tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39068111628714793562024-03-13T13:24:01.440-05:003rd Grade at Hunters Creek ElementaryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger337125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906811162871479356.post-19757449529952652552018-05-28T18:37:00.005-05:002018-05-28T18:38:34.241-05:00Week 37: May 29th- June 1st<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Week 37: May 29th- June 1st</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's hard to believe we are starting our last week of school together. Thank you for all your love and support you've shown your child as well as us this year. We are truly grateful for you all! We wish you a happy, safe, and fun-filled summer! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Thursday, May 31: </b></span><span style="color: #1a222a;"> </span><span style="color: magenta;">Talent Show</span><span style="color: #1a222a;"> in Cafeteria from 9:20-10:20pm and 4</span><span style="color: magenta;">th Nine Weeks award ceremony</span><span style="color: #1a222a;"> in Discovery Center from 1:45-2:15pm. </span></span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906811162871479356.post-44235081665228017202018-05-20T10:33:00.000-05:002018-05-20T10:33:47.748-05:00Week 36: May 21st-25th<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Week 36: May 21st-25th</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We have a BIG week coming up! Please see below to read the happenings of third grade this week...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Please join us for the following this week...</span><br />
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Please make plans to join your child in the third grade courtyard from 11:00-11:30am. They will share with you much of their work from this school year. It's a great time to see the growth they have made this year and celebrate their success. Because this is a school wide event, you will want to get here early. </span></li>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906811162871479356.post-45936080061994760482018-05-12T14:14:00.000-05:002018-05-12T14:18:24.504-05:00Week 35: May 14th-May 18thWeek 35: May 14th-May 18th<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">STAAR Testing is this week. Your child will take the math STAAR test on <b>Monday </b>and the reading STAAR test on <b>Tuesday</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>By working together, we can make your child’s test experience positive and successful. Here are some suggestions and reminders to help your child succeed:</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">- Make sure your child gets a good night’s rest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">- Have your child eat a healthy breakfast at home or in the cafeteria at school.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">- Make sure your child arrives at school on time. We will be starting very soon after the school bell rings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">- HCE will be providing one, clean snack on Monday and one on Tuesday. Your child can bring their own snack as well. Let’s avoid bringing snacks that are sticky, liquid-based, and messy (e.g. Cheetos). We will also be providing a water bottle each day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">- We highly encourage your child to bring a jacket or sweatshirt. The AC will be on and it gets rather cold in our class and testing rooms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">- Per TEA, <b>students are not allowed to bring or WEAR devices during testing</b>. We are asking that your child leave smartwatches, Fitbits, and phones at home on Monday and Tuesday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">- Continue to build your child’s confidence through the weekend! Please reiterate that they have learned everything they need to know for the test. We have practiced strategies to help them be successful test takers. We are ready and prepared!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thank you for continued support and help in making Monday and Tuesday test days run smoothly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li style="border: none; color: #1a222a; font-family: "cherry cream soda"; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Tips on things to bring that will make the time more special</u></b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">: smiles, a blanket or chairs to sit, a lunch, and plenty of water as it is to be hot and humid.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Social Studies/Science: </b>We will spend our short week preparing for our upcoming chariot races. Your child will be choose a team name inspired by ancient Rome and create a shield for the big race. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;">5/9 - Bike to School Day</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;">5/10 - Gallery Night @ 5:00</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;">5/14 - Math STAAR</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;">5/15 - Reading STAAR</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;">5/21 - Publishers' Picnic @ 11:00 - 11:30</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;">5/24 - Chariot Races @ 8:30</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;">5/25 - Winds of Time Parade @ 8:45 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;">5/28 - Memorial Day (No School)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;">5/31 - 3rd-5th Talent Show </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 15.84000015258789px;"><b>Please note that Publishers' Picnic has been changed to Monday, May 21 from 11:00-11:30. We hope to see you there to share what your child has accomplished this year. Bring a picnic lunch and a blanket and meet us in our grade level courtyard. </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: 15.84000015258789px;"><b>For the rest of the year, third grade will be piloting a new schedule that will add a few interesting segments to our day. Students will participate in <i>Morning Meetings</i> that build community, valuing the thoughts, feelings and accomplishments of all students and helping students feel included in our community. We aim to develop students as empathetic collaborators who work successfully in teams. During <i>Office Hours</i>, students will further develop executive functioning skills such as organization, planning, study skills, self-regulation and flexible thinking. In <i>Unit Time</i>, we will begin our study of Ancient Rome as an interdisciplinary unit of discovery with students' questions guiding their learning and collaborative problem solving.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Social Studies and Science: </b><span style="color: magenta;">Now that research and note taking expectations are established within our Unit Time (explained above), your child will continue to research topics of interests related to Ancient Rome such as architecture, entertainment, landforms, history, and aspects of every day life. A few of our guiding questions for our unit of study include: How does </span></span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ancient Rome have an influence on our current day communities and world? Why did the Roman Empire collapse? What factors led to the disintegration of the Roman Empire? </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Math: </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;">We will continue to be devoted to a targeted review of all skills covered this year. We have spiraled reviews all year and for these weeks before STAAR we will challenge our students to focus and work more carefully than ever before... remembering to use strategies we have taught, know when you need to figure out a multiplication fact you are not sure about and NOT GUESS! We will not have a warm up this week as we will be discussing the importance of slowing down, reading the problems carefully, and showing their thinking in their work. Please continue to encourage your mathematician to show their thinking in their homework as well. We will also have our usual FFF quiz. We are so proud of their hard work & dedication!