Tue, 25 Jun 2024 21:52:54 -0700WeeblyFri, 08 Dec 2017 20:56:42 GMThttp://besgrade3.rsd17.org/blog/december-08th-2017 Holiday Centerpiece-
Dec 21st at 2:15 pm
The third grade team would like to invite you to a very special holiday craft. It is sure to be a lot of fun and you will have a beautiful centerpiece and wonderful memories to take home with you for the holidays!
What we will need:

• Container : (A Cool whip container or similarly sized container works best) *Please send a container in (with your child’s name on it) as soon as possible. If you have any extra containers at home that you are willing to donate, please send those in as well.
• Holiday Ribbon (and hot glue guns): This will be used to decorate the outside of the container. (We have some hot glue guns. If anyone else has one and is willing to contribute some glue for the glue guns, please let us know. It is usually a good idea to have a few glue stations going for a group this size.)
• Small garden clippers: (*For adult use only)We will need to trim the tree clippings as the students create their masterpieces. *Important: Please do not send clippers in to school with your child.
• Evergreen tree clippings and accents: These clippings will make your child’s centerpiece special and unique. Please cut and send in/bring in different tree clippings. Don’t worry if you don’t have a diverse Evergreen selection in your yard. Bring whatever you have. Plenty of sharing and trading goes on. If anyone has a Holly bush, the branches with red berries make great centerpiece accents. *Don’t cut the clippings too early. (The closer to the 21st, the better.) If cut too early, they will dry out and the centerpiece won’t last as long. Please do not send the clippings in to school before the 21st.
• Candle and wet foam: (we will provide and prepare these.)
• Volunteers to run the hot glue stations: Each class will need approximately two or three volunteers to help run the hot glue/ribbon stations.

We are really looking forward to this festive activity and we hope that you will be able to join us. If you have any questions or if you are willing to help out with the planning, preparation or stations for this day, please contact Jodi Stupakevich (jstupakevich@rsd17.org). Thank you!
The third grade team
​]]>Thu, 21 Sep 2017 20:02:05 GMThttp://besgrade3.rsd17.org/blog/this-week-in-mathHello Third Grade Parents,
 
This week in math your children have been learning how to round numbers to the nearest ten and hundred. I have attached a link to a Learn Zillion video that demonstrates the “rounding on the number line” method we have been using in class. If you have time, your children were very excited about the idea of showing you the video that we watched today and teaching YOU how to round. One of the very best ways to solidify learning is to teach it to another person. (It will also be great that you can help your child. Some 3rd graders have rounding mastered, and others are still working on it.)
 
Happy rounding!
 
Laura Lenahan
 
https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/6242-round-to-the-nearest-ten-using-a-number-line
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