May 21, 2026

Dear Parents, 

Thank you so much for all of the kindness you sent my way last week during Teacher Appreciation Week!  It really made my week special and I'm very appreciative.  

On another note, you are cordially invited to school on June 2nd to observe a recorder demonstration by your child.  The students will play some of their favorite hits from the school year.  Our class will be performing at 11:45  AM in the auditorium.  We hope you are able to attend!

Tomorrow is Welby's Color Wars Spirit Day.  Each grade level will be wearing their special color for the day.  The third grade color is yellow.  Please remind your child to dress in as much yellow as possible.

Have a wonderful three-day weekend.  Happy Memorial Day!

This Week's Agenda:

Language Arts

Reading Focus - Character Traits (Continued); Story Sequencing

Core Literature - Badger Claws of Ojai, by Matt Boardman (Conclusion)

Writing Focus - Badger Claws of Ojai Reflections

Cursive Focus - Upper Case "D", "E", "F", "G", "H"

Read Aloud - How to Steal a Dog, by Barbara O'Connor

Math

Weekly Multiplication Testing 

Introduction to Graphing: Surveys, Tallies, Data, Picture Graphs

Rotating Tape Diagrams Vertically

Creating Scaled Bar Graphs

Survey/Bar Graph Project

Social Studies

American Symbols - Finding Text Evidence (Completion)

Facts About the Liberty Bell

Science

Frog Force Investigation (Rescheduled)

Balanced Forces and Engineering - What Makes Bridges So Strong?

Liberty Bell Cooperative Group STEM Project

Health/Safety/P.E

"Feelings" Circle

Arts

Orchestra

Art Lesson with Ms. Israel (Friday)

Notes/Reminders/Info. Date

Weekly Multiplication Test 5/28

No School (Memorial Day) 5/25

Orchestra - Recorder Demonstration 6/2