Hello to all my wand-erful 3A families.  I'm very excited to be working with your children this year. I am a graduate of ETSU and NPTNJ program.  I began teaching at St. Mary School in Bordentown in 2003 and taught there for 10 years.  When the school was closed, I taught at St. Paul School-Burlington, and then St. Charles Borromeo-Cinnaminson.  I am extremely blessed with three children.  My son is a Senior at Rutgers University where he is majoring in Physical Therapy and Captain of the Golf team, my eldest daughter is a Freshman at Kean University where she is majoring in Fine Arts, and my youngest daughter is a Junior at Bordentown Regional High School.  I am very proud of their accomplishments and can't believe just how quickly they have grown.  If you ever need to contact me, feel free to email me at kmeyer@st-ann-school.org.

This is a very exciting year for my 3rd graders.  Our classroom theme, Harry Potter, is in full swing throughout our room.  We have a class pet named Beary Potter who gets to go home each weekend with my teacher of the week.  Beary has traveled all over the East Coast.  I'm a little jealous at all his travels over the years.  The teacher of the week gets to journal all that they do with Beary while he is staying with them.  The class is so excited about this and that makes my heart sing.  Beary has his very own bed, clothing, and a replica of Hogwarts made by some of my former students.  He is well loved and taken care of every year.  We are reading the Harry Potter series as a class.  I'm very excited to read this with them and bring our theme to life, and every year we read further into the series.  Last year we read halfway through the 4th book.  It was amazing.  

I firmly believe that "teachers who love teaching teach children to love learning" and that is what I hope to bring to my 3rd-grade kids.  I want them to become strong, independent people who will always be curious and think outside the box.

Every student should have a favorite book to read for a scheduled and unscheduled DEAR time.  Every Friday, we will have a weekly spelling and vocabulary test.  Once they have completed the vocabulary/reading comprehension portion of the test, they have DEAR time.  Please check out my SPELLING CITY homepage URL for my class at http://www.spellingcity.com/kellymusikel.  There you will have each week's main spelling words.  The class writes down all spelling words in their ILA notebooks every Monday along with their 6-8 vocabulary words and definitions.  Every day they should be bringing home their ILA notebooks to study the vocabulary and spelling of the week.

Most days, the class will have a math worksheet to complete.  There are several math sites that I recommend to supplement their learning:  www.khanacademy.com and www.aaamath.com.  

Religion tests are usually Thursday each week unless the week is shortened for some reason.  Your son/daughter should bring home their study guide and religion book each night to help prepare for the test on Thursday.  Every Wednesday, we prepare for our tests by playing our weekly game.  You can find the study guides and the games at https://www.loyolapress.com/faith-formation/christ-our-life/christ-our-life-2016/parents-and-students/grades-1-8/grades/grade-3 

There are a few sites that I recommend for science.  They are as follows: http://www.sciencebuddies.org and https://www.sciencefaircentral.com/.  Check them out.  You will also find links to any study games I create for our Science units here.

Our Specials Schedule for this year is as follows:

Monday - Gym 12:50-1:30
Tuesday - Library 9:05-9:45, Art 12:50-1:30
Wednesday - Music 12:50-1:30
Thursday - Spanish 12:50-1:30
Friday - Technology 12:50-1:30