December 9th - December 13th

Welcome to our third grade blog! Please check our blog each week to see what we are learning as well as announcements and calendar updates for TCE and Third Grade!

Calendar

December 13th - Jingle Bell Jog
December 18th - Grade Level PJ Day
December 19th - Winter Parties @ 2pm
December 20th - Early Release @ 12:15

Announcements

Holiday Food Baskets and Toys

Each year the Lions Club of Coppell provides holiday baskets and toys to families in need in Coppell's attendance area. The food baskets and toys are delivered by members of the Lions Club of Coppell, and the identify of the recipients is kept confidential. All they need to know is the address and the family demographics, sizes, and any special needs the family may have. If your family would benefit from this, please return to our school nurse or front office by December 1st.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y0LtfOIKo54q9za9eplMtv6PMSyJgFiM8xZn2Dh6KA0/edit?usp=sharing

Yearbook Orders

Town Center Parent Newsletter

Here is the link to Ms. Martin's Parent Newsletter for the week.

What are we learning?

Math

In math, we will be working through our multiplication and division choice board. Each learner will be working through different tasks on their choice board based upon their individual Schoology checks taken over the last few weeks. While students work through the choice board, teachers will be pulling small groups to reteach and re-engage based upon these Schoology checks as well. Our multiplication and division post test will take place on Friday, December 13th. 

We will continue taking our multiplication fact quizzes on Mondays and Wednesdays. If all 10 facts are correct in 2 minutes, your child will be able to move on to a new quiz the next day we are testing. If they're not mastered, then that same quiz will be taken again until all 10 are correct.  Additionally, any practice with fact fluency that can be done at home is VERY helpful. Each learner has been placed on multiplication and division on Reflex Math for this reason. Flashcards at home also work. 

Language Arts

In language arts, we are exploring fables, myths, legends, and fairy tales. We will be adapting a classic fairy tale and writing one of our own. We will be reading various fables, myths, and legends, and discussing the theme of these works. We will be studying the overall message of stories and how it can be translated to other books that we have read.

Science

In Science, the learners will be researching rapid changes to earth's surface. We will research the causes and effects of natural disasters including volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, and landslides. The learners will make a survival guide for the natural disaster of their choice. 

Social Studies

In social studies, we are starting a new geography project. Each student will research various aspects of geography in an assigned state. We will be focusing on landforms, natural disasters, and weather and climate.  

December 2nd - 6th

Welcome to our third grade blog! Please check our blog each week to see what we are learning as well as announcements and calendar updates for TCE and Third Grade!

Calendar

November 25th - 29th - Thanksgiving Break No School
December 3rd - PTO Meeting @ 6pm
December 13th - Jingle Bell Jog

Announcements

Holiday Food Baskets and Toys

Each year the Lions Club of Coppell provides holiday baskets and toys to families in need in Coppell's attendance area. The food baskets and toys are delivered by members of the Lions Club of Coppell, and the identify of the recipients is kept confidential. All they need to know is the address and the family demographics, sizes, and any special needs the family may have. If your family would benefit from this, please return to our school nurse or front office by December 1st.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y0LtfOIKo54q9za9eplMtv6PMSyJgFiM8xZn2Dh6KA0/edit?usp=sharing

Yearbook Orders

Town Center Parent Newsletter

Here is the link to Ms. Martin's Parent Newsletter for the week.

What are we learning?

Math

In math, we will spend the beginning of the week reviewing multiplication and division word problems. Later in the week we will start our choice board to practice and master the skills we have learned thus far in this unit including: representing multiplication, fact families, equal shares, 2x1 digit multiplication, and word problems. The choice board will continue into the following week. 

We will continue taking our multiplication fact quizzes on Mondays and Wednesdays. If all 10 facts are correct in 2 minutes, your child will be able to move on to a new quiz the next day we are testing. If they're not mastered, then that same quiz will be taken again until all 10 are correct.  Additionally, any practice with fact fluency that can be done at home is VERY helpful. Each learner has been placed on multiplication and division on Reflex Math for this reason. Flashcards at home also work. 