</span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906811162871479356.post-70385194052635113282018-04-29T19:46:00.001-05:002018-04-29T19:46:20.756-05:00Week 33: April 30 - May 4<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Reminders:</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Please note that Publishers' Picnic has been changed to Monday, May 21. We hope to see you there to share what your child has accomplished this year. Bring a picnic lunch and a blanket and enjoy!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>For the rest of the year, third grade will be piloting a new schedule that will add a few interesting segments to our day. Students will participate in <i>Morning Meetings</i> that build community, valuing the thoughts, feelings and accomplishments of all students and helping students feel included in our community. We aim to develop students as empathetic collaborators who work successfully in teams. During <i>Office Hours</i>, students will further develop executive functioning skills such as organization, planning, study skills, self-regulation and flexible thinking. In <i>Unit Time</i>, we will begin our study of Ancient Rome as an interdisciplinary unit of discovery with students' questions guiding their learning and collaborative problem solving.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Math: </b>This week in Math is devoted to a targeted review of all skills covered this year. We have spiraled reviews all year and for these weeks before STAAR we will challenge our students to focus and work more carefully than ever before... remembering to use strategies we have taught, know when you need to figure out a multiplication fact you are not sure about and NOT GUESS! Our daily warm-ups will target relationships between numbers in a chart, two step word problems, expanded notation and comparing 4 and 5 digit numbers. Friday's warm-up will be a grade in our grade book. We will also have our usual FFF quiz.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Science: </b>This week in Science we will continue adding to our Weather Logs and will transition to our focus on Personal Financial Literacy. We will discuss human capital and how a person can make themselves more valuable as an employee. We will cover scarcity and supply and demand. Students will review the value of saving and budgeting and the convenience and responsibility of credit cards, debit cards and cash. We will view interest in the context of both borrowing and saving.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Writing: <span style="color: blue;">It is hard to believe, but the HCE annual Publishers' Picnic, which takes place on May 21st, is just around the corner, and our third grade writers are excited! This week's explorations are taking on a creative tone. Students will be completing a piece inspired by the book <i>Not a Box, </i>exploring descriptive language by creating nature-inspired poetry, and using a poem about monsters and aliens to compose a piece of writing that focuses on character development. It will be a great opportunity for students to peer conference, revise, and refine their work.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;">5/9 - Bike to School Day</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;">5/10 - Gallery Night @ 5:00</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;">5/14 - Math STAAR</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;">5/15 - Reading STAAR</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;">5/21 - Publishers' Picnic</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;">5/24 - Chariot Races @ 8:30</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;">5/25 - Winds of Time Parade</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>A big thank you to our wonderful parents who chaperoned our trips to the River Oaks Country Club and Main Street Theater. We couldn't do it without your partnership!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Winds of Time is just around the corner. In third grade we study Ancient Rome and take part in our own version of the chariot races that entertained Romans all over the empire. We need wagons to transform into chariots. Please lend us your wagon and ask your neighbors to help us out, too! The following SignUp Genius will help us keep track of what is coming. Thanks for your help! <a href="http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0D44AFA722ABF85-chariot">Chariot Wagon SignUp</a></b></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><i>The </i>New York Times-<i>bestselling story of kindness, friendship, and hope. </i></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighborhood "wishtree"―people write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red's branches. Along with a crow named Bongo and other animals who seek refuge in Red's hollows, this wishtree watches over the neighborhood.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">You might say Red has seen it all. -<b>Amazon </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">4/18 - Field Trip to Main Street Theater<br />4/20 - Progress Reports go Home<br />5/9 - Bike to School Day<br />5/10 - Gallery Night @ 5:00<br />5/14 - Math STAAR<br />5/15 - Reading STAAR<br />5/21 - Publishers' Picnic<br />5/24 - Chariot Races @ 8:30<br />5/25 - Winds of Time Parade<br />5/28 - Memorial Day (No School)</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Models can be divided into more or less equal pieces to show equal fractions.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Equivalent fractions are located at the same place on number lines that are divided into different numbers of equal pieces. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday through Thursday, everyone will work on a warm-up that is a spiral review of skills covered all year. On Friday, a similar warm-up will be graded and entered into the grade book. There is a POW (Problem of the Week) due and a fact quiz (FFF) this Friday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">4/10 - Field Trip to River Oaks Country Club for Men's Clay Court Tennis Championship<br />4/18 - Field Trip to Main Street Theater<br />4/27 - Progress Reports go Home<br />5/9 - Bike to School Day<br />5/10 - Gallery Night @ 5:00<br />5/14 - Math STAAR<br />5/15 - Reading STAAR<br />5/22 - Publishers' Picnic<br />5/24 - Chariot Races @ 8:30<br />5/25 - Winds of Time Parade<br />5/28 - Memorial Day (No School)</span></div>
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gray #COUGARSTRONG t-shirt. Being dressed the same helps us better keep an eye
on everyone. The weather is forecasted to be 60’s in the morning to mid 70’s by
afternoon. A light jacket or sweater that can be tied around your child’s waist
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As we have concentrated on fractions on a number line, it is time to compare fractions in different forms. We will spend this week looking at fractions using fraction bars and circles to compare the amount of each shape that is shaded. The fraction with the larger area shaded is the greater fraction. When looking at the fractions in number form, the rules are simple. <b>Just ask, "How big are the pieces?" </b>When fractions have the same denominator (pieces of equal size), the numerator determines the comparison. The smaller numerator is the smaller fraction. When the numerators are the same and the denominators are different, the denominators determine the size. Larger denominators are smaller pieces and therefore the smaller fraction. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">All of our third grade students are participating in a grade level read aloud and discussion using the book <i>Wishtree</i> by Katherine Applegate. </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was chosen in part for its eloquent vocabulary and in addition, for its powerful themes, including prejudice, friendship, kindness, and acceptance. Please ask your child to share about the book, and his/her reactions to the characters and plot.</span><br />
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4/10 - Field Trip to River Oaks Country Club for Men's Clay Court Tennis Championship<br />
4/18 - Field Trip to Main Street Theater<br />
