Hello 3rd Grade Families,

The students have been busy working on their sea turtle drawings, interpreting their sea turtle movements, and are excited to share what they have done with you all this Tuesday after the Spring Concert.

The field trip that the students had to the National Park was a wonderful experience! They had the chance to think as a sea turtle digging an egg nest, racing as the different types of sea turtles that visit our beaches, cleaning the shore lines, and measuring a sea turtle's carapace. 

The school year has been a fantastic one and we are on the final stretch. I am looking forward to the end-of-year grand wrap up!

The students are still able to visit the Curioso website that allows them to pick books to read for free. The student code is qiw596. Please remember to use this code during the summer vacation. 

Announcements - 

• 6/2 - Lower School Concert at 8:45 am
• 6/2 - Student Turtle Exhibit following the LS Concert
• 6/5 - No School - faculty workshop
• 6/9 - 3rd Grade Beach Day at Cramers Park - 10 am - 2 pm
• 6/10 - 1pm Lower School field day
• 6/11 - Last Day! (NOW a half Day!!!)

Ask Your Child About - 

Community Building

• Morning Meeting, wellness/personal growth
• Being kind, thoughtful, and considerate
• What are 5 things that upcoming 3rd grader should know?
• Reminders of not sharing food as people have been sick in class and on campus.

Math.

• Multiplication and division - understanding how they work together - forward and backward.
• Creating a graph with given information, dot graph and answering questions.
• Practicing addition and subtraction with and without regrouping.

Literacy (Read Aloud, Word Study, Reading, Writing)

• Fundations - Unit 13
• Reading and comprehension about sea turtles. Researching about a specific sea turtle and gathering information.
• Strengthening reading stamina with daily reading in the classroom - individually, as a small group or as a whole class.
• Weekend news

• Continually learning cursive

Science/Social Studies/Global Perspectives

• Exploring the world of sea turtles and tracking where a specific sea turtle has gone.
• Continuing working together to get along, work together and compromising. 

Homework 

• Nightly reading log - 20+ minutes

• Math Games - homework folder - practicing multiplication math facts whenever and wherever you can - games, cards, or just give verbal checks. Need to build a strong math foundation for upcoming years. 

Hello families, 

The past week of May the class has been busy with learning about sea turtles. We have looked at those that live near by and those that do not. Students are doing research about all 7 different sea turtles. As the students learn they will be gathering information about a specific turtle that they and a classmate share. 

Celebration of Earth Day - students did a simple and quick informational presentation at a Friday gathering. They did a wonderful job and had fun doing it too. 

Battle of the books winner - ask your child about the different books read!

Completion of the student "Monster" books was a joyous time as the lower school was invited in to 3rd grade to see the stories and have them read by the author themselves. The students should be proud of themselves as they worked hard to create these fun and interesting stories. 

The students are still able to visit the Curioso website that allows them to pick books to read for free. The student code is qiw596. 

Announcements - 

• 5/25 - No School - Memorial Day
• 6/2 - Lower School Concert at 8:45 am
• 6/2 - Student Turtle Exhibit following the LS Concert
• 6/5 - No School faculty workshop
• 6/9 - 3rd Grade Beach Day at Cramer's Park - Time to be determined
• 6/10 - 1pm Lower School field day
• 6/11 - Last Day! (full day of school)

Ask Your Child About - 

Community Building

• Morning Meeting, wellness/personal growth
• May the 4th be with you - was celebrated the first week of May
• Cinco de May was just the next day and could not be forgotten as we studied up on the facts of what the day was about.
• Nature Trail Walk
• Reminders of not sharing food as people have been sick in class and on campus.

Math.

• Multiplication and division - understanding how they work together - forward and backward.
• Practicing double and triple digit addition/subtraction with and without regrouping.
• Continuation of multiplication, as students are learning their facts of 1 - 12. (Math facts should be practiced daily with the flash cards they created in class).

