Dear Third Grade Families,
Last week, our class continued learning about shelters. We moved on to learning about primitive shelters found all over the world, from Gaulish farmhouses to Vietnamese houseboats to cliff dwellings. The students took the time to choose their shelter for the shelter-building project. All the students are very excited to use materials found in nature on campus to build their shelter and the environmental setting around it. They made great efforts to work creatively and independently on their shelter building. This block has demonstrated to the students how nature provides, and humans then use their ingenuity and resourcefulness to create the shelters they need in order to survive and thrive.
The class continued developing writing skills as they worked on shelter reports, journaling about recent events (class field trips, shelters), and writing summaries in their main lesson books on shelters we learned about in class. We continue to work on sight words and spelling, working on ten new words a week.
Our next block focuses on our class play. The students have already received their scripts and are excited about practice. They ask daily if they can practice together as a class. We have used some extra main lesson times to practice our lines and acting skills. In the coming Play Block, our main lessons focus on learning lines, pacing ourselves, and working on our acting skills.
On Friday, we visited AB Farms with Ki Ieva. The students found it interesting to visit another farm, meet the animals that live there, and have an amazing opportunity to weave fabrics they made at school on a real loom at the farm.
This week, students will continue working on building their shelters. They will present their shelters and reports on Wednesday to the entire class and have an opportunity to share what they learned about their shelters with our other grades classes. Thursday is picture day, and getting ready for Grandfriend’s Day. The Third Grade has been working diligently on songs and dances that they will be performing for this, and they are looking forward to seeing their friends and family!
Announcements and Reminders:
Dress for the weather with layers and send in full rain gear daily (raincoat, rain pants, and boots).
If your child is feeling under the weather, please keep them home to help keep our community healthy.
Upcoming Events:
3/27-3/28: School Photos
3/29: Grandfriends Day (Half Day All School Dismissal)
4/1-4/5 Spring Break (No School)
4/8: No School: Solar Eclipse
4/22: Class Play 6:00 PM
4/23-4/25 5th Grade Pentathlon
4/26 Annual Auction Fundraiser - Half Day
With Gratitude,
Paulyna
