I just wanted to express my deep appreciation for all of my wonderful end-of-the-year gifts.  I will use the gift cards and think of my very special friends from 3B.  I can’t wait to go to the Waterworks restaurant and the Philadelphia Art Museum.  What a creative, fun gift idea!  I’ve never eaten at that restaurant and I’m very excited to try it out!  The painted flower pot will always make me smile and remind me of each shining star from the 2007-2008 third grade class at St. Elizabeth’s.  This year has been an absolute blast.  Parents, thank you for all of your support and dedication.  I am forever grateful for all of your kindness and generosity.  Students, I am so proud of your efforts!  You rock!  Enjoy your summer vacation and good luck in fourth grade!

Mrs. Buck’s Tutoring Services and Next Grade Prep

What: Tutoring and prep provided for elementary (K-4) academic areas (reading, writing, grammar, spelling, vocabulary, mathematics, content areas, standardized test prep)

Who: Students who need extra support in certain academic areas or students who want to prepare for the following school year

When: Monday through Friday from approximately 10:00 A.M. until 3:00 P.M. during the summer months of June, July, and August beginning the week of June 16, 2008.

Where: The Chester County Public Library in Exton, PA (next to the Exton Square Mall)

How: Contact me via email through this site to receive additional information

A Word Ladder sheet and some vocabulary review started our day off on the right foot.  Then, we took our spelling final.  Next, we had library.  We enjoyed a great water ice treat during recess.  Our social studies final had us demonstrating our knowledge of communities and continents.  We enjoyed working with partners on a big spelling word search.  It was  fun to get back our writing projects from the year.  We each met with Mrs. Buck to select a piece to send up to fourth grade in our permanent portfolios.  After lunch, we copied our homework and read our SSR books.  We reviewed for our science final and also designed robots.  Our creativity really shined!

Our morning began with Word Ladder sheets and vocabulary review.  We can’t believe that this is the last set of vocabulary words for the year!  After a quick ILA review, we took our ILA exam.  After recess, we finished up our Compare/Contrast writing pieces and also our Then and Now portraits.  A spelling bee helped us review for our spelling exam.  We finished reading From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.  It was really neat to find out the secret behind Angel.  The book had a super ending!  Next, we reviewed for our social studies exam.  After lunch, we read our SSR books and copied homework.  We cleaned the room a little bit and also worked with partners to solve a word search filled with our spelling words.  Our day ended with computer class with Mr. D.

Happy Tuesday!  Today we started our day with Word Ladder work and vocabulary review.  We are so very excited to be finished our religion and math exams!  We feel such relief!  Only a few more days of testing and we’ll be good to go.  Claudia and Jamie are having an interesting time with Mrs. Frankweiler in From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.  We really hope to find out if Michelangelo created the Angel sculpture.  After recess and after finishing up Parts II and III of our math exam, we had an energetic gym class outside with Mr. Bruno.  What a magnificent day for gym class!  After lunch, we copied our homework and read our SSR books.  In the afternoon, we worked on our Compare/Contrast writing piece and reviewed for our ILA exam tomorrow.  This week sure is flying by!