We have been working very hard and learning a lot! Here’s what’s happening in third grade:

Writing: We have started brainstorming big ideas and opinions in order to generate a personal essay. The third graders have been working well with this and are beginning to think of mini stories to support their opinion (thesis).

Math: We have been working on understanding two step word problems and deciding which operation to use. We have learned different strategies to help with this. Our math test will be next week. Keep practicing multiplication and division at home!

Science: The students have Ms VanderStel for science and they will conclude their light unit with the test today (Thursday).

Reading: We are finishing our unit on character traits and identifying ways to describe characters in our text. We’ve also been discovering how characters change in the story and what makes them change.

Reminder:  It gets very cold and windy on our playground. Please help your child to remember to bring (and wear) a coat, hat, and gloves. Thank you!