February 3rd - 7th

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Important Dates

January 28th - Spring Creek BBQ Spirit Night @ 5-9 pm
February 20th - Cultural Night 5:30-7
February 13th - Valentine's Party @ 2pm
February 14th - No School
February 17th - No School Presidents' Day
February 28th - Field trip to FTW Museum of Science and History

Announcements

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 start our geometry unit. We will begin by classifying and sorting 2D and 3D shapes. Learners are responsible for identifying these shapes by their attributes. 

Language Arts

In language arts we will dive deeper into our nonfiction unit and learn ways we can challenge our understanding of what we are reading. We will discuss fact versus opinion and begin to familiarize ourselves with summarization. 

Science

In Science, we will start our Earth and Sky unit. We will begin by learning about the Sun and thermal energy. Towards the end of the week we will investigate the relationship between the Sun, Earth, and Moon. 

Social Studies

In Social Studies, we will continue to discuss opportunity cost and reflect on times we have experienced it.  We will begin to explore cash vs. credit and the pros and cons of each.

January 27th - 31st

Thank you for taking the time to read our third grade blog. Make sure you are checking it weekly for calendar updates and what we are learning!

Important Dates

January 28th - Spring Creek BBQ Spirit Night @ 5-9 pm
February 28th - Field trip to FTW Museum of Science and History

Announcements

Town Center Parent Newsletter

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

What are we learning?

Math

In math, we will finish our area and perimeter unit. We will practice finding the area of composite figures by partitioning, using the same formula, and the additive property of addition. We will then begin our geometry unit where we will sort and classify 2D and 3D shapes by their attributes. 

Language Arts

In language arts we are continuing to explore nonfiction texts. We will overview nonfiction text features and how they help us understand what we are reading. We will also dive into main idea and focus on finding supporting details.

Science

In Science, we will finish our second ADI (argument driven inquiry). This is a student led research and investigation project. They will work together in a group to research, develop a claim, collect data, and justify their evidence to highlight a pattern between climate and latitude in countries around the world. The students have developed a claim and collected data, so our last steps will be to make an argument board and write a report. Towards the end of the week we will start our next unit. 

Social Studies

In Social Studies learners will explore the difference between spending and saving.  We will discuss how saving choices effect the future.

 

January 21st - 24th

Thank you for taking the time to read our third grade blog. Make sure you are checking it weekly for calendar updates and what we are learning!

Important Dates

January 20th - No School
January 28th - Spring Creek BBQ Spirit Night @ 5-9 pm
February 28th - Field trip to FTW Museum of Science and History

Announcements

Town Center Parent Newsletter

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

What are we learning?

Math

In math, we will continue our Area and Perimeter unit. We will build upon our knowledge of calculating area using multiplication (A=LxW) to find the area of composite figures by partitioning, using the same formula, and the additive property of addition. 

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 to explore nonfiction texts. We will overview nonfiction text features and how they help us understand what we are reading. We will also dive into main idea and focus on finding supporting details.

Science

In Science, we will begin our second ADI (argument driven inquiry). This is a student led research and investigation project. They will work together in a group to research, develop a claim, collect data, and justify their evidence to highlight a pattern between climate and latitude in countries around the world. 

Social Studies

In social studies we will continue to explore economics. We will focus on scarcity and supply and demand and what these look like in our community.

January 13th - 17th

Thank you for taking the time to read our third grade blog. Make sure you are checking it weekly for calendar updates and what we are learning!

Important Dates

January 20th - No School
January 28th - Spring Creek BBQ Spirit Night @ 5-9 pm
February 28th - Field trip to FTW Museum of Science and History

Announcements

Town Center Parent Newsletter

Here is the here to Ms. Martin's Parent Newsletter for the we ek.

What are we learning?

Math

In math, we will be beginning our Area and Perimeter unit.  This is a short 3-week unit where we will learn to calculate area and perimeter of rectangles using formulas. We will use multiplication (A=LxW) to teach area, and use addition to find the perimeter of rectangles. We will also learn to find the area of composite figures by partitioning and using the same formula. 

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 LA we are diving head first into nonfiction reading! We will be discussing the difference between nonfiction and fiction reading. We will be focusing on the structure of nonfiction texts, exploring different nonfiction text features. We will begin to introduce main idea and supporting details. 

Science

In Science, the learners will finish learning about slow land changes such as weathering and erosion. We will begin learning about different types of natural resources and how to conserve them. We will also begin our career connection trade card for this unit. 

Social Studies

In Social Studies we will begin our new unit on Economics.  Throughout this unit learners will be able to explore the purposes of earning, spending, saving, and donating money and will learn the concept of the free enterprise system and how businesses operate in the U.S. free enterprise system.