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Third Grade
| Teacher | Years Teaching | Years at OLC |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs. Rose Girard | 31 | 8 |
Education: Bachelor of Arts, Elementary Education, Villa Maria College
The best thing about teaching is:
“Watching the children’s faces when they have gained new knowledge. It’s exciting to know that I have influenced our young people to be life-long learners.”
| Teacher | Years Teaching | Years at OLC |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs. Joan Hall | 27 | 2 |
Education: Bachelor of Science, Villa Maria College, Early Childhood and Elementary Education.
Students like Mrs. Hall's class because...
"I love going to the board and doing work."
"She has a ton of books."
"If I don't get something she tells me not to worry and she helps me."
"We get to change seats a lot and Mrs. Hall always likes to put up decorations."
"I can relax and learn."
"She makes sure that we don't have any bullying problems."
"Mrs. Hall has a lot of toys for us to play with at recess."
What we're learning
Third grade is a big year for OLC students. They will receive the Sacrament of First Holy Communion in late April, and they work hard all year to prepare for this very important event. Each third grader has a seventh-grade "Guardian Angel" to help them along their spiritual journey.
In math, teachers begin the year with addition and subtraction with regrouping. They move on to multiplication and division and focus on it for a large portion of the year.
Stanford standardized testing is done in early October.
The third grade celebrates the holidays with many different integrated units. For example, around Thanksgiving, they write journals from the perspective of a Pilgrim traveling to the New World. For Earth Day, they learn about recycling and research endangered animals in the computer lab.
One of the biggest annual events for the third grade is the Apple Valley School Simulation where children go back in time to the days of the one-room schoolhouse. The third graders visit the Hornby School and dress in the attire of the 1890s.