by The Third Grade Team | Sep 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
With a recognition of the importance of community, we begin the year with a focus on just that. For it is building connections and forming community that is the groundwork for a successful and happy school year. In third grade, we build community in many different...
by The Third Grade Team | Feb 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Third graders learn over the first several months of school that children can, indeed, make an impact on their communities, both locally and globally. From leading collections to feeding the hungry to helping kids get a good night’s sleep, students start to see that...
by The Third Grade Team | Dec 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
Since the entire Dwight-Englewood school community came back together in September, there is an extra senseof joy and enthusiasm in the air. Students are finding pleasure in each interaction, big and small, and there issomething special about the times we all come...
by The Third Grade Team | Apr 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
Beginning early in the year, and continuing throughout, third-grade students have learned to solve math problems using a very important tool: bar models. This year, you may have even heard your child wondering out loud, “Do I have to do a bar model for this problem?”...