October 19th - 23rd

 

 Welcome third grade families!! Thank you for taking the time to read our third grade blog. We are excited about the learning that will continue to happen in the coming weeks. Make sure you are checking our blog weekly for calendar updates, what we are learning, and any announcements regarding third grade and TCE. 

Upcoming Dates

October 21st - Remote Learner Supply Pickup

October 26th - 30th - Red Ribbon Week

November 5th - School Pictures

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.

Important Reminders

iPad Charging

Please ensure that your child is plugging in their iPad when they get home and charging it overnight. We have had an issue with a large group of learners in each class coming to school with their iPad dead. This makes charging at the same time hard and distancing even harder. We would love your help with iPads arriving at school charged. 

***IMPORTANT***

Reminder from Dr. Applegate Regarding Zoom Logins

Please ask all learners to sign into Zoom with their @g.coppellisd.com account through the SSO button.

We are needing to pull guest access to our Zoom meetings (due to safety) and learners will not be able to access your Zoom meetings. We have recently learned that logging into Zoom using the Google Button doesn’t actually transfer their account into the district enterprise account. They HAVE to go through the SSO option in order to be counted in the CISD domain. We believe this may be the reason we still have approximately 6,000 learners that have not transitioned their account.

If you see a learner with (Guest) next to their name in your Zoom participant’s list, this means that they are NOT signed into their @g.coppellisd.com account in our Coppell Zoom domain and need to add their account to our domain by signing in with SSO. When you see learners with (Guest) please share the following help documentation with each of them.

Virtual Book Character Pumpkins!

Volunteer at Town Center!

Please visit Ms. Martin's parent blog for links to sign up to volunteer. 

FREE Meals Through December!

Doctor's Appointments/Absences 

You do not need to notify the office of any doctors appointments or absences. Any work that your kiddo misses can be completed upon their return. They will earn credit and be considered present as long as the work for the day is complete before midnight. 

What are we learning?

Math: This week learners will continue learning ways to represent multiplication. We have learned equal groups, arrays, and repeated addition. We will start the week by learning to represent multiplication on a number line. We will then discuss multiplication word problems and the thinking pattern EGPT (equal groups put together). 

Language Arts: In reading we will continue exploring nonfiction texts. We will dive deeper into understanding nonfiction and tackle more complex books. We will discuss the differences between fact and opinion and analyze parts of nonfiction books in which authors may include opinionated statements. 

Science: This week in science we will be finishing up our learning about types of energy. We will learn about mechanical energy and showcase our learning with an energy project. 

Social Studies: In social studies we will wrap up our learning of the levels of government and each levels' responsibilities. We will begin examining historical documents and why they were written. We will start by learning about the Declaration of Independence and will introduce other documents like the Constitution and Bill of Rights.