April 27 - Week 34

News

Medical Notes

If your child has a medical note that prevents them from playing at recess, please make sure that you also inform P.E. and music teachers. Students move a lot in both of these classes and teachers need to know of any limitations.

Snacks

Students may bring a dry, quick, and healthy snack. Good suggestions are apple slices, carrot sticks, grapes, goldfish, pretzels and granola bars. Please do not send chips, cookies, candy, anything that needs to be peeled, and anything that needs a utensil to eat for your child to have as a snack.

Water Bottles

Students may bring a filled water bottle with only clear (unflavored) water. Do not add flavor packets to the water in case of spills. Students may not bring cups with straws. Only water bottles that can securely close will be allowed.

Character Strong

Morning Drop Off

PARENTS, Please watch and follow staff directions in the morning drop off. We need you to pull all the way forward. Please do not stop at the kindergarten doors as you back up traffic. We need to keep everything flowing. We have staff on hand to assist students getting to class.

Afternoon Pick Up

Here is the link to our Safety Procedures for Afternoon Dismissal.

Illness

Please remember to follow our attendance guidelines and keep your child home when they are sick. While we value your child’s learning time in the classroom, help prevent the spread of illness and ensure the health of other students by making sure your child is fever-free for 24 hours before returning to school. Please also talk to your child about healthy habits like frequent hand washing and covering your mouth when coughing.

Important Dates

Homework

April 28: Math STAAR Test - Closed Campus to Visitors
May 4: Reading MAP Test
May 6: Math MAP Test
May 15: Field Day

Students are encouraged to read every night and review multiplication, addition, and subtraction facts for automaticity.

What We Are Learning in Third Grade

Reader's Workshop:

This week, students will finish our research unit on an animal of their choice!

Ask your child what they've learned about the animal they are researching.

Writer's Workshop:

This week, the students will publish their research paper on the animal of their choice!

Ask your child what the most interesting fact they learned about the animal they researched.

Skills Block:

This week, students will continue cursive! We will spend this week reviewing what we have learned about lower and upper case cursive letters and begin writing our names, words, and simple sentences.

To help at home: ask your child sign their name in cursive.

Math:

This week, students will review all of the skills that they have learned to prepare for the STAAR test. The math STAAR test is on Tuesday, April 28. We will also relate multiples to factors. Students will be tested on multiplication facts 0-10 on Friday, May 1.

Ask your child to explain what it means to find a sum, difference, product, and quotient.

Science:

This week in Science, we will be working on a Project Based Learning project where students will look at patterns, cycles, systems, and relationships within environments. Students will explore the effects of rapid development within communities and how that affects ecosystems.

Topic 7, Exp. 1 External Structures

Ask your child about how animals have been affected by development within communities.

Social Studies:

Students will be applying what they've learned about Financial Literacy to participate in our Market Project.

Ask your child what they have decided to make for their business.

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