Welcome Back

I hope you have had a wonderful summer. It has been a great summer for my family. I had an opportunity to spend time with my two sons, Cole (4 years old) and Grant (2 years old). We had some fantastic adventures. We went on our first camping trip!

I have been working hard in our classroom and I am very excited about the start of the school year. If you haven't already seen the supply list you can find it on the Elsmere webpage. Also, if you scroll down (below the supply list) you will find a short questionnaire. Please feel free to email your response or send it in with your son/daughter.

We will be sharing our summer fun as a get to know you activity. Please send in a photo of your son/daughter doing something he/she enjoyed this summer. We will share them, write about them and hang them up in the hallway.

I hope that you are able to come in and meet me next week on Wednesday from 3-4 pm!!!

The Last Full Week of School...WHAT?!?!?!?!

     It is very difficult to believe that this is the last full week of school. We have been so busy the last few weeks.  Hopefully you have had a sense of our packed schedule from our Friday Letters! This week we will be finishing our fabulous Power Point presentations. The students have learned how to create a presentation, format slides, insert backgrounds, format font, download and save photographs, insert photos, and of course input their research in interesting ways. This week we will have fun with transitions, animations and special effects. I think you will be very impressed with what your third grader has put together. I hope that you can join us next Monday, June 17th from 4:30-5:30 to celebrate our hard work. This is an open house, feel free to come and go at your convenience. We all know what a busy time of the year this is.

    We are also learning a lot about Japan and Japanese culture. The students are enjoying the video postcards that we have shown depicting authentic Japanese life. In science, we will be completing our Electricity unit. The students have learned about parallel and series circuits. We will discuss and experiment with a model heater and resistance this week. Also, we are doing a short Bill Peet author study right now. It is a fun way to end the year in reading! 

     Enjoy your week!