Announcements:
Upcoming Events:.
What's Been Happening In Class?
- Tie Dye Shirts: Please have your child bring in his or her white t-shirt for our Tie Dye Enrichment Activity by next Friday, April 26th. Shirts can be purchased at Walmart, Michael's, Target for inexpensive price.
- Family Gallery Night & Spring Book Fair: Come and see all the amazing work your child has been doing this year on Thursday, May 2nd! Your child will have the chance to showcase some of their most favorite projects, assignments and activities. Classroom doors open at 6:00pm. Plus, does your child need some new books for the summer??? The Spring Book Fair will also be open from 5:30 - 7:30pm. Give back by buying a book for the classroom too. Food trucks for dinner will be here too. Super fun evening. I'm looking forward to seeing you all there!!
- Last Nine Week Grading Period (4th quarter): Please, keep an eye on your child's grades and assignments. Typically, the last grading period is most difficult for students as they are so ready for summer! Check Home Access with your child often (once or twice a week). The link to Home Access .
- 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 and Prodigy (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 19 - No School
- April 26 - Enrichment Activity - Tie Dye Shirts!! Bring in a white t-shirt by today!!
- 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 10 - Last day to place any online Scholastic Book Order! Get your summer books!
- 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. We also did a few STAAR practice passages and questions too.
- Math: Our current unit is Fractions (comparing fractions and equivalent fractions) and Perimeter/Measurement/Capacity. We will continued with Elapsed Time, Weight (ounces, pounds, tons) and Capacity (Gallon, Quart, Pint, Cup...Fluid Ounce, Liter, Milliliter). Our test was today!! Next unit...larger numbers in multiplication and division (associative property, distributive property, doubling/halving strategies).
- Science: In our Environments, Ecosystems and Food Chains unit we focused on Food Chains and Food Webs. We took our test on Tuesday and started our next unit on Adaptations.
- Social Studies: Communities over time focusing on inventions that have helped shape our society (specifically Henry Ford, Alexander Graham Bell, Pony Express, Louis Pasteur, Benjamin Franklin).
- Eslot: No enrichment time this week (No school on Friday)
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