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Weekly Update: January 17 - January 20

1/19/2023

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Announcements:​
  • Scholastic Book Orders: New Scholastic Book fliers went home yesterday in Thursday folders. It's important to keep your child reading to build stamina, fluency, accuracy and comprehension. You can place your child's book order online using our class's code NP79X Link to order: clubs.scholastic.com/  I'll place the order at the end of the month (Jan. 31st).
  • Become a PTA Member: Our school needs parents like you to sign up for PTA. Critical learning tools, field trips, and resources are paid for by our wonderful PTA, but that means we need you!  Please, become a PTA member today. England PTA website
  • Home Access Center: Please, check weekly to stay up to date on your child's academic progress. Link to Home Access Center.  Continue to discuss with your child the importance of listening to directions, staying focused on school work and doing his/her personal best on all assignments. Remember, if a student earns below a 70% on any assignment or test, the student can make corrections to earn a possible passing grade (70%) per school district policy. 
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​Upcoming Events:​​​​.​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​
  • Jan 23 - End of the Bluebonnet Reading Program 2022 - Voting for best bluebonnet book
  • Jan 27 - Reading Unit Test "Poetry and Nonfiction Text comparison" 
  • Jan 27 - Writing: Final draft of 2 poems due. 
  • Feb 2 - Economics Fair Project - Information sent home in Thursday folders
  • Feb 3 - Math Unit Test "Place Value" for Swyers and Lilleboe students
  • Feb 3 - Last day to read 20 bluebonnet books and compete in Battle of the Bluebonnets
  • Feb 8 - Science Unit Test "Weather, Soil and Earth's Forces - Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Landslides"
  • Feb 9 - Economics Fair Project idea must be approved by Mrs. Lilleboe (last day to get approval)

What are we learning?  
Writing: We have written multiple poems in this poetry unit: a free verse poem on something that brings us joy, a poem focusing on emotion and creating stanzas, "Wait I Can Wait" poem which focuses on repetition and personification, and a poem with imagery and sensory words. We will continue to revise our poems with poetic language, appropriate line breaks and choosing specific words that create imagery. 

Reading:  Our current unit is Reading Poetry.  Students will be able to: 
  • The learner will create mental images and make inferences using text evidence to support their understanding while reading and writing responses to a variety of poems. (3.6DF, 3.7BC)
  • The learner will describe how the poetic language in poems (imagery, literal and figurative language such as simile, and sound devices such as onomatopoeia) creates imagery for the reader.  (3.9B, 3.10D)
  • The learner will read a variety of poems and explain how the rhyme scheme, sound devices, and structural elements contribute to the meaning. (3.9B, 3.10D)
  • The learner will compose poems using genre characteristics and revise drafts to improve word choice by adding, deleting, combining, or rearranging ideas for coherence and clarity. (3.11C, 3.12A, 3.10D)

​Math: 
  • ​Swyers and Lilleboe Students: We are currently in our Place Value & Rounding unit.​
    • ​In this unit students will extend their understanding of place value to 100,000. As numbers get larger, the ability to model them concretely becomes increasingly challenging.
    • The goal is for students to generalize the structure of the place value system to understand that every time a new place is added to the left, it is composed of 10 units of the immediately preceding place value unit. So in this case, 1 hundred thousand is composed of 10 ten thousands and 1 ten thousand is composed of 10 thousands. 
    • TEK 3.2A compose and decompose numbers up to 100,000 as a sum of so many ten thousands, so many thousands, so many hundreds, so many tens, and so many ones using objects, pictorial models, and numbers, including expanded notation as appropriate; – R RC1
    • ​TEK 3.2B describe the mathematical relationships found in the base-10 place value system through the hundred thousands place; – S RC1
    • TEK 3.2C represent a number on a number line as being between two consecutive multiples of 10; 100; 1,000; or 10,000 and use words to describe relative size of numbers in order to round whole numbers; and – S RC1
  • Bae/Jones/McKenzie students: Math unit - Geometry. Use my "math links" and Splash Learn to help with these concepts. In this unit students will:
    • ​Identify attributes of all quadrilaterals (squares, rectangles, rhombus, trapezoids, parallelograms)
    • Identify attributes of 3 types of triangles
    • Determine the perimeter of a 2D shape
    • Determine the area of a 2D shape
    • Describe the differences between prisms and pyramids​​

Science: We have started our next unit "Weather, Soils and Earth's Forces". This week we wrapped up the "weather" portion of this unit with a quiz and a writing response. Next week, we will begin our study of Earth's forces (volcanoes, landslides and earthquakes) and how these are rapid changes that take place on the Earth's surface. 

