September has been a fabulous month to get to know third grade! Jerard and Allison have noticed that third grade loves to build anything out of everything. On certain days Allison has brought in various materials for them to try and build cars, boats, towers and ships! We did try to have a contest of who could build a car that travels farthest down the ramp. Everyone was very excited to participate and many immediately had ideas for cars. We used CD’s, straws, bottles, tape, clothes pins and cups!  On other days we tried to build different boats out of tin foil and fill them with checkers until it sank. The record was 102 checkers! 

Overall third grade LEDP has gotten off to a great start! Many kids check in with Jerard and Allison when they go to different places outside, to LSA’s or if they need to get something from the classroom. This group is very creative in many ways. When we use the LEDP room, many kiddos love to play restaurant, creating multiple menus and “food items” out of room materials. Other groups in the room will create multi-step structures made for marble runs, creating long trails built out of blocks to see how far the marble will go. Third grade has been a delight to have in LEDP and just a few reminders to please pack extra snacks for your child labeled LEDP. They come to us very hungry from the day and quite a lot of kids don’t have any snack to eat!

We had a wonderful September and we look forward to welcoming Fall and spooky season!

Welcome back 3rd Grade Families!

It has been an exciting to start the new year with third grade! We all have been getting to know each other while playing card games, Bananagrams, Spot It and Guess Who!  

We have spent the last few weeks getting to know one another and introducing our new teacher, Jerard! It has been a blast learning of their summer adventures and bouncing off some fun ideas, crafts anf activities they'd like to do this year. We have been trying to take advantage of the lingering days of summer and the kiddos have really enjoyed playing football and catch with Jerard and I. 

The year has gotten off to a great start, third grade has been very helpful and respectful towards the new spaces. Most of them will volunteer to help sweep or stack chairs and have been wonderful helpers during transitions. Since it still feels like summer outside we have been playing lots of games outside on the field and on the playground! The boys and girls have been very responsible about playing safely with one another and always checking in with a teacher first before they move to new places on the playground.

Overall third grade is having an amazing start to the year! Just a few reminders: please remember to pack a snack for your child for LEDP! Writing LEDP on it might help the kiddos remember to save it for their afternoons with us! If you have some time please take a moment to checkout LEDP's Amazon wishlist that have some LEDP favorites and daily essentials. Thank you in advance for your consideration; you can find the link on the homepage of our website.