Third Grade news

The school year flew by, warm weather has finally arrived, and the third graders are excited for summer. It’s been a busy year, and the thirdgraders have worked hard. The third-graders have made some nice gains throughout the course of the year as evidence on our MAPS tests.

As the year came to an end, the third-grade classes showed off their acting skills when they put on plays at the end of the year. It was great to invite parents into the classroom to see their performances! In math, we ended the year with a geometry unit, and we are learning to multiply larger numbers. Students learned to read and write in cursive, and it is no longer a mysterious code.

In language, we worked on the use of adjectives and adverbs to make our writing more interesting and descriptive. In addition to doing some creative writing, we have been writing opinion paragraphs and learning that we need to back up our opinions with reasons. In reading, we have been reading short stories and chapter books as now we are reading to learn instead of just learning to read. Students have been participating in the online version of the Accelerated Reader Program, and have made strides toward meeting their reading goals, thus improving their reading abilities.

To close out the year, we took a couple of short field trips. In May, the FFA sponsored the Day on the Farm at the Marshfield Agriculture Research Center. The high school students taught third-graders the importance of various kinds of farm safety. On June 2, the third-graders will show off their bowling skills with a trip to the Rose Bowl.

We wish our students a happy, healthy, summer and good luck in the future. We hope to see you at school in the fall!

-- Third-grade teachers Mrs. Farrell and Mrs. Payant