Language Arts

In language arts, we will begin our unit on Fables, Legends and Myths!  We will learn how they all have themes and details to support the themes. We will also learn how fables, myths and legends play an important role in many cultures. 

Science

In Science, the learners will be starting a new unit: Earth's Surface. We will start this unit by discussing fast land changes caused by natural disasters. We will research and study the causes and effects of natural disasters including volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, and landslides. 

Social Studies

In Social Studies the learners will explore how humans modify and adapt to their physical environment when exposed to different landforms, climate and natural disasters.

November 18th - 22nd

Welcome to our third grade blog! Please check our blog each week to see what we are learning as well as announcements and calendar updates for TCE and Third Grade!

Calendar

November 22nd - Turkey Trot Fun Run
November 25th - 29th - Thanksgiving Break No School

Announcements

Holiday Food Baskets and Toys

Each year the Lions Club of Coppell provides holiday baskets and toys to families in need in Coppell's attendance area. The food baskets and toys are delivered by members of the Lions Club of Coppell, and the identify of the recipients is kept confidential. All they need to know is the address and the family demographics, sizes, and any special needs the family may have. If your family would benefit from this, please return to our school nurse or front office by December 1st.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y0LtfOIKo54q9za9eplMtv6PMSyJgFiM8xZn2Dh6KA0/edit?usp=sharing

Yearbook Orders

Pumpkin Patch!

Town Center Parent Newsletter

Here is the link to Ms. Martin's Parent Newsletter for the week.

What are we learning?

Math

In math, we will begin learning various strategies to multiply a 2 digit number by a one digit number. These strategies include area model, distributive (break apart) strategy, and standard algorithm. Strategy videos for these strategies can be found on your teachers website and watched prior to learning them next week.  We will continue taking our multiplication fact quizzes on Mondays and Wednesdays. If all 10 facts are correct in 2 minutes, your child will be able to move on to a new quiz the next day we are testing. If they're not mastered, then that same quiz will be taken again until all 10 are correct.  Additionally, any practice with fact fluency that can be done at home is VERY helpful. Each learner has been placed on multiplication and division on Reflex Math for this reason. Flashcards at home also work. 

Language Arts

In language arts, we are continuing our character analysis unit by strengthening our inferencing skills. We will be tracking our characters throughout the whole story and study how characters react to problems. As we learn more about our characters, we will begin comparing to other characters in the same and different books. 

Science

In Science, the learners we will continue to work through our first ADI (Argument Driven Inquiry) project for the year involving forces and magnetism. This process will take 1-2 weeks and practice the skills of creating, testing, and defending a scientific argument. We are also researching and adding the career of mechanical engineer to our scientist career connection trade cards. 

Social Studies

In social studies, we will kick off the week with recognizing veteran's day and discussing its importance. The rest of the week, we will continue our unit on maps. The learners have been using their new learning journals to track learning, and will continue to use this tool to explore. We will be discussing cardinal directions and map grids, and the learners will get an opportunity to practice using and creating map grids. We will also be comparing and contrasting maps and globes.

November 11th - 15th

Welcome to our third grade blog! Please check our blog each week to see what we are learning as well as announcements and calendar updates for TCE and Third Grade!

Calendar

November 11th - Veteran's Day Ceremony @8am
November 25th - 29th - Thanksgiving Break No School

Announcements

CISD Family Survey

CISD is currently surveying our families in order to gain insight into your perception of our schools and district effectiveness. This survey shouldn’t take more than a few minutes to complete and will be a valuable source of information for us, as we work to make our schools and our district the best that they can be. You may complete the survey online between now and Nov. 4, using a computer, tablet or smartphone. To take the survey, please visit https://surveys.panoramaed.com, then select your child(ren)’s school. If you have multiple children in CISD, we ask that you take the survey for each school your child attends.

