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☘️ MARCH 2026 ☘️
Unit of Inquiry:
Unit of Inquiry:
Sharing the Planet 🌎
Sharing the Planet 🌎
Unit Theme: Sharing the Planet
Central Idea: Choices and actions have local and global impacts and consequences.
Lines of Inquiry:
1. Actions affect growth --> Change
2. Equality versus equity --> Connection
3. Providing equal access --> Responsibility
Transdisciplinary Theme Focus: Access to equal opportunities
Concepts:
Connection: Students will understand that we are all connected and the choices we make could have a lasting impacts on the world.
Change: Students will recognize that actions, whether small or large can have lasting impact on local and global communities.
Responsibility: Students will develop their idea of responsibility as a human. They will focus on humanity in relation to the key areas of science and social studies.
Learner Profile of the Month: Reflective
How can we be Reflective?: I can be reflective by thoughtfully considering the world around me and my own ideas and experience. I work to understand my strengths and weaknesses to help me learn and grow as an individual.
Teacher Spotlight: Ms. Cwenar believes that being reflective helps her stay open-minded and curious which allows her to create a classroom where students feel safe, challenged, loved, and inspired to grow.
Teacher Spotlight: Mr. Malvin tries to always look back at previous lessons and personal decisions to analyze what could have gone better or what he could have done better.
Canada Diagrams
Students had the opportunity to work together with their table groups to create their own dioramas representing various regions of Canada. Students worked with their classmates to build their dioramas with all repurposed materials. Prior to creating their masterpieces, students conducted research, took notes, and drew an outline of what their designated region would include.
Here are some of the creative students in Ms. Cwenar + Mr. Malvin's class working together on their dioramas
Here are some Canada dioramas created by the wonderful students in Ms. Anderson's class
Approaches to Learning:
Thinking Skills - Students will use their critical thinking skills how to identify obstacles and challenges faced by people who evaluate and consider ideas from multiple perspectives and identify obstacles and challenges.
Social Skills - Students will have a group discussion focusing on the definition of empathy and thinking about how it feels to be in someone else's shoes. Teachers will introduce and model empathy sentence starters and present questions that students can ask themselves while considering someone else's shoes.
Pillar of the Month: Self-Discipline
How can we as students practice the pillar of self-discipline? We can practice self-discipline by managing our emotions, controlling our impulses, and maintaining focus on academic or personal goals, even when faced with distraction or boredom.
Our third graders are quickly approaching their very first ELA and Math State Tests. Students are demonstrating the pillar of self-discipline by working hard to prepare for this important milestone. Across all three classes, students are learning the value of prioritizing long-term success over immediate gratification. Their dedication, focus, and effort continue to shine each day.
We are so proud of their progress and can’t wait to see them do their very best this April + May as they aim for success! 🤩✨
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Our Language Policy
Our Language Policy
At Our World Neighborhood Charter Schools, we believe that every teacher helps students grow as language learners. Language helps us understand new ideas, share our thoughts, and make connections in everything we learn.
In 3rd grade, students learn new vocabulary words each week from the stories and texts they read. They also practice using important words from different subjects and are encouraged to explain their thinking and ideas clearly. We value each student’s home language and encourage students to use all of their language skills to learn and share ideas in our classrooms.
This month, third graders have been learning greetings in multiple languages! They’ve practiced saying hello in:
Spanish: Hola
Chinese: Ni hao
French: Bonjour
Students are discovering how people greet each other around the world and celebrating the many languages spoken in our school community.
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