Third grade is having a great start to the new year! Over the past two weeks, the children have been settling into and learning our daily routines, practicing our group expectations, and getting to know our new staff member Jaylise! We are all working nicely in the new space, the cafeteria! Jaylise created a wonderful little seating chart for homework and reading time, which has translated really well into quiet reading and friendships. The kids have shown us as each day passes that they can surpass our expectations and foster a respectful, cooperative, and lively community in third grade.

It has been an interesting few starting weeks in the LEDP third grade. Jaylise got called away by her own army duties in the military! While we wait for her to return safely we have our very own Gus back with us for two weeks! The kids were so happy and excited to see their old LEDP teacher sitting waiting for them as a total surprise on a normal Monday afternoon. In the meantime we have created some pretty cool projects! We created our very own fossils from model magic and tiny dinosaur figurines. Everyone was so excited to use model magic and paint it, they even used markers on some to create different colored clays. Also in classic Gus fashion, he constructed a “build your own room” diorama. The kids spent quite a few days drawing, cutting, and building their very own rooms. All of them are so full of creativity and color that can only be described as a Gus LEDP project.

We love that 3rd grade has jumped right in and we anticipate another amazing year in LEDP!