Veteran's Day Ceremony

Pumpkin Patch!

Town Center Parent Newsletter

Here is the link to Ms. Martin's Parent Newsletter for the week.

What are we learning?

Math

In math, we will continue to learn various ways to represent multiplication and division. We have learned equal groups and arrays and will learn repeated subtraction and number lines early next week. Please remember that your child's teacher has strategy videos on her website. On Monday we will begin our timed multiplication fact quizzes. We will only be taking our fact quizzes on Mondays and Wednesdays. Your child will be able to choose what quiz he or she wants to take on Monday rather than starting with 0's and working chronologically through to 10's. If all 10 facts are correct in 2 minutes, your child will be able to move on to a new quiz on Wednesday. If they're not mastered, then that same quiz will be taken again on Wednesday until all 10 are correct.  Additionally, any practice with fact fluency that can be done at home is VERY helpful. Each learner has been placed on multiplication and division on Reflex Math for this reason. Flashcards at home also work. 

Language Arts

In language arts, we are continuing our character analysis unit by strengthening our inferencing skills. We will be tracking our characters throughout the whole story and study how characters react to problems. As we learn more about our characters, we will begin comparing to other characters in the same and different books. 

Science

In Science, the learners we will begin to work through our first ADI (Argument Driven Inquiry) project for the year involving forces and magnetism. This process will take 1-2 weeks and practice the skills of creating, testing, and defending a scientific argument.

Social Studies

In social studies, we will kick off the week with recognizing veteran's day and discussing its importance. The rest of the week, we will continue our unit on maps. The learners have been using their new learning journals to track learning, and will continue to use this tool to explore. We will be discussing cardinal directions and map grids, and the learners will get an opportunity to practice using and creating map grids. We will also be comparing and contrasting maps and globes.

November 4th - 8th

Welcome to our third grade blog! Please check our blog each week to see what we are learning as well as announcements and calendar updates for TCE and Third Grade!

Calendar

November 5th - PTO Meeting @6pm
November 7th - TCE STEM Night 5:30-7
November 8th - North Feeder Night at Coppell HS Football Game
November 11th - Veteran's Day Ceremony @8am

Announcements

CISD Family Survey

CISD is currently surveying our families in order to gain insight into your perception of our schools and district effectiveness. This survey shouldn’t take more than a few minutes to complete and will be a valuable source of information for us, as we work to make our schools and our district the best that they can be. You may complete the survey online between now and Nov. 4, using a computer, tablet or smartphone. To take the survey, please visit https://surveys.panoramaed.com, then select your child(ren)’s school. If you have multiple children in CISD, we ask that you take the survey for each school your child attends.

Reminder: School-Parent Compact 2019-2020
Last week your learner should have made it home with a yellow copy of our school - parent compact. If this has been misplaced or lost, you can find another copy on Ms. Martin's parent blog. Please sign and return to school as soon as possible. 

STEM Night

Veteran's Day Ceremony

Pumpkin Patch!

Town Center Parent Newsletter

Here is the link to Ms. Martin's Parent Newsletter for the week.

What are we learning?

Math

In math, learners will be taking a multiplication and division pretest on Monday. Please remember that our pretests are not weighted and do not go towards their mastery for the year. They are assessments used solely for instructional purposes. Throughout the week we will learn various strategies to represent multiplication so that the learners have a conceptual understanding of what is happening. 

After learning the 'why' behind multiplication, we will begin our timed multiplication fact quizzes on Monday, November 11th. These will be 2 minute timed quizzes on each times table. They are allowed to take one quiz per day, and move through the times tables (up to x10) at their own pace. If they don't finish the quiz that is A-ok, they can retake that times table once a day until reaching mastery. There is no time limit as for when these quizzes will end, as we know each learner works and memorizes at different paces. However, any practice with fact fluency that can be done at home is VERY helpful. Each learner has been placed on multiplication and division on Reflex Math for this reason. Flashcards at home also work. 

