Thriving in Third Volume 23
February 9, 2023
Valentine's Party Sign Up!!!!!
- Sign Up Genius (for volunteers)
- Students may bring in a homemade box or bag on the day of the party to collect their treats.
- Click here for class lists
School Supplies
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!
*Announcement about Spirit Squad*
Spirit Squad Workshop
PTA will be putting up a large heart to put these on. If your student would like to print out and send it to school we can make sure it gets put up on the big heart. Contact Mr. Jillson for any question
Looking Ahead
February
- 14th: Valentine's Party (more info to come)
- 17th: No School
- 20th: No School
- 24th: STEM Night @ 5:30pm
March
- 9th: Open House
- 13th-17th: Spring Break
April
- 5th: MAP Testing
- 6th: MAP Testing
- 7th: No School - Good Friday
- 10th: Bad Weather Makeup Day
- 11th: Bad Weather Makeup Day
- 17th: Mrs. Franks' Birthday
- 18th: Reading STAAR Test
- 28th: Multicultural Day
May
- 2nd: Math STAAR Test
- 19th: Early Release @ 12:05 & Last Day of 3rd Grade!
February Specials Schedule
Third Grade Curriculum
ELAR
Mentor Text: Gigi and the Wishing Ring
Grammar: Pronouns, Nouns: singular and plural
Foundational Skills: decoding & spelling multisyllabic words with multiple sound-spelling patterns (OUGH, AUGH)
Writing: respond to reading through writing and personal narratives
Vocab: Drama
Audience, Character , Context, Dialogue, Figurative language, Genre, Plot, Setting, Stage directions, Theme
Voice, Drama, Scene, Act, Conflict, Resolution, Text structure, Imagery, Word choice, Literary device
Reading: Retell, Elements of Drama, Theme
Social Studies
Governing Communities
Unit 5 Test will be next Wednesday, Feb 15th.
The students will be provided a paper review on Monday which they can use on the test (if they complete it)!
3.2 (B) compare ways in which people in the local community and other communities meet their needs for government, education, communication, transportation, and recreation.
I can compare ways in which people in the local community meet their needs by studying the systems in our community.
Academic Vocabulary:
communication: the exchange or sending of information and ideas
transportation: moving people or things from one place to another
recreation: anything we do to have fun or relax
government: group of people who run a community
education: learning of knowledge and skills
Math
Unit 9: Fractions
This week in Math: -Unit Fractions -Compose and Decompose Fractions -Equivalent Fractions
Science
Unit 7: Weather
This week in Science:
- We are continuing tracking weather in our hometown and a vacation destination.
- Students will create a slideshow presentation of their findings.
⭐Star Students⭐
Tristan
Mrs. Franks' Star Student
Kinsley
Ms. Cho's Star Student
Knox
Ms. Golec's Star Student
Sebastian
Mrs. Tuffs' Star Student
Jennifer Tuffs- jtuffs@leisd.ws
Brittany Golec- bgolec@leisd.ws
Jennifer Franks- jfranks@leisd.ws
Shua Cho- scho@leisd.ws