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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.

Poetry Pals On Tuesday your student will bring home a permission slip for our next Poetry Pals adventure.  On Wednesday, February 13th, we will be traveling to The Islamic Foundation School in Villa Park.  We will leave SFX by 8:30 and return around 1:45. On this day we are asking for students to bring a lunch from home to enjoy at ISF.  When packing this lunch please make sure that it is both nut and pork free.  For

Hi Parents!  We are starting a new unit of economics and we are in need of magazines, newspapers, and coupon booklets for an activity.  If you have any of these laying around and would like to donate them, please send them in as soon as possible.  We will be using these next week.  After cutting these items up, we will recycle them, so they will not be returned.  Thank you in advance for all your help.  

Reading This week we began our character studies unit during reading.  We will be reading and analyzing Because of Winn Dixie by Katie DiCamillo as a whole group.  When your child reads at home you can help reiterate these lessons by asking the following types of questions. What are some personality traits the main character possesses? Can you name some secondary characters and their role in the story? Make a predict

Best Recess EVER! We have a recipe brewing for the best recess ever next week.  We are suppose to get several inches of snow this weekend and third grade has the field next week for recess.  The only two things that could ruin this “perfect storm” is lack of proper clothing and too cold temps. So, please make sure your child has snow boots, snow pants, a winter coat, gloves suited for playing in the snow, and a hat f

Welcome Back!   We hope everyone had a peaceful and relaxing break.  We are ready to jump back in and get this new year started!   New Spaces When we returned on Monday we were greeted with a wonderful new surprise, a gorgeous new space!  We started Monday off with a prayer service in our new gymnasium to bless our new spaces. We then had a surprise guest speaker, Mr. Moser, Loyola Rambler Basketball Coach.  He

We would like to wish all of our families a Merry Christmas.  We hope you all have a peaceful and relaxing break, full of love and quality family time.   Poetry Pals On Wednesday we visited Solomon Schechter Day School with Poetry Pals.  The students enjoyed meeting their new friends. The fan gear they wore was amazing and definitely started the conversations.  On our trip we wrote group poems about where we com

Saint Lucia This week we learned about St. Lucia of Syracuse, the patron saint of the blind, whose name also means “light”.  We celebrated St. Lucia day through discussion and a short reading. We then learned how to weave a woven paper heart basket, a traditional craft from Scandinavia.  Hopefully when your third grader came home they hung it on the Christmas tree.   Field Trip Please do not forget about our tri

Before we leave for winter break, your child will bring home a reading log from the Six Flags Read to Succeed Reading Program. This program is open to children in grades K-6. Any child who independently reads or is read to for 6 hours and completes the reading log will earn one free admission to Great America. Completed forms should be returned to the school library no later than February 15, 2019. A replacement read

We are happy to share that our RED campaign for the 2018-2019 school year will feature the theme “We are Changemakers.” The Respect Each Difference (RED) campaign, now in its 4th year, serves to help our students understand that our differences are to be celebrated and not judged. On Tuesday, December 18th, Erin Marie Nolan-Tella (pen name Erma Note and SFX’94) returns to Wilmette from her home in M

EPIC Math This week we “Raced to Zero” using dice and regrouping skills.  The students love playing games to help practice newly learned skills.  We also revisited subtraction bowling, subtracting all pins from 1,000 using both paper/pencil and calculators. Math Homework FYI On Friday students brought home their Chapter 5 Math Review.  This review homework assignment is due on Tuesday, the day on which we will have o

  Conferences We would like to take a moment to say thank you to everyone for making the time talk with us during conferences.  We loved having a chance to share all the growth we have seen over the few short months of 3rd grade. The kids are making big strides academically and socially and it is so nice to be able to share the successes and small stories from the classroom.  We can’t wait to see you all again i

Poetry Pals This week we began Poetry Pals on Wednesday.  We started off by taking a Pre-Program Survey that asked students about any friendships they may have with a person of different faiths.  The survey also questioned if students could name anything that Judaism, Christianity and Islam have in common. We then played a game, Who? What? Where?.  In this game students learned about different words, items of clothin

Poetry Pals This year third grade students at SFX will be participating in an interfaith and arts program called Poetry Pals.  The goal of this program is to help children of different faiths (Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim) learn more about one another.  Students will have the opportunity to learn a little about each faith, see the different holy spaces, and spend time with one another.  This program will encourage ch

    Halloween What a beautiful Halloween day with the bright sunshine and cool breeze! We loved seeing all of the creative costumes and smiles all around SFX.  It was fun teaching a stickman, gorilla, Christmas tree, wizards, and unicorns all day long! Thank you to our room parents for providing amazing snacks to go along with our viewing of It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. All Saints Day All Saints Day Ma

On Friday, October 29th, all students should have brought home a copy of their Saint Report that they have completed in class.  This report has been sent home so that students can practice reading it aloud.  Hopefully your child’s Saint costume is safety stored in his/her locker.  We will be using these costumes next week for a dress rehearsal. After Mass on Thursday, November 1st, all parents and family members are

All Saints Day On Thursday, November 1st, all third graders will march into church and lead Mass.  After Mass all parents and family members are invited to join us back in our classrooms for refreshments and reports.  Students will read their reports aloud and share all they have learned about their chosen Saint.   Religion Extra Credit (Optional) On Thursday students brought home a fun extra credit assignment t

We are very excited to have the opportunity to host award-winning author/illustrator Laurie Keller here at SFX on Thursday, Nov. 8. Her visit is made possible by our partnership with the Book Stall of Winnetka. Ms. Keller will be here promoting her hilarious new picture book, Potato Pants. She will be speaking with our Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade classes sharing how she generates the ideas for her books and