Engineering with Wind

We enjoyed an engineering workshop from the Vermont Energy Education Program this morning. Aaron read us a story all about wind and then we got to try and design our own sailboat. 

Building: 

Testing Our Designs: 

Some Quick News: 

VYO Concert:

Vermont Youth Orchestra will be coming to Summit on Friday April 7th at 10:00. 

SBAC:

Third graders will be taking the ELA SBAC test on April 12th and April 13th. We will be sending home more information soon! 

Break Boxes: 

Our class is collecting crackers this time! 

Life Cycles

You may have heard already but we are growing butterflies and ladybugs in third grade right now! As part of our life cycles unit we are watching some caterpillars develop into butterflies! We learned about making careful observations! 

Pictures!

We have started Unit 6 in Bridges! It is all about geometry! Today we were talking about different types of quadrilaterals. Each group was assigned a special quadrilateral and had to figure out what made their quadrilateral special. Was it the fact that it had 4 congruent sides? Does it have exactly 4 right angles? Does it have 2 sets of parallel lines? Only 1 set of parallel lines?

Some pictures from skating today! Can't wait to go again next week! 

Skating and Other Updates!

Skating Tomorrow (Wednesday March 22nd)

Due to the below zero temperatures we will be taking a bus to the high school for our ice skating trip. Our class will be leaving at 12:45, skating from 1-1:50, and returning to Summit at 2:05. 

Please remember to send your child with a HELMET, snowpants, boots, coat, and mittens. Mrs. Hutton asked kids to bring their own skates if they have them at home! If you would like to join us you will need to meet us at the high school. The bus will not be able to accommodate parents. 

PTO Meeting

PTO Meeting was rescheduled for Thursday morning at 8:15am

Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction

Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction will be this Saturday from 8:00-10:00 at Summit Street School. Bidding will close at 9:30am. Hope to see you all there! 

Learning Characteristics Forms and Permission Slip

If you are participating in Fine Arts Night please return the new permission slip. We are beginning the placement process and would like all Learning Characteristics Forms back soon. They are helpful in the placement process, as well as some initial information for your child's new teacher! 

Today we had two guest readers, Rob and Stephen, from Essex High School! They shared two stories with us and answered questions about being in high school and playing sports! It was so much fun having these guests! 

March Madness!

This month has been so busy! There was a lot sent home in Friday Folders today. Here is a brief overview of what was sent home! 

Fine Arts Night

Fine Arts Night was rescheduled for Monday March 27th from 5:30-8:30 at Essex High School. On Monday morning (3/27) Mrs. Valastro will be going over to rehearse for third graders that are interested in singing at the night performance. There is a NEW permission slip that needs to be filled out if your child is interested in doing this event. Please email me if your child is interested and cannot locate the permission slip. 

Ice Skating

We will be going skating on March 22nd and March 29th. Our skating times will be the same both days: Leaving Summit at 12:40 and returning at 2:15

-Kids will need helmets, boots and snow pants. 

-If you would like to join us, you need to be on the Volunteer List (can be found on the school website)

Mini Milers

Several kids have expressed interest in this running program. It will be on Wednesdays from 3:00-3:45. Register online at www.runvermont.org (Registration: $35 -Scholarships available, contact Suzanne Gruendling) 

Progress Reports

Progress reports will be sent home on Monday. 

Learning Characteristics Forms 

Please return Learning Characteristics forms when they are completed! This is helpful information for the placement process. 

SBAC Testing Early Notification

April 12, 13, 14

May 10, 11, 12

We enjoyed some extra sunband celebration time in the snow!

Joe's parents joined us for an amazing Four Winds about galls! 

We pretended to be galls! 

We did a mystery Skype with Ms. Borch (an ELL teacher who used to work at Summit) who is currently in Morocco!