4/27 - Progress Reports go Home<br />
5/9 - Bike to School Day<br />
5/10 - Gallery Night @ 5:00<br />
5/14 - Math STAAR<br />
5/15 - Reading STAAR<br />
5/22 - Publishers' Picnic<br />
5/24 - Chariot Races @ 8:30<br />
5/25 - Winds of Time Parade<br />
5/28 - Memorial Day (No School)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We will also learn the box method of multiplying 2 digit X 1 digit. It is similar to the expanded form we learned last week but is put in a neat little box. Finally we move to the usual algorithm that most adults use.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Reading: </b>Our readers will be working on how to approach a piece of text to determine which parts are important vs. interesting. (Oftentimes these are two different things.) The first step is to preview a piece of text to develop initial understanding. Secondly, the text is read and read again, this time considering what the writer would most want the reader to know. In addition, our children will continue their work evaluating the genre of test, and how it is uniquely different from other genres. For example, if you were reading a book for pleasure, it would not be typical to take notes, highlight key sections, or navigate how to best answer created questions. This is necessary when working through our state assessment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Writing: </b>Expository writing shouldn't sound robotic or leave the reader feeling bored!! This week HCE writers will work on developing effective endings. They have experimented with creating leads that draw a reader in, so now they will work on leaving the reader with "food for thought". Although the purpose of an ending is to restate the topic, it should be memorable and not repetitious. The models the teachers provide will give valuable insight to this craft.</span><br />
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<b>Social Studies: </b>Our global economy is complex, so it is never too soon to learn about how economies operate and the key concepts involved. This work our third graders will be using a video series called <i>Econ and Me</i> to understand about saving vs. spending, needs vs. wants, as well as how goods and services as well as producers and consumers are central to an economy. Who knows? By the end of study, we might just have the next child entrepreneur in our midst!</div>
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3/30 - Good Friday (No School)<br />
4/10 - Field Trip to River Oaks Country Club for Men's Clay Court Tennis Championship<br />
4/18 - Field Trip to Main Street Theater<br />
4/27 - Progress Reports go Home<br />
5/9 - Bike to School Day<br />
5/10 - Gallery Night @ 5:00<br />
5/14 - Math STAAR<br />
5/15 - Reading STAAR<br />
5/22 - Publishers' Picnic<br />
5/24 - Chariot Races @ 8:30<br />
5/25 - Winds of Time Parade<br />
5/28 - Memorial Day (No School)<br />
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<span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, we will learn to use a place a fraction on a number line and then use the number line to compare fractions. Reference the video to understand how we will be teaching this concept to your child: </span><a href="https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/5372-place-fractions-on-a-number-line/" target="_blank">Video for Fractions on a Number Line</a>. Due to our shortened week, we will only have a worksheet on Monday and Tuesday night. The fast facts quiz will be moved to Thursday.<br />
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<b style="text-decoration-line: underline;">Science:</b> This week during science, we will learn how to read a thermometer to measure temperature. We will practice reading thermometers using scales of 1, 2, 5, and 10. These are the most common scales for a thermometer. On Wednesday, we will begin using technology to research temperatures of cities in different regions of the United States to understand the variety of seasons and temperatures we have in the US. By the end of the week, your child should understand how to identify the scale of a thermometer to determine the temperature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906811162871479356.post-82876561978848732772018-03-19T08:49:00.002-05:002018-03-19T08:49:43.770-05:00Week 27: March 19 - 23<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Week 27: March 19 - 23</span><br />
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3/20 - Third Nine Weeks Recognition Ceremony @9:00 in the cafeteria</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Reading: This week in reading students will dig into the data from their Practice Reading STAAR and set personal goals. Reflection and goal setting are key components to our learning. We will dive deeper into expository reading and learn about a variety of topics including- marine animals, cultural holidays, animal adaptations, how things are made and the solar system.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Writing: Students will finish up lessons on craft elements they could use while revising one of their expository essays. We will also try out this week was to add details, <span id="docs-internal-guid-8ba42a83-3e83-bdbc-5ebc-1c8e3594a3a1"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">anecdotes and thoughtful reasoning to support our claims in writing.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Social Studies: The fourth 9 weeks brings us to our study of Economics. This week students will discuss needs and wants. You can watch BRAIN POP JR. videos at home to further learning and discussion at home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Math: This week in math, we will begin our unit on fractions. On Monday, we will introduce <a href="https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/8607-write-fractions-with-numerator-and-denominator/" target="_blank">fractions </a>and the vocabulary that goes along with this unit. On Tuesday, we will talk about unit fractions where the numerator is always one. On Wednesday, we will go beyond unit fractions and talk about non-unit fractions. On Thursday and Friday, we will use unifix cubes to create fractions and understanding the numerator and denominator.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For homework this week, we will have a worksheet come home on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. We will also have a problem of the week come home and it will be due on Friday. Our fast facts quiz will also be on Friday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Science:<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Before spring break, your child came home with a Solar System review sheet and vocabulary cards. The solar system test will be on Friday, March 23rd. During our science time this week, we will discuss the relationship between the sun, Earth, and moon. We will notice the limitations of the models of the solar system that we see. On Monday and Tuesday, we will learn the order of the planets. In groups, your child will make a mnemonic device to help them remember the order of the planets. On Wednesday, we will create planet bracelets. These bracelets will have beads that represent each of the planets. On Thursday, we will review for the solar system test playing our Jeopardy game. </span></span></span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906811162871479356.post-47371908063371315802018-03-03T12:57:00.004-06:002018-03-06T18:35:56.561-06:00Week 26: March 5 - 9Week 26: March 5 - 9<br />
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9 - Report Cards go home<br />
12-16 Spring Break (No School)<br />
20 - Third Nine Weeks Recognition Ceremony at 9:00 in the cafeteria<br />
23 - Solar System Test<br />
30 - Good Friday (No School)<br />
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<u>Reading:</u> Our students worked hard last week and showed amazing effort and skill on the READING practice STAAR test. Please look for an email from your child's reading teacher by Friday, March 9th to tell you more about your child's reading strengths and areas for growth. Mostly, know we are PROUD of their reading accomplishments thus far and it is only MARCH!<br />
