Friday, March 6, 2020

March 16th - 20th


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

March 9th - 13th - Spring Break - No School
March 17th - PTO Meeting @ 6 PM (ALL are welcome)
March 31st - First Parent Book Study Meeting!

Announcements


Parent Newsletter
Ms. Martin shares out our campus newsletter via email each Friday. Make sure to read her newsletter for information regarding campus news. This week's newsletter can be found linked here.

Parent Book Club
Our counselor and librarian will be facilitating a parent book club this Spring in the Town Center library, and we would love for you to attend! It will be a great time to get to know and collaborate with other parents. The book study will start towards the end of March and go through April. It will be a total of five sessions, with each session lasting one hour. All participants will receive a free copy of the book, and it will be yours to keep. If you are interested in attending/learning more, fill out the link below. This will help our facilitators pick the day that works best for everyone and gauge interest in the book club. 

More information about the book can be found on Ms. Martin's campus newsletter.

What are we learning?


Math
In math, we will dive into our fractions unit! We will spend the first week learning the different ways to represent fractions. We will represent fractions in word form, number form, using pictorial models, and number lines. 

Language Arts
In Language Arts we are going to be kicking off our poetry unit! We will explore that various characteristics of poems and introduce ways to start thinking about poems on a deeper level. 

Science
In Science, we will be starting our unit of environments and organisms. We will begin our unit by learning about plant life cycles. 

Social Studies
In Social Studies we will begin our historical figures unit. We will start the unit by exploring a few historical figures and list ways they have impacted society.

Monday, March 2, 2020

March 2nd - 6th


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

March 2nd - 6th - Spring Book Fair
March 3rd - PTO Meeting @ 6 PM (ALL are welcome)
March 5th - Spring Picture Day
March 5th - Open House 5:30-7:00
March 6th - Spirit Rally @ 8 AM
March 6th - End of Nine Weeks
March 9th - 13th - Spring Break - No School


Announcements

Parent Newsletter
Ms. Martin shares out our campus newsletter via email each Friday. Make sure to read her newsletter for information regarding campus news. This week's newsletter can be found linked here.

Parent Book Club
Our counselor and librarian will be facilitating a parent book club this Spring in the Town Center library, and we would love for you to attend! It will be a great time to get to know and collaborate with other parents. The book study will start towards the end of March and go through April. It will be a total of five sessions, with each session lasting one hour. All participants will receive a free copy of the book, and it will be yours to keep. If you are interested in attending/learning more, fill out the link below. This will help our facilitators pick the day that works best for everyone and gauge interest in the book club. 

More information about the book can be found on Ms. Martin's campus newsletter.

Click Here For Our Book Study Interest Survey

Book Fair Volunteers

Lions, and Tigers and Books Oh My! Our Spring book fair is March 2nd - 6th, and would love to have parents volunteer. Please sign up on the link below.


What are we learning?


Math
In math, we will continue our Geometry unit by exploring 3D shapes and their attributes. If you requested 2D and 3D shape flash cards, they will be sent home next week!

Language Arts
In language arts, we will continue to work on summarizing fiction and non fiction texts. We will also review non fiction text features as well as focus on academic vocabulary. 

Science
In Science, we will complete our project of modeling the relationship between the Sun, Earth, and Moon. We will then learn about the order of the planets in our solar system. 

Social Studies


In Social Studies, we will wrapping up our Economics unit by using what we have learned to play our version of the Game of Life.