As we approach the final weeks of the school year, I wanted to reflect on the incredible journey we've had together. I am so proud of your child's resilience, growth, and achievements throughout this year. It's truly remarkable how much your child has grown both academically and socially.  They are ready (and excited) to take on their new adventure as fourth grade students!!

Math- We are working through our 5th Module in math.  The focus of this unit is fractions as numbers.  Students will learn how to partition a whole into equal parts, write fractions in a variety of forms, understand how unit fractions relate to the whole, represent and locate fractions on a numberline, compare fractions, and find equivalent fractions.

Phonics- We are currently in Lesson 14 of our 95% phonics program.  The focus of this unit is to identify, read, and write multisyllable words that follow the open syllable pattern.

Writing- This month in writing, third graders are focusing on opinion writing! Students are learning how to clearly state their opinion, give strong reasons to support it, and include examples to convince their readers. We are practicing organizing our ideas with an introduction, supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion. Ask your child about the topics they’ve been writing about—they’re becoming great persuasive writers! 

Social Studies- We are continuing to learn about Ellis Island and are starting to focus on what countries many immigrants came from and the reasons they left to come to America.  We are currently working on a flipbook with this information.

As a culminating activity, we will be having an Ellis Island Day. This will take place on Thursday,April 23th. Each child will need to select one nation of ancestry for that day. They will come dressed as immigrants and go through a mock Ellis Island immigration experience from the 1900s. We will need volunteers to help us on that day. All of the information about Ellis Island Day has been sent home!  Please make sure to send back the form if you would like to volunteer on Ellis Island Day.