March 9- Week 28

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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

March 10: Open House & Fifth Grade Science Benchmark (Closed Campus to Visitors)
March 13: Early Release at 11:45
March 14-24: Spring Break
March 25: Fourth Nine Weeks Begins
April 15: Field Trip to Elm Fork at UNT

Reading homework is due by Friday. 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 be working on their reading stamina.

Ask your child what they can do to set themselves up for success when it comes to reading without getting distracted.

Writer's Workshop:

This week, the students will finish our unit on argumentative/persuasive text by writing an argumentative essays with a claim and supporting reasons/evidence.

Ask your child what are the 4 most important parts to an argumentative essay. (Claim, Evidence/Reasons, Audience, and Call to Action!)

Skills Block:

This week, students will review homophones/homographs, adverbs, contractions, and abbreviations.

Ask your child what are the homophones (read & red), the adverb (easily), the contraction(couldn't - could not), and the abbreviation (Dr. - doctor) in the following sentence:

Dr. John read the red book because he couldn't easily find the answer to his problem.

Math:

This week, students will determine equivalent fractions and compare fractions when using a number line. Students will also determine the value of a collection of coins and bills.

Ask your child to tell you the value of coins and bills that you have at home.

Science:

This week we will complete the 2nd Experience in Topic 6 (Energy in Ecosystems). Students will bring home a study guide we have used to review what we have learned. We will have a summative assessment on Wednesday, March 11th.

Topic 6, Experience 1: Organisms in Ecosystems Topic 6, Experience 2: Energy in Ecosystems

Ask your child about how a food chain may change.

Social Studies:

Students will be learning about conservation.

Ask your child what things they can do to try and conserve resources.

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