Language Arts

In language arts we are continuing our unit on character analysis. We will explore inferencing some more and how we may use our past knowledge combined with what the book says to infer things about our characters. We are also going to talk about how stories have problems, and explore different ways characters react to problems. We will discuss how the way a character reacts to problems tells us a lot about them and their traits. 

Science

In Science, the learners will complete their energy expert research and present to their classmates. Following the project completion we will begin to work through our first ADI (Argument Driven Inquiry) project for the year involving forces. This process will take 1-2 weeks and practice the skills of creating, testing, and defending a scientific argument. 

Social Studies

In social studies we are wrapping out our unit on government and citizenship by talking overviewing the purposes of the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution. We will begin our upcoming unit on geography by introducing maps, parts of maps, and what they are used for. The learners will be utilizing a new learning journal to track their learning throughout this maps unit.  

October 28th - November 1st

Welcome to our third grade blog! Please check our blog each week to see what we are learning as well as an announcements and calendar updates for TCE and Third Grade!

Calendar

October 31st - Red Ribbon Run @ 7:30am
November 5th - PTO Meeting @6pm
November 7th - TCE STEM Night 5:30-7
November 8th - North Feeder Night at Coppell HS Football Game
November 11th - Veteran's Day Ceremony @8am

Announcements

CISD Family Survey

CISD is currently surveying our families in order to gain insight into your perception of our schools and district effectiveness. This survey shouldn’t take more than a few minutes to complete and will be a valuable source of information for us, as we work to make our schools and our district the best that they can be. You may complete the survey online between now and Nov. 4, using a computer, tablet or smartphone. To take the survey, please visit https://surveys.panoramaed.com, then select your child(ren)’s school. If you have multiple children in CISD, we ask that you take the survey for each school your child attends.

Pumpkin Patch!

STEM Night

Veteran's Day Ceremony

Town Center Parent Newsletter

Here is the link to Ms. Martin's Parent Newsletter for the week.

What are we learning?

Math

In math, learners will review telling time on an analog clock. We will also begin to learn about elapsed time and learn strategies to solve those word problems. 

Language Arts

In language arts we are continuing our character analysis unit. We will begin to move deeper into the idea of character traits by exploring why our characters show certain traits. Information about the unit's culminating activity will be coming home soon. 

Science

In Science, we will complete experiments to explore different forms of energy such as light, sound, thermal and mechanical. Learners will be expected to describe these types of energy and provide examples of each.

Social Studies

In social studies we are finishing up our government and citizenship unit. We will overview the three levels of government as well as explore important US documents such as the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, discussing the purpose of each. 

October 21st - 25th

Welcome to our third grade blog! Please check our blog each week to see what we are learning as well as an announcements and calendar updates for TCE and Third Grade!

Calendar

October 18th - PTO Movie Night 6-8pm
October 21st - 25th - Red Ribbon Week

Announcements

PTO Movie Night

Red Ribbon Week Information

Pumpkin Patch!

Headphones

Please make sure that your child has a pair of headphones at school.

Town Center Parent Newsletter

Here is the link to Ms. Martin's Parent Newsletter for the week.

What are we learning?

Math

In math, learners will review counting collections of coins. We will also begin to count collections of bills and coins. Towards the end of the week we will review telling time on an analog clock. This year we will cover a new concept of calculating elapsed time. 

Language Arts

In reading, we will continue our new unit on Character and Character traits. We will study how a character's actions, thoughts, feelings and conversations will help determine the character traits,

Look for an exciting letter to come home soon to explain the fun way we will wrap up our unit on character traits around the end of November.

Science

In Science, learners will complete their project of designing a game to showcase their understanding of changes in position.  We will then begin to explore different forms of energy such as light, sound, thermal and mechanical.

Social Studies

In Social Studies, we will finish our focus on levels of government.  Learners will work on a choice board to showcase their understanding.  We will also begin taking a deeper look into some historical documents such as the Declaration of Independence, Bill Rights and the Constitution.