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Narrative NonFiction will continue to be our genre focus for this week. Above you can see some of the titles we have been reading and discussing in class. Specifically, this week, we will teach students a silly song that can serve as an EXCELLENT strategy for writing summaries or answering STAAR like questions about summary with narrative. For a sneak peak, or simply to keep the fun going at home, check out this clip.<br />
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<u>Writing:</u> Essays will continue to be our genre of focus. This week we will look at how to write a strong lead. We will look at many styles and try them out with our first drafts to see which style might be most effective. Below is a sample anchor chart. Something like this will be built together in our classroom this week as we write.<br />
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<u>Social Studies:</u> Students will finish up their work with map skills. We hope that maybe a few students have gotten excited and talked to you about how we learned to play BATTLESHIP using our grid map skills. This week, we will also look the cultural traditions associated with St. Patrick's Day.<br />
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<u>Math:</u> During our math block this week, we will continue to look at division strategies and how we can apply these strategies to word problems. Your child will work to create division word problems to help with their understanding of the parts of division word problems. On Wednesday and Friday, we will learn about area (<a href="https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/4830-cover-the-area-of-a-shape-using-square-units" target="_blank">Area Video</a>). We have taught area models during our multiplication unit and we will make the connection between area and the area models we have already studied. On Thursday, we plan to complete a reflection paper from the practice STAAR that was taken last Monday. This tool helps your child zone in on the concepts they really understand and helps us to identify areas of need. We will send this paper home with your child so that you can use this as a discussion tool at home.<br />
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For homework this week, we will have a worksheet come home on Monday - Wednesday. We will <u>not</u> have a problem of the week this week. We will take a fast facts quiz on Friday. If you plan to be out of school on Friday, please let your child's teacher know so that they can take their fast facts quiz before the break.<br />
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<u>Science:</u> This week during science, we will continue talking about the relationship between the sun, moon, and Earth and our other planets. On Monday, we will work on the next set of vocabulary cards for the solar system unit. We will send home these cards and review sheet so that your child will be able to study nightly for our test. <span style="color: orange;">The date of the test Friday, March 23rd</span>. During the rest of the week, we will be studying the planets.<br />
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Please make sure your child gets a good night's sleep and eats a healthy breakfast at home or at the school cafe these two days of testing. A rested body and full belly will make a huge difference as we tackle these practice tests.<br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">28th: Field Trip to Houston Museum of Natural Science</span><br />
We're excited to head to HMNS on Wednesday! Please have your child wear their #cougarstrong school t-shirt on Wednesday for the trip. We also request all children bring a lunch packed in a bag that can be thrown away after use. We will be eating lunch on our field trip and returning to school later in the afternoon. <br />
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<b>Reading: </b>We will tackle note taking strategies using informational texts once we resume our normal schedule on Thursday. Determining importance and synthesizing information is an important skill for our readers to learn.<br />
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<b>Writing: </b> We will continue our expository writing unit this week. We're drafting essays to form a collection in our Writer's Notebook. We're already flagging essays we look forward to publishing at the end of our unit.<br />
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<b>Math: </b>The students will continue to build their problem solving skills by identifying word problems and exploring different types of division word problems and strategies. One of the most important parts about identifying a word problem is <u><b>NOT</b></u> finding a keyword. Students must find the key concepts and determine how they are to solve the problems. There will be a fast facts quiz this friday.<br />
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<b>Science: </b>Your scientist will be given their unit vocabulary cards and study guide later in the week. We will continue learning about the characteristics of the sun, moon, and earth. Please make sure they are studying 20 minutes a night.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">19th: Monday is a student holiday in honor of <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">President's Day</span>.</span> We'll see you tomorrow!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Social Studies: </b>We're looking forward to this week's activity in social studies! We will be using a paper-based grid map to play Battleship. Students will play one another to practice navigating grid maps. We will then journal about our experience and strategy of using a grid map to play the game. </span><br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906811162871479356.post-58107287967156513652018-02-11T18:58:00.001-06:002018-02-11T19:02:09.051-06:00Week 23: February 12th-16th <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Week 23: February 12th-16th</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">12th-16th: <span style="color: purple;">Kindness Week</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">14th: <span style="color: red;">Valentine's Day</span> parties will be held in your child's homeroom classroom from <span style="color: red;"><b>2:25-2:55</b></span>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The students can bring Valentines cards or candy, but we ask that you bring something for everyone in the class. The students will make treat bags during the party, so they do not need to bring a container for their treats and cards. Class headcounts are below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">19th: Monday is a student holiday in honor of <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">President's Day</span>.</span> We'll see you Tuesday!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Reading: </b> We will shift gears this week to focus on the genre of narrative nonfiction. Narrative Nonfiction is fact-based storytelling. The facts about a person or situation are presented in a narrative, or story, format. Biographies are probably the most common form of narrative nonfiction your readers are familiar with. We'll start by comparing and contrasting this genre to both fiction and informational types of text. We will then practice how to gather information from this narrative format to describe events and/or the subject of the text. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Writing: </b> We're off to a great start within our expository writing unit! This week we will continue to build main ideas off of a general prompt. Some examples include: Who is an important person in your life or what is something you cannot live without. Your writers will support their main idea with details. These details (facts, anecdotes, descriptions, etc) must relate to and explain their main idea. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Social Studies:</b> We're spending some extra time on maps to reinforce the skills and concepts learned within the unit. We will be finished with the unit project this week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Tuesday, 6th:</b> <span style="color: blue;"><b>HCE Book Fair</b></span> will be held in the library. There will be a <span style="color: blue;">book fair dinner from 5:30-7:30pm</span> on <b>Monday evening</b>. Bring your special friends and family. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Wednesday, 7th: </b> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>HCE Book Fair </b></span></span>continues before school and during the day! You have the opportunity to come early from <span style="color: blue;">7:15-7:55am for breakfast with buddies in the library</span> while you browse and shop. </span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The students can bring Valentines cards or candy, but we ask that you bring something for everyone in the class. The students make a valentines treat bag as well during the Valentine's party, so they do not need to bring a container for their treats and cards to go into. The class size list is below:</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ford-20</span></li>
