Thriving in Third Volume 27

The students need headphones, pencils, scissors, and crayons/colored pencils in a pencil poutch or box, everyday. Please ask your child if they need any of those items replenished. We have plenty of pencils and glue sticks at school!

March

• 9th: PTA Meeting @ 5:00
• 9th: Open House & Art Night 5:30-6:30
• 9th: Fraction Math Test
• 13th-17th: Spring Break

April

• 4th: Reading MAP Testing
• 6th: Math MAP Testing
• 7th: No School - Good Friday
• 10th: Science MAP Testing
• 11th: Language Usage MAP Testing
• 14th: Unit 8 Science Test
• 17th: Mrs. Franks' Birthday
• 18th: Reading STAAR Test
• 28th: Multicultural Day

May

• 2nd: Math STAAR Test
• 12th: Unit 9 Science Test
• 19th: Early Release @ 12:05 & Last Day of 3rd Grade!

Grammar: Revision skills: punctuation, compound sentences

Foundational Skills: decoding & spelling prefixes (DIS)

Writing: responding to reading and revise/edit opinion essay

Vocab:

Reading: Using STAAR question stems with paired passages.

11(B) identify and describe the heroic deeds of individuals such as Harriet Tubman, Todd Beamer, and other contemporary heroes.

13 A: identify individuals who have discovered scientific breakthroughs or created or invented new technology such as Jonas Salk, Cyrus McCormick, Bill Gates, Louis Pasteur, and others

We will review for the upcoming test (March 30th)!

This week in Math:

-Polygons

-2D/3D Shapes

-Quadrilaterals

3.6A: classify and sort two- and three- dimensional figures, including cones, cylinders, spheres, triangular and rectangular prisms, and cubes, based on attributes using formal geometric language

This week in Science:

- Animal Adaptations

• Physical Adaptations
• Behavioral Adaptations

3.13: explore and explain how external structures and functions of animals such as the neck of a giraffe or webbed feet on a duck enable them to survive in their environment

Jennifer Tuffs- jtuffs@leisd.ws

Brittany Golec- bgolec@leisd.ws

Jennifer Franks- jfranks@leisd.ws

Shua Cho- scho@leisd.ws