Book Fair This Week: HCE will celebrate reading with our annual Book Fair. Students may shop during our class times listed below. Feel free to send any money that your child can spend on books. Parents are also welcome to join us during our class visit.
Badrak/Jackson Tuesday 9:15 to 9:45
Rozzell/Scott Tuesday 2:30 to 2:55
Ford/Duncan Wednesday 9:15 to 9:45
Behavior Chart Change: In order to save paper and make communication between home and school more simple, we will not be using the printed behavior charts anymore. Instead, teachers will jot down any behavior comments in your child's planner (near the bottom of the day). Please initial the comment so that we know you received our note. Thank you for supporting and reinforcing the work we do at school!
WITS Field Trip to The Menil Museum: Thursday, February 16th from 8:45am-12:00pm. Permission slips will be coming home in Tuesday Newsday Folders this week. Please fill out and return as soon as possible.
February
9 - Donuts with Dads
14- Valentine's Day Parties- 2:25-2:55 in homeroom class
16- WITS Field Trip to The Menil Museum
16- WITS Field Trip to The Menil Museum
17 - Noon Dismissal
20- President's Day (No School)
24- Go Texans Day
Reading: Readers will dive deeper into nonfiction text features. We will learn how to navigate detailed maps, diagrams, tables, and photographs and discuss how the feature supports our learning. Instead of modeling in nonfiction books, we will be focusing on articles this week.
Essential Question: How does this feature help me (the reader) access information?
Example of an article with detailed text features:
Essential Question: How does this feature help me (the reader) access information?
Example of an article with detailed text features:
Writing: Writers will continue our persuasive/argumentation essays unit. We will focus heavily on identifying claims and supporting points in essays we consume, but we will also begin working on our own claims! We know that authors of persuasive essays need support points to "hold up" their claim, so we will find points that strongly support our point of view.
Author's argument =claim + support
Key Terms:
Argue
Make a Case
Point of View
Claim
Support Points
Fact
Opinion
Spelling: Students received new words on Thursday, February 2nd and will take their test on Thursday, February 9th.
White group: Students received new words on Wednesday, February 1st and will take their test on Wednesday, February 8th.
Social Studies: We will continue our economics unit, but this week, we start our Econ and Me videos! ECON AND ME revolves around four children and their invisible friend, Econ, who apply economic principles to individuals, families, and communities. This week, we will study scarcity. When the children decide they want to build a clubhouse, they discover there is a scarcity of wood.
Math: In Math this week students will experience fractions on a number line. We will learn how to represent fractions on a number line with a whole located from 0 to 1. The whole can be divided into 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 equal parts.
Math: In Math this week students will experience fractions on a number line. We will learn how to represent fractions on a number line with a whole located from 0 to 1. The whole can be divided into 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 equal parts.
Students will learn how to draw and identify fractions by "swishing" the numerator and denominator of a fraction. To represent 2/3, the number line must be divided into 3 equal parts. Starting at 0, swish under the line to confirm that the denominator is 3. Then swish on the top of the line the numerator 2 to locate the 2/3 point. Two-thirds is the piece from 0 to the 2/3 mark.
We will use this "swish" method to compare two fractions that have different denominators but are part of the same size whole.
Everyone will have written math homework Monday through Wednesday nights. Students will receive a Problem of the Week (POW) on Monday. It is due on Friday. Please work with your child to complete this. Your math conversation can be very helpful. There will also be the usual Fast Fact Friday (FFF) quiz on Friday. Please help your child work toward mastering all multiplication facts. It is a third grade expectation.
Science: We wrap up our unit on Rapid Changes to Earth's Surface this week. Early in the week we will explore the constructive and destructive forces of tsunamis, hurricanes and tornadoes. Midweek we will review for our final quiz on Thursday, February 9. This is a date change from last week. Students should be studying the vocabulary cards and review sheet that went home last week. On Friday, we hope to begin a new unit on Earth's Natural Resources.
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