3rd Grade Newsletter
May 16 - May 20, 2022
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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.
So proud of our Mackenzie!
Mackenzie entered the 2022 Rabies Awareness and Prevention Poster Contest. She won 2nd place in the 3rd-5th grade age bracket for the entire state of Texas! Way to represent OC Taylor, Mackenzie! We are so proud of you and your artistic talent! Look at those art supplies that she won! We know you will use them in future contests. Congratulations! :)
Field Day!!!!!
Please let us know if your child needs a sack lunch from the school cafeteria on Friday, May 20 for Field Day.
Please send us an email, if you need one so that the cafeteria can plan accordingly.
You may also bring your child a lunch or your child can bring their own lunch. Lunch will be from 11:00-12:00 for the whole school. Please have them wear sunscreen, a hat, comfortable clothes, and tennis shoes
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:
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:
recording our fairytale dramas with our groups on the green screen
Reviewing all standards to prepare for the upcoming STAAR test on Thursday, May 12th.
Next week, we will:
review test-taking strategies
Take the Reading STAAR Test on Thursday, May 12th
No Homework Next Week
Reminder:
Please remind to your child to have his/her chromebook fully charged each night.
Your child needs to have a set of headphones/earbuds each day.
Be sure to pack a water bottle and a snack for the STAAR testing days, Tuesday and Thursday of next week.
Spelling: Ms. Pease
No Spelling Words Next Week
Math:
Reminder:
Please remind to your child to have his/her chromebook fully charged each morning before coming to school.
This week we have been working on the following:
Showing all we have learned this year on the STAAR Math test!
Reviewing math concepts through games.
Next, week's focus will be:
talking about financial literacy and the importance of thinking about all of our options before spending, our hard earned Lee Bucks.
Planned vs Unplanned Spending
The Importance of a budget
Credit and Interest
Will take our Unit 8 Assessment over Financial Literacy
Multiplication and Division Facts
There will be no Math homework this week.
Science:
In science we are starting our Space Unit.
Main Ideas to know:
The Sun is the major source of energy for Earth. The winds, ocean currents and growth of plants are affected by the Sun’s energy. Seasons result from varying amounts of the Sun’s energy hitting Earth’s surface.
Each of the planets in our solar system orbits the Sun and maintains its place in relationship to the Sun and each other.
The Earth, Moon and Sun interact in ways that affect our planet in fundamental ways.
A model can be used to represent the Moon orbiting the Earth and the Earth orbiting the Sun.
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 are making SO much progress on our fractured fairy tales! Be sure to ask your child what they are writing about.
We heard a few Tigers have a May birthday! Let's wish them the best birthday EVER!
May Birthdays
Isabella - May 2
Hannah- May 7
Preston - May 23
Emmanuel- May 25
Tulip- May 30
Teacher's Wish Lists
Ms. Pease- Kleenex
Mrs. Lee- Wide-Ruled notebook paper
Mrs. Wierz - Clorox Wipes
Thank you, thank you, thank you , thank you, thank you! :)
