September

We enjoyed meeting families at the Ice Breaker and it was wonderful to see all third graders do a great job of showing their families their classroom.

September is moving quickly and we are still working on classroom routines and learning about one another.  We will continue to develop our classroom community with weekly class meetings that focus on kindness and leadership.  

Both third grade classes have started their first unit in science, which is Objects in Motion.  Our first investigation had six stations.  Students had the opportunity to explore and test balance and motion.  They recorded their data and made conclusions about force.  We will continue to investigate force and motion in the upcoming week.

At this time students are building their stamina in reading and writing.  In reading, third graders are focusing on thinking while reading and then sharing their thinking about their books with one another.  We will continue with book making in third grade and focus on expanding on our topic, writing specific information, and organization.

Unit one in math covers fact families, patterns on a hundred chart and number line, skip counting, and review of addition and subtraction facts.  These are prerequisite skills that are needed before we begin multiplication and division.  Please make sure that your child is practicing their addition and subtraction facts ten minutes each night.