<li><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Badrak: 18</span></li>
<li><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Duncan: 20</span></li>
<li><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Morphey: 19</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Writing: </b>We truly enjoyed celebrating your writers last week at the end of our poetry unit! We're headed to a new genre of writing, expository. Expository writing is meant to give information, explain, and describe. Your writers will be introduced to the genre this week as we model what it means to be an expository writer. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Social Studies: </b>Our map projects are in full swing! This week we will focus on fine tuning our last details as well as creating questions based on the our maps to ask others. We're excited for our third graders to interact with and solve one another's questions. What a great way to apply what they have learned within our map skills unit! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Math: </b>We are so proud of your mathematicians! They have been working hard to understand and learn each multiplication strategy (skip count, equal groups, area model, array). This week, the students will be more exposed to multiplication word problems. </span><br />
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<b>Homework:</b> Please be sure to have your students be on <b>DreamBox</b> every day for <b><u>20-30 minutes</u></b> as well as Homework #1-3 Monday-Wednesday. We will not a Problem of The Week this week. The <b>Weekly Planner</b> tab in this website is also a resource to communicate the specific homework(s) for the week. </div>
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<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Writing: </b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We will celebrate your poet's hard work this week! Our publishing celebrations are always a wonderful way to unite as a community of writers and "high five" one another on a job well done. Your children are excited to share their finished anthologies with their peers. Later in the week we will practice note taking strategies as we read through a nonfiction text and organize our thoughts/reactions and important ideas. </span><br />
<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Social Studies: </b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We're rounding out our study of maps this week. Students will apply what they have learned throughout the month to create their own maps. We're challenging them to include a title, compass rose, legend, map scale, and grid system. </span><br />
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number line, area model, and an array model. We will build from easier digits
such as 5 and continue to increase the digit to 6 through 9. As it is important
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to our Monday-Wednesday regular homework pages, we will begin "Problem of
the Week." This assignment will be sent home every Monday and will need to
be returned on Friday. This assignment is meant to be a team effort as we would
like your student to solve the problem alongside you. On Friday, we will
discuss the many ways your student solved the problem with the support from you
all! </span></span><br />
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of decomposition. Later in the week, the students will </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">explore
plate tectonics and its relation to earthquakes and volcanoes. Soil is
different in different places because of different rocks in the area and
different plants and animals that live there and die and decay. <u>Important
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Constructive forces build up the Earth</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Destructive forces tear down the Earth</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Earthquake: A sudden release of energy under the
Earth’s surface that makes the ground shake or crack.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Earthquakes build up the land (constructive) by pushing
upward forming mountains and tear down the Earth (destructive) by opening
crevices and causing land to fall or slide.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Weathering: The process that breaks down rocks into
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Reading: </b><span style="background-color: white;">Last week was cut extra short because of our school holiday and ice days. We were not able to get to everything we needed to because of this, so we're continuing with last week's plan for a portion of this week. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Your reader will continue to navigate detailed maps, diagrams, tables, photographs, and captions within nonfiction articles. We will discuss how these features support their understanding of the text topic. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As we move forward in the week, we will introduce main idea. Main idea is the central idea of a text. Comprehending the main idea is important in order to understand the purpose for writing. We will be learning tricks and tools to help aid your reader in identifying what an article is mostly, or mainly, about. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">Writing: </b><span style="background-color: white;">We will officially wrap up our poetry unit this week! Your writers have been hard at work drafting a variety of poems since returning to school in 2018. We will choose some of our favorites to revise and edit and then publish an anthology using Google Docs. Our week will end with a celebration of our published work! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1/15: </b><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">School Holiday</span></b><b style="color: blue; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We hope you all had a fabulous three day weekend!</span></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Writing: </b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We will begin the final stages of our poetry writing unit this week. Your writers have been hard at work drafting a variety of poems since returning to school in 2018. We will end our week choosing some of our favorites to revise and edit. We will prepare some of our best as well as favorite poems to publish using Google Docs. We will celebrate our hard work within our writing community early next week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1/9 <span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #38761d;">STAARY STAARY NIGHT</span> </span> </b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Third grade will host a STAAR information session Tuesday evening, January 9, to familiarize parents with our May state testing and answer any questions. We will meet in the library form 6:00pm to 7:00pm.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>1/10 </b><span style="color: #38761d; font-weight: bold;">2nd NINE WEEKS RECOGNITION CEREMONY </span>will be held in the cafeteria from 9:00-9:40am. </span><br />
