It was an amazing first week, although, I’m sure that the kids felt that there was little down time because we were constantly on the go. We had some very busy days in third grade! When the students were asked to explain how 3rd grade seems different from 2nd, they answered the following:

• “Math has WAY bigger numbers!”
• “I think it is different because third grade is having you always tell why.”
• “Third grade makes me think too much that my brain hurts.”
• “Third grade stepped it up a notch.”

We have completed all of our assessments and I am in the process of reading with the children to determine their independent reading level. Please keep in mind, if your child did not read very much this summer there may be a bit of a decline. We have library on Tuesday and your child can take reading counts tests on Wednesday. Spelling starts next week. We are working on place value in math and will be starting the geography of Michigan in social studies.