Get ready for a week full of fun and spirit as we celebrate being healthy and drug-free! Each day brings exciting ways to show your commitment to making smart, safe, and positive choices. Let’s make it a week to remember!

Information came home last week about our Book Character Pumpkin Book Report! For this fun and creative project, students will choose their favorite book character, decorate a pie-sized pumpkin to look like that character, and complete a short book report about their story. They can be turned in the week of October 20th. 

This is a wonderful opportunity for families to work together and get creative while celebrating a love of reading! 

A few reminders:

• Pumpkins must be pie-sized (small).

• No holes, carving, blood, or gore — decorations only!

• Characters and books must be school appropriate.

• Pumpkins that do not meet these guidelines will be returned home that day.

All finished pumpkins will be proudly displayed in the library for everyone to enjoy! 

It’s time to sink your teeth into your child’s progress! Parent-teacher conferences will be held on most Wednesdays and Thursdays from 2:15–2:55. We’ll meet in person, but if a phone call works better, just let us know. We can’t wait to chat with our awesome Gator families!

PLEASE send headphones with your student. The ones we had in the classroom are now mostly broken, and it’s important that each child has their own pair. Students use headphones every day in all three of their classes, so having them readily available is essential for their learning. Thank you for helping us make sure your child is prepared and successful each day!

- Please remind your child to take proper care of their Chromebook: always carry it with two hands, keep it away from food, drinks, and younger siblings, and store it safely when not in use. Each night, ensure there is a designated place to charge the Chromebook and double-check that it makes it into your child’s backpack each morning. While we will reinforce that caring for the device is the student’s responsibility, your support during these first few weeks is essential.

Additionally, please send in wired earbuds or headphones that plug into your child’s Chromebook. If possible, label them with your child’s name.

Last week, we dove into the wild world of dramas and folk tales by reading The Saga of Pecos Bill. We explored the elements of drama and even discovered the magic of hyperbole — those big, funny exaggerations that make stories larger than life! 🌵✨

This week students will be learning...

Reading-This week, 3rd graders are stepping into the magical world of fairy tales — but with a twist! We’ll use dramas to bring the stories to life, practicing how to retell and summarize (TEKS 3.1A, 3.1C, 3.1D, 3.6A, 3.6G, 3.7C, 3.7D, 3.7E), explore elements of drama (TEKS 3.6G, 3.7D, 3.7F, 3.7G, 3.9C), and uncover the themes hidden in our favorite tales (TEKS 3.6G, 3.6H, 3.7C, 3.7G, 3.8A, 3.10A). Get ready for a week of imagination, acting, and storytelling magic! 

Grammar-This week, we are getting up close and personal with nouns! We’ll practice changing y to i, adding -s or -es, and even tackling irregular plural nouns (TEKS 3.11Diii). Watch out — our nouns are multiplying and getting fancy! 

***Multiplication Quiz Thursday (10/30)***

***0's and 1's fact fluency quiz Thursday (10/30)***

Last week we continued our learning about how to represent multiplication story problems using equal groups, repeated addition, arrays and area models

This week the students will be learning...

• I can describe multiplication as a comparison (TEKS 3.5C) 

• I can use the commutative property to solve multiplication story problems. (TEKS 3.4G)

• I can use the associative property to solve multiplication problems. (TEKS 3.4G)

• I can multiply by 0 and 1.

To help your child at home with these skills-

• Create word problems involving up multiplication with one digit numbers.

• Practice their multiplication facts/ skip counting. 

• Work in independent practice workbook on pages 45-70.

The images below are some ideas of math practice to do at home (choice board) and examples of these types of representations.

 3.9C CITIZENSHIP. 

  The student understands the characteristics of good citizenship as exemplified by historical and contemporary figures and organizations. The student is expected to identify and describe individual acts of civic responsibility, including obeying laws, serving and improving the community, serving on a jury, and voting.

Studies Weekly Newspaper and App 

Week 11 Exemplifying Good Citizenship

3.12B Organisms and environments. The student describes patterns, cycles, systems, and relationships within environments. The student is expected to identify and describe the flow of energy in a food chain and predict how changes in a food chain such as removal of frogs from a pond or bees from a field affect the ecosystem.

McGraw Hill App. 

Chapter 9 Lesson 1 Energy Flow in Food Chains.