<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1/10 </b><span style="color: purple; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>3rd GRADE AUTHOR VISIT</b> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Mac Barnett, author of The Terrible Two series, will visit our school on Wednesday, 1/10. We look forward to this author visit. You can purchase a copy of any of his books using the </span><a href="http://www.bluewillowbookshop.com/mac-barnett-hunters-creek-elementary" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">following link through Blue Willow Bookshop</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Reading: </b>We launched our nonfiction genre unit last week and will continue to immerse ourselves in the genre this week. We will discuss how text features help us understand and synthesize information as readers. Text features are additional sources of information beyond the body of the text. Examples include: photographs, captions, bold words, subheadings, sidebars, maps, and diagrams. As nonfiction readers, it is important to know how to read as well as draw conclusions from these added pieces of information throughout the text. Additionally, w</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e will round out reading MAP testing this week.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Homework Reminder: </b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Let's start this new year off strong as readers! This is a friendly reminder that your child must read at home every night as their language arts homework. We watched this </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hScgyXu_9c&feature=youtu.be" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">video</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> in the fall and discussed what the words... EVERY SINGLE DAY, NO MATTER WHAT would mean for us as readers. Volume matters! Please support your child's reading life at home every single day...no matter what! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Writing: </b>Writer's Workshop will be filled with poetry writing this week! Your children will learn a variety of tools to write poems that convey sensory details using the conventions of poetry. We will learn to look at the world through a poet's eyes and use language within our poems that show, instead of tell, what they mean. We will study and work with several mentor poems this week that illustrate wonderful examples of poetic devices and conventions. </span></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Social Studies: </b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We will continue studying map skills this week. Technology has allowed us to have directions and maps at our fingertips. But what happens if we were lost with an uncharged phone? We will learn how to utilize a map to help us navigate a place and find our way to our destination. Important terms we will learn throughout the week include: grid, map, globe, longitude, latitude, compass rose, cardinal directions, hemisphere, key, symbols, legend, equator, city, continents, states ocean, geographer, and Columbus. </span><br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906811162871479356.post-9601689283688308612018-01-02T17:03:00.002-06:002018-01-02T17:03:41.687-06:00Week 17: January 3rd-5th <b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></b>
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<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1/9 <span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #38761d;">STAARY STAARY NIGHT</span> </span> </b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Third grade will host a STAAR information session Tuesday evening, January 9, to familiarize parents with our May state testing and answer any questions. We will meet in the library form 6:00pm to 7:00pm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>1/10 </b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-weight: bold;">2nd NINE WEEKS RECOGNITION CEREMONY</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-weight: bold;"> </span>will be held in the cafeteria from 9:00-9:40am. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>1/10 </b><span style="color: purple;"><b>3rd GRADE AUTHOR VISIT</b> </span> Mac Barnett, author of <i>The Terrible Two</i> series, will visit our school on Wednesday, 1/10 and spend time with our 3rd graders. You can purchase a copy of any of his books using the <a href="http://www.bluewillowbookshop.com/mac-barnett-hunters-creek-elementary" target="_blank">following link through Blue Willow Bookshop</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Reading: </b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">We have a quick, but action-packed week in reading as we begin our nonfiction genre study. For the next few weeks your readers will immerse themselves in a variety of nonfiction texts to learn about the purpose and structure of the genre. We will launch our unit by reading high-interest informational articles about the <i>Guinness Book of World Records</i> and penguin rescues this week. Reading MAP t</span></span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">esting begins this week and will continue into next. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Social Studies: </b>Students will locate a variety of maps from nonfiction articles we read. We will study these maps to note their features and specifically define key, compass rose, and scale. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Math: </b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">This week we are focusing on taking the winter MAP test. We will also explore the MAP website as we will use it for additional practice. Then, it is on to measuring and calculating the perimeter of polygons. Perimeter is the distance around the outer edge and the sum of all the sides. Along with this basic knowledge, students will be given the perimeter of an object and the lengths of all but one side. Students must subtract to find the value of the missing side.</span><br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906811162871479356.post-35549286843846382912017-12-11T00:40:00.000-06:002017-12-11T00:40:07.617-06:00Week 16: December 11-15<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>We wish our students and their families a safe, relaxing and wonderful winter break!</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>12/12 </b>Students will have an <span style="color: red;"><b>Energy Assessment</b></span> this Tuesday. They have had a set of vocabulary cards and a study guide for several weeks. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>12/15 <span style="color: blue;">Classroom Parties</span> and <span style="color: blue;">Noon Dismissal</span> </b>for winter break and <span style="color: blue;"><b>Report Cards</b></span> go home. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>1/9 <span style="color: #38761d;">STAARY STAARY NIGHT</span> </b>Third grade will host a STAAR information session Tuesday evening, January 9, to familiarize parents with our May state testing and answer any questions. We will meet in the library form 6:00 to 7:00.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>HCE Dads' Club </b>is recruiting new members. They do several projects to support the students and teachers at HCE. If you are interested in how to join and when they meet, email</span><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <a href="mailto:warrensloan@allstate.com">warrensloan@allstate.com</a>.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Parents are graciously volunteering for lunch duty the week before winter break. If you are interested in joining in, here is the link for sighing up. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4faaa822a13-teacher">http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4faaa822a13-teacher</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>WORD WORK: </b>As students perfect spelling skills, it is important to encourage them to use independent strategies while writing. Instead of spelling words for our children, we need to respond by having them write the word the way they have seen it in text on a Post It Note or piece of paper. Guiding questions such as, <i>Does that word look correct? </i>or <i>Did you spell it a syllable at a time? </i>help facilitate confidence and independence.