February 17-March 3

Hello 3rd Grade Families! We hope you had a wonderful extended weekend with your families! Thanks for taking the time to read through our blog.

CALENDAR
February 28th and March 1st- Practice STAAR
March 6th-10th- Book FairMarch 7th- Donuts with Dudes (Last names- A-M)
March 8th- Donuts with Dudes (Last names- N-Z)
March 9th- Open House

March 13th- March 17th- Spring Break (no school)
March 24th- Shamrock Shuffle (2:10-3:00)
March 28th- March 29th- STAAR TESTING for 5th Grade ( NO VISITORS AT TCE)

ANNOUNCEMENTS
From P.E.:
We have extended our deadline for our annual campus service learning fundraiser to help support the American Heart Association. In the past five years, we have raised of $100,000 to support the organization and funded special grants to help heart surgeries and research. We are hope to reach the goal of $20,000 this year! If we reach our goal... Mr. Shelby and Dr. Applegate will have buckets of slime poured on them! You can get a “jump start” by fundraising online at www.heart.org/jump or www.heart.org/hoops.


From the Library:

From 3rd Grade:
Please ask your child if he or she needs headphones at school! It makes using technology a little easier when everyone can hear. 😊

Cafeteria expectations: It is a school-wide expectation that when the lights are off, our voices are off. Please help us with following these when you are eating with your child in the cafeteria

Background Check: Please take a minute to fill out a background check. It only takes a few minutes and the link is below. You will need to have completed a background check to volunteer at school and attend special events and field trips.http://www.coppellisd.com/Page/22

Mark your calendars! Our 3rd grade field trip to the Frisco Sci-Tech Discovery Center will be April 5th. If you have returned your permission slip, please do so ASAP. Also if you are wanting to chaperone, please let your child's teacher know! Please make sure you have completed a background check and paid your $9 entrance fee.


PEEK AT OUR WEEK

Math: This week we will continue exploring area and perimeter. Our learners will be able to find the area of composite figures and find the perimeter of polygons. We will also be applying these skills to problem solving.

Science: This week we will be finishing up our solar system unit! We will start off our week reviewing the order of the planets. At the end of our week we will be learning about and recording day-to-day weather changes.

Social Studies: This week we will finish up reviewing nonfiction text features

Reading: This week we will continue our traditional literature unit and read different fables and folktales. We will have a nonfiction OTW this week due on Friday, 3/3.

Writing: This week we will out the finishing touches on our poetry portfolios and share with our classmates during a "poetry slam." We will begin a new spelling unit and have the post test on Friday, 3/10.

HOMEWORK

Math: Please remember that we have started a new homework routine. Your child should be coming home with a new homework page that will be due on Friday, March 3rd. Reflex Math still needs to be done 3 times a week. If you would still like to complete workbook pages, those pages for this week are 537-542 .

Reading: We will continue our new Of The Week (OTW) homework. Learners will have one activity each night, then a short comprehension quiz on Friday.

Spelling: There is no more Spelling Choice Board homework. Students are responsible for learning their words and will take the next post test Friday, March 10th, but the choice board is not part of the homework.


CHARACTER AT TCE

Citizenship Quality: Honesty
Life Principal: Honesty
Town Center Common Courtesy: If someone drops something and you are close to it, pick it up.

February 21- 24

Hello 3rd Grade Families! We hope you had a wonderful extended weekend with your families! Thanks for taking the time to read through our blog. 

Thank you so much to our wonderful room parents for planning such FUN Valentine's parties for our 3rd Graders! Thank you so much for all of your hard work. Our kids had a total blast!


CALENDAR

February 24th- Jump Rope For Heart (2:10-3:00)
February 28th and March 1st- Practice STAAR

March 6th-10th- Book Fair

March 7th- Donuts with Dudes (Last names- A-M)
March 8th- Donuts with Dudes (Last names- N-Z)

March 9th- Open House

ANNOUNCEMENTS
From P.E.:
We have kicked off our annual campus service learning fundraiser to help support the American Heart Association. In the past five years, we have raised of $100,000 to support the organization and funded special grants to help heart surgeries and research. We are hope to reach the goal of $20,000 this year! If we reach our goal... Mr. Shelby and Dr. Applegate will have buckets of slime poured on them! You can get a “jump start” by fundraising online at www.heart.org/jump orwww.heart.org/hoops.

From 3rd Grade:
Please ask your child if he or she needs headphones at school! It makes using technology a little easier when everyone can hear. 😊

Cafeteria expectations: It is a school-wide expectation that when the lights are off, our voices are off. Please help us with following these when you are eating with your child in the cafeteria

Background Check: Please take a minute to fill out a background check. It only takes a few minutes and the link is below. You will need to have completed a background check to volunteer at school and attend special events and field trips.http://www.coppellisd.com/Page/22

Mark your calendars! Our 3rd grade field trip to the Frisco Sci-Tech Discovery Center will be April 5th. If you have returned your permission slip, please do so ASAP. Also if you are wanting to chaperone, please let your child's teacher know! Please make sure you have completed a background check and paid your $9 entrance fee.


