As a child, I was bonkers for Christmas.  The entire month of December, I couldn't sleep at night from anticipation."  Rosecrans Baldwin

This is our last full week of school before our holiday vacation.  I'm looking forward to a fun week filled with learning, hard work and holiday activities.

Our spelling rule this week involves the double vowel syllables -oa, oe and ue.  Students will have a Spelling Cafe choice each night for homework.

We will continue with our multiplication and division unit.  Students are learning the Associative Property, Commutative Property, and Distributive Property of Multiplication.  They solved problems using arrays and worked on skip counting.

Students are working on poems titled "Spreading Holiday Cheer" to share with families over the vacation week.  They are also making holiday crafts.

Our auction will be held on Friday.  Students have been working hard to earn marbles over the past four months.  Their marbles will be used like money to purchase various gifts, prizes and treats.

Have a wonderful week!  :)

"How did it get so late so soon?  It's night before it's afternoon.  December is here before it's June.  My goodness how the time has flewn.  How did it get so late so soon?"  Dr. Seuss

We started our week off by attending the fifth grade band and chorus concert in the gym.  We were all so impressed by the beautiful music that we heard from the fifth graders.  I encourage my students to follow a musical path if it interests them.

We will continue with our multiplication and division unit this week.  Students will solve number stories, make arrays,  and practice fact families.  There will be a one sided assignment each night for homework.

Our spelling rule this week involves the double vowel syllable groups ai, ay, ee and ey.  Students will have a Spelling Cafe choice each night for homework.

Our class will be making holiday cards for local Rockingham County Meals on Wheels program. Sadly, these may be the only cards received by the senior citizens this year.  I will be stressing the importance of spreading holiday cheer and giving back to our community.  I know my amazingly empathetic class will recognize the significance of creating thoughtful cards.

Scholastic book orders are due by Friday, December 12th.

Have a wonderful week!  :)

"The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event.  You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?"
J. B. Priestley

We had a beautiful "spring-like" day here at LSS.  It's hard to believe that winter is coming with such warm weather.  Students jumped right back into the routine with many great stories to tell about their holiday break.

Our lesson in math today involved finding the perimeter of various shapes.  Students seemed to grasp this concept well.  We will be moving on to multiplication and division for the next few weeks.  Students will build arrays, practice multiplication number stories, work with fact families, and learn shortcuts for memorization purposes.  They will have a one-sided assignment each night for homework.

Our spelling rule relates to the consonant -le syllable and exception.  The consonant -le syllable can only be the last syllable in a multi-syllabic base word and it always has a consonant followed by the letters -le.  The letter e is silent.  When a word ends in -stle, both the t and e are silent.  Students will have a Spelling Cafe choice each night for homework.

Scholastic book orders are due on December 12th.  Our class code is HB244 when ordering online.

Have a fabulous week!  :)

"Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song."  Konrad von Gesner


No homework this week!  Happy Thanksgiving!!  :)

"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!  :)