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>SOCIAL STUDIES:</b></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We will focus this week on appreciating many different holiday celebrations around the world. Students will learn about traditions from Mexico, Greenland, Sweden, Israel, India, and Australia by engaging in a variety of experiences incorporating art, music, and literature. On Wednesday and Thursday, students will visit each third grade classroom, focusing on the culture and ways each celebrates. Anyone interested in adding to our study, please submit your FLIPGRID video by Thursday. An email went home with instructions. Shhhhh!!</span><br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906811162871479356.post-40585206512099710612017-12-03T20:16:00.003-06:002017-12-10T21:35:50.875-06:00Week 15: December 4-8<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>REMINDERS:</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>This week and next, we are wrapping up grades for this nine weeks. Report cards are going home soon. Thank you so much for making every effort to have your child in school all day, every day! </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>12/5<span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7;">Toys For Tots</span></b> and our local fire station will collect new and unwrapped toys the morning of December 5. Students will deliver donations with their class to the hardtop where Santa and the fire truck will be stationed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>12/6 </b>All six classes of third graders will join together for one big <b><span style="color: blue;">Grade Level Photo</span></b> on Wednesday at 9:00. This is separate from the class pictures that will be taken in the Spring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>12/8 <span style="color: #38761d;">HCE Spelling Bee</span> </b>is scheduled for Friday morning, December 8 in the cafeteria. We wish our third grade classroom winners good luck as they compete against winners from 4th and 5th grade classes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>12/12 </b>Students will have an <span style="color: red;"><b>Energy Assessment</b></span> next Tuesday. They have had a set of vocabulary cards and a study guide for a week now. Please help your child study for this upcoming test.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>12/15 <span style="color: blue;">Classroom Parties</span> and <span style="color: blue;">Noon Dismissal</span> </b>for winter break</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>1/9 <span style="color: #38761d;">STAARY STAARY NIGHT</span> </b>Third grade will host a STAAR information session Tuesday evening, January 9, to familiarize parents with our May state testing and answer any questions. We will meet in the library form 6:00 to 7:00.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>HCE Dads' Club </b>is recruiting new members. They do several projects to support the students and teachers at HCE. If you are interested in how to join and when they meet, email</span><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <a href="mailto:warrensloan@allstate.com">warrensloan@allstate.com</a>.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Parents are graciously volunteering for lunch duty the week before winter break. If you are interested in joining in, here is the link for sighing up. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4faaa822a13-teacher">http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4faaa822a13-teacher</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>READING:</b>Third graders will be practicing<i> synthesizing </i>text when responding to a short story. The process of synthesizing occurs when different ideas about a text lead to new thinking. We compare it to baking a cake. Every ingredient separately is important to the cake batter and the frosting, however when combined together something new and different is the result. The teachers will model this process, allow the students to work in collaborative groups, and then in small guided groups to refine the skill. Short stories from Cynthia Rylant's <i>The Children of Christmas</i> will be highlighted during this week's study.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>WRITING: </b>As our children are coming to the final stages of publishing their self-selected pieces, they are becoming more aware of the importance of the revision process and how it is about the <i>quality</i> of their changes as opposed to the<i> quantity. </i>For example, instead of saying, <i>My family likes to play board games,</i> it is much more powerful to say, <i>My family loves board games; our favorite is Monopoly. </i>Third graders will be coming together to celebrate the completed final drafts in groups. We will end the week with "Fantasy Friday" writing. Our passionate authors have a special appreciation for fantasy writing, and it is something they truly look forward to composing and sharing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>SOCIAL STUDIES:</b></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We will continue our focus this week learning about the many different Cultural Celebrations that Texans observe. Students will complete their 2nd 9 weeks Social Studies Project by choosing the celebration that they find most interesting and planning an imaginary event to honor the occasion. We will end the week with a quiz on Winter Holidays. Remember that Social Studies Weekly is always available to students at home. Log in information can be found in your students green binder. Information can also be found in the Social Studies Website Resources on the right hand side of the blog. We will finish off the week by completing a Brain Pop quiz on Winter Holidays.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>MATH: </b>We continue our study of 2D shapes this week, specifically polygons which must be flat, have straight sides, and are closed. Polygons are named by the number of sides they have and there are several quadrilaterals, or 4 sided polygons, that students must remember. They include square, rhombus, rectangle, trapezoid, parallelogram. We will use vocabulary such as parallel sides, right angles and vertices (vertex) to distinguish one from the other.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Students will have a short quiz on Friday on these shapes. They have cards and class notes to study. As usual, there is written Math homework on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights. Their Fast Fact Friday (FFF) quiz is on Friday. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>SCIENCE: </b>We are in full swing with our Science unit on Energy. We have already learned about Mechanical, Thermal, and Light energies and are currently focusing on Sound. Sound is vibrating matter and oddly enough, sound travels best through a solid, then a liquid and worst through a gas. All of this is because of the molecules of each state. Vibrations can spread easily through a solid's close molecules but not so easily through a gas with molecules spread far apart. This week we will spend two days on a hands on lab about all four kinds of energy. Students will work with tuning forks, reflecting light, wind up cars, and lots more. Thank you to parents who have donated Amazon cards so we could restock our Energy lab supplies. On Monday of next week, we will review for our final assessment Tuesday on all four energies. We hope everyone has been reviewing the vocabulary cards and study guide that was sent home last Monday.</span><br />
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December 8- HCE Spelling Bee. We wish out third grade classroom winners luck as they compete against winners from the 4th and 5th grade classes.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;">12/15 - </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 15.84px;">Noon Dismissal</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;"> for Winter Break</span><br />
