Friday, March 25, 2022

March 28th-April 1st


Upcoming Dates

March 28th - Parent Engagement Night - 6:30-7:30 PM
Located at: Austin Elementary - 161 S. Moore Road, Coppell
This is a multi-campus event with Austin, Wilson, and Denton Creek.
March 29th - PTO Meeting @ 5:00 PM
*See Principal Newsletter for more information*
April 15th - Regular School Day 
*Make-up from Ice Day on 2/24*
April 18th - NO SCHOOL - District Holiday
May 10th - Math STAAR
May 11th - Reading STAAR




*iPads - Please remember to send your child's iPad each day to school fully charged. 

*Headphones - Please check with your child that they have working headphones/earbuds at school. Learners have many times where they are watching a video or can listen to directions and/or books and apps that need audio. Thank you so much for your help with this!

*Snack - We have a short snack time each day. It is important that they have a healthy and nutritious snack each day to fuel their bodies. We also ask that the snack you send be completely free of peanuts/tree nuts. This will help provide a safe environment for all learners.

 


Math

Fractions continue! We will compare fractions with like denominators (¼ < ¾ )and like numerators (⅓>⅙), and we will also talk about equivalent fractions. When comparing fractions with like numerators, we focus on the size of the piece (the denominator). The bigger the denominator, the smaller the piece! 

To help us compare fractions, we will use the Butterfly Method (ask your child to explain next week). We will also learn some tips and tricks about fractions to help us find equivalent fractions. Fractions equivalent to ½ (2/4, 3/6, 4/8, 5/10, 6/12) are important fractions for your kiddo to learn.


Science 

Next week, we will begin our new unit on Environment and Organisms.  We will start with discussing the physical characteristics of environments.  The kids will learn what an ecosystem is and how organisms interact with the living and nonliving features of their environment to obtain matter and energy needed for survival

Reading/Writing 

In reading, we will dive into poems a little bit deeper and learn about mood, voice, and tone. We will break apart the poems into pieces to better understand their meaning. In writing, we will learn how to break our own poems into lines and stanzas, and add rhyme schemes and imagery to bring them to life!

Social Studies 

In social studies, we will finish wrapping up our economics unit by overviewing all the major concepts we have learned, especially budgeting, saving, and entrepreneurship.





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Friday, March 11, 2022

March 21st-25th


Upcoming Dates

March 14th-18th - Spring Break - No School
March 25th - Report Cards Emailed Home
April 15th - Regular School Day 
*Make-up from Ice Day on 2/24*
April 18th - NO SCHOOL - District Holiday



TCE Yearbook

Mrs. Fairchild will not have any extras to purchase in the office this year, so if you want a TCE 2021-2022 yearbook, they must be ordered through the website by March 25.


Link here

*iPads - Please remember to send your child's iPad each day to school fully charged. 

*Headphones - Please check with your child that they have working headphones/earbuds at school. Learners have many times where they are watching a video or can listen to directions and/or books and apps that need audio. Thank you so much for your help with this!

*Snack - We have a short snack time each day. It is important that they have a healthy and nutritious snack each day to fuel their bodies. We also ask that the snack you send be completely free of peanuts/tree nuts. This will help provide a safe environment for all learners.

 


Math

For the week after spring break, we will work on decomposing and composing fractions. For instance, they’ll be given ¾ and then they’ll have to decompose that fraction into unit fractions:  ¼ + ¼ + ¼. Unit fractions always have 1 as the numerator. We will also compose fractions by finding the sum of the unit fractions. For this example, they’ll be given ¼ + ¼ + ¼ , and then they’ll determine the sum, which is ¾. We will practice this all week!


Science 

In Science, we will be wrapping up our Patterns in the Sky unit.  We will take a look at what a Rogue Planet is by exploring Wonderopolis.  We will also research a scientist found in this field, Astronomers.

Reading/Writing 

When we return from spring break, we will continue poetry in reading and writing. We will explore how authors use word choice and figurative language to enhance their poems. We will learn how to add sensory details to our own poems in order to bring them to life!

Social Studies 

In social studies, we will wrap up our economics unit by continuing to explore entrepreneurs and how they market products.






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Friday, March 4, 2022

March 7th-11th


Upcoming Dates

March 7th-11th - Book Fair Week
March 10th - Open House @ 5:30 pm
March 11th - Early Release @ 12:30 pm
March 14th-18th - Spring Break - No School
March 25th - Report Cards Emailed Home
April 15th - Regular School Day 
*Make-up from Ice Day on 2/24*
April 18th - NO SCHOOL - District Holiday




*iPads - Please remember to send your child's iPad each day to school fully charged. 

*Headphones - Please check with your child that they have working headphones/earbuds at school. Learners have many times where they are watching a video or can listen to directions and/or books and apps that need audio. Thank you so much for your help with this!

*Snack - We have a short snack time each day. It is important that they have a healthy and nutritious snack each day to fuel their bodies. We also ask that the snack you send be completely free of peanuts/tree nuts. This will help provide a safe environment for all learners.

 


Math

Okey dokey, fractions are still rollin’ on! For March 7-11, we will work with fractions on a number line, fractions in word problems, partitioning, and knowing that as the denominator increases in value, the size of the piece becomes less (“the bigger the denominator, the smaller the piece”). This is definitely a huge part of understanding fractions but can be hard to wrap your mind around as an 8/9 year old. The partitioning skill can be challenging for them because it involves a) more people than the food that is being split up, for instance: There are 4 friends and 2 cookies. How should we partition the cookies and what is the fraction of cookies each friend will get? (½ a cookie) OR b) less people than the food that is being split up, for instance: There are 2 friends and 5 cookies. How should we partition the cookies so that each friend gets the same amount? This example involves fractions greater than one, but 3rd graders only represent those kinds of fractions with words vs. numbers: two cookies and a half of another one, not 2 ½ . The kiddos have been doing great during their time in Crazy Bizarro Fraction World!


Science 

In Science we will finish up our planet research.  The kids will then be creating “a newly discovered” planet.  They will have to give information about their planet that fits into what we have been discussing: time of rotation and revolution, inner vs. outer, atmosphere

Reading/Writing 

In reading we will kick off our new poetry unit! We will begin by exploring different parts as poems, such as lines, stanzas, and rhyme schemes. In writing, we will practice brainstorming ideas for poems. We will explore how to use our five senses to bring our poems to life!

Social Studies 

In social studies, we will continue learning about entrepreneurship. We will learn about how entrepreneurs market their products.






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