Social Studies: We will learn about how humans adapt to their living environment depending on where they live (cold region, hot desert area, on an island, etc) and begin our economics (financial literacy) unit as well.  We also spent some time learning more about civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. The economics (financial literacy) unit will stretch into March as we prepare for our Economics Fair on March 8th. 
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Weekly Update: January 9 - January 13

1/11/2023

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Announcements:
  • Report Cards: Please return your child's report card envelope. Remove the items in the envelope and sign the back of it. Thank you!
  • Soil Homework: If your child forgot to bring in his/her soil today...Please have them bring it in on Tuesday! See email I sent on Tuesday for details and information. 
  • Science Supplies: If you signed up to purchase any of our science supplies on the Signup Genius, please have your child bring the item in by Wednesday, Jan. 18. 
  • Scholastic Book Orders: New Scholastic Book fliers went home yesterday in Thursday folders. It's important to keep your child reading to build stamina, fluency, accuracy and comprehension. You can place your child's book order online using our class's code NP79X Link to order: clubs.scholastic.com/  I'll place the order at the end of the month (Jan. 31st).
  • Become a PTA Member: Our school needs parents like you to sign up for PTA. Critical learning tools, field trips, and resources are paid for by our wonderful PTA, but that means we need you!  Please, become a PTA member today. England PTA website
  • Home Access Center: Please, check weekly to stay up to date on your child's academic progress. Link to Home Access Center.  Continue to discuss with your child the importance of listening to directions, staying focused on school work and doing his/her personal best on all assignments. Remember, if a student earns below a 70% on any assignment or test, the student can make corrections to earn a possible passing grade (70%) per school district policy. 
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​Upcoming Events:​​​​.​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​
  • Jan 16 - No School (Martin Luther King Jr Day)
  • ​Jan 18 - Bring in Science supplies from the Signup Genius 
  • Jan 19 - Math Unit Test "More Multiplication and Division" - Lilleboe & Swyers math students
  • Jan 20 - Math Unit Test "Geometry" - Bae, Jones and McKenzie math students
  • Jan 23 - End of the Bluebonnet Reading Program 2022 - Voting for best bluebonnet book
  • Feb 2 - Economics Fair Project - Information sent home in Thursday folders
  • Feb 8 - Science Unit Test "Weather, Soil and Earth's Forces - Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Landslides"
  • Feb 9 - Economics Fair Project idea must be approved by Mrs. Lilleboe (last day to get approval)

What are we learning?  
Writing: We have started our next writing unit, Poetry. Students will write a variety of poems using figurative language, sensory words/imagery, and feeling. 

Reading:  Our current unit is Reading Poetry.  Students will be able to: 
  • The learner will create mental images and make inferences using text evidence to support their understanding while reading and writing responses to a variety of poems. (3.6DF, 3.7BC)
  • The learner will describe how the poetic language in poems (imagery, literal and figurative language such as simile, and sound devices such as onomatopoeia) creates imagery for the reader.  (3.9B, 3.10D)
  • The learner will read a variety of poems and explain how the rhyme scheme, sound devices, and structural elements contribute to the meaning. (3.9B, 3.10D)
  • The learner will compose poems using genre characteristics and revise drafts to improve word choice by adding, deleting, combining, or rearranging ideas for coherence and clarity. (3.11C, 3.12A, 3.10D)

​Math: 
  • ​Swyers and Lilleboe Students: We are currently in our More Multiplication & Division unit.​
    • The first goal is for students to extend the fact strategies they’ve learned to help them multiply a two-digit number by a one-digit number. They should be encouraged to look for strategies involving mental math, partial products, area models, and/or properties of multiplication.
    • The second goal is for students to know that multiplication and division is more than just computation. Students must also learn how to solve story problems related to these operations, including those involving multiplicative comparisons. They must also represent relationships in story problems and be able to explain strategies used to solve problems using concrete objects, pictorial models, and number sentences.
  • Bae/Jones/McKenzie students: Math unit - Geometry. Use my "math links" and Splash Learn to help with these concepts. In this unit students will:
    • ​Identify attributes of all quadrilaterals (squares, rectangles, rhombus, trapezoids, parallelograms)
    • Identify attributes of 3 types of triangles
    • Determine the perimeter of a 2D shape
    • Determine the area of a 2D shape
    • Describe the differences between prisms and pyramids​​

Science: We have started our next unit "Weather, Soils and Earth's Forces". This week we charted the weather of 2 locations for 5 days. Then, we wrote a response about the data we collected - comparing and contrasting between the 2 locations. Next week we will look at soils. Please make sure your child brings in his/her soil on Tuesday!!!

Social Studies: We will learn about how humans adapt to their living environment depending on where they live (cold region, hot desert area, on an island, etc) and begin our economics (financial literacy) unit as well. The economics (financial literacy) unit will stretch into March as we prepare for our Economics Fair on March 8th. 
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Weekly Update: January 4 - January 6

1/4/2023

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Announcements:
  • Writing Homework This Weekend: We are currently working on our One Little Word Project. This is a project in which each student creates goals for him/herself for the 2023 year. After writing these goals in class, each student chose One Little Word to represent and guide themselves to pursue these goals this year. Each student has written a page in their writing notebooks about why they have chose their One Little Word (some students may have chosen to bring their writing notebooks home to continue to work on this over the weekend if they did not finish in class).  The homework I have assigned each student to do this weekend is to collect words, phrases and pictures that represent their One Little Word they've chosen. These words, phrases and pictures can be cut out from magazines, catalogs/advertisements, or printed from searching online. Please, have your student bring these clippings in a ziploc baggie on Monday. We will use them to create a poster/collage with our One Little Word and written page. See Mrs. Lilleboe's example below at the end of the update. 
  • Math Superstars: Challenge your child to show off their math skills as a Math Superstar! Participants who complete all 20 worksheets will receive a prize packet! This program is supported and run by PTA volunteers. Please visit  https://england-pta.memberhub.com/w/programs for more information. If you have any questions, please contact eee.mathsuperstars@gmail.com
  • Become a PTA Member: Our school needs parents like you to sign up for PTA. Critical learning tools, field trips, and resources are paid for by our wonderful PTA, but that means we need you!  Please, become a PTA member today. England PTA website
  • Home Access Center: Please, check weekly to stay up to date on your child's academic progress. Link to Home Access Center.  Continue to discuss with your child the importance of listening to directions, staying focused on school work and doing his/her personal best on all assignments. Remember, if a student earns below a 70% on any assignment or test, the student can make corrections to earn a possible passing grade (70%) per school district policy. 
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​Upcoming Events:​​​​.​ ​​​​​​​​​​​
  • Jan 9 - One Little Word homework is due today!
  • Jan 11 - School reading assessment using mClass 9:15 - 10:15am
  • Jan 12 - School math assessment using Aimsweb 9:15 - 10:15am
  • Jan 12 - Bring in a ziploc bag of soil from anywhere!  Due today!
  • Jan 13 - School assembly 9:00 - 9:45am 
  • Jan 16 - No School (Martin Luther King Jr Day)
  • Jan 20 - Math Unit Test "Geometry" - Bae, Jones and McKenzie math students
  • Jan 23 - End of the Bluebonnet Reading Program 2022 - Voting for best bluebonnet book​

