Happy Summer!

Happy last day of school!

Please be sure to check out your child's report card. I asked the kids not to open it until they were with an adult member of their family.

In addition, you will find a large, manila envelope labeled "Portfolio of Progress," and all of their notebooks and folders. It should be fun to look through all of this work and notice the changes from September through June.

Finally, you will find a large, manila envelope labeled "Summer Stimulation" this includes summer reading lists, and math practice/challenges for each child. You will also find their summer assignment from the fourth grade teachers. Please note that they have a math and reading assignment. I explained to the children today that I do not expect them to be doing academics all day, every day. I hope they rest and have a lot of fun! However, they might choose to keep their academic brain in gear by spending some time with math once or twice a week, and reading almost every day.


I can't thank you enough for sharing your children with me. They are each amazing. It has been a privilege to teach them. Thank you for all of your support this year.


Happy summer!

Pajama Day

Thanks to Ella and her family, Room 221 won Pajama Day from the Eliot Auction! We inadvertently scheduled Pajama Day for Friday, June 15 - the day of the concert. We all agreed that children should probably not perform in their pajamas... Unfortunately, the thought of rescheduling made many third graders very unhappy! So, we are compromising.

We ARE having Pajama Day on the 15th. However, children that are performing in the concert should come to school in appropriate dress for the concert. They should pack pjs in their backpack so they can change after the concert.

Any child who is NOT in the concert can come to school in their pajamas. (No packing necessary.)

Thanks for your cooperation!

:o)Melanie

Publishing Party

Thanks to all who were able to attend our Publishing Party! I'm sure you were impressed by all their amazing pieces!

For those of you who were unable to come, our amazing authors were able to show off four genres of writing:

Personal Narrative                                    Poetry
Feature Articles (informational)               Realistic Fiction


Third grade authors have grown tremendously throughout the year. They were able to show off examples of:

Focused writing                                         Specific details
Interesting leads                                        Strong, specific word choice
Show not tell                                             Description



Click here to see pictures from the event.

Dates to Remember

Just a reminder:

Room 221 Publishing Party:  Wednesday, June 13 @ 9:00

Orchestra/Band/Chorus Concert:  Friday, June 15 @ 9:00

Take Down the Walls:  Monday, June 18 @ 9:00

Little Red Schoolhouse

I hope your third grader came home to tell you all about our trip back in time yesterday! Click here to check out some photographs of the day. Thanks to Bridget Dangel for taking the photographs.

Thanks to both Bridget and Ilene Effenson for being a fantastic help during our day.

Volume of Solid Shapes

Today we learned that we can find the volume of a solid shape (like the one seen below) by multiplying the width x height x length.

The volume of this rectangular prism is 4cm x 3cm x 5cm or 60 cubic centimeters.

Kids can practice on this cool website!

Field Day

Thanks so much to Mr. Brenheiser and all the wonderful parent volunteers for providing our students with such a fun Field Day!

Click here to check out some pictures of the day.