Dear Third Grade Families,
This past week, our class began learning about and working with verbs (action words). This lesson has been great fun as the children have experienced verbs through charades and explored what actions are. They continue to work on their journaling, building up vocabulary, sentence structure, and creative writing skills. It has been wonderful seeing the children express themselves through writing and seeing them think about the how and why of things they enjoy or things they hope for. They continue to build on word families through double consonant blends and final consonant blends. Word families and spelling words are the basis of their weekly homework. The children have eagerly welcomed their weekly homework and are enthusiastic to complete it and return it. Practice at home helps to support and reinforce all they learn during the school day. Thank you for helping them as they get into this new rhythm.
The class continues to work on memorizing and building on multiplication facts through songs, games, and math drills. They also continue to work on mental math and mathematical riddles, which have been great fun for all. The students also continue to gather with their Reading Group, led by a parent volunteer, and work on strengthening reading skills.
This past Friday, our class gathered under a sukkah, lovingly constructed and decorated by parents in our class. Thank you all so much for your time and effort in putting it together and in sending in treats so the class could enjoy the harvest celebration. It was a wonderful gathering.
Announcements and Reminders:
If you have not yet signed up for conferences, please do so here. It will be lovely to meet with each of you.
Please note Third Grade’s Workday was CHANGED from Saturday, October 21 to Saturday, October 14. Please join us as we work to keep our school and grounds in shape.
The autumn weather is here (finally). Layering clothing is essential for students to be comfortable throughout the day. We will spend every day outside, enjoying this weather, so please help your child dress accordingly!
Please label clothing!
Send two full water bottles and bug spray daily.
Upcoming Events:
10/11 - 10/12 Sixth Grade caving field trip
10/12 HALF DAY - Parent Conferences
10/13 NO SCHOOL - Parent Conferences
10/14 Community Work Day 10 am - 1 pm *Please note the date change
10/21 Kingdom of Halloween
11/1 NO SCHOOL - Teacher in-service
11/1 Parent Night for Joyful Beginnings and Kindergarten classes, 6 pm - 7 pm
With gratitude,
Paulyna
