Welcome Back!

Hope you all had an enjoyable break!

Papers that should be coming back in Friday Folders:

1. Audubon permission slip (We have to put in a lunch order by the end of the day tomorrow!)

2. If your child will be participating in the library lunch club, make sure to return the signed permission slip.

3. RSVP paper for the Summer Reading Event and Poetry Open House on June 8th

4. Student Led Conference sign up

And remember we will be completing the math portion of the SBAC next week on May 10 and 11.

Thanks!

And some photos from when we got to Skype Mrs. Cate and baby Edwyn before break!

Lots of Information

Hi Families!
There is A LOT of stuff coming home tomorrow in Friday Folders. Here is a digital overview so you have it all in one place:

Audubon Permission Slip
Third grade is going to the Audubon Center in Huntington for a Insect Adaptation program on Tuesday May 9th. We will be leaving school at 8:45 and returning around 12:00. We will be eating lunch in our classroom. Your child needs to either order a bag lunch from school or bring a home lunch that day. Please return this form right after break. 

June 8th
Mark your calendars for June 8th. There will be a poetry open house, summer reading event, and end of year performance at Fleming School. We are hopeful you will be able to attend these special events.

Summer Reading Event (highly recommended event!!!)
In the library on June 8th from 12:00-1:00, Pam Chomsky-Higgins from UVM will be coming to talk with families about how to keep up reading momentum over the summer. This is an AMAZING opportunity and would love for all families to be there. You need to RSVP to me or Kathy Duggan because you will be leaving with some FREE BOOKS to build your home library.

Summit Street Garden
We are looking for some parent volunteers to help the third grade tend to the Summit garden. (Specifically rototilling in the next week or two). See our flyer for more information.

Library Lunch Club
Mrs. Duggan, our lovely librarian, is starting a special lunch club on Thursdays for interested third graders. Please return the permission slip in Friday Folders if your child would like to participate.

SBAC Testing
Your children did an AMAZING job during our first round of SBAC testing! We will be continuing our testing after break on the mathematics section of the assessment. We will be testing May 10th and 11th. It is important your child is well-rested and at school on these days.

Maple Street Park
Now that the last day of school (June 20th, half day) has been decided, third grade will be going to Maple Street Park on June 16th. More information to come, but I know families like to have this date!

After break, third grade tends to get very busy, so I will continue to update the blog with upcoming events and dates! As always feel free to email or call me with any questions or concerns. If we can help accommodate families at these end of year events, please reach out and let me know!

Thanks!!!!
Have a wonderful April break! See you all in May!

Dolphin Videoconference and Garden Club

This morning we had a videoconference with the Dolphin Research Center in Grassy Key, FL. We learned all about dolphins, their adaptations, and their life cycle. Here is a link to some of the different dolphins we saw: https://dolphins.org/our_animal_family 

We also started Garden Club at recess! Third grade is taking over the Summit garden! If you have any expertise or are interested in helping us out, we are definitely looking for parent/family volunteers! We will be sending home more information after break! Today we just started by getting the area cleaned up a bit! 

Science

Remember: SBAC tomorrow and Thursday! 

Today we videoconference with a zoo in Kansas! We learned all about animal adaptations. We looked at three different animals: an owl, a tortoise and a tarantula! Ahhh!!! 

We also gathered as a whole third grade to release most of our butterflies! Ms. P (Ms. Bergstrom's student teacher) read us a story and led our activity outside to release our painted lady butterflies into the wild! We got to witness a few come out of their chrysalis in our classroom this morning! Such a cool thing to watch! 

Reminders

Spring becomes very busy in third grade! Here are some updates/reminders for the coming weeks! 

SBAC:

Third graders will be taking the ELA SBAC assessment on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Please be sure to have your student to school on time and well rested! 

Book Order:

Many students said they were planning on bringing in a book order. Please order online at Scholastic Reading Clubs using our class code (MLTML) or bring in the paper order by Monday.

Butterflies:

I'm hoping you have heard the excitement that we are currently raising butterflies in third grade! We are hoping they will hatch in the coming days! 

Book Drive:

The PTO is organizing a book drive. If you have any easy reader or early chapter books to donate please bring them into school and put them in the drop box. 

Break Boxes: 

Our class is collecting crackers for April break boxes. If you would like to help out please send in crackers and place them in the collection box outside our classroom. 

April Break: 

No School April 24th-April 28th

In May...

Math SBAC (May 10-11th)

Audubon Field Trip (May 9th)

Montshire comes to Summit (May 5th)

Student-Led Conferences (May 19th) 

And by request...