What are we learning?  
Writing: Students are currently working on their One Little Word Project. This will be completed next week. Then we will start our poetry writing unit. 

Reading:  Our current unit is Reading Poetry.  Students will be able to: 
  • The learner will create mental images and make inferences using text evidence to support their understanding while reading and writing responses to a variety of poems. (3.6DF, 3.7BC)
  • The learner will describe how the poetic language in poems (imagery, literal and figurative language such as simile, and sound devices such as onomatopoeia) creates imagery for the reader.  (3.9B, 3.10D)
  • The learner will read a variety of poems and explain how the rhyme scheme, sound devices, and structural elements contribute to the meaning. (3.9B, 3.10D)
  • The learner will compose poems using genre characteristics and revise drafts to improve word choice by adding, deleting, combining, or rearranging ideas for coherence and clarity. (3.11C, 3.12A, 3.10D)

​Math: 
  • ​Swyers and Lilleboe Students: We are currently in our More Multiplication & Division unit.​
    • The first goal is for students to extend the fact strategies they’ve learned to help them multiply a two-digit number by a one-digit number. They should be encouraged to look for strategies involving mental math, partial products, area models, and/or properties of multiplication.
    • The second goal is for students to know that multiplication and division is more than just computation. Students must also learn how to solve story problems related to these operations, including those involving multiplicative comparisons. They must also represent relationships in story problems and be able to explain strategies used to solve problems using concrete objects, pictorial models, and number sentences.
  • Bae/Jones/McKenzie students: Math unit - Geometry. Use my "math links" and Splash Learn to help with these concepts. In this unit students will:
    • ​Identify attributes of all quadrilaterals (squares, rectangles, rhombus, trapezoids, parallelograms)
    • Identify attributes of 3 types of triangles
    • Determine the perimeter of a 2D shape
    • Determine the area of a 2D shape
    • Describe the differences between prisms and pyramids​​

Science: We will begin our new unit on Weather & Earth's Forces (Volcanoes, Landslides, Earthquakes) next week. We will also explore soils as well. Please have your child bring in a small ziploc bag of soil from his/her front or backyard, the park, or a field in your area by January 12.  Please, dig down deep to get below the "bark mulch or bark dust" layer. We will examine the soil for its properties. The test for this unit will be the first week in February. 

Social Studies: We will learn about how humans adapt to their living environment depending on where they live (cold region, hot desert area, on an island, etc) and begin our economics (financial literacy) unit as well. The economics (financial literacy) unit will stretch into March as we prepare for our Economics Fair on March 8th. 
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Weekly Update: December 5 - December 9

12/9/2022

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Announcements:
  • Winter Party: Supplies and Volunteers: Do you want to help out (volunteer) at our class holiday parties? Volunteers are parents that are willing to help organize, set up activities in classrooms, monitor and "run" activities/games, and clean up after holiday parties. If you'd like to help out, you will need to complete the district volunteer form. Once you completed the form and have signed up on the Signup Genius to volunteer with the upcoming winter party, please notify Mrs. Lilleboe. 
    • ​Volunteers are welcome and will need to complete the Volunteer Application prior to volunteering on campus. This is an annual requirement. Volunteers need to be pre-arranged with the campus through the office or classroom teacher.
  • Math Superstars: Challenge your child to show off their math skills as a Math Superstar! Participants who complete all 20 worksheets will receive a prize packet! This program is supported and run by PTA volunteers. Please visit  https://england-pta.memberhub.com/w/programs for more information. If you have any questions, please contact eee.mathsuperstars@gmail.com
  • Become a PTA Member: Our school needs parents like you to sign up for PTA. Critical learning tools, field trips, and resources are paid for by our wonderful PTA, but that means we need you!  Please, become a PTA member today. England PTA website
  • Home Access Center: Please, check weekly to stay up to date on your child's academic progress. Link to Home Access Center.  Continue to discuss with your child the importance of listening to directions, staying focused on school work and doing his/her personal best on all assignments. Remember, if a student earns below a 70% on any assignment or test, the student can make corrections to earn a possible passing grade (70%) per school district policy. ​​
Upcoming Events:​​​​.​ ​​​​​​​​​​​
  • Dec 12 - 14  Bring supplies for Winter Party to school.  Signup Genius
  • Dec 13 - Math unit test (Lilleboe/Swyers students) - Addition, Subtraction and Data
  • Dec 14 - Science Unit Test: Space & Sun, Earth and Moon relationship 
  • Dec 15 - Winter Party (volunteers will be needed for set-up, helping with activities, clean-up). Must be an "approved" volunteer. Please complete the form/application. 
  • Dec 16 - NO School 
  • Jan 4 - Students return back to school. 2nd semester begins (3rd Nine week grading period begins).

