Classroom News

Hopefully everyone enjoyed a wonderful holiday break.  We started right back in on Monday morning with a visit from the East Montpelier Fire Department.  On Tuesday, we participated in a Four Winds lesson and learned about cones and needles from different conifers.  On Thursday and Friday, we continued our Lego Robotics work, learning how to program our robots.  Students have been making predictions about what they think will happen when they make various modifications to their design and then testing out their predictions.

During literacy, we have started our new information texts with great enthusiasm!  We have been learning new facts as we read these books with a partner or small group.  Students have also been examining their books, looking for various non-fiction text features, such as the table of contents, glossary, headings, and captions.  They are busy discovering what types of information these text features give the reader and how they help us better understand the text.  This literacy work connects well with our information text writing unit during which students will be writing their own "expert" books.

As part of our weather unit during Discovery time, we have been going outside to collect weather data,  make observations about the current weather, and make predictions about upcoming weather.  We started learning about the water cycle this week and practiced a fun new song about water vapor that helps us learn some of our new vocabulary words, such as evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.

Homework:

Third grade homework packets were due back today, Friday, December 6th.  If you didn't return your completed packet today, please bring it in on Monday, December 9th.

Second grade homework packets are due back next Friday, December 13th.

Upcoming events:

Chex Mix Preparation Day- Thursday, December 12th

Chex Mix Sale-  Friday, December 13th  (75 cents per bag)

Gifts for Giving-  Tuesday, December 17th 

Reminders:

Please help your child remember to bring their indoor shoes (sneakers on P.E. days) and appropriate outdoor clothing each day.