We have an exciting and busy week ahead as we continue learning and preparing for several special events.
Independent Study Projects
Independent Study Project packets will go home on Wednesday, December 3rd. Please look for these in your scholar’s folder. We will review expectations in class, and students will have plenty of time to work toward a thoughtful and meaningful final product during Independent Study Week, January 5th - January 9th. The project is due Monday, January 12th. (To ensure all Independent Study Project information is sent out on the same day across all grade levels, the blog will be updated with more information regarding the project on Wednesday)
Classroom Spelling Bees - Tuesday, December 9th
Our classroom spelling bees will take place on Tuesday, December 9th. This is a wonderful opportunity for students to practice poise, confidence, and clear articulation. Winners from each class will advance to the grade-level bee.
Narnia Celebration - Thursday, December 11th
Preparations continue for our Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Celebration on Thursday, December 11th. We are enjoying the story deeply in class and look forward to bringing Narnia to life for our scholars.
We still have a few spots open on the signup! We appreciate any help you can give to make this a magical day for all our students!
Independent Study Week Monday, January 5th - Friday, January 9th.
Independent Study Project Due - Monday, January 12th.
Parent Teacher Conferences Round 2 - Wednesday, January 7th - Friday, January 9th
We're so excited to have our second round of Parent Teacher Conferences. Links will go out on Wednesday, December 3rd. (To ensure all Parent/Teacher Conference information is sent out on the same day across all grade levels, the blog will be updated with more information regarding the conferences on Wednesday)
“Friends, Romans, Countrymen” by William Shakespeare
We will begin practicing our new poem this week. Students will work on memorization and expression in class. The poem will be due on December 18th.
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones;
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answer’d it.
Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest—
For Brutus is an honourable man;
So are they all, all honourable men—
Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me:
But Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
He hath brought many captives home to Rome,
Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:
Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?
When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
You all did see that on the Lupercal
I thrice presented him a kingly crown,
Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And sure he is an honourable man.
I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,
But here I am to speak what I do know.
You all did love him once, not without cause:
What cause withholds you then to mourn for him?
O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason. Bear with me;
My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
And I must pause till it come back to me.
We look forward to another productive and joyful week together.
Warmly,
🌻 The Third Grade Team