What's Been Happening In Class?  
Writing: Students finished typing up their final drafts of their realistic fiction stories. We then started and finished our Thankful writing activity this week. Both are graded assignments. 

Reading:  Our current unit is Argumentative (persuasive) Text. Students will be able to: 
  • I can write responses to texts and use text evidence to support and demonstrate my understanding. (3.7BC)
  • I can read argumentative texts and recognize the author’s claim and purpose, set apart facts in the text from the opinions, and identify the author’s intended audience or reader. (3.9Ei,ii,iii, 3.10A)
  • I can explore how the author’s language choices influence the meaning of the text. (For example, the learner will explore the author’s use of hyperbole and identify an author’s use of hyperbole as a method of intentionally exaggerating a point.) (3.10FG)
  • I can use my understanding of argumentative texts to write responses and compose opinion essays that demonstrate my stance on a topic or issue with effective text support. (3.12C, 3.7BC
​Math: 
  • ​Swyers and Lilleboe Students: We are currently in our Addition, Subtraction, Rounding and Data unit.
    • ​Demonstrate how to round 3 digit and 4 digit numbers to the 10's and 100's. 
    • Apply multiple strategies to solving 3 digit and 4 digit addition word problems.
    • Apply multiple strategies to solving 3 digit and 4 digit subtraction word problems. 
    • Identify key features in a variety of graphs (bar, pie, dot plot, pictograph)
    • Solve problems involving data, charts and graphs
  • Bae/Jones/McKenzie students: Math unit - Geometry. Use my "math links" and Splash Learn to help with these concepts. In this unit students will:
    • ​
Science: We 

Social Studies: We spend some time on Native Heritage Month, Acts of Kindness and Thanksgiving. 
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Weekly Update: November 14 - November 18

11/17/2022

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Announcements:
Thank you for the sweet thoughtful Thanksgiving treats and gifts. It was a very nice surprise these last couple of days to get cards from some of my students and parents. I appreciate it so much!
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  • Spirit Wear: Last day to order Elsa England Spirit Wear is next Friday, November 25th by Noon. See flier below for information. 
  • Becoming a Volunteer: Do you want to help out (volunteer) at class holiday parties? Volunteers are parents that are willing to help organize, set up activities in classrooms, monitor and "run" activities/games, and clean up after holiday parties. If you'd like to help out, you will need to complete the district volunteer form. Room parents must complete this form. Once you complete the form and plan on helping with the upcoming winter party, please notify Mrs. Lilleboe. 
    • ​Volunteers are welcome and will need to complete the Volunteer Application prior to volunteering on campus. This is an annual requirement. Volunteers need to be pre-arranged with the campus through the office or classroom teacher.
  • Math Superstars: Challenge your child to show off their math skills as a Math Superstar! Participants who complete all 20 worksheets will receive a prize packet! This program is supported and run by PTA volunteers. Please visit  https://england-pta.memberhub.com/w/programs for more information. If you have any questions, please contact eee.mathsuperstars@gmail.com
  • Become a PTA Member: Our school needs parents like you to sign up for PTA. Critical learning tools, field trips, and resources are paid for by our wonderful PTA, but that means we need you!  Please, become a PTA member today. England PTA website
  • Home Access Center: Please, check weekly to stay up to date on your child's academic progress. Link to Home Access Center.  Continue to discuss with your child the importance of listening to directions, staying focused on school work and doing his/her personal best on all assignments. Remember, if a student earns below a 70% on any assignment or test, the student can make corrections to earn a possible passing grade (70%) per school district policy. ​​
Upcoming Events:​​​​.​ ​​​​​​​​​​​
  • Nov 30 - 3rd Grade Author Visit
  • Dec 2 - Math Test (Bae/Jones/McKenzie) - Fractions
    • ​Mrs. Lilleboe will have a substitute
  • Dec 6 & 7 - District Interim Assessments (Reading/Math)
  • Dec 9 - PreK buddy activity for ESLOT (Lilleboe/McCown)
  • Dec 14 - Science Unit Test: Space & Sun, Earth and Moon relationship 
  • Dec 15 - Winter Party (volunteers will be needed for set-up, helping with activities, clean-up). Must be an "approved" volunteer. Please complete the form/application. 
  • Dec 16 - NO School 
  • Jan 4 - Students return back to school. 2nd semester begins (3rd Nine week grading period begins).

What's Been Happening In Class?  
Writing: Students finished typing up their final drafts of their realistic fiction stories. We then started and finished our Thankful writing activity this week. Both are graded assignments. 

