Hello Families, We took our first field trip of the year to Zellerbach Hall on UC Berkeley’s campus to see Kodo – Tsuzumi: One Earth Tour. We were met with a slew of unexpected transportation delays, but the chaperones and third graders made it happen! Instead of taking the 51B bus to Zellerbach Hall, we […]
Hello Families, Thank you for supporting your Temescalians as they have gotten into the routine of working through their homework packets and returning completed packets on Fridays. In January, we circled back to looking at 2-digit and 3-digit addition and subtraction, had our seed dispersal design challenge, learned about the important role wetlands play in […]
Hello Families, Homework is here! Some of you have been asking for it and others may possibly be dreading it, and we are here to reassure you that the third grade homework has been designed to be a gradual, positive, and supportive transition for the Temescalians (and you). Each Monday a packet will go home […]
Hello Families, We have had a busy few weeks between the Fall Break and now our Winter Break! We are well on our way of learning about multiplication and the third graders should start practicing to memorize their times tables! We also studied different parts of a plant. Finally, we welcomed families on campus for […]
Hello Families, November was an eventful month. We had special guest artisan, Jesus Sosa visit and show his art of creating alebrijes. We started a thinking about multiplication as repeated addition, “loops and groups”, and skip counting. We also learned more about how the Ohlone people used acorns to make their staple acorn flat bread […]
Hello Families, We hope that the extra hour has helped ease your adjustment to the time change and helped in your recovery from our very full Halloween week. We had a Dia de los Muertos procession with all grades K-8 showcasing different aspects of the holiday. Younger children had skull masks, Temescalians made handheld Catrina […]
Hello Families, This past week, we had many Spirit Week and Halloween festivities! We kicked off the week wearing school colors, and our crew looked pretty good in TBS gear! Our “sports fanatics” day had many different sports represented. We carved pumpkins with our 7th grade Buddies. To prepare for this activity, we sketched the […]
Hello Families, This week we welcomed guest educator, Keith Gutierrez, to teach us about aspects of the Ohlone culture. He spoke to the kids about what men and women looked like and how they might dress on a daily basis. Women had tattoos on their chins to indicate which family they came from, wore dried […]
Hello Families, We started this shorter week with a scavenger hunt around the classroom for items that were specific lengths. We talked about how to use rulers and tape measures to accurately measure items, and shared back our findings. Did you know that the width of a door is the same as width as our […]
Hello Families, It was a pleasure to have the time to chat with you all on Thursday and Friday. We got to connect and check-in about how your Temescalian has been doing in the first six weeks of school. By now, routines and expectations have been established in class, and we get to dive into […]
