"The bits I most remember about my school days are those that took place outside the classroom, as we were taken on countless theatre visits and trips to places of interest." Alan Bennett


We are so excited for our field trip to LEGOLAND on Friday!  Please remember to pack your child a bagged lunch unless you've asked the Cafeteria to make one for him or her.  

Our Spelling Rule involves 1-1-1 words this week.  Students will have a Spelling Cafe choice each night for homework.  

We will finish our Elapsed Time Unit this week.  Students did an excellent job solving word problems today using a number line to help them.  Our next Unit involves Perimeter and Area.  Students will have a one-sided assignment each night for homework.  

Jeff Kinney, author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, will be visiting our school on Tuesday.  Students were gifted a signed copy of his newest book last week.  Thank you to the Exeter businesses that made that experience possible.  

Have a fantastic week!  :)

“There is something incredibly nostalgic and significant about the annual cascade of autumn leaves." Joe L Wheeler

Our very short week began wonderfully!  We won't have spelling this week.  Students will have a one-sided math assignment tonight and tomorrow night for homework.  

We have a new student in our classroom.  Her name is Jessica and our class did a fantastic job welcoming her to our room.  

Please return the signed gold report card envelope if you have not done so already.  

We will be going to LEGOLAND next Friday, November 21st.  Please remember to pack your child a lunch, if you didn't sign up for a bagged school lunch.  

Have a fabulous week!  :)

“Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love - that makes life and nature harmonise. The birds are consulting about their migrations, the trees are putting on the hectic or the pallid hues of decay, and begin to strew the ground, that one's very footsteps may not disturb the repose of earth and air, while they give us a scent that is a perfect anodyne to the restless spirit. Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."

Our Reading Buddies came this morning for the last time until after Thanksgiving.  Students enjoyed reading "Wonders of the Desert" with them.  We look forward to their return in December.

Our Spelling Rule this week involves contractions.  Students who score a 100% on the pretest will not have homework this week.  They won't have to take the test on Friday either.  All others will have a Spelling Cafe choice each night for homework.

Our math lessons this week include making bar graphs, reading frequency tables, and elapsed time.  Elapsed time is a very difficult concept for third graders.  We will practice many of these problems together using manipulatives and visual aids.  Students will have a one-sided homework each night.

Please return your child's gold report card envelope with your signature on it as soon as possible.

We are running low on pencils in class.  Please consider making a donation.  Thank you!

Have a wonderful week!  :)

"Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons." Jim Bishop

We had another wonderful start to our school week.  The P.E.A. students visited and read with the class.  Our spelling rule this week involves adding suffixes to words ending in silent e.  Students will have a Spelling Cafe choice each night for homework.

Our math lessons this week focus on bar graphs, picture graphs and reading tables.  Students will have a one-sided assignment on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night.  I will not give math homework on Trick or Treat night.  :)

Scholastic book orders are due next week.

Report cards go home on Friday.  Please keep the report card, but return the gold envelope for future use.  I look forward to our upcoming conferences.

Have a wonderful week!

"Autumn...  The year's last, loveliest smile."  William Cullen Bryant

We had a beautiful Monday.  Looking out the window reminds me of how quickly time has passed this year.  I can't believe that the leaves are falling.  We've accomplished a lot and I'm proud of my students' effort this quarter.

Our spelling rule this week involves the suffix ending -ed.  Students will have a Spelling Cafe choice each night for homework.

Our math work this week includes problem solving, multiplication, tally charts and organizing data. Students will have a one-sided math assignment each night for homework.

Field trip permission forms for "Percy, Us, and the Raft of Medusa" are due as soon as possible.  We will be going to the high school next Thursday morning to see this production.

Field trip permission forms and the $14.00 (cash) for our LEGOLAND field trip is due by Friday, October 31st.

Scholastic book orders are due by November 3rd.  Please remember that you can order books online using our classroom code HB244.

Have a fantastic week!

"I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion." Henry David Thoreau

We started our four day week with math.  Students worked on change number stories using diagrams to solve word problems.  They will also work on comparison number stories, the partial-sums algorithm and subtraction algorithms this week.  Please expect a one-sided assignment each night for homework.

Our spelling rule this week involves r-controlled vowels.  R-controlled vowels are neither long nor short.  The vowel sound is changed by the letter r after the vowel.  Students will have a Spelling Cafe choice each night for homework.

I received many conference forms today.  Please continue to send back the request forms at your earliest convenience.  Thank you in advance for your flexibility.  I will work hard to accommodate each parent's request.

Scholastic book orders went home last week and today.  Please remember that you can order online or by sending in a check to me with the order form.

We will be traveling to the Exeter High School on Thursday, October 30th to see their drama club's production of "Percy, Us, and the Raft of Medusa."  Please send in the signed permission form as soon as possible, if you haven't done so already.

Have a wonderful weekend!  :)

"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers." L.M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables

We had another beautiful start to our week.  Students were pleasantly surprised to learn of a new program that we started today called Reading Buddies.  We have partnered up with students from Phillips Exeter Academy who will join our class each Monday for a half an hour.  PEA and LSS students will work together on fun reading activities that relate to our science and social studies units.  This provides a great experience for both age groups.  Today they read a story called The Legend of Scarface: A Blackfeet Indian Tale.  Unfortunately, our time was cut short with our Reading Buddies due to a fire drill.

Our spelling rule involves Suffix Endings this week.  A suffix is an ending added to a base word which changes the meaning of the word.  Students will have a Spelling Cafe choice each night for homework.

In math this week we will be studying the Commutative Property of Addition, patterns in numbers, odds and evens, multiplying and dividing by 10, number stories, and estimation.  Students will have a one-sided math assignment each night for homework.

Students will be working with their Google Drive accounts during Computer Lab on Tuesday morning.  Ms. Tabet will work with them throughout the year on developing solid computer skills.

Have a great week!  :)