Literacy (Read Aloud, Word Study, Reading, Writing)

• Fundations - Unit 12 - working with the soft and hard sounds of c and g. How they differ in words.
• Monster Story: presented to the lower school.
• Reading and comprehension about the seven different sea turtles. Researching about the sea animals and gathering information.
• Strengthening reading stamina with daily reading in the classroom - individually, as a small group or as a whole class.
• Weekend news

• Continually learning cursive

Science/Social Studies/Global Perspectives

• Exploring the world of sea turtles far and close by in science and how they compare to other animals.
• Continuing working together to get along, work together and compromising. 

Homework 

• Nightly reading log - 20+ minutes

• Math Games - homework folder - practicing multiplication math facts whenever and wherever you can - games, cards, or just give verbal checks. Need to build a strong math foundation for upcoming years. 

End of April 2026

 End of April!

Hello families, I can not believe we are already at the end of April and starting May.

The past couple weeks of April have been busy with the students writing their monster story, creating fractions, learning angles, estimating the type of angle; and are enjoying writing poetry in different styles.

Celebration of Earth Day - planting seeds, discussing the 3 R's and taking a hike along the GHCDS nature path. Students enjoyed planting seeds with the Upper School students along with working with one another to help rejoice about the planet we live on.

The students are still able to visit the Curioso website that allows them to pick books to read for free. The student code is qiw596. 

Announcements - 

• 5/25 - No School - Memorial Day
• 6/2 - Lower School Concert - will update with time
• 6/5 - No School faculty workshop
• 6/9 - 3rd Grade Beach Day at Cramer's Park
• 6/10 - 1pm Lower School field day
• 6/11 - Last Day! (full day of school)

Ask Your Child About - 

Community Building

• Morning Meeting, wellness/personal growth
• Earth Day and Arbor Day discussions: cutting down on waste from our snacks/meals, deforestation (nature path walk) and 3R's.

Math.

• Fractions - part of a whole, numerator, denominator
• Angles - acute, right, obtuse and straight. Estimating the degrees of an angle.
• Continuation of multiplication, as students are learning their facts of 1 - 12. (Math facts should be practiced daily with the "Training Wheel" game boards).

Literacy (Read Aloud, Word Study, Reading, Writing)

• Fundations - Unit 11 - contractions - is, not, are and there, their, they're.
• Monster Story: Finish writing the story and illustrating the cover with certain elements about the monster of their design.
• Strengthening reading stamina with daily reading in the classroom - individually, as a small group or as a whole class.
• Weekend news

• Continually learning cursive

Science/Social Studies/Global Perspectives

• Earth day and how to conserve, recycle, reduce and reuse on island.
• Continuing working together to get along, work together and compromising. 

Homework 

• Nightly reading log - 20+ minutes

• Math Games - homework folder - practicing multiplication math facts whenever and wherever you can - games, cards, or just give verbal checks. Need to build a strong math foundation for upcoming years. 

Happy Easter Weekend!

Hello families, I hope that all are enjoying the extra long weekend.

I would like to extend a huge Thank you to Lujain's mom for her generous gift of a happy meal for each student along with Amira and Ayat's families for giving candy that was shared to all student and Kitami's family for letting us borrow the movie DVD of "My Neighbor Totoro". 

Wednesday was a fun day as students wore pj's, brought in pillows, stuffed animals and blankets. We had a morning of sharing and finding plastic eggs filled with math review questions and an afternoon of watching a movie together. 

The students are still able to visit the Curioso website that allows them to pick books to read for free. The student code is qiw596. 

Announcements - 

• 5/25 - No School - Memorial Day

Ask Your Child About - 

Community Building

• Game playing at recess time.

• Coloring page and puzzle building
• Reading Buddies continues every Friday as the class meets up with their buddy for a chance to share a book with one another.

Math.

• Polygons and symmetry.
• Continuation of multiplication, as students are learning their facts of 1 - 12. They continue to use arrays, equal groups, skip counting, and repeated addition. (Math facts should be practiced daily with the "Training Wheel" game boards).

