Dear 3rd Grade Parents,

3rd grade is responsible for putting together 2 themed baskets to be auctioned off at the upcoming PTA Fall Festival. The 3rd grade basket themes are football watching party and Spa-tacular. Brittany Brown, our Grade Level Coordinator, is collecting items for these baskets.

Here is a link to the Item Wishlist for our 2 grade level baskets:

http://evite.me/BYNjTvM5DE

Please email 3rdcoordinator@glenhopepta.org if you have any questions.

We will take our Module 2 assessment this week, and then start Module 3 "Let Freedom Ring".

Students will recognize the central ideas in an informational text.

Students will identify details that support key ideas.

Students will recognize a sequence text structure.

Students will analyze the author’s purpose for using a sequence text structure.

Students will recognize transition words that signal a sequence text structure.

We will finish our addition and subtraction unit this week by working on solving one and two step word problems. We will look for key words to help us identify whether the problem is asking to add, subtract, or both.

We will end the week by taking our Unit test on Friday.

Students will explore, illustrate, and compare life cycles in organisms such as beetles, crickets, radishes, or lima beans.  3.13B 

Students can analyze the structure of the government of the United States and explain the functions of the three branches of government.