updates and announcments
District Mission Statement: Inspiring passion for learning and leading in an ever-changing world.
District Vision Statement: To foster success for all through dynamic, engaging, and relevant learning experiences focusing on students’ academic, social, and emotional growth
april Updates!
April 22nd, 23rd, & 24th- FastBridge Testing
April 30th- Dia de los Niños - Baile Folklorico Presentation and Paletas in the afternoon
MAY Updates!
May 6th- Mariachi Field Trip at Madison Center for the Arts 1st-4th Grade
5/6-5/10 Teacher Appreciation Week
5/6 - 5/10 AAPPL Testing, 3rd-4th Grades
5/6 - 5/9 Book Fair
May 8th- Student Showcase/Art Show 5pm-7pm
May 10th- Last day to turn in work
May 22nd- Last Day of School
PowerSchool is updated frequently. Please make sure that you are checking on your child's progress. If you have questions, please message one of the 3rd grade teachers.
The end of Quarter 4 is May 22th. The last day to turn in work is May 10th!
REMINDER: School email addresses are only to be used for schoolwork. Please remind students that they should not be emailing each other with personal messages.
Please place headphones in backpacks
Students need to keep a pair of headphones in their backpack. Please help check that they place them back after using them at home.
Important Links below!
Mrs. Dulin's MATH UPDATE
April 29th-May 3rd
🙂Weekly Focus Skills: (4/29) HW review sheets Mon. - Thurs., Fri: No HW
⭐message Mrs. Dulin with questions at kdulin@madisoned.org
Mrs. Barnett-Noel's ELA UPDATE!
April 29th - May 10th
Unit 6 Weeks 3 & 4
Genre Focus: DRAMA/MYTH
Essential Question: How do you decide what is important?
For these two weeks our class will be learning about values. We will be discussing how we decide what is important. We will read different texts in the genres of myths and drama.
Here are some resources that you can use with your child to help reinforce the skills we’ll be practicing.
Word Workout
Vocabulary Help your child tell the meaning of each word on the list and then write sentences using pairs of words.
Spiral Review: In this activity, you and your child will write sentences that use as many of the words as possible.
alarmed Alarmed means afraid or frightened.
anguish Anguish is a great suffering of the mind or agony.
necessary Something that is necessary needs to be done, had, or used.
obsessed When you are obsessed, you think about one thing all the time and nothing else.
possess When you possess something, you have or own it.
reward A reward is something given or received in return for something done.
treasure A treasure can be money, jewels, or anything else that is valuable.
wealth Wealth is having a lot of money or valuable things.
Spelling Words
Week 3: Words with vowel-team syllables Your child will look at the list of words for two minutes. Then they will try write down as many words as they can correctly.
Week 4: Words with r-controlled syllables Help your child underline the syllable that contains an r-controlled vowel sound in each of the words. Then have your child spell the words.
The U6W3 spelling word list is as following:
explained remain reading detail presoak monkey brief preteen about allowing complain enjoys poison repeats unreal
Review
able castle towel
Challenge
repaid approached
The U6W4 spelling word list is as following:
severe prepared declare later writer cellar trailer author person circus garlic partner restore sister actor
Review
explained brief enjoys
Challenge
circular editor
Comprehension: Theme
Help your child read each theme and match the theme to the correct picture. Then your child will write a story based on one of the themes.
RESOURCES
All work from Unit 5 will be in Quarter 4 gradebook! U5W1 and U5W2 was done before Spring Break, but moved to Q4 so students could have more time to complete it.
⭐message Mrs. Barnett-Noel with questions at lbarnett@madisoned.org
We are working on Poetry for Quarter 4 in writing.
Sra. Teran's ESPAÑOL y ESTUDIOS SOCIALES UPDATE!
For more information please click on the the page.
⭐message Sra. Teran with questions at ateran@madisoned.org
Sra. Ramos' CIENCIA UPDATE!
April 28th to May 10th
Due to the FastBridge Testing, We had to move the quiz to Tuesday, April 30.
This week's Essential Question is "Como afectan al medio ambiente peligros naturales?" On Tuesday, we will start Lesson 3 Natural Hazards and the Environment. Students will use evidence to describe how natural hazards and identify ways to reduce damage from natural disasters. Mystery Science: Where do flash floods happen? (link for this week's mystery science).
Next week's Essential Question is "Como me protejo contra el tiempo riguroso?" We will learn how to be ready for a natural disaster and who comes to help when everyone runs away from a natural disaster.
⭐message Sra. Ramos with questions at cramos@madisoned.org