Literacy (Read Aloud, Word Study, Reading, Writing)

• Fundations - Unit 10
• Creating a story with certain elements about a monster of their design.
• Strengthening reading stamina with daily reading in the classroom - individually, as a small group or as a whole class.
• Weekend news

• Continually learning cursive

Science/Social Studies/Global Perspectives

• Dinosaurs? What did they look like and how do we know - exploration.
• Continuing working together to discuss happiness and how others find it.

Homework 

• Nightly reading log - 20+ minutes

• Math Games - homework folder - practicing multiplication math facts whenever and wherever you can - games, cards, or just give verbal checks. Need to build a strong math foundation for upcoming years. 

Good day and Happy Eid Weekend!

Hello families, yesterday was the last day of Ramadan! Thank you to Zayn's family and their generous gifts for each student. 

We all shared about Spring Break this past week and even a couple students brought in traps to catch a leprechaun. It seemed as though everyone had an adventure to share about their week away from school. 

We started our return back to school with a few reminders of how we share with one another and how we present our "best self" on campus. 

The students are still able to visit the Curioso website that allows them to pick books to read for free. The student code is qiw596. 

Announcements - 

• 3/26 - Lower School Celebration of Eid.
• 4/2  - No School (Conferences: I will reach out to some of you for conferences, but feel free to go ahead and contact me about scheduling one if you'd like)
• 4/3 and 4/6  -  No School - Easter Weekend
• 5/25 - No School - Memorial Day

Ask Your Child About - 

Community Building

• SEL - Ms. Bird discussed the difference of individuals  and students created flowers that had a leaf stating the child's strengths.  Everyone had fun making them. 

• Coloring page and puzzle building
• Reading Buddies continues every Friday as the class meets up with their buddy for a chance to share a book with one another.

Math.

• Multiplication is in full swing as students are learning their facts of 1 - 12. They have been working with arrays, equal groups, skip counting, and repeated addition. (Math facts should be practiced daily with the "Training Wheel" game boards).

Literacy (Read Aloud, Word Study, Reading, Writing)

• Fundations - Unit 9: that introduces the "double rr" words and revisiting the "bossy r".  
• Strengthening reading stamina with daily reading in the classroom - individually, as a small group or as a whole class.
• Weekend news

• Continually learning cursive

Science/Social Studies/Global Perspectives

• Starting the discovery of fossils and how they are created.
• Continuing working together to discuss happiness and how others find it.

Homework 

• Nightly reading log - 20+ minutes

• Math Games - homework folder - practicing multiplication math facts whenever and wherever you can - games, cards, or just give verbal checks. Need to build a strong math foundation for upcoming years. 

  

March 7th - Beginning of Spring Break!

Good day!

Hello families, it is the beginning of Spring Break! I am sure that plans are afoot to do plenty before returning to school. I do know that there may be times that you'll hear - I have nothing to do or I am bored. The kids signed on to a web site on Friday called Curioso that allows them to pick books to read for free. The student code is qiw596. There is a wide selection that your child can choose from and read at their own leisure. 

Also St. Patrick's day is the day to catch a Leprechaun - your child is more then welcome to create a trap with recycled goods during the break. It is just a fun project that should be full of imagination and creativity. I hope they enjoy making and they can bring it in on St. Patrick's day the week we return.

The month of February flew by with the class working on plenty of projects and learning. AgFair (link goes to the students work) was full of research and sculpting for local fruit seeds. Students worked on 7 different local fruits and managed to present seed shaped out of air dry clay at the AgFair. Please take the time to check out their work from informational slides to pictures of the seeds they created. (The seeds were also displayed at our recent Science Fair projects that the Upper School participated in). The end of February came with Indigo's birthday and March began with Kitami's birthday - we had fun celebrating! 

We ended our school week of "Read Across America" with a whole lower school drop everything and read. It was a pleasant experience for all as they were engaged with a book and a comfortable spot to enjoy. 

