UCS Grade 3/4 Newsletter
October 10, 2025
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🍂 Falling into Fun at UCS! 🍂
The 3rd and 4th graders have been enjoying all the fun that Fall brings at UCS! We are settling into our daily routines and making the most of our learning time together. It was wonderful to see so many families join us for Open House on Thursday night, thank you for coming and sharing in our classroom community.
This week, we also had a special visit from the Underhill/Jericho Fire Department! Students loved learning about fire safety and exploring the fire trucks up close.
We are also looking forward to connecting with families for Fall conferences over the next couple of weeks. Thank you for your continued support in helping your children have a successful and joyful school year!
PTO Request For Fourth Grade Parents:
Calling all 4th grade parents! The PTO needs your help to organize this year's fun run! This year's race will be on Saturday, November 1, 2025 at Mills Riverside Park. (Please note the date change!)
Please sign up to help using this link.
If you have other ideas on how to make this year's fun run the best yet, email UCSPTO@mmuusd.org.
Thank you in advance for volunteering to make this a fun community day for our students!
-- UCS PTO--
From The Health Office
Over the next three weeks, the health office will be conducting hearing and vision screenings for students in Kindergarten, 1st, and 3rd grades, as well as for students receiving special services. Families will be notified if their child does not pass a screening or if additional follow-up is recommended.
Important Dates
October 13th: Music with Buddy in the Classroom
October 15th: Apple Taste Test @ UCS (during lunch)
October 27th: Recycle Rhonda Visit
October 27th - October 31st: UCS Book Fair
October 27th - October 31st: Bike Week @ UCS
November 1st: PTO Fun Run @ Mills Riverside Park
Mrs. Bernier's Pictures
Fall Scavenger Hunt with Buddies
Fall Scavenger Hunt with Buddies
Fall Scavenger Hunt with Buddies
Third Grade mathematicians are learning about arrays and how they relate to area and multiplication. We went into the woods to make nature arrays with natural materials!
We made leaf people with our K buddies after reading the book Leaf Man by Lois Elhert.
Mrs. Bernier's class did an excellent job hosting this week's all school Meeting! It was a professional meeting and they were so independent!
Ms. Melone's Pictures
Mrs. Giguere's Pictures
Please consider volunteering for PTO events at UCS. The PTO helps to fund enrichment activities for students in the school. They are always looking for support!
Current Curriculum Units
Math
Math
Third Grade Math
Third Grade Math
Third graders are split into two classrooms this year with Mrs. Bernier and Ms. Melone. The first unit in third grade is called Understanding Equal Groups. Here is information about the unit: This unit focuses on understanding the meaning of multiplication, modeling multiplication using arrays, and understanding the inverse relationship between multiplication and division. Students make lists of things that come in groups and use them to write multiplication and division story problems, and equations to match. Multiples and arrays are introduced as two ways to represent multiplication. Students use arrays, and known facts, to develop fluency with the multiplication facts, and are assessed on those that involve multiplying numbers to 10 by 1, 2, 5 and 10. They find factors of numbers up to 100, and examine the relationship between multiplication and division. 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 Graders are working on solving multiplication problems with 2-digit numbers, understanding the meaning and structure of, and the relationship between, multiplication and division, and using that understanding to solve multiplication and division problems. Students use marked and unmarked arrays to represent multiplication strategies that involve breaking numbers apart. They solve and represent division story problems, including problems with remainders. Students develop strategies for breaking the numbers in larger multiplication problems apart in order to use number relationships that they know, including multiplying by a multiple of 10.
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
All of MMUUSD has adopted a new literacy program for this school year. We will be using this format for reading and writing instruction this year. We are learning about the program throughout the year as it is implemented. Here is some information about the curriculum:
American Reading Company's high-quality comprehensive core curriculum, ARC Core, includes culturally responsive, inquiry-based, thematic units of study, available K–12 in English and K–5 in Spanish, that integrate reading, writing, science, and social studies content in a student-centered learning environment.
Teacher Contact Information
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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