Teamwork building with a STEM lesson!
Flash masters are a hit in 3rd grade! Practicing multiplication and division facts.
2025 Lower School Traditional Book Character Day
This year was the best yet! Their costumes were creative and speaking skills on point!
Do you remember those typing classes in high school?! In 3rd grade, here at St James, typing skills are developing! In addition to our cursive handwriting curriculum, Keyboarding Without Tears, provides students the opportunity to learn how to navigate a keyboard, teach proper typing techniques, and assesses words typed per minute, keeping data throughout the school year!
Continuing our study of our 5 senses, students participated in a blindfolded taste test. They had an absolute blast guessing the food by using their sense of taste.
Food items tasted: lemon, Granny Smith apple, beef jerky, peach flavored gummy ring, Hot Tamale candy
Beef jerky & peace rings were the favorites! 😋
Hello! Welcome to our 3rd grade page! This year is going to be so.much.fun!! We are soaring through the second week of school and getting into the groove of classroom expectations, routines, and remembering our schedule😉
Without looking, students predicted the item inside the bag. Afterwards, they recorded the physical properties of that item. At first, some were apprehensive to blindly put their hand inside a bag. Once they believed that I did not put anything ALIVE in ANY bag, the investigation took off! Overall success! 👍🏼👍🏼
With many fun adventures ahead, this class is ready for it! Go Spartans!
Until next time ✌🏼 Mrs. Burkes
3rd graders have been busy preparing for this day over the past 3 weeks! This project is a loved tradition here at St James!
I especially nurture this unit of study because of the many academic objectives that are accomplished! After choosing a person of interest, students learned how to research a topic and take detailed notes using google search, library books, and publications. From birth to death, or current life, each famous American is honored through this project!
Concluding the research, each student typed a final summary (a requirement piece to display on their boards). After the hard work was completed, the real fun begins! A tri-fold presentation board was created at home using information from their research.
And finally, presentation day! Coming to school dressed as their Famous American, each student gave a 90 second presentation for their parents, teachers, classmates and all students on campus, Primary - 8th grade! It’s such a special time for students looking forward to being in 3rd grade as well as the past students who have participated in this biography project! Witnessing the St. James comrade, is a joyful thing! I appreciate this opportunity for all students to come together and support one another!
