3rd Grade Newsletter

September 27 - October 1, 2021


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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. Thank you so much for your help with this. Students did an amazing job with returning their Guided Reading Homework Folder to school each day. Math homework will begin next week. We are hoping to get our Tigers in a routine of showing you their GREAT Tiger folder, doing their homework, and returning it weekly. However, the Guided Reading books will need to come back to school each day.

Important Dates to Remember:

October 11: No School

October 12:

  • Fall Picture Day

  • Chick - Fil - A Spirit Night: (Drive-Thru only at Colleyville location)

October 13: Early Release Day (11:45 a.m.)

Reading:

This week we have been working on the following:

  • guided reading book and homework was sent home for the first time this week. Each week, your child will receive a new guided reading book and homework assignment. The book is one that your child should be able to read independently or with little assistance. This book is used to complete the nightly activity that enriches the skills being taught in class. Students did an AMAZING job making sure their Guided Reading Homework Folder was at school each day.

Next week we will:

  • continue reading Stone Fox and apply our comprehension check strategies: Ask Questions, Make Connections, Predict, Envision

  • continue to work on finding Context Clues in text to. help us understand an unknown word


Math:

This week we have been working on the following:

  • Place Value : Comparing and Ordering Numbers Using Number Lines

  • Comparing and Ordering Numbers ( <, > , or =)

Next, week's focus:

  • Rounding to the Nearest Ten and Hundred

  • Homework will begin next week. There will be a note attached to their homework. It will come home on Monday and needs to be returned by Friday. However, It can be returned any day next week.






Science:

In science we are working on Mixtures and Solutions.

Main Points to Know:

  • Mixtures are formed when two or more materials are combined.


  • The observable properties of materials may stay the same even when materials are mixed together.


  • Mixtures can be separated based on their physical properties.


Grammar:

This week's focus

  • Week 2: I can use state of being verbs to "tell it like it is." Verbs such as are, was, were, be, been, am


Writing:

This week's focus

  • Narratives: Students will continue to develop their personal narratives


Spelling




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

6th: Mackenzie

10th: Evie

12th : Teesha

17th: Kate

19th : Zoe


WISH LISTS

Three of our biggest needs right now are

  1. Heavy sheet protectors. We are making goal folders for each child for math, reading, spelling, writing, and science. They will share these folders with you later in the year for their Student Led Conferences.

  2. Post-it Notes :. Your child will be jotting down ideas and responses to what they are reading. We will go through A LOT of post- its this year!

  3. Play-doh: For science experiments.. it doesn't have to be pretty! It can even be used playdoh that isn't played with anymore. We will be using it for our upcoming Food Chain unit later this school year.

  4. Clorox or Lysol wipes. We are wiping down our desks quite often.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!