March
3RD GRADE NEWSLETTER
MONTHLY REMINDERS (all attire days are optional)
- Monday: Green for Cooperation, Bedtime stories with Mrs. Owens
- Tuesday: #AliefProud
- Wednesday: College / Military
- Thursday: Texas History or Women’s History attire, 3rd grade parent lunch day
- Friday: Rees Spirit Day
IMPORTANT DATES
- March 2: Dr. Suess Week: Favorite Seuss character
Texas Independence Day - March 3: Dr. Suess Week: Thing Tuesday or Cat in the Hat
- March 4: Dr. Seuss Week: Wacky Wednesday or Lorax
- March 5: Dr. Seuss Week: Green Eggs & Ham or Grinch/Big Art Day
- March 6: FIELD DAY (no short-shorts or tank tops)12:45 to 2:45 - 3rd and 4th grade
- March 9-13: SPRING BREAK
- March 16: Student Holiday
- March 17: Green for St. Patrick’s Day
- March 19: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Day
3rd. Grade Math CBA (data analysis)
REPORT CARD DAY
- March 20: Very Hungry Caterpillar Day/World Frog Day
- March 21: 10:00-1:00 Alief Career Fair @ CTD 10:00-12:00 Alief ISD Transition Fair @ Marshall Center for Advanced Careers (free event for families of children with disabilities (age 3-22) to meet with agencies and organizations that can meet their needs while in school and transitioning to adulthood.
- March 23: National Puppy Day
- March 26 : Astros attire for Opening Day
5:00-6:30 Family Puppet Night - Library - March 27: 8:30 am. Coffee with the Principal – Family Center
- March 30: National Mermaid Day (actually 3/29)
- March 31: National Crayon Day
Assessments*
- March 19: Math CBA (Data analysis)
* Subject to change. Any changes will be notified via Class Dojo.
IMPORTANT LINKS
Password: rees123
CONTENT FOR THIS MONTH
READING
During the month of March, students will listen to, read, and view a variety of texts and media that present them with information about animal survival. A genre focus on nonfiction provides students with opportunities to identify author’s purpose, central idea, and text structure in order to
better understand unfamiliar texts. As students build their vocabulary and synthesize topic knowledge,
they will learn more about the way animals utilize behaviors and characteristics, or traits, to help them survive.
WRITING
In March, we will be learning the following in grammar:
- Adjectives and Articles
- Words used to compare
- Helping verb/ The Verb be
We'll continue working on responding to prompts using the RACE strategy. Students are working on responding using an extended constructed response and a short constructed response.
MATH
SCIENCE
SOCIAL STUDIES
During the month of March, for Social Studies, students will be learning about how the United States, after becoming a nation, started growing. New ways to travel and communicate were invented, the conquest of the West looking for land and new homes, and new ideas were flourishing all over our country. Students will also learn about important individuals who contributed to this growing nation.
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