Dear Third Grade Families, Wow! We’re already in mid-October! This week, as always, is a busy one. Wednesday is a free dress day. Please remember to bring $1 for charity if our child plans to participate. The theme is powder blue and pink in the spirit of cancer awareness. Also, we are still collecting new […]
Dear Third Grade Families, I am pleased to report that as of last Thursday, we are all done with ITBS and CogAT testing for the 2011-2012 academic year! The next time your child completes these assessments he/she will be a fourth grader. All of our students deserve a big pat on the back for their […]
Dear third grade families, This week we will continue with ITBS testing. As always, please make sure that your child is well rested and at school on time every morning, as we will begin testing promptly at 8:00 and continue up until recess. In third grade, students also take the CogAT test to assess students’ […]
Dear Third Grade Families, This Tuesday will mark the beginning of ITBS Testing. We will test every morning for the duration of this week and next, ending our testing next Thursday. Please make sure your child gets a good night’s sleep, has a healthy breakfast and arrives to school on time every morning. As always, […]
Dear third grade families, It was a pleasure meeting so many grandparents on Friday. The third grade had a lot of fun making family trees that will be displayed in our classroom this week. I also took pictures of students with their grandparents. You can look forward to these when I send home the family […]
Dear Third Grade Families, I hope you all enjoyed the long Labor Day weekend and were able to get some rest after the excitement of last week. It was a pleasure meeting so many of you at Back-to-School night and I look forward to a great school year. With each successive week, we have been […]
Congratulations! We survived our first full week of school! We are really in the swing of things now. This week should be a busy one. For starters, we’ll begin our first spelling unit. Students in third grade have a list of 18 spelling words and some vocabulary every week with a test on Friday morning. […]
Dear Third Grade Families, I can’t believe we’re already into our first week of school! It has been a joy getting to know your children and I think we have a very good year ahead of us. Today we took home our first Homework assignments. In your child’s homework folder, you found a reading log […]
Welcome to the third grade! This is your child’s first year in the Intermediate grades and as I’m sure you’ll see, there is much to look forward to. Before Back-to-School night, I just wanted to fill you in on some basics: Homework goes out in a packet every Monday and is due every Friday. The […]
Dear Parents of Incoming Fourth Graders, I am very much looking forward to getting to know all of you as I teach your children next year. I have spoken to the students about the importance of continuing to read over the summer. Below are a few websites that give suggestions for children’s books and the […]