Mrs. Poulin's Blog 2018-2019

               Fall is here and we are growing so much! The students are becoming more comfortable with our classroom routines and expectations.  As a classroom community, we are learning how to be respectful, how to regulate our emotions, and how to be safe. We are wrapping up our unit on Community and have completed several culminating activities. Our visit to the Food Pantry taught us how our community of Exeter helps others in need. We went on a tour, donated our food items, and had many questions answered! The students were most fascinated with the fact that the Food Pantry is low on coffee....hahaaaa! Grab some extra coffee on your next grocery run and drop it by the pantry if you can:) We also interviewed Mrs. Donnelly, our assistant principal, this past week and learned about her role in our LSS community. The students are currently writing their own newspaper articles and sharing all they learned. Our slide shows are looking great and you can check them out on your child'

        There is a lot going on in our third grade classroom!  I am really getting to know each and every student and making some amazing connections and building trust and safety within the classroom.  The students seem to be enjoying our days together, so much so that they have asked to come in on the weekends and today I had an afternoon workshop and some cried when I left:( This makes my heart so happy and they really do make me feel loved.  Our literacy time each day runs about 90 minutes long with a snack and exercise in between.  This week we read The Trial of Cardigan Jones . A story of a moose that is wrongly accused of a crime....eating a pie!  He is brought to trial and found not guilty. The students really enjoyed learning about the courtroom and how trials work. We learned about witnesses, lawyers, and innocence when we read our connecting informational text, In The Court Room .  Your child may come home and ask  if you have ever been called to jury duty! They are cu