3rd Grade Newsletter

April 25 - April 29, 2022


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Field Trip THIS Wednesday!

Reminders...

  • Bring a disposable water bottle

  • Bring a sack lunch

  • Bring a jacket

Financial Literacy : Week 4 & ongoing

Our 3rd grade Tigers have completed week 4 of earning, saving, and spending their Lee Bucks in Math. They will continue to earn points throughout the week on Class Dojo. On Friday I will pay them "Lee Bucks" with the amount of points they have accumulated over the week. During Week 4 & beyond, they will have expenses to pay as well. Here are ways they can earn money this week.

  1. Have 5 Green Lights on Reflex by Friday

  2. Have a charged Chromebook every day

  3. Complete an Education Galaxy Goal

  4. Complete IXL lessons

  5. Finish a Mission on Frax each day

  6. Have a Parent Sign Their Great TIger Folder each day

  7. Have Completed Homework on Friday

  8. Being on TIme

  9. Teamwork during Math Workshop

  10. Working Hard

  11. Keeping Their Workplace Neat


They can lose points for not having or doing the 10 above items, as well.


Some of the opportunities to spend their money this week will be....


  1. Rent their desk (daily or weekly)

  2. Buy a surprise from a bag

3, Buy a free pick from the Treasure Chest

4. Buy Patio Dining with Mrs. Lee



Closed Campus.

Our campus will be closed to all visitors and volunteers due to STAAR testing from May 9-18.

Don't Miss Out!

Buy your Yearbook! Yearbooks are on sale! You can order a yearbook and create an Ad online here. The order number for O. C. Taylor is 17833.


Lunch on the Lawn

When: May 25

What: Lunch with your child

Who: Parents are invited to join

their child during his/her

normally scheduled lunch

time.

Important Dates to Remember:

April 25: Game On @ 6:00 for 3rd, 4th, & 5th grades

April 27: 3rd Grade Field Trip

April 29: Run Club

May 6: Run Club

May 10: Math STAAR

May 12: Reading STAAR

May 20: Field Day

May 24: Career Day

May 25: "Lunch on the Lawn"

May 26: Last Day of School

Reading: Ms. Pease

This week we have been working on the following:

  • practicing our fairytale dramas with our groups

  • reviewing authors' purpose for writing : PIE (persuade, inform, entertain)

Next week, we will:

  • continue to practice our fairytale dramas with our groups

  • Homework for the Week of April 25-29 will be to practice the highlighted standards on our "Study Plan" in Education Galaxy. Students will have a copy of their plan in their Reading Homework Folder and are to practice each night on a specific standard

Ask Your Child:

Ask your child to tell you what P.I.E. stands for


Spelling: Ms. Pease

  • Next week, students will practice words with digraphs and dipthongs such as sh, th, ch, wh, ou, ow, oi and oy

  • Students will take a pretest on Thursday and their new spelling lists will come home the week of May 2-6


Grammar: Ms. Pease

I can identify synonyms and antonyms.

Next week, we will review synonyms and antonyms in context.








Math:

**Ask your child....

  1. about their Piggy Bag and how much money they are earning/spending each week.

  2. what goal they are currently working towards masteri

This week we have been working on the following:

  • We practiced both division and multiplication math facts

  • We practiced finding the area and the perimeter of rectangles with a missing length.

  • We practiced finding the area of irregular shapes.

  • We took our Unit 7 Math assessment over Geometry & Measurement.

  • We had hands on experiences studying weight of several objects using scales and balances.

  • We reviewed equivalent fractions.

Next, week's focus will be:

  • We will continue to work on our fact fluency with Reflex, and Splash Learn.

  • We'll continue to build our understanding of fractions with the Frax app and complete 1 mission a day.

  • We will review interpreting graphs. (Data analysis)

  • We will review the UPS√ (understand, plan, solve) & CUBES (circle, underline, box, evaluate, solve) strategies for solving word problems.


  • This week's homework will be due on Friday.



Science:

In science we are starting our Weather Unit.

Main Ideas to know:


  • Weather conditions can vary from day to day.

  • Weather conditions can change within a day.

  • We use tools such as rain gauges, windsocks, and thermometers to gather information about weather.

  • We can use charts, tables, and graphs for recording and comparing weather.




Writing: We are in our Fairy Tale Unit.


Main Focuses:


  • We will be focusing on creating strong stories.


  • We will be careful when editing our papers and following a checklist.


  • We will also be thinking of the reader in mind. What gets them excited to read our writing? What should we add to make things flow easily?



We heard a few Tigers had an April birthday! Let's wish them the best birthday EVER!

April Birthdays

Aubrey April 3

Reed April 10

Brynn April 24




Teacher's Wish Lists


We are good for now.

Thank you, thank you, thank you , thank you, thank you! :)