March 30 - Week 30

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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 3: Student Holiday
April 9: Reading STAAR Test - Closed Campus to Visitors
April 15: Field Trip to Elm Fork at UNT
April 16: 5th Grade Science STAAR Test - Closed Campus to Visitors
April 28: Math STAAR Test - Closed Campus to Visitors

Reading and math homework is due by Thursday. Students should practice multiplication facts of three. 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 continue reviewing and preparing for the Reading STAAR test!

Ask your child what they can do to set themselves up for success when it comes to the STAAR test!

Writer's Workshop:

This week, the students will continue reviewing how to write constructed responses for the STAAR test.

Ask your child what are the most important parts of an SCR and ECR. (Restate and Answer the Question (State your claim), Cite evidence from the text, Explain your evidence, and Summarize your claim.)

Skills Block:

This week, students will continue reviewing for the upcoming STAAR test. Students will be reviewing and practicing how to edit and revise short passages, sentences, and their own written responses, just like they would be doing on the STAAR test.

To help at home: this week's homework is focused on editing and revision.Please have students complete and turn this in by Thursday April 2nd.

Math:

This week, students will learn strategies to help them solve two-digit multiplication problems. On Thursday, students will be assessed on multiplication facts of three.

Ask your child to explain how to solve a multiplication problem using the multiplication algorithm.

Science:

This week we will begin Experience 3 in Topic 4, Fossils. Students will identify fossils as evidence of past living organisms. We will also make our own imprint fossils to explain how fossils form.

Topic 6, Experience 3 Changes in Ecosystems Topic 6, Experience 3 Fossils

Ask your child about types of fossils and how they are made.

Social Studies:

Students will be taking a break from Social Studies while we prepare for the Reading STAAR test.

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