3rd Grade Newsletter

• • April 4: School Librarian's Day
  • April 5: March Principal Awards @ Celebrate Smith; LTHS Teacher Appreciation & Community Night
  • April 8-12: Smith Spring Book Fair
  • April 9: Walk, Bike, or Roll to School Day
  • April 11: PTA General Meeting & Kindergarten Performance in cafe @ 6:00 PM
  • April 12: Frisco PTA Night @ Rough Riders
  • April 20: LoneSTAAR Challenge @ Gunstream Elementary
    
  • April 26: No School/Bad Weather Make-up Day
  • May 2: Volunteer Breakfast 7:20-8:00 AM in Library; PTA General Meeting w/ Treblemakers Choir Performance @ 6pm
  • May 3: April Principal Awards @ Celebrate Smith; POD Spirit Day
  • May 4: Spring Carnival 3-6pm, Smith back bus loop
  • May 6-10: Smith Teacher Appreciation Week
  • May 7: Kindergarten Orientation & Signing Day 5:30 - 6:30 PM in cafe
  • May 9 & 10: Incoming Kindergarten Assessments (by appointment only) 8:00 - 4:00 PM
    
  • May 9: 5th Grade Field Day @ Clark
  • May 10: 9 Week Awards @ Celebrate Smith; K-4th Field Day
  • May 13: 5th Grade Celebration (Pinstack) & Awards Ceremony
  • May 17: EOY Class Parties/Last Day of School

Every 3rd-5th grader in the state of Texas is required to take the STAAR tests. Please refrain from making any appointments for your child on his/her testing dates. The campus will also be closed to visitors and parents during the 2-week testing period (April 15 - April 25).

April 15 - 4th & 5th RLA STAAR

April 16 - 3rd RLA STAAR

April 17 - 5th Science STAAR

April 23 - 4th & 5th Math STAAR

April 24 - 3rd Math STAAR

All STAAR tests are administered online. If you would like your child to practice the format of the test at home, please follow these directions or watch this video.

• STAAR/TELPAS Practice at Home! Use this OPTIONAL resource to learn how to access practice tests and familiarize your student with the testing platforms!
• Log in to Clever at home! This clicksheet will give you instructions on how your student can access several of our student applications at home!

FISD Family Tool-Time Training "I Can Do It Myself: Toilet Training & Adaptative Skills" with your families. We are so excited to invite back STAR Autism to present on this helpful topic.

April 3rd, 12-1:30pm

*This is a virtual event. Please RSVP here. A meeting link will be sent to you on the day of the training.

Tool Time- I Can Do It Myself: Toilet Training & Adaptive Skills

Join STAR Autism to learn practical ways to teach self-help & toileting skills in the home and community! This virtual learning event will be held on Wednesday, 4/3/24 from 12pm-1:30pm. Access information will be emailed to your registered email address prior to the event.

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Homework went home today in Thursday folders and will be due on Friday, April 12. Please click here to access a copy.

These words will be tested on Friday, April 12.

As your students are bringing home a new homework sheet each week, you might find yourself having questions about the strategies they are learning! We have some videos that you are able to watch with your student to help deepen your understanding of the way we teach our lessons.

Anchor Charts & Video Examples/Explanation:

Representing Numbers/Place Value/Comparing & Ordering/Estimating & Rounding:

• Representing Numbers & Place Value Anchor Chart
• Comparing & Ordering Numbers Anchor Chart
• Estimating & Rounding Anchor Chart

Addition & Subtraction:

• Addition & Subtraction Models Anchor Chart
• Addition & Subtraction Strategies Anchor Chart
• Represent One-Step Addition Problems with Pictorial Models
  

• Represent One-Step Addition Problems with Number lines

• Represent One-Step Subtraction Problems with Pictorial Models

• Represent One-Step Subtraction Problems with Number Lines

Multiplication:

• Solving Multiplication Problems using Equal Groups and Repeated Addition

• Solving Multiplication Problems using Equal Groups and Skip Counting

• Solving Multiplication Problems using Arrays and Area Models

• Solving Multiplications Problems using Number Lines

• Solving 2-Digit by 1-Digit Multiplication Problems using Area Model

Division:

• Solving Division Problems using Objects
• Solving Division Problems using Arrays
• Solving Division Problems using Number Lines

Area:

• Relating Area to Arrays
• Area Anchor Chart

Numerical Relationships in Tables:

• Anchor Chart

Fractions:

• Modeling Fractions Anchor Chart
• Fractions on a Number Line
• Representing Fractions on a Number Line Video
• Decomposing Fractions Anchor Chart
• Compose/Decompose Fractions Video

• Use Objects to Represent Equivalent Fractions

• Use Pictures to Represent Equivalent Fractions

• Use Number Lines to Represent Equivalent Fractions

Reading: Students will analyze nonfiction texts.

Writing: Students will revise extended constructed responses.

Grammar/Word Work: Students will edit.

Math: Students will review test taking strategies.

Science: Students will describe environmental changes such as floods and droughts where some organisms thrive and others perish or move to new locations.

Social Studies: Students will learn about personal financial literacy.

You can now access your child’s Progress Report in HAC, the Home Access Center.

Access HAC through The Gateway or here: https://hac.friscoisd.org/HomeAccess

• Login: student ID
• Password: 8-digit birthdate - MMDDYYYY
• The password must be 8 digits. If DOB is February 4, 2019, your password would be 02042019.
• Once in HAC, click on GRADES.

If you have questions about accessing HAC for grades or attendance, please contact Angela Hurwich at hurwichan@friscoisd.org.

If you have questions about grades, please contact your child’s teacher.

Please take a minute to review this handbook! It contains lots of important information that you will find helpful, including policies and procedures for birthday celebrations, arrival/dismissal, campus visitors etc.

Did you know that our 3rd Grade Website is full of resources? Be sure to check it out!

• Links to our weekly newsletter
• Teacher Contact Info
• Links to Homework/Spelling List

To Report an Absence/Tardy for your child, go to the Smith homepage and click on the yellow “Report an Absence” button in the upper right corner and complete the short form.

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Location: 9800 Sean Drive, Frisco, TX, USA
Phone: 469.633.2200