grade! 9/8/23

 

Dear Families,

Welcome to third grade!  This is our (mostly) weekly newsletter!  We encourage you to hit the subscribe button so you will be notified when we post.  It was a HOT but fabulous week in third grade!  Here is what we have been up to:

Literacy:  We are spending a lot of time building our classroom community.  We are getting into the swing of reading and writing through a lot of  'get to know you' activities.

Tunbridge Fair:  On Thursday we will be going to the Tunbridge Fair!  Thanks to all who have brought back forms and volunteered to chaperone.  We will be in touch!

Upcoming Dates:

9/13   Early Release Day

9/14   Tunbridge Fair

9/28   Open House

High/Low  Each week we ask students to share their 'High' or best part of their week and their 'Low' or hardest part of their week.

High- read aloud

Low- it’s been too hot and some kids have forgotten their water bottles

High- Making the flags

Low- the heat

High- spending time with third grade

Low- really hot

High- I got popsicles at recess

Low- I hate the heat

High- we had popsicles

Low- I left early and didn’t get recess

High- popsicles at recess

Low- it’s hot

High- popsicles

Low- heat

High- Popsicles

Low- heat

High- popsicles

Low- being sick

High- spending time with my friends 

Low- being exhausted

High- the popsicles

Low- how hot it was

High- popsicles

Low- not a lot of recess time

High- getting sprayed by the spray bottle

High- getting to know my new teachers

Low- all the heat

High- when we played math games

Low- double special because we missed science

High- seeing my teachers every day

Low- how fast school goes by

High- seeing all my teachers

Low- how hot it is

High- the popsicles

Low- the heat

High- recess

High- double special

Low- we didn’t have a lot of recess time

High- we had popsicles

Low- such a short recess

High- the popsicles

Low- my popsicle melted

High- recess

High- popsicles

Low- recess