- Run Wild for Wildlife: Today we had our Run Wild for Wildlife "Fun Run" the kids participated in this activity during Specials today. Thank you all for returning the donation envelope. Your donation is greatly appreciate it. You can still turn in envelopes next week too!
- Progress Report Cards: Your child's progress report card went home yesterday in Thursday folders.
- Home Access Center: Check your child's academic progress every week. Link to Home Access Center. If you still have trouble logging in please contact our school's front office.
- STAAR Assessments May 13 and May 14: They are just around the corner. Want to help prepare your child at home? Suggestions for math: khan academy (students have a login already or set one up for FREE) and my "Math Links" tab are excellent online resources your child has access to. You can also create your own subscription to ixl.com and create an account for your child. It's a great math resource! Suggestions for reading: reading comprehension passages with questions and other reading comprehension skills. Check out the "Reading Links" tab for tons of great online resources.
Upcoming Events:.
- April 16 - Science Unit 9 DCA (Environments, Ecosystems and Food Chains)
- April 18 - Math Unit 8 & 9 DCA (Fractions, Perimeter, Capacity, Measurement, Elapsed Time)
- April 19 - No School
- April 26 - Eslot Activity - Tie Dye Shirts!! Bring in a white t-shirt.
- April 30 - Last day to place an online order for April Scholastic books!
- May 2 - tentative Science Unit 10 DCA (Plant and Animal Adaptations)
- May 2 - Spring Book Fair and Family Gallery Night from 5:30 - 7:30pm (classrooms will be open)
- May 3 - 5th Grade Elsa England Talent Show from 6:00 - 8:00pm (cafeteria)
- May 6 - May 10 Teacher Appreciation Week!!!
- May 13 - 3rd Grade STAAR - No visitors
- May 14 - 3rd Grade STAAR - No visitors
- May 17 - tentative Science Unit 11 DCA (Life cycles of Plants and Animals)
- May 20 - 3rd Grade PBL Showcase to 2nd, 4th and 5th grade classes
- May 22 - Field Day!
- May 24 - End of Year Party - Last Day of School
What's Been Happening In Class?
- Writing: This week our focus was on Subject/Predicate, Prefix/Suffix and Antonyms/Synonyms.
- Reading: We are reviewing reading comprehension strategies this upcoming week as we prepare for STAAR in May. This week we will focus on Summary/Retell, Cause/Effect, How Characters Change, and Character Traits and Problem/Solution.
- Math: Our current unit is Fractions (comparing fractions and equivalent fractions) and Perimeter/Measurement/Capacity. We will continued with Elapsed Time and Weight (ounces, pounds, tons) this week. Next week, we'll do Capacity (Gallon, Quart, Pint, Cup...Fluid Ounce, Liter, Milliliter). Additional practice can be found under "Math Links", Khan Academy or Prodigy. Our test is on April 18th.
- Science: We are in our Environments, Ecosystems and Food Chains unit. This week we focused on Food Chains and Food Webs.
- Social Studies: Communities over time focusing on inventions that have helped shape our society (specifically Benjamin Franklin).
- Eslot: Board Games, Prodigy, and Coding Apps.