PEEK AT OUR WEEK

Math: This week our learners will be digging (literally!) into area and perimeter. We will be using our Town Center garden to help us better understand are and perimeter. We will start exploring concepts like finding the area of composite figures or find the perimeter of polygons.

Science: In science we will continue our learning about the relationship between the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth. We will begin to brainstorm the role that the sun plays on our Earth in relation to the water cycle. We will also start to measure and record day-to-day weather changes.

Social Studies: learners will review nonfiction texts. We will continue to read biographies and focus on important nonfiction reading skills, such as captions, photographs, illustrations, titles, subtitles, and facts.

Reading: learners will integrate writing to create past personal narrative reflections. We will also have a new nonfiction OTW due on Friday.

Writing: This week we will be finishing our poetry unit. They are currently creating poetry portfolios with several different types of poems that they have written! We will be sharing out our original poems during a "poetry slam" on Friday.

HOMEWORK
Math: Please remember that we have started a new homework routine. Your child should be coming home with a new homework page that will be due on Friday, February 24th. Reflex Math still needs to be done 3 times a week. If you would still like to complete workbook pages, those pages for this week are 525-530.

Reading: We will continue our new Of The Week (OTW) homework. Learners will have one activity each night, then a short comprehension quiz on Friday.

Spelling: There is no more Spelling Choice Board homework. Students are responsible for learning their words and will take the next post test Friday, February 24, but the choice board is not part of the homework.


CHARACTER AT TCE

Citizenship Quality: Respect
Life Principal: Friendship
Town Center Common Courtesy: Greet visitors and make them feel welcome. 

February 13th-17th

Hello 3rd Grade Families! Thanks for taking the time to read through our blog. We've had such a wonderful week of research and learning, and we are looking forward to another great week with each of your kids!


CALENDAR

February 14th- Class Valentine's Parties at 1:00 p.m.
February 15th- Class Picture Day
February 16th- Engineering Extravaganza Night ( 5:30-7:00)

February 17th- Stuffed Animal Day (holiday coupon!)
February 20th- No school- Presidents Day
February 24th- Jump Rope For Heart (2:10-3:00)
February 28th and March 1st- Practice STAAR



ANNOUNCEMENTS

From P.E.:
Jump Rope/Hoops for Heart is Coming to our school! You can get a “jump start” by fundraising online at www.heart.org/jump or www.heart.org/hoops.


From 3rd Grade:

Please ask your child if he or she needs headphones at school! It makes using technology a little easier when everyone can hear. 😊

Valentine's Day is coming! The class parties will be on Tuesday, February 14. We will open valentines, so please send in a decorated container (either a paper sack or a shoe box) to hold all your child's cards. Please remember that classrooms are nut free (including products made in facilities that also process nut products) when sending in valentines/treats; also, please make sure there is a card for every learner in your child's class and that the valentines are already filled out before school starts that morning.

Cafeteria expectations: It is a school-wide expectation that when the lights are off, our voices are off. Please help us with following these when you are eating with your child in the cafeteria

Background Check: Please take a minute to fill out a background check. It only takes a few minutes and the link is below. You will need to have completed a background check to volunteer at school and attend special events and field trips. http://www.coppellisd.com/Page/22

Mark your calendars! Our 3rd grade field trip to the Frisco Sci-Tech Discovery Center will be April 5th. Field Trip information should be coming home in your child's binder.



PEEK AT OUR WEEK

Math: This week our learners will be digging (literally!) into area and perimeter. We will be using our Town Center garden to help us better understand are and perimeter. We will start exploring concepts like finding the area of composite figures or find the perimeter of polygons. 

Science: We will be continuing our discussion of the relationship between the sun, the moon, and the Earth. To continue our learning of constructing models, we will head outside to make a model of the distance from the Earth to the sun. Students will be in the field, walking out the distance between the sun and the Earth; making models to scale is a big “step” for third graders! Students will also learn the order of the planets and begin to take regular measurements of the temperature outside.

Social Studies: Our learners are studying about individuals who have made a difference in their community by completing a biography research project.

Reading: learners will begin studying myths, legends, fables, and folktales. We will also have a new OTW that is due Friday. It will be slightly different this week because it is not a poem.

Writing: In writing, we will integrate with reading by writing poetry. They are currently creating poetry portfolios with several different types of poems that they have written!

HOMEWORK

Math: Please remember that we have started a new homework routine. Your child should be coming home with a new homework page that will be due on Friday, February 3rd. Reflex Math still needs to be done 3 times a week. If you would still like to complete workbook pages, those pages for this week are 525-530.

