Today was the first day of grade 3!  We have a new student in our class from Korea, do you remember his name?  We did a lot of work settting up how the day will look and going over routines.  I think some of the students found the extra hour of school a bit challenging, but they will get used to it after a week or so!  Most students didn't even hear the bell ring or the younger students going home because we were in the middle of a science experiment!  Do you remember where Mr. McCallum found his polymer (magic powder)?  In math we started on some more challenging types of patterns.   Mr. McCallum likes using math vocabulary!  Do you remember the words he used instead of growing and shrinking?  Miss Gallant introduced "Community" in social studies today.  Our community is very hard to spell!  (Hint: I wouldn't be surprised if it showed up as a bonus word in next week's spelling!  shhhhh!).  Get some rest and check your students agenda, I circle their behavior at the end of each day!  (All Smiley faces for the first day!)