It’s Finally Starting to Feel Like Fall!
Dear Third Grade Families, Can you believe October has already passed? With the changing of the weather, we’ve had a few everyday changes as well. Third Graders received new lunch tables this week and will be getting new desk spots once November begins. In writing, our personal narratives are coming to a close! We have tried our hand at writing concluding sentences that are either: – using juicy language – show action – cliff hangers – filled with dialogue – asking a question and more! We finished revising our “sloppy copies” and will be rewriting our final copies early next... Read More
We’re Back on Track with a Busy Full Week
Dear Third Grade Families, What a whirlwind of a first full week in October! Our Third Graders were ready to jump right into the flow of school, and were focused and dedicated workers all week. Over the last couple weeks we started working in partnerships across three of our subject areas. They include: Social Studies → We partnered together in order to create a definition AND draw a picture of a specific landform or waterform that can be found in New York State. In our group, we had to decided the important characteristics that define each specific water- or landform... Read More
A Cupcake Extravaganza Under the Sukkah
Dear Families, Please enjoy the follow photos, taken during our cupcake decorating activity under sukkah with our Seventh Grade buddies.
Happy 5778!
Dear Third Grade Families, Shana Tovah! – we hope you have had a wonderful start to 5778! Third Graders started many new activities this week, including homework, social studies and narrative writing strategies. Math: Over the past two weeks, we have been focusing on ordering and comparing numbers. Continuing from Second Grade, we use the image of an alligator eating the greater number, when comparing two numbers. In Third Grade, we expand on this by explaining the order of the words. Students are understanding that we answer greater/less than questions by comparing the left number to the right number. For... Read More
A Busy Second Week
Dear Third Grade Families, Can you believe that we just finished our first full week of school! Before you know it, it will be June and your students will be ready for Fourth Grade. There were many activities we worked on this week. Some you will see on Monday, September 18, during “Back to School Night,”. One such activity was writing about our academic hopes and dreams for Third Grade. As a group, we came together to talk about different aspects of ourselves we hope to strengthen. Some of the things we discussed were being able to quickly come up... Read More
Great First Week Back!
Dear Third Grade Families, What an exciting first week we had! Throughout their time in the General Studies room, students were not only able to to get to know their teachers, but also to learn more than they thought they knew about each other. As students played “Get to Know You Bingo” they learned fun facts such as, a few students play musical instruments (such as violin, piano and ukulele), some are pet owners (one of whom named the new puppy “Fluffy), many love to read, and many enjoy playing sports (such as soccer and volleyball). While we are a... Read More