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<b>READING: </b>We will spend the week reviewing the concepts we have been working on for the past few weeks: fictional story elements, character development, character changes and theme. We will look at how this type of reading and thinking shows up in selections students will see on STAAR. Knowing how to apply these skills in our guided reading and independent reading is key to developing a love and understanding of literature. Taking a step back and analyzing how they can be worded and displayed in testing is also important for our smart readers to understand.<br />
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<b>WRITING: </b>We will finish up our study on Author's Craft. Students have looked at a variety of mentor texts and tried their hand at a number of concepts: repetition, onomatopoeia, metaphor, dialogue, font style, punctuation, and using our sense to add descriptive details. Writer's will use this week to choose a piece to take through publication. We will then work through our first official revision process. We are excited for the many stories from our lives that will soon be published and archived for the world to read.<br />
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<b>WORD WORK: </b> Students have been working with their guided reading teacher to tackle words that are developmentally appropriate for where they are writing and reading. Keep your eye out for emails from you child's guided reading teacher to know when test and application grades are coming.<br />
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<b>SOCIAL STUDIES: </b> Having just finished time off for celebration, we will focus our work this week learning about the many different Cultural Celebrations that Texans observe. Students will complete their 2nd 9 weeks Social Studies Project by choosing the celebration that they find most interesting and planning an imaginary event to honor the occasion. Remember that Social Studies Weekly is always available to students at home. Log in information can be found in your students green binder. Information can also be found in the Social Studies Website Resources on the right hand side of the blog.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;"><b>Math:</b> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">During our math time this week, we will be wrapping up our unit on graphing. We will pair up and spend Monday and Tuesday creating each type of graph that we learned about last week using data that came from a survey given to other third grade students. Each class will get to pair up with another class to get a larger set of data. On Wednesday, we will review each type of graph for the last time during our unit. The rest of the week, we will begin our next unit on geometry. We will be working to identify 2D shapes. We will identify sides and vertices on these polygons. This week, we will have our usual homework on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Our fast facts quiz will be on Friday.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;"><b>Science: </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">On Monday, your child will create vocabulary cards for the energy unit. The review sheet and vocabulary cards are given in preparation of the energy test. The date of test is undetermined at this time as we have not completed the unit yet. On Tuesday through Thursday, we will learn about light energy. We will learn about the sources and uses of light energy. On Friday, we will move onto sound energy. </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">We will ask ourselves questions about how sound is made and how it travels. With sound energy, we will also discuss pitch and volume. </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Reminders:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;">11/20 -11/24 - </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #b45f06; font-size: 15.84px;">Thanksgiving Break</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;"> (No School)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;">12/7 - <span style="color: red;">Toys for Tots</span> Please send a new and unwrapped gift to donate. Children will get a chance to drop their toy with local firefighters and Santa Claus. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;">12/15 - <span style="color: #38761d;">Noon Dismissal</span> for Winter Break</span></span><br />
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<b>Reading:</b> CHARACTER TRAITS and CHARACTER FEELINGS will be our big work in reading this week. We will focus on reading carefully and thinking about what a character does, says and thinks to determine how they feel AND what kind of person they are. This big thinking is called an inference. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In class, students have worked wordless books to focus on character actions. Wordless books are a great way to practice inferring character traits and feelings as the reader have to look closely and read the body language and actions of the characters to draw a conclusion. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Homework:</b> We looked at this <a href="https://youtu.be/4hScgyXu_9c" target="_blank">video clip</a> and talked about what the words...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>EVERY SINGLE DAY, NO MATTER WHAT </b>would mean for our reading lives. <b><u>Volume matters</u></b>. Please make sure that <u>reading happens at home</u>, every single day- not matter what. </span><br />
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<b>Writing: </b>Descriptive details will be one element of craft we will focus on this week. We will look at how authors use simile, metaphor and beautiful adjectives to describe in great detail the parts of their story that they want a reader to experience. Then, we will look at how an author might use a comeback line or repetition to drive home an idea in a story. Friday, we shared America's White Table to talk about Veteran's Day. We will revisit this text as one of mentor texts next week. We are thankful to the Veteran's and families who joined us in celebrating and honoring those who have served our country. They are inspiration to our learning and our writing.</span><br />
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<b>Social Studies:</b> We will wrap up our work on community and citizenship with lessons on DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP. Students will complete these lesson on itsLearning (the districts digital curriculum platform).The lessons focus on the important BEs of being online..</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">be kind... be safe... be yourself.</span><br />
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<b>Spelling: </b>Spelling tests are staggered this year. If you haven't yet, you will soon receive an email from your child's spelling teacher letting you know about your child's spelling sort and test date.</span><br />
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<b>Math: </b>This week in math we will learn about graphs. We will study and understand the difference between a bar graph, double bar graph, pictograph, dot plot, frequency table, and tally chart. We will work to pull information from the graphs and draw conclusions based on the data. Each day, we will create one or more of these graphs to practice. Below, are pictures of each type of graph we will learn this week:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For homework this week, we will have a worksheet come home on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday night. We will have our usual fast facts on Friday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Science:</b> In science this week, we will continue discussing potential and kinetic energy. We have been discussing mechanical energy using real world examples. During the later part of the week we will get into thermal energy. <span style="background-color: white; color: #1a222a; font-size: 15.84px;">The important information that we will learn about Thermal (Heat) Energy are the sources of heat, insulators, and conductors. An insulator is a material that does not allow heat to pass along it easily. A conductor is a material that allows heat to pass along it easily. We will discuss examples of each. </span></span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0