UCS Grade 3/4 Newsletter
January 24th, 2025
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🏂Snow Motion⛷️
Third and fourth graders had an amazing time hitting the slopes at Cochran's Ski Area as part of the Snow Motion program! The day was filled with excitement, laughter, and lots of learning on the snow as students practiced their skiing and snowboarding skills. A huge thank you to Mrs. Cowan for organizing this wonderful experience and to all who helped make it possible. We’re looking forward to continuing the fun and heading back to Cochran’s in the coming weeks!
Snow Motion Reminder:
We are very excited to be starting our Snowmotion program at Cochran’s next week! All students will be participating on Thursdays:
Grades 3,4 from 9-10am
Grades K-2 from 10-11am
If your child is using their own equipment, please bring it to school Thursday morning. There will be large containers near the drop off for you to put skis/snowboards into. Please note: skis and snowboards are not allowed on the bus, they must be dropped off. **Please label your child’s equipment, including helmets!** Ski boots and helmets will go to your child’s classroom. If your child is borrowing equipment, but has their own helmet, please send them with it!! We will have some helmets for students to use if they don’t have their own. Equipment will be outside at end of day during dismissal for pick up. Any equipment not picked up then will be left in the hallway inside main entrance (outside multipurpose room). It can be picked up any time before 6pm.
If you are volunteering at Cochrans, please arrive 15 min early. Thank you so much to all of you who have volunteered your time to help our students. We couldn’t do this program without you!! Please email Mrs. Cowan at Amanda.Cowan@mmuusd.org if you have any questions.
Volunteer Form Updates
Are you interested in volunteering for Snow Motion, Field Trips, or any class events at UCS? Please take a moment to complete the quick and easy VOLUNTEER FORM ... Note that the form is valid for 5 years, so if you previously filled it out for older siblings, it may have expired. If you'd like to volunteer, please submit the form again. Thank you!
Battery Blitz: SAVE YOUR OLD BATTERIES!
WE HAVE COLLECTED OVER 200 POUNDS OF BATTERIES FOR RECYCLING SO FAR!
Mrs. Bernier’s class will be collecting used batteries from January 20 to February 18 as part of the Call2Recycle program! We’re excited about the chance to win a pizza party and up to $1,000 for our classroom. To reach our goal, we need your help!
Dan Abdo Author Visit, February 5th
If you did not place an order with the school for the Dan Abdo author visit, you can still order or buy your own books to bring to school on February 5th and have them signed!
To learn more about Dan Abdo, you can visit his website at: https://www.danandjason.net/
GIRLS ON THE RUN: Interest Survey
GOTR Participant Interest Survey
GOTR Participant Interest Survey
If your 3rd or 4th grader is interested in participating in Girls On The Run this Spring, please fill out this form: GOTRVT Participant Interest Form. This is not the registration, but will give us information about numbers for the Spring.
Our tentative schedule for the Spring will be:
Practice on Mondays and Thursdays (when school is in session) right after school until 3:45. *This is subject to change, but we will have it solidified closer to registration in February.
We will start meeting with Girls the week of March 17th.
The 5K celebration is on Saturday, May 31st. Every runner will need a running partner on this day.
January Lunch Menu
Important Dates
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
January 20th ~ NO SCHOOL (MLK Day)
January 23rd ~ PTO Meeting (7:00p)
January 24th ~ All-School Meeting (Mrs. Melone's Class)
PTO News
Current Curriculum Units
Social Studies
Social Studies
Vermont Geography
Vermont Geography
We are learning about the geography of Vermont. We will explore its geographic features and how they affect its residents. We will also explore what features make Vermont unique and what it is known for.
The Focus Questions for this unit are:
What are Vermont's geographic features?
How do they affect its residents?
What do different maps tell us?
Which Vermont features make it unique?
What are Vermont's 14 counties?
Math
Math
Third Grade
Third Grade
This unit focuses on understanding and finding perimeter and area using standard units of measurement, and on classifying 2-D figures. Students use standard measurement tools to measure the length of objects and the distance around 2-dimensional figures (perimeter). They use square units to measure the amount of space a given object covers (area). Students build on work connecting arrays and multiplication, and find area by multiplying length and width. They also recognize area as additive: a shape can be composed and its area found by adding the areas of the parts. Students look at rectangles that have the same area and different perimeters, and the same perimeter and different areas. Students also identify attributes of triangles and quadrilaterals, and explore different categories of quadrilaterals.
Check out this letter that includes samples of the types of math that we’ll be exploring if you are interested in more details. Click Here.
Fourth Grade
Fourth Grade
Fourth graders are focused on understanding the meaning of addition and subtraction, understanding the base-10 number system with numbers to 1,000,000, and adding and subtracting multidigit numbers fluently, including with the U.S. standard algorithms.
Check out this letter that includes samples of the types of math that we’ll be exploring if you are interested in more details. Click Here.
Literacy
Literacy
Third and Fourth Graders are learning about characteristics of nonfiction. Students have been exploring how the nonfiction genre differs from fiction. Students are also continuing to write reading responses using the R.A.C.E. model. Finally, students have started to learn about informational writing and are brainstorming ideas to write their own informational report.
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Underhill Central School 3/4 Teachers
Underhill Central School 3/4 Teachers
Abbie Bernier, Mia Melone, Kristy Giguere
Emails:
kristy.giguere@mmuusd.org
Location: 6 Irish Settlement Rd, Underhill, VT 05489
Phone: 802.899.4676
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