3rd Grade Newsletter
January 17 - January 21, 2022
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Important News.....Important News....Important News.....Important News
Testing for GT Services and/or the ASPIRE Academy
Kindergarten through 5th Grade currently enrolled students may be referred and tested for GT services and/or the ASPIRE Academy during the window below:
Referral Window: January 10 - January 28
Testing Window: February 1 - February 28
GT Decision mailed on: March 28
ASPIRE Decision mailed on: April 27
Parent Inventory/Permission to Test (Scroll down to bottom of page. Link will only be LIVE during the referral window.)
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Please be sure to check your child's GREAT Tiger folder nightly. We send notes, graded papers, and homework via this folder. You can take the papers out of it nightly. Also, please initial in the day's box that you have seen their GREAT Tiger folder each night.
Play It Safe
Click below for information about the "Play it Safe" program that GCISD offers at each school. Every student must bring a signed copy back to school indicating if you DO or DO NOT want your child to attend.
Important Dates to Remember:
January 10-28: GT Services/Aspire Academy Referral Window Opens
January 17: Martin Luther King Jr. Day--- No School
January 22: PTA Snow Hill/Dad's Club Breakfast
January 28: Play It Safe: Please be sure you've returned your child's form back to their teacher.
February 7-11: Valentine Boxes can come to school. Information is below.
February 11: Valentine's Party
February 14: No school/ Professional Development
Valentine's Day Party
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. Our party will take place on Friday, February 11. This year our Tigers will be able to exchange their Valentine cards with each other! Your child can bring his/her decorated valentine box to school beginning on Monday, February 7-11. Please make sure your child’s name is clearly visible on the front/top of the box. Our Tigers will be delivering their Valentines on February 11 prior to the class party. If your child is delivering valentines, please have him/her make a valentine for everyone in their homeroom. We do not want any hurt feelings on a "friend" holiday. A list of names will be coming home as we get closer to the event. Thank you! :)
Reading:
This week we have been working on the following:
learning strategies to use when reading text
We learned to annotate text to better our understanding of what we are reading by using L.A.T.C.H.
Label evidence
Add notes
Take your time
Cross out wrong choices
Highlight important information
Next week, we will:
continue to learn how to annotate text for comprehension using L.A.T.C.H.
Begin a whole-group novel study of The Cricket in Times Square. This is a great opportunity to review and analyze story elements. We will focus on compare/contrast characters and plot
Students will receive a new guided reading book and homework assignment that is due on Friday, January 28th. There is two sides to the homework assignment so I am giving them longer to complete it.
Math:
This week we have been working on the following
Division & Multiplication
We worked on Input and Output tables (also known as function tables)
We worked on both division and multiplication Math Facts
We used a new program called Reflex Math. It is a favorite already!
We solved one and two step word problems and used many of the strategies we've learned.
Next, week's focus will be:
Continuing working with word problems & using the UPS√ & CUBES strategies
Reviewing past & current skills on Education Galaxy.
Continue to work on math fluency with Splash Learn, MobyMax, & Reflex Math.
Homework will be due on January 21.
Science:
In science we are in our Forms of Energy unit.
Our Main Points to learn from this Unit:
Energy appears in different forms.
Energy is useful in our everyday lives.
Energy cannot be created or destroyed but can change from one form to another.
Grammar:
This week's focus phrase:
I can honor nationalities and languages by capitalizing them
Writing:
Students will work on a draft of their informational text
Students will continue to include text features such as Table of Contents, Glossary, Diagrams, Illustration with caption, etc. for their final informational writing.
Spelling:
Students will learn about suffixes -ful, -ness, -ly, -ing, -ed
We will spend this week learning practicing words with these suffixes
The spelling list will come home with your child on Monday, January 24th and can be found in your child's Reading Homework Folder (velcro pouch)
We heard a few Tigers had a January birthday! Let's wish them the best birthday EVER!
January Birthdays
Avery Kate- January 8th
Kennedy - January 10th
Ford- January 15th
WISH LISTS
We are "good" on everything right now. Thank you so much for all you do to support us and our 3rd grade Tigers! : ) : ) : )
