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Dear Parents, Third Grade is just at the beginning of field trip season and we are about to embark on a trip to the Puppet Theater, and soon thereafter, we are off to Taipei’s famous Aboriginal Museum. It’s an exciting time for the students and a rich source of new experiences and vocabulary for them. When we are on our trips, we always have the students write down some observations. As is the

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First quarter has flown by and conferences were an unqualified success and a real triumph for your children. In all classes the main focus in language arts has been on skills in producing a writing piece and tactics and strategies used when reading to improve comprehension. In writing, we have talked about “seed” stories compared to “watermelon” ones (ask your child!) and how to zoom in and focus

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Dear Parents, We have decided to add some homework expectations to your child's schedule. We understand that the homework times suggested by the school are sometimes different for children in the ESL program, as it can take them longer to complete tasks. With this in mind, we are only asking that children increase their reading time by just 5-10 minutes per weeknight (Monday to Thursday). This

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Dear Parents, We are writing to you to update you on events in Grade 3 in the month of September and to look ahead to next month. Along with Mrs. O’Rourke, Mr. Wolak, Mrs. Ricks, and Mr. Millard, we have been very pleased with the way that the ESL students have adjusted well into the flow of the year. After some initial adjustment to the different routines in the classroom and specials, all

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Dear Parents, It was great to see you at our recent Open House and explain our program to you. Mrs. Chen and I are really looking forward to this year with a wonderful group of students both in the regular classroom working with the homeroom teachers and in our own support classes. We’d like to introduce our blog.  We've spent a lot of time writing and compiling the list of links on the right

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Dear Parents, Welcome to the TAS Grade 3 ESL blog site. We will explain how to use this site for your child's benefit when we meet you on Thursday next week at 7 o'clock in the lower school library. In the meantime, feel free to browse some of the many links here and bring any questions you may have to the lower school ESL Open House on Thursday August 18, where we will answer them in

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