Working Hard!

We have enjoyed another fun and exciting week here in third grade. We ended the week meeting with our book buddies from Mrs. Fowle’s second grade class and our book buddies in Mrs. Auzin’s Kindergarten class.


Did I mention it’s almost October? It’s hard to believe that fall is here. Time flies when you’re having fun!

Language Arts: We have read aloud many books, including some of my favorites such as…”Skippy Jon Jones”, “We had a Picnic this Sunday Past”, “Do Unto Otters”, “Molly Lou Melon”, and many more. We have mostly focused on books that remind us of friendship and also using manners. We also take time to read and discuss our Weekly Readers.

Spelling: This was our first week doing a real spelling test. The children all did a marvelous job! Look for new words to come home on Monday. If for any reason, your child forgets their words, remember they are always on the blog!

Math: We are still doing many review activities in our math program. We have done number boxes, pictographs, calculator review, place value, and more addition and subtraction.

Technology: The children have been extremely busy taking new computerized testing. Wednesday we took a reading test and today the children did a math test. When I asked if they liked it they said it was kind of fun, but exhausting. We are doing this testing to help guide our teaching and also get our children ready for the future of standardized testing since it will be using technology.

Science: I’m sure your child has already told you that we have some crayfish that have joined our room for our living things unit. We have been looking at plants and now will be learning all about animals. We have a terrarium full of plants and will be adding worms next week to watch them work under the soil. Science is so fun and exciting!


You will soon receive a letter telling you about the upcoming MEAP testing. I just want to stress that if you need to pull your child out for any appointments to try to do it at another time. Our MEAP testing dates are Tuesday, October 9th, Wednesday, October 10th, Tuesday, October 16th.

Please feel free to contact me at any time with questions, comments, or concerns.

Have a fabulous weekend!