3rd Grade Newsletter
January 24 - January 28, 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.
Don't Miss Out!
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Important Dates to Remember:
January 10-28: GT Services & Aspire Academy Referral Window Opens: This is the LAST Week
January 28: Play It Safe: Please be sure you've returned your child's form back to their teacher.
February 5- PTA Snow Hill/ Dad's Club breakfast
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 practice annotating text for comprehension using L.A.T.C.H.
Continue our 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 keep the guided reading book issued last week to complete the story web/venn diagram homework assignment that is due on Friday, January 28th.
Math:
This week we have been working on the following
We practiced and reviewed past & current skills on Education Galaxy.
We worked on both division and multiplication Math Facts
We solved one and two step word problems and used many of the strategies we've learned.
We discussed how the UPS√ and CUBES strategies work GREAT together.
Next, week's focus will be:
Continue to review past & current skills on Education Galaxy.
Continuing working with word problems & using the UPS√ & CUBES strategies
Learn about the different properties of multiplication.(zero, identity, commutative, and distributive)
Continue to work on math fluency with Splash Learn, MobyMax, & Reflex Math.
Take our Unit Test over the Application of Multiplication and Division.
Homework will be due on January 28. (this is the homework that came home LAST week prior to the District's closing)
Science:
In science we are in our Magnetism and Gravity unit.
Our Main Points to learn from this Unit:
Gravity is a force that can move objects by pulling them toward each other.
Magnetism is a force that can move objects by attracting them together or repelling them apart.
Forces, including gravity and magnetism, can have observable effects on objects.
Grammar:
This week's focus phrase:
I can review names of people, places or things that need to be capitalized.
ex. street names, book titles, nationalities, months/days of the year, countries, etc.
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 continue to 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 will practice spelling these words in class. However, it is always welcomed to practice at home too.
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!
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