Reading: We will continue our new Of The Week (OTW) homework. Learners will have one activity each night, then a short comprehension quiz on Friday.

Spelling: There is no more Spelling Choice Board homework. Students are responsible for learning their words and will take the next post test Friday, February 10, but the choice board is not part of the homework.


CHARACTER AT TCE

Citizenship Quality: Respect
Life Principal: Forgiveness
Town Center Common Courtesy: If someone bumps into you, say, “Excuse me,”even if it was not your fault.

February 6th-10th

Hello 3rd Grade Families! Thanks for taking the time to read through our blog. We've had such a wonderful week of research and learning, and we are looking forward to another great week with each of your kids!

CALENDAR

February 14th- Class Valentine's Parties at 1:00 p.m.
February 15th- Class Picture Day
February 16th- Engineering Extravaganza Night ( 5:30-7:00)
February 20th- No school- Presidents Day
February 24th- Jump Rope For Heart (2:10-3:00)
February 28th and March 1st- Practice STAAR

ANNOUNCEMENTS

From P.E.:

Jump Rope/Hoops for Heart is Coming to our school! You can get a “jump start” by fundraising online at www.heart.org/jump or www.heart.org/hoops.

From 3rd Grade:

Please ask your child if he or she needs headphones at school! It makes using technology a little easier when everyone can hear. 😊

Valentine's Day is coming! The class parties will be on Tuesday, February 14. We will open valentines, so please send in a decorated container (either a paper sack or a shoe box) to hold all your child's cards. Please remember that classrooms are nut free (including products made in facilities that also process nut products) when sending in valentines/treats; also, please make sure there is a card for every learner in your child's class and that the valentines are already filled out before school starts that morning. 

Cafeteria expectations: It is a school-wide expectation that when the lights are off, our voices are off. Please help us with following these when you are eating with your child in the cafeteria.

Background Check: Please take a minute to fill out a background check. It only takes a few minutes and the link is below. You will need to have completed a background check to volunteer at school and attend special events and field trips.  http://www.coppellisd.com/Page/22

Field Trip Information will be coming home soon!

PEEK AT OUR WEEK

Math: This week our learners will finish their learning on personal finance. They will explore concepts like human capital, earning an income, creating a savings, and credit. They will know what it means to make wise financial decisions for their future. 

 
Science: This week we will begin learning about the solar system! Our learners will explore scale models and we will create our own scale model of the solar system. We will also be discussing the relationship between the Earth, Sun, and Moon.

Social Studies: Our learners are studying about individuals who have made a difference in their community by completing a biography research project.

Reading: learners will begin studying myths, legends, fables, and folktales. We will also have a new OTW that is due Friday. It will be slightly different this week because it is not a poem.

Writing: In writing, we will integrate with reading by writing poetry. They are currently creating poetry portfolios with several different types of poems that they have written!

HOMEWORK

Math: Please remember that we have started a new homework routine. Your child should be coming home with a new homework page that will be due on Friday, February 3rd. Reflex Math still needs to be done 3 times a week. 

Reading: We will continue our new Of The Week (OTW) homework. Learners will have one activity each night, then a short comprehension quiz on Friday.

Spelling: There is no more Spelling Choice Board homework. Students are responsible for learning their words and will take the next post test Friday, February 10, but the choice board is not part of the homework.

CHARACTER AT TCE

Citizenship Quality: Respect
Life Principal: Courtesy
Town Center Common Courtesy: Take only your fair share

Week of January 30-February 3

Announcements: 

From the Library:

SNOWMAN STEM CHALLENGE!

https://www.smore.com/kzb5h

From P.E.: 

Jump Rope/Hoops for Heart is Coming to our school! You can get a “jump start” by fundraising online at www.heart.org/jump or www.heart.org/hoops.

From 3rd Grade:

• Please ask your child if he or she needs headphones at school! It makes using technology a little easier when everyone can hear. 😊
• Valentine's Day is coming! The class parties will be on Tuesday, February 14. We will open valentines, so please send in a decorated container (either a paper sack or a shoe box) to hold all your child's cards. Please remember that classrooms are nut free (including products made in facilities that also process nut products) when sending in valentines/treats; also, please make sure there is a card for every learner in your child's class and that the valentines are already filled out before school starts that morning. Your child's teacher will send home more info about the party and the names of the children in her class as the day gets closer.

Peek at Our Week:

Math: In math this week our learners will become personal finance experts. They will explore concepts like earning an income, creating a savings, and credit. They will know what it means to make wise financial decisions for their future. Please remember that we have started a new homework routine. Your child should be coming home with a new homework page that will be due on Friday, February 3^rd. Reflex Math still needs to be done 3 times a week.  
Science: In science, we will begin talking about the renewable and nonrenewable resources, as well as space!
Social Studies: In social studies, we will continue a research project about people
who have made a difference in their community. Your child should have chosen who he or she wants to do his biography research project about. We will also integrate with reading by studying biographies and autobiographies.
Reading: In reading, learners will continue their poetry writing unit. We will focus on free verse, cinquain, concrete, acrostic, limerick, haiku, and couplet.
Writing: In writing, we will integrate with reading by writing poetry.

