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3rd Grade Blog, 9-19-19 Thank you for coming out last night for the Back to School Night!  It was so great to see everyone and get a chance to talk. We are all very excited about our classes this year and can’t wait to see this amazing school year play out!  If your questions weren’t answered, please feel free to reach out to us. Religion Recently we have discussed the importance of guardian angels as well as learned

3rd Grade Blog, 9-13-19 Back to School Night We look forward to meeting everyone next Thursday, September 19th in our classrooms.  We will have a brief presentation in which we will introduce ourselves and tell a little about our classroom and daily routines.  Hope to see you then! Band All of our students have had a chance to try out a band instrument or two!  As a whole, they are showing great excitement about the

We are off to a great year in the library. Classes have been visiting our wonderful library space and we are learning/revisiting library routines and beginning to checkout to students in 1st-8th grade. Kindergarten students will begin checking out later this fall. I am excited to share that our first author visit of the year will occur this month. In partnership with the Book Stall in Winnetka, award-winning author M

We hope everyone had a great first two weeks of third grade!  We wanted to touch base and give you all a little heads up about what to expect this year. First, we send a weekly blog out on Fridays (or the last day of each week).  Blog posts will review highlights from the week and will give you a peek into the upcoming week.  We will also remind you of any important dates and/or information. You can also follow us on

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Rainbow Countdown June 10th – Rainbow Day, Blue – Today we “Blue” bubbles! On Monday the students made their own bubble blowers out of pipe cleaners and then played with bubbles.  They soon discovered that they could also blow bubbles with their fingers, arms, and hands. Surprisingly, the bubbles 5 trays of bubble solution entertained them for 40 minutes!   June 11th – Rainbow Day, Indigo ̵

Rainbow Countdown June 3rd – Rainbow Day, Red – We “Red” so many good books this year! Today students were able to share a favorite book with a classmate.  The students loved time to buddy read some favorites with a friend and exchange books to read during silent reading time.   June 4th – Rainbow Day, Orange – “Orange” you glad you have friends? Today we completed a partner activity wher

Walking Tour of East Wilmette Trip The walking tour of east WIlmette to see and discuss many of the historical sites we have been learning about in class was a HUGE success! We had another beautiful day to enjoy our Village and amazing chaperones to help guide us.  See if your third grader can point out and tell you all about a site or two while you are driving around WIlmette.   Rainbow Countdown Our Rainbow Co

Poppin’ Into Summer The countdown till summer is on!  Everyday when students enter we “POP” a balloon to figure out our student of the day.  Being student of the day comes with great privileges, including line leader, no shoes in the classroom, choice of sitting on a wobble stool or at the green table and one piece of Double Bubble gum to chew during one period of the day.   Field trip to Wilmette Historic

Field Trip to Museum On Thursday, May 23rd, we are headed to the Wilmette Historical Museum on Ridge Road.  We will be eating lunch in our classrooms at 11:30 and then walking over. We are hoping to return to school by 2:45, in time for dismissal.  Please make sure your student wears their SFX uniform and good walking shoes. This will be a fun trip!   Walking Tour of East Wilmette Trip On Friday, May 31st we wil

Field trip to Museum Permission slips for our Wilmette Historical Museum Trip were handed out last week.  We will be walking from SFX to the Wilmette Historical Museum on Ridge Road. We will be eating lunch in our classrooms at 11:30 and then heading over.  We are hoping to return to school by 2:45, in time for dismissal. Please make sure your student returns their signed yellow permission slips as soon as possible.

Great Poetry Race Winners, Week 4 And the WINNERS are…. Mrs. Cummings’ Homeroom A 5 way tie for 1st Place! Patrick, Audrey, Matthew, Charlie, and Mayzie each reading the poem 7 times! Ms. Schnecke’s Homeroom 1st Place – Molly – reading the poem 13 times 2nd Place – Patrick – reading the poem 10 times   Nathan Hale On Monday students had an opportunity to see cartoonist, author, and illust

Great Poetry Race Winners, Week 3 And the WINNERS are…. Mrs. Cummings’ Homeroom 1st Place – Audrey Carlton – reading the poem 34 times 2nd Place – Danny Hesburgh – reading the poem 30 times   Ms. Schnecke’s Homeroom 1st Place – Molly King – reading the poem 13 times 2nd Place – Teddy Hart – reading the poem 7 times   Spring Showers is our last poem and is due