Reading:  Our current unit is Argumentative (persuasive) Text. Students will be able to: 
  • I can write responses to texts and use text evidence to support and demonstrate my understanding. (3.7BC)
  • I can read argumentative texts and recognize the author’s claim and purpose, set apart facts in the text from the opinions, and identify the author’s intended audience or reader. (3.9Ei,ii,iii, 3.10A)
  • I can explore how the author’s language choices influence the meaning of the text. (For example, the learner will explore the author’s use of hyperbole and identify an author’s use of hyperbole as a method of intentionally exaggerating a point.) (3.10FG)
  • I can use my understanding of argumentative texts to write responses and compose opinion essays that demonstrate my stance on a topic or issue with effective text support. (3.12C, 3.7BC
​Math: 
  • ​Swyers and Lilleboe Students: We are currently in our Addition, Subtraction, Rounding and Data unit.
    • ​Demonstrate how to round 3 digit and 4 digit numbers to the 10's and 100's. 
    • Apply multiple strategies to solving 3 digit and 4 digit addition word problems.
    • Apply multiple strategies to solving 3 digit and 4 digit subtraction word problems. 
    • Identify key features in a variety of graphs (bar, pie, dot plot, pictograph)
    • Solve problems involving data, charts and graphs
  • Bae/Jones/McKenzie students: Math unit - Fractions. Use my "math links" and Splash Learn to help with these concepts. In this unit students will:
    • ​Identify fractional units (half, fourth, eighth, third, sixth)
    • Demonstrate their understanding of fractions using various models: area model, fractions in a set, fraction bricks, and on a number line.
    • Comparing fractions 
    • Equivalent fractions 
Science: We wrapped up our forces, motion, gravity and magnetism unit this week with our unit test. See Home Access for scores. 

Social Studies: We spend some time on Native Heritage Month, Acts of Kindness and Thanksgiving. 
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Weekly Update: November 7 - November 11

11/11/2022

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Announcements:
  • PTA Fundraiser:  ONLY 4 days left! We currently have raised over $20,000 as a school. Still not sure what Raise Craze is? Video link. Use the form that went home in your child's Thursday folder last week or Ms. Stowe's email link to get registered TODAY.  Our PTA, teachers, and students need everyone's help!  Our school's goal is $40,000.  I know we can do it. Please, register and follow the simple directions in getting your child started today.​
  • Field Trip: This upcoming Wednesday, November 16th is our field trip to the McNeil Performing Art Center. Students should bring a snack and lunch from home that day. These are the only students getting a sack lunch from the cafeteria: Yotin, David, Isha, William and Anirudh. We will get on the school bus at Elsa England around 9:00am.  We should arrive back at the school between 1:00 - 1:30pm. If the weather gets too cold or rainy, we will come back to the school for lunch (right now we plan on having lunch at Brush Creek Lake Park). Students should wear appropriate clothing (pant/jeans, long-sleeve shirt/sweatshirt, shoes and a jacket).  
  • Math Superstars: Challenge your child to show off their math skills as a Math Superstar! Participants who complete all 20 worksheets will receive a prize packet! This program is supported and run by PTA volunteers. Please visit  https://england-pta.memberhub.com/w/programs for more information. If you have any questions, please contact eee.mathsuperstars@gmail.com
  • Become a PTA Member: Our school needs parents like you to sign up for PTA. Critical learning tools, field trips, and resources are paid for by our wonderful PTA, but that means we need you!  Please, become a PTA member today. England PTA website
  • Home Access Center: Please, check weekly to stay up to date on your child's academic progress. Link to Home Access Center.  Continue to discuss with your child the importance of listening to directions, staying focused on school work and doing his/her personal best on all assignments. Remember, if a student earns below a 70% on any assignment or test, the student can make corrections to earn a possible passing grade (70%) per school district policy. ​​
Upcoming Events:​​​​.​ ​​​​​​​​​​​
  • Nov 15 - Last day of our school's fundraiser "Raise Craze" 
  • Nov 16 - 3rd Grade Field Trip to McNeil High School Performing Arts Center 
  • Nov 17 - Science Unit 4 Test - Forces, Motion, Gravity and Magnetism
  • Dec 2 - Math Test (Bae/Jones/McKenzie) - Fractions

What's Been Happening In Class?  
Writing: We wrapped up our realistic fiction unit this week with revising, editing and publishing our stories. If your child brought home his/her yellow folder and chromebook, please have your child finish typing his/her story.

Reading: We took our unit assessment today on Fiction (Story elements, character development, theme). Students did a practice assessment yesterday with a partner. We discussed the practice assessment as a class (went over answers as a class for clarification). Our next unit starting next week is: Argumentative Text. Students will be able to: 
  • I can write responses to texts and use text evidence to support and demonstrate my understanding. (3.7BC)
  • I can read argumentative texts and recognize the author’s claim and purpose, set apart facts in the text from the opinions, and identify the author’s intended audience or reader. (3.9Ei,ii,iii, 3.10A)
  • I can explore how the author’s language choices influence the meaning of the text. (For example, the learner will explore the author’s use of hyperbole and identify an author’s use of hyperbole as a method of intentionally exaggerating a point.) (3.10FG)
  • I can use my understanding of argumentative texts to write responses and compose opinion essays that demonstrate my stance on a topic or issue with effective text support. (3.12C, 3.7BC
​Math: 
  • ​Swyers and Lilleboe Students: We are currently in our Addition, Subtraction, Rounding and Data unit.
    • ​Demonstrate how to round 3 digit and 4 digit numbers to the 10's and 100's. 
    • Apply multiple strategies to solving 3 digit and 4 digit addition word problems.
    • Apply multiple strategies to solving 3 digit and 4 digit subtraction word problems. 
    • Identify key features in a variety of graphs (bar, pie, dot plot, pictograph)
    • Solve problems involving data, charts and graphs
  • Bae/Jones/McKenzie students: New math unit - Fractions. Use my "math links" and Splash Learn to help with these concepts. In this unit students will:
    • ​Identify fractional units (half, fourth, eighth, third, sixth)
    • Demonstrate their understanding of fractions using various models: area model, fractions in a set, fraction bricks, and on a number line.
    • Comparing fractions 
    • Equivalent fractions 
Science: Our new unit is Force, Motion, Gravity and Magnetism. We've taken time to review the terms "push" and "pull".  I created a book collection on Epic Books. Kids will have access to this book collection for the duration of the unit. Some of the vocabulary and terms we will use in this unit are: force, push, pull, motion, position, distance, direction, balanced force, unbalanced force, lift, thrust, momentum, friction, gravity, magnetism (attract and repel). Students are welcome to use my "science links" at home to support their understanding of these terms/concepts in this unit.  