Homework

Math- Since we are now into the second semester of 3rd grade, we started weekly math homework. They will be given the assignment every Friday, and it will be due the following Friday. We talked with the learners about planning ahead and finding a time when they can focus on getting this math homework done. The next assignment is due on Friday, February 3. Thank you for understanding and partnering with us!
Reading: We will continue our new Of The Week  (OTW) homework. This week, learners have a nonfiction text reviewing the three branches of the government. Learners will have one activity each night, then a short comprehension quiz on Friday.
Spelling: There is no more Spelling Choice Board homework. Students are responsible for learning their words and will take the next post test Friday, February 10, but the choice board is not part of the homework.

Cafeteria expectations: It is a school-wide expectation that when the lights are off, our voices are off. Please help us with following these when you are eating with your child in the cafeteria.


Background Check: Please take a minute to fill out a background check. It only takes a few minutes and the link is below. You will need to have completed a background check to volunteer at school and attend special events and field trips. You must complete a new background check each school year. http://www.coppellisd.com/Page/22



CHARACTER AT TCE
Citizenship Quality: Respect
Life Principal: Respect
Town Center Common Courtesy: Respect other students' comments, opinions, and ideas.

Week of January 23-27:

Announcements: 

From the Library:

SNOWMAN STEM CHALLENGE!

https://www.smore.com/kzb5h

From P.E.: 

Jump Rope/Hoops for Heart is Coming to our school! You can get a “jump start” by fundraising online at www.heart.org/jump or www.heart.org/hoops.

From 3rd Grade:

• On Thursday, January 26, we will have Pajama Day in 3rd Grade! This will be the first coupon used from our Holiday Coupon Books! Please feel free to wear your pajamas on this day!
• Thank you so much to all the room moms, parents, and PTO members for making us feel very special during Teacher Appreciation Week. The daily treats, the luncheon, and the special
  attention were all so appreciated. Your kiddos are the true gift to us! Thank you!
• Please ask your child if he or she needs headphones at school! It makes using technology a little easier when everyone can hear. 😊

Peek at Our Week:

In math, our learners will be exploring money. They will be able to count and recognize a collection of coins and bills. We will also begin discussion financial literacy and what it means to make wise financial decisions.
Science: In science, we will begin talking about soil.
Social Studies: In social studies, we will begin a research project about people
who have made a difference in their community. We will also integrate with reading by studying biographies and autobiographies.
Reading: In reading, learners will begin their poetry writing unit. We will focus on free verse, cinquain, concrete, acrostic, limerick, haiku, and couplet.
Writing: In writing, we will complete our middle of the year writing
assessments. Then, we will continue with poetry writing.

Homework

Math- Since we are now into the second semester of 3rd grade, we are going to be starting weekly math homework. They will be given the assignment every Friday, and it will be due the following Friday. This week our learners are bringing home 5 questions that will need to be turned in by next Friday, January 27th. We talked with the learners about planning ahead and finding a time when they can focus on getting this math homework done. Thank you for understanding and partnering with us!
Reading: We will begin our new Of The Week  (OTW) homework. This week, learners have a Poem Of The Week. Learners will have one activity each night, then a short comprehension quiz on Friday.
Spelling: We have restarted Spelling! However, there is no more Spelling Choice Board homework. Students are responsible for learning their words and will take the post test Friday, January 27, but the choice board is not part of the homework.

Cafeteria expectations: It is a school-wide expectation that when the lights are off, our voices are off. Please help us with following these when you are eating with your child in the cafeteria.


Background Check: Please take a minute to fill out a background check. It only takes a few minutes and the link is below. You will need to have completed a background check to volunteer at school and attend special events and field trips. You must complete a new background check each school year. http://www.coppellisd.com/Page/22



CHARACTER AT TCE
Citizenship Quality: Self-Control
Life Principal: Sincerity
Town Center Common Courtesy: Give genuine apologies.
Week of January 16-20: -There is no school on Monday, January 16, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.


-If you haven't signed the report card and returned it in the envelope, please do so as soon as possible. Thank you so much!

We hope everyone has a safe and happy winter break! Please enjoy this time with your family and friends. We are so thankful for all the wonderful gifts and warm wishes your families have given us this season. From our hearts to yours,

Love The 3rd Grade Teachers

Blog will resume when we return. Check back for exciting news and updates about what we will be learning in the new year ! We will see everyone on January 4th when school resumes!