Mrs. Vandermast’s Third Grade Happenings

2008 - 2009

Third Grade has been a very busy year so far!  It has been amazing to see the students’ growth since the beginning of September and it is already October. We are working hard in the areas of reading and writing! The children are enjoying an appreciation of literature as we share wonderful read-alouds, stories in our basal readers, and our own independent reading experiences, such as D.E.A.R. Time.  Writing is another important component of our literacy program as we are learning to expand our thoughts and express them clearly. Soon, we will be writing biographies of each other!

          Our students are having a great time in math. We are currently studying geometry.  Working with shapes is always fun!  We are practicing graphing data in various charts, such as bar graphs, pictographs, and tally tables.  Multiplication will be an intricate part of our studies so it’s a great time to begin practicing those facts!

          The children created wonderful projects for Social Studies that enabled them to represent various physical features such as mountains, oceans, volcanoes, valleys, etc. They did a fantastic job!

          In Science, we are studying the Solar System. We are very excited to learn about the moon, Sun, stars, and planets.  We will be learning what causes seasons, day and night, moon phases, and much more! What an incredibly huge universe we live in!

          The children are very busy preparing to take the NJASK3 test in March.  With all the hard work they’ve done so far, they’ll do a great job!  There is so much more for us on the horizon. Have a great year!