Social Studies: We are in our unit on Government. Our focus this week was on Election Day and Veteran's Day. 
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Weekly Update: October 31 - November 4

11/2/2022

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Announcements:
  • PTA Fundraiser:  Elsa England is doing a kindness fundraiser called Raise Craze.  What is Raise Craze? Video link. Use the form that went home in your child's Thursday folder or Ms. Stowe's email link to get registered TODAY.  Our PTA, teachers, and students need everyone's help!  Our school's goal is $40,000.  I know we can do it. Please, register and follow the simple directions in getting your child started today.​
  • Author Visit/Optional Book Purchase: We're excited to soon be hosting author-illustrator Varian Johnson for a visit with our 3rd, 4th, and 5th Graders! Last week, a flyer was sent home in Thursday Folders sharing an opportunity to purchase a personal paperback copy of some of his books directly from our BookPeople link: http://tinyurl.com/EnglandHostsVarianJohnson2022. Many students enjoy owning an autographed copy of our visiting authors' books as part of their home library, so they can read them over and over again. Please note, BookPeople's order portal will close on Sunday evening, November 6th. Books purchased online from our BookPeople link will be shipped directly to our school, and signed & personalized to your student on the day of his visit by Varian Johnson. Thank you for your support!
  • Math Superstars: Challenge your child to show off their math skills as a Math Superstar! Participants who complete all 20 worksheets will receive a prize packet! This program is supported and run by PTA volunteers. Please visit  https://england-pta.memberhub.com/w/programs for more information. If you have any questions, please contact eee.mathsuperstars@gmail.com
  • Become a PTA Member: Our school needs parents like you to sign up for PTA. Critical learning tools, field trips, and resources are paid for by our wonderful PTA, but that means we need you!  Please, become a PTA member today. England PTA website
  • Home Access Center: Please, check weekly to stay up to date on your child's academic progress. Link to Home Access Center.  Continue to discuss with your child the importance of listening to directions, staying focused on school work and doing his/her personal best on all assignments. Remember, if a student earns below a 70% on any assignment or test, the student can make corrections to earn a possible passing grade (70%) per school district policy. ​​
Upcoming Events:​​​​.​ ​​​​​​​​​​
  • Nov 2 - Start of our school's fundraiser "Raise Craze"
  • Nov 6 - Last day to purchase book for author's visit
  • Nov 8 or 9 - Math Test (Swyers/Lilleboe) - Geometry 
  • Nov 11 - Veterans' Day (3 - 5th grade assembly) 
  • Nov 15 - Last day of our school's fundraiser "Raise Craze" 
  • Nov 16 - 3rd Grade Field Trip to McNeil High School Performing Arts Center 
  • Nov 17 - Science Unit 4 Test - Forces, Motion, Gravity and Magnetism
  • Dec 2 - Math Test (Bae/Jones/McKenzie) - Fractions

What's Been Happening In Class?  
  • Writing: We are deep into our Realistic Fiction stories. This week we continued to work on our rough drafts by writing the plot, dialogue and conclusion (what the character learned). Next week we will revise, edit and type our final drafts. 
  • Reading: We are in a new unit - Characters in literary text (fiction). This week we discussed character traits and how character traits contribute to the plot and theme of a fiction story. We also wrote our second reading response together in our reading notebooks. Reading responses are new this year for the STAAR test. We will continue to practice throughout the year. 
  • Math: 
    • ​Swyers and Lilleboe Students: We are currently in our Geometry, Area and Perimeter unit.
      • ​Identify attributes of all quadrilaterals (squares, rectangles, rhombus, trapezoids, parallelograms)
      • Identify attributes of 3 types of triangles
      • Determine the perimeter of a 2D shape
      • Determine the area of a 2D shape
      • Describe the differences between prisms and pyramids
    • Bae/Jones/McKenzie students: New math unit - Fractions. Use my "math links" and Splash Learn to help with these concepts. In this unit students will:
      • ​Identify fractional units (half, fourth, eighth, third, sixth)
      • Demonstrate their understanding of fractions using various models: area model, fractions in a set, fraction bricks, and on a number line.
      • Comparing fractions 
      • Equivalent fractions 
  • Science: Our new unit is Force, Motion, Gravity and Magnetism. We've taken time to review the terms "push" and "pull".  I created a book collection on Epic Books. Kids will have access to this book collection for the duration of the unit. Some of the vocabulary and terms we will use in this unit are: force, push, pull, motion, position, distance, direction, balanced force, unbalanced force, lift, thrust, momentum, friction, gravity, magnetism (attract and repel). Students are welcome to use my "science links" at home to support their understanding of these terms/concepts in this unit.  
  • Social Studies: We are in our unit on Government. We've learned about the 3 branches of government (Executive, Legislative, Judicial) and Election Day.  Next week, we'll focus on state and local government and Veteran's Day. ​
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Weekly Update: October 25 - October 28

