Happy summer and welcome to third grade! We look forward to working with your children next year.

Third grade is an exciting year with a lot of academic and social-emotional growth. Students will be exploring topics like multiplication and division, weather, and geography. We will also be reading a number of fabulous books throughout the year, both independently and during read-aloud. Students will also be forging new friendships and growing in independence.

Communication is key to building classroom communities. Please get in touch with us if you have any questions or concerns, and keep us abreast of anything important happening in your children's lives outside of school. We will be sending class emails home periodically to keep you informed about what we are doing in class, upcoming events, and how you can support your children in school.

Email is the best way to contact us.
Email Mr. Boshart

Email Mrs. Elkins

Email Mrs. Fleming

Email Mrs. Vrachimis

Please encourage your children to read over the summer. The Ridgewood Public Schools Summer Reading List for Grades 2 and 3 is a great resource.

Enjoy summer and we look forward to seeing you in September!

Sincerely,

Mr. Boshart, Mrs. Elkins, Mrs. Fleming, and Mrs. Vrachimis
The Third Grade Teachers

We know you are in summer mode (as you should be!), but we wanted to frontload school supply information for families who like to get prepared for September now or before the back to school rush.

School Supplies

Below is a list of materials for you to bring to school with you on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. Please note - this first set of items are the same ones in the third grade supply kit that some of you have ordered. Please do not put your name on any materials.

If you did not order the kit, you will need:

• 1 3-ring binder with pockets, hard cover, 1 inch

• 1 colored pencils, Crayola, 12 ct. (box or twistables)

• 4 marble composition books: red, blue, green, black

• 5 plastic folders with pockets blue, red, green, yellow, orange

• 4 dry erase markers/Expo/Black/medium or fine

• 4 Elmers glue sticks

• 1 Crayola classic markers 8 count, medium/thick

• 1 Pencil Pouch clear 9 X 10.5 3 ring

• 2 Ticonderoga pencils, sharpened, No. 2, 10 pack

• 1 hand sanitizer (for personal use/will place in desk)

• 2 boxes of tissues

• 1 roll of paper towels

Additional Supplies

Please have students bring in these additional things on the first day of school.

• An art smock in a ziploc bag with their name on it

• Headphones in a ziplock bag with their name on it

• A book they are currently reading or would like to read

• The first day is a minimum day and students (and teachers!) will not be used to eating

  so late. Please send students in with a nut-free snack and a water bottle.

Optional

If you would like to donate some of the following items to your child’s third grade class, it would be greatly appreciated.

• Extra Paper Towels

• Clorox Wipes

• Extra Hand Sanitizer

• Extra Boxes of Tissues