Announcements - 

• 3/9-13 - Spring Break week, no school
• 4/2  - No School (Conferences: I will reach out to some of you for conferences, but feel free to go ahead and contact me about scheduling one if you'd like)
• 4/3 and 4/6  -  No School - Easter Weekend
• 5/25 - No School - Memorial Day

Ask Your Child About - 

Community Building

• Celebrating Indigo and Kitami's birthdays
• SEL - Ms. Bird discussed the difference of individuals and how even though we have differences we are all the same, human beings looking for acceptance and peace.

• Coloring page and puzzle building
• Reading Buddies continues every Friday as the class meets up with their buddy for a chance to share a book with one another.

Math.

• Multiplication is in full swing as students are learning their facts of 1 - 12. They have been working with arrays, equal groups, skip counting, and repeated addition. 

Literacy (Read Aloud, Word Study, Reading, Writing)

• Fundations - Unit 8: words that end in -stle, -tion, -sion along with dealing with -le and -el words. Starting Unit 9: that introduces the double rr words.  

• Classroom read of The Hero Two Doors Down by Sharon Robinson - Historical Fiction about Jackie Robinson.
• Strengthening reading stamina
• Weekend news

• Continually learning cursive

Science/Social Studies/Global Perspectives

• Working together to discuss Happiness and how others find it.
• Discussing how animals "communicate" within their groups

Homework 

• Nightly reading log - 20+ minutes

• Math Games - homework folder - practicing multiplication math facts whenever and wherever you can - games, cards, or just 
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Good day!

Hello families, I hope that all have been enjoying our rainy days these past few weeks. The water is always needed. We have had a busy few weeks. We have been working on an AgFair project doing research on different fruit plants from our island. Math has moved from adding and subtracting along with probability to multiplications with arrays, skip counting and grouping. Reading buddies started and we have met two times with Mrs. Lake and Ms. Jasmine's students. Ask your child about their new little friend. 

We also had a fun celebration for Michael's birthday with pizza and brownies.

Looking forward to celebrating this upcoming Friday an early Valentine's day. Students are welcome to bring valentine cards for classmates - please make sure that all receive one as we do not want to leave anyone out - "give to one, give to all". Students can bring in boxes or containers to decorate.

Class list: Kitami, Amira, Quin, Milo, Ares, Timothy, Angelica, Indigo, Ayat, Lujain, Isla, Destiny, Zayn, Michael, Rodney, Zaina

Announcements - 

• 2/13 - Valentine's day a day early :)

• 2/14 - 16 - Agriculture Fair

• 2/16 - No School - Presidents Day

• 3/9-13 - Spring Break week, no school

Ask Your Child About - 

Community Building

• Celebrating Michael's birthday
• SEL - Ms. Bird was in our classroom discussing how our decisions in life affect what different reactions may happen or even consequences. 

• Discussing how to act in our classrooms and with others

• Coloring page and puzzle building
• Reading Buddies has begun - Every Friday the students meet with their buddy for a chance to share time with one another.

Math

• Adding and Subtracting of double and triple digit numbers

• Different strategies to get the same answer
• Working with probability - no chance, certain, poor chance, likely.
• Starting multiplication with arrays - learning numbers 1 - 6 - exploring how to group them in different sets. 

Literacy (Read Aloud, Word Study, Reading, Writing)

• Fundations - continuing to work with prefix/suffix and understanding the meaning with the root word.

• Classroom read of The Hero Two Doors Down by Sharon Robinson - Historical Fiction about Jackie Robinson.
• Strengthening reading stamina
• Weekend news

• Continually learning cursive

Science/Social Studies/Global Perspectives

• Civil Rights Movement

• Black History

• Discussing Traits in plants and animals

• Learning about island fruits and the trees that they come from - how long does it take for a seed to germinate compared to grafting a tree limb.
• We had a guest speaker - Ms. Olivia - who spoke with the students about the island seeds and how they can be: native, non-native, evasive, endemic, and medicinal.

Homework 

• Nightly reading log - 20+ minutes

• Math Games - Math Fluency