Weekly Update #28: March 26 - March 29

Announcements:

• Scholastic Book Orders for March: Thank you to Sarah's parents for already placing a Scholastic Book order online this month.  It's not too late!!  Please, place your March book orders online by TOMORROW, March 30th.Click Here Our class code is: NP79X
• ​No More Spelling:  We've decided to stop our Spelling practice to begin preparing more for STAAR.
• STAAR Homework: As a third grade, we will begin STAAR homework next week. Each week the kids will be given one reading passage with questions and one math review worksheet. These are to be completed at home as "homework" and returned back to school by Friday (each week). There will be a "homework" grade given for completing the STAAR Homework, therefore it is important that your child complete the reading passage/question and math review worksheet each week. Homework is to be turned in each week by Friday. 

​Upcoming Events:​​​​.​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

• March 30 - No School (Holiday)
• April 10 - Science DCA - Environments/Ecosystems and Food Chains
• April 13 - Math DCA - Perimeter, Elapsed Time, Capacity (grams, liters, milliliters, cups, pints, quarts, gal), Equivalent Fractions. 
  
• April 20 - Run Wild!  - Fundraiser Activity during Specials (PE). 
• April 20 - England's Got Talent @ 6:00pm
• May 4 - Family Gallery Night  "Spotlight Night", Book Fair, Food Trucks & Silent Auction 5:30 - 7:30pm 
• May 7 - 11 is Teacher Appreciation Week!
• May 14 - STAAR Math Test
• May 15 - STAAR  Reading Test
• May 23 - Field Day! 
• May 28 - No School (Memorial Day)
• May 29 - Last Day of School 

​What's Been Happening In Class?  

• Writing: This week our focus was on learning about what makes a "complete sentence" in our writing. We learned that a "complete sentence" must have both a Subject and a Predicate. 
• Reading:  This week we began using our notefacts to create a way  to present our PBL information (Google presentation, Google drawing, tri-fold display board, magazine article). We will finish these projects up next week!!!
• Math: This new unit will primarily focus on perimeter and capacity measurement (gallons, quarts, pints, cups, ounces).  Our focus this week was on Time and Elapsed Time.  We practiced reading an analog clock, finding the start time or end time using a number line.  
• Science:  This unit is: Ecosystems, Environments and Food Chains. We spent time learning about all different biomes/ecosystems like deserts, wetlands, grasslands, and forests. We learned about what "interdependency" means and how it relates to the saguaro cactus and the animals that live in the desert. 
• Social Studies:  How Benjamin Franklin helped our society and impacted our history 
• Enrichment: PBL Projects!