10/28/2022

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Announcements:
  • 1st Nine Weeks Report Cards:  Your child's report card went home yesterday in your child's Thursday folder. Please remove the items inside the envelope. Then, sign the envelope and return it to school. 
  • Field Trip Permission Form: The yellow and green field trip permission form went home yesterday in your child's Thursday folder. Please complete and sign the forms. Return forms in your child's folder by no later than next Friday, November 4th. 
  • Halloween on Monday: Halloween is on Monday. There is school. Students will have a "normal" day. There might by Halloween themed activities in various subjects. Students are welcome to wear a holiday themed shirt, sweatshirt, hair decorations (ribbons, barrettes, headbands,) that are not distracting to your child or to others. Students should NOT wear their costumes to school. 
  • Math Superstars: Challenge your child to show off their math skills as a Math Superstar! Participants who complete all 20 worksheets will receive a prize packet! This program is supported and run by PTA volunteers. Please visit  https://england-pta.memberhub.com/w/programs for more information. If you have any questions, please contact eee.mathsuperstars@gmail.com
  • Become a PTA Member: Our school needs parents like you to sign up for PTA. Critical learning tools, field trips, and resources are paid for by our wonderful PTA, but that means we need you!  Please, become a PTA member today. England PTA website
  • Home Access Center: Please, check weekly to stay up to date on your child's academic progress. Link to Home Access Center.  Continue to discuss with your child the importance of listening to directions, staying focused on school work and doing his/her personal best on all assignments. Remember, if a student earns below a 70% on any assignment or test, the student can make corrections to earn a possible passing grade (70%) per school district policy. ​​
Upcoming Events:​​​​.​ ​​​​​​​​​​
  • Nov 4 - Field Trip Permission Form must be returned
  • Nov 7 or 8 - Math Test (Swyers/Lilleboe) - Geometry 
  • Nov 11 - Veterans' Day (3 - 5th grade assembly) 
  • Nov 16 - 3rd Grade Field Trip to McNeil High School Performing Arts Center 
  • Nov 17 - Science Unit 4 Test - Forces, Motion, Gravity and Magnetism

What's Been Happening In Class?  
  • Writing: We are deep into our Realistic Fiction stories. Each student has created a character, setting and plot (problem and solution) for their story. We planned out our stories and wrote the introduction. Next week we'll continue to work on our rough drafts by writing the plot, dialogue and conclusion (what the character learned). 
  • Reading: We are in a new unit - Characters in literary text (fiction). This week we discussed character traits and how character traits contribute to the plot and theme of a fiction story. We also wrote our first reading response together in our reading notebooks. Reading responses are new this year for the STAAR test. We will continue to practice throughout the year. 
  • Math: 
    • ​Swyers and Lilleboe Students: We are currently in our Geometry, Area and Perimeter unit.
      • ​Identify attributes of all quadrilaterals (squares, rectangles, rhombus, trapezoids, parallelograms)
      • Identify attributes of 3 types of triangles
      • Determine the perimeter of a 2D shape
      • Determine the area of a 2D shape
      • Describe the differences between prisms and pyramids
    • Bae/Jones/McKenzie students: Multiplication and Division. Students will use a variety of strategies to solve multiplication problems (arrays, equal groups, repeated addition, number line) and division problems (equal groups, repeated subtraction, skip counting, fact families). Students took their test today!  New unit starts next week!
  • Science: We took our Forms of Energy test on Wednesday. Scores are in Home Access. Our new unit is Force, Motion, Gravity and Magnetism. We've taken time to review the terms "push" and "pull". Then, we explored the book collection I created on Epic Books. Kids will have access to this book collection for the duration of the unit. 
  • Social Studies: We are beginning our unit on Government. We learned about the 3 branches of government today (Executive, Legislative, Judicial). ​
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Weekly Update: October 17 - October 21

10/20/2022

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Announcements:
  • 1st Nine Weeks Report Cards:  Your child's report card will be going home next week! 
  • Math Superstars: Challenge your child to show off their math skills as a Math Superstar! Participants who complete all 20 worksheets will receive a prize packet! This program is supported and run by PTA volunteers. Please visit  https://england-pta.memberhub.com/w/programs for more information. If you have any questions, please contact eee.mathsuperstars@gmail.com
  • Become a PTA Member: Our school needs parents like you to sign up for PTA. Critical learning tools, field trips, and resources are paid for by our wonderful PTA, but that means we need you!  Please, become a PTA member today. England PTA website
  • Home Access Center: Please, check weekly to stay up to date on your child's academic progress. Link to Home Access Center.  Continue to discuss with your child the importance of listening to directions, staying focused on school work and doing his/her personal best on all assignments. Remember, if a student earns below a 70% on any assignment or test, the student can make corrections to earn a possible passing grade (70%) per school district policy. ​​
Upcoming Events:​​​​.​ ​​​​​​​​​
  • Oct 24 - No School Day (Teacher Work Day)
  • Oct 25 - Report Cards (1st Quarter - Nine Weeks) sent home. 
  • ​Oct 26 - Science Test (Unit 3: Forms of Energy) 
  • Oct 27 - 3rd Grade Field Trip Permission Form (return no later than November 4)
  • Nov 4 - Field Trip Permission Form must be returned
  • Nov 11 - Veterans' Day (3 - 5th grade assembly) 
  • Nov 16 - 3rd Grade Field Trip to McNeil High School Performing Arts Center 

