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Third Grade

3rd Grade Home Design Project

Posted March 21, 2013

Thank you to all the parents who assisted with last week's index card tower building. The subsequent towers constructed for homework were sensational and proved that improvement and re-design is a critical part of the engineering process. In science class this week, students discussed three options for their home design engineering project. Click for the instruction packet sent home with students to review with parents/guardians.
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award Program

Posted January 14, 2013

It is almost Black-Eyed Susan book award time! Each year Maryland students have the opportunity to honor a special book chosen from a list developed by librarians around the state. After hearing the majority of the nominated picture books, the students vote for their favorite. The votes are tallied from participating schools and a statewide winner is announced. Key students love this “students’ choice” award!

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3rd Grade Life Skills September Newsletter

Posted November 26, 2012

The third grade students have begun their Life Skills unit on solving interpersonal problems. Our goal is to help students successfully, and more independently, navigate the conflicts that may arise during the course of a normal day with peers, friends and siblings. Click to read newsletter.

: 3rd and 4th Grade Orff Performance
March 28, 2013

This year’s third and fourth grade Orff Schulwerk performance was titled, Jade: The Sacred Stone. As is Key tradition, all third and fourth grade students were featured as both musicians and dancers. In their music classes, all students were busily choreographing dances and practicing a variety of instruments for this year's program. This year's performance was visually enhanced with stunning displays of art created by the students in their art classes. The third grade performances will highlight Maori traditions and the fourth graders will be sharing interpretations of The Jade Stone, a Chinese folktale adapted by Caryn Yacowitz.

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