Breakfast and Bridges

Hello Summit Street Families! 

Next week we will be hosting Breakfast and Bridges in the gym. You are invited in on Friday, April 6th at 8:00 am to learn and play some fun math games. Your child is excited to teach you how to play and will take home a bag with the game boards and materials at the end of the day. Your child will meet their classroom teacher out back for a normal arrival. Please sign in at the front office and meet us in the gym near the table with your child's classroom teachers name. 

We look forward to seeing you there.


SKATING REMINDER-- -Friday March 30th

Neil, Fyrberg, Pacy, Dall
Leave Summit: 12:30
Skate: 12:50-1:50
Leave EHS: 2:10
Just a reminder that all classes will be walking over to the high school for ice skating. All students must
have the following items:
 Snow pants
 Mittens or gloves
 Boots
 Helmet
 Coat

Please contact Mrs. Hutton on 878-1377 or email rhutton@ewsd.org if you need to borrow a helmet.

Little Fish, Big Fish

Today in Art WIN group, we made little fish and big fish, using the magic of folding paper! We had a blast! 

High School Readers and WIN Time

On Thursday we had the treat of some high schoolers coming to share a story with us! We always love having these special guests! 

Last week we also started new WIN groups! Our art WIN group started with taking a scribble drawing and turning it into a masterpiece! I was amazed with their creativity! 

Progress Reports and Conferences

Hello families!

We had a wonderful time at the Flynn seeing Carnival Caravan. They were a great group of musicians who got us up out of our seats dancing.

Today in Friday Folders or backpacks is your child's progress report. Please sign the envelope and return to school on Monday.

Parent-Teacher Conferences will be this Friday (March 23rd). If you have misplaced your scheduled time please send me a note or email and I can provide that for you.

Fine Arts Night was rescheduled for Wednesday March 21st. If your child plans on participating they need to return a second, new permission slip before Tuesday.

March 24th will be the Pancake Breakfast and Silent Auction supporting Summit Street School PTO. Hope to see you there.

March 29th we will be walking with our Kindergarten buddies to the Heavenly Pantry.

March 30th Ice Skating 12:30-2:30

Writing Share

Yesterday, students wrote a word to describe ice skating. Try helping your child use more description in their writing tonight!

Help your child remember to put their writing in their backpack tonight! We will be sharing their awesome writing at school tomorrow.

Sparkle Words

Today, students practiced using "sparkle words" to replace "said". A "sparkle" word is a more specific word to describe something. For example, using exclaim, shout, or whisper instead of said. Ask your child what word they used to replace "said". Try helping your child replace some words with "sparkle" words in their writing tonight!

I Love to Write Week

Hello families! March is a busy month!

March 12th: Early Release
March 14th: Fine Arts Night (Rehearsal 11:00-1:30)
March 16th: Flynn Theatre (bus leaves around 8:40am)
March 23rd: Parent-Teacher Conferences
March 24th: Pancake Breakfast
March 29th: Walk with Kindergarten Buddies to Heavenly Pantry
March 30th: Ice Skating (1-2pm)

In the future:
Breakfast and Bridges (April 6th)
SBAC ELA Testing (April 10-12th)
SBAC Math Testing (May 15-17th)
You should have received a letter about SBAC testing in Friday Folders this week. If you have any questions or did not receive the letter please let me know!

On Thursday we lined up for assembly and quickly noticed we unexpectedly had two sets of twins in third grade :) 

We love Flair Pens! Get ready for I Love to Write Week! 

I Love to Write Week

Beginning Monday, Summit Street School will be celebrating I Love to Write Week (March 12-16th).  Every student will bring home a folder with different grade level activities for each day of the week. Special writing tools and suggestions will be supplied for their writing enjoyment and the week will conclude with a school wide celebration.  Each student will share their story with a partner from another class.  We are all looking forward to this exciting wonderful writing adventure!!!

  We had a blast skating! Thanks Mrs. Hutton for organizing! 

Area and Research Clubs

Hello families! Please remember we are going skating on Friday afternoon. Students need helmets, coats, snow pants, and boots. 

We also have a busy week next week: Monday is an early release day, Wednesday is Fine Arts Night, Friday is Flynn Field Trip as a heads up! 

We have been working so hard in third grade this week to understand area and its relationship to multiplication. We got to find the area of different objects around our classroom using construction paper square units. Today we talked about standard units of measurement for area including square inches, square feet, and square yards. Students are starting to understanding how they can use their knowledge of length and width to determine total area using multiplication. 

We also launched nonfiction research clubs this week and we are having a BLAST! Students are working hard to synthesize information across texts and read about a topic from multiple sources. Ask your child what animal they are becoming an expert on!