Great Poetry Race Winners, Week 2 And the WINNERS are…. Mrs. Cummings’ Homeroom 1st Place – George Hickey – reading the poem 49 times 2nd Place –  Elizabeth Smith – reading the poem 32 times Ms. Schnecke’s Homeroom 1st Place – Nora Gunnill – reading the poem 60 times 2nd Place –  Molly King – reading the poem 38 times Remember, new poems come out on Monday and students

ASPIRE Testing Thank you to everyone for making ASPIRE testing this past week a success.  Thank you for making sure students had a good night’s sleep, ate a good breakfast, and be on-time for school.  Everyone did their best and tried their hardest, that is all we ask. We even got to enjoy some extra recess and free time after testing!   Great Poetry Race Winners, Week 1 And the WINNERS are…. Mrs. Cummings’ Home

ASPIRE All third graders will be taking the ASPIRE test starting on Tuesday, April 9th.  Students will be tested in the areas of reading, math, writing, science and English, with each test ranging in time from 40 to 65 minutes.    The best thing you can do at home to help prepare your child is to make sure they are well rested, have a healthy breakfast and arrive to school on time.   Stations of the Cross     Th

Field Trip What an amazing day we had on Monday for our trip to The Grove and Wagner Farm!  At The Grove, Mr. Bee led us through a typical school day in a one room schoolhouse.  Students were first assigned names and families from the 1860’s. This taught us how everyone in the community had to work together to survive.  Mr. Bee then led us through an arithmetic, reading, and spelling lesson. Ask your third grader if

Field Trip We have our Grove and Wagner Farm field trip scheduled for Monday, March 18th.  We will leave SFX around 8:30 and head to The Grove in Glenview and at noon we will head to Wagner Farm.  Students are asked to come dressed in their SFX uniform with appropriate layers for the day. The programs will be held both inside and outside.  Students will also need to bring a lunch from home which will be eaten outdoor

Spring Conferences It was great to see everyone at conferences.  It’s nice to be able to talk about your child’s growth as well as share all the fun stories.  Please remember, if anything else comes up, feel free to email either one of us. Poetry Pals Next Wednesday, March 13, we are hosting both Islamic Foundation School and Solomon Schechter Day School here at SFX.  On this day, groups will be presenting their skit

FIELD TRIP On Monday, March 18th, 3rd grade has a very exciting field trip planned to aid in our social studies learning.  We will leave SFX around 8:30 and head to The Grove in Glenview. At The Grove we will participate in the “Schoolhouse” program.  This program will aid us in our upcoming WIlmette unit. We will travel back in time to a school day in 1856 at The Grove’s reconstructed one room schoolhouse. A costume

Thank you to our wonderful class parents for the fabulous faculty feast on Wednesday! We loved the delicious food and sweet desserts. We appreciate you and all that you do for our school!

Third Grade News Division Zoo This week during EPIC Math we played Division Zoo with Mrs. Pritchard.  In this game each child was assigned an animal. Mrs. Pritchard would call out how many of each animal could be in a cage and the students had to divide themselves evenly into groups.  This was a fun activity in which we got a quick introduction to remainders.   Indoor Recess Due to the rain on Wednesday we had a

Poetry Pals The 3rd grade Crusaders had yet another amazing experience with Poetry Pals on Wednesday at the Islamic Foundation School.  Many students commented on how different, but weirdly similar our faith, and practices are like our Muslim friends from IFS.   As teachers it is so cool to watch the kids have these “ah-ha” moments as they grow and learn. Some things they learned/observed is that they also use a stri

Math On Monday night students will be bringing home a chapter 9 review to complete for homework.  This assignment will help prepare them for the chapter 9 math test on Tuesday. (We understand that this is now the night of Crusaders Tonight.  We will allow students some time in class to complete this assignment, but can’t promise they will finish the entire thing.) This test will cover multiplication, the associative

Cummings Mass Our class did an amazing job at Mass!  We had very little time to prep due to the polar vortex and a day off on Monday, but these guys pulled it off beautifully! Reader and Petitions      Gift Bearers Sibling Help A huge thank you to our siblings that helped by serving and singing today as well.