What's Been Happening In Class?  
  • Writing: Personal Narrative (small moment writing). We finished our final drafts!  Next unit - writing a realistic fiction story. We'll develop a character, create a setting, determine the problem/solution (plot) and theme. This will take us a couple of weeks!
  • Reading: We are in a new unit - Characters in literary text (fiction). This week we reviewed story elements in fiction (characters, setting, plot - problem/solution, theme). 
  • Math: 
    • ​Swyers and Lilleboe Students: We are currently in our Geometry, Area and Perimeter unit.
      • ​Identify attributes of all quadrilaterals (squares, rectangles, rhombus, trapezoids, parallelograms)
      • Identify attributes of 3 types of triangles
      • Determine the perimeter of a 2D shape
      • Determine the area of a 2D shape
      • Describe the differences between prisms and pyramids
    • Bae/Jones/McKenzie students: Multiplication and Division. Students will use a variety of strategies to solve multiplication problems (arrays, equal groups, repeated addition, number line) and division problems (equal groups, repeated subtraction, skip counting, fact families). 
  • Science: We have started our next unit on Forms of Energy. We explored 5 forms of energy with stations (light, sound, mechanical, electrical, thermal/heat). Our focus this week was on light, mechanical and heat energy. We built solar ovens and cooked s'mores! The test is next Wednesday. 
  • Social Studies: We are continuing our discussion on "being a good citizen" and how as a citizen we have rights and responsibilities we must follow. With that being said, we are now focusing on how good citizens use their right to vote by getting informed about people, positions and bonds/propositions. Then, using this right to help make changes in their community by voting! We also are learning about important people who have contributed in a positive way in their communities (Helen Keller, Clara Barton). 
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Weekly Update: October 11 - October 14

10/13/2022

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Announcements:
  • Science Supplies: Thank you all for signing up for purchasing supplies for our class. There is still a couple of spots open. Please consider helping us out. Sign Up Please have your child bring the items in next week by Wednesday, October 19th. Thanks so much!
  • Math Superstars: Challenge your child to show off their math skills as a Math Superstar! Participants who complete all 20 worksheets will receive a prize packet! This program is supported and run by PTA volunteers. Please visit  https://england-pta.memberhub.com/w/programs for more information. If you have any questions, please contact eee.mathsuperstars@gmail.com
  • Become a PTA Member: Our school needs parents like you to sign up for PTA. Critical learning tools, field trips, and resources are paid for by our wonderful PTA, but that means we need you!  Please, become a PTA member today. England PTA website
  • Home Access Center: Please, check weekly to stay up to date on your child's academic progress. Link to Home Access Center.  Continue to discuss with your child the importance of listening to directions, staying focused on school work and doing his/her personal best on all assignments. Remember, if a student earns below a 70% on any assignment or test, the student can make corrections to earn a possible passing grade (70%) per school district policy. ​​
Upcoming Events:​​​​.​ ​​​​​​​​
  • Oct 14 - Fraction Test for Lilleboe and Swyers math students
  • Oct 14 - End of the first grading period (end of first quarter) 
  • Oct 17 - Reading Test - Unit: Nonfiction/Biographies
  • Oct 19 - Fall School Pictures at 8:40am  Order pictures online.  No money will be accepted at school. 
  • Oct 24 - No School Day (Teacher Work Day)
  • Oct 25 - Report Cards (1st Quarter - Nine Weeks) sent home. 
  • ​Oct 26 - Science Test (Unit 3: Forms of Energy) 

What's Been Happening In Class?  
  • Writing: Personal Narrative (small moment writing). This week we learned how to add a closing, dialogue and transition words to our writing. We also worked on editing our personal narratives.  We'll continue the writing process next week by working on our final drafts. 
  • Reading: We are continuing in our Informational (nonfiction) reading unit.  This week our focus was on biographies and autobiographies. We also looked at Point of View (1st, 2nd and 3rd person). 
  • Math: 
    • ​Swyers and Lilleboe Students: We are currently in - Fractions. In this unit students will:
      • ​Identify fractional units - fractions in a set, area model, bar model, number line fractions
      • Compose and decompose fractional units
      • Compare fractions
      • Equivalent fractions 
      • Word problem solving with fractions
    • Bae/Jones/McKenzie students: Multiplication and Division. Students will use a variety of strategies to solve multiplication problems (arrays, equal groups, repeated addition, number line) and division problems (equal groups, repeated subtraction, skip counting, fact families). 
  • Science: We have started our next unit on Forms of Energy. We explored 5 forms of energy with stations (light, sound, mechanical, electrical, thermal/heat). We'll continue to dive deeper into each one of these forms of energy next week with a variety of hands-on activities. 
  • Social Studies: We are continuing our discussion on "being a good citizen" and how as a citizen we have rights and responsibilities we must follow. With that being said, we are now focusing on how good citizens use their right to vote by getting informed about people, positions and bonds/propositions. Then, using this right to help make changes in their community by voting!
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