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!

We hope everyone has a safe and wonderful Winter Break!

Our class elves came and visited us this week!

Week of December 12-16th

Tuesday Dec 13- 5th grade winter program in cafe

Wednesday Dec 14- Holiday from the Heart during school day

Thursday Dec 15- Class winter party at 1:00

Friday Dec 16- school wide sing along 830 am and early dismissal at 12:50

Reminder : Thursday December 15: Class winter Party @1:00   Class party will be in each classroom. THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER GRADES since we have 2:00 specials. Please note this if you are planning to attend the party and have siblings in the building.

December 19-January 3rd: Winter Break reminder that school will resume on Wednesday, January 4th as Tuesday the 3rd is staff development for teachers.

PEEK AT OUR WEEK

Since we will have lots of fun and exciting things going on this week, we will be doing lots of math and reading holiday review activities. Be sure to ask your child how we tried to make a positive Twist on the Grinch story this year during our writing this week.

Our blog will resume when we return from the holidays!

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

Please make sure your child is practicing their multiplication facts over the winter break. It is absolutely vital that they are fluent in their multiplication facts. If you need flashcards, there are two online resources where your child can practice for free: HERE and HERE. Please also make sure they are practicing their Reflex Math facts! This is still part of our weekly homework assignment.

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: Caring

Life Principal: Humanitarianism

Town Center Common Courtesy:  When you cough or sneeze, turn your head away

from others and cover your mouth.

The Giving Tree

When: November 30th-December 15th

Where: Place new, unwrapped toys under the Christmas Tree by the front office

What: Town Center first graders are collecting new, unwrapped toys for children in need. We will be donating the toys to the Lions Club. When you place your toy under the Christmas Tree, please sign your name on an ornament and hang it on the tree!

Week of December 5-December 9th

Friday December 9th: Jingle Bell run during Move and Groove

Thursday December 15: Class winter parties

December 19-January 3rd: Winter Break reminder that school will resume on Wednesday, January 4th as Tuesday the 3rd is staff development for teachers.

 PEEK AT OUR WEEK

In reading, learners will continue with our Junior Great Book series, working on comprehension, critical thinking, and other reading strategies.

In social studies, we will continue working on state and local government.

In writing we will looking at possessive nouns, contractions, prepositions, and pronouns.

In math this week, our learners will be working on applying all of their skills they’ve learned with multiplication to solving word problems. They will learn how to solve one and two-step word problems with multiplication. We will also continue testing and becoming fluent in our basic multiplication facts.

In science this week we will be continuing our learning about landforms and how they are formed. By the end of the week we will have transitioned into learning about different types of soil and the processes of weathering and erosion.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

Homework:

In lieu of weekly math homework that is assigned on Mondays and returned on Fridays we are sending home your child’s math workbooks for Third Grade. Each week we will update the Third grade blog with optional workbook pages that align with our weekly skill to serve as practice for your child. They may bring these pages back each week, and can receive a small incentive (a sticker, warm fuzzy, etc.), but it is not a requirement. There will still be many unused pages so you are free to work through your child’s workbook as you see fit. Your child is still expected as a Town Center Texan to do Reflex Math three times a week for fifteen minutes. We hope that this will allow for freedom for your child to spend their evenings creating, spending time outside, eating dinner as a family, and reading together while also allowing a resource for math support at home as you feel best fit for your child. Workbook pages for this week are pages 249-254.

Reflex Math: Students have a week (Friday-Friday) to work through their Reflex Math three times a week, for 15 minutes at a time.

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: Caring
Life Principal: Empathy
Town Center Common Courtesy: Be empathetic of others’ thoughts and feelings.

The Giving Tree

When: November 30th-December 15th

Where: Place new, unwrapped toys under the Christmas Tree by the front office

What: Town Center first graders are collecting new, unwrapped toys for children in need. We will be donating the toys to the Lions Club. When you place your toy under the Christmas Tree, please sign your name on an ornament and hang it on the tree!

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Upcoming Dates:

November 21-25- Thanksgiving Break

November 28- return to school after break

We want to wish all of our Third Grade Families a safe and Happy Thanksgiving break. We hope you have a restful break and are able to take time to enjoy your family and friends.  We are thankful for all our 3rd grade learners and their families!

A PEEK AT OUR WEEK

In reading, learners will begin a new Jr Great Book Series, working on comprehension, critical thinking and other reading strategies.

 Spelling will start back up the week we return from Thanksgiving break.

In social studies, we will continue working on local government and will begin learning about the Federal Government. 

In math, we will continue practicing and testing all of our multiplication facts. Please make sure your child is practicing their multiplication facts at home. We will be applying our knowledge of our basic facts to solve and write complex word problems. Workbook pages for this week are: 249-254.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

Homework:

In lieu of weekly math homework that is assigned on Mondays and returned on Fridays we are sending home your child’s math workbooks for Third Grade. Each week we will update the Third grade blog with optional workbook pages that align with our weekly skill to serve as practice for your child. They may bring these pages back each week, and can receive a small incentive (a sticker, warm fuzzy, etc.), but it is not a requirement. There will still be many unused pages so you are free to work through your child’s workbook as you see fit. Your child is still expected as a Town Center Texan to do Reflex Math three times a week for fifteen minutes. We hope that this will allow for freedom for your child to spend their evenings creating, spending time outside, eating dinner as a family, and reading together while also allowing a resource for math support at home as you feel best fit for your child. Workbook pages for this week are pages249-254.

Reflex Math: Students have a week (Friday-Friday) to work through their Reflex Math three times a week, for 15 minutes at a time.

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: Cooperation

Life Principal: Caring

Town Center Common Courtesy: Hold the door for people. 

TCE Canned Food Drive   Thank you to all the 3rd graders who brought cans for the food drive!

week of November 14-18

Upcoming Dates:

November 14-18 Can food drive

November 21-25- Thanksgiving Break

November 28- return to school after break

We are so proud of our 3rd graders and the wonderful job they did today in the Veteran’s Day performance!

A PEEK AT OUR WEEK

In reading, learners will be continue to learn the reading strategy of main idea in a fiction text. We will be practicing this skill with fun, hands on activities as well as in our independent reading within the classroom.

We will also have a new mentor sentence about possessive nouns and adjectives. We will focus on adding adjectives and noticing possessive nouns. No spelling this week! Spelling will start back up the week we return from Thanksgiving break.

In social studies, we will continue working on government vocabulary and incorporate our writing into our SS as we write letters to the different departments in City Hall that we will learn about.

In math this week our learners will be working on learning and memorizing their multiplication facts. They will be learning different strategies to help them quickly learn their facts and become fluent with them. Be looking for an e-mail next week with more information about our Multiplication Fact Ninja program we will be starting. Our workbook pages this week are: 203-208 and 211-216.

This week in science we will be finishing up our simple machines engineering unit. Thanks again to the parent volunteers who came to help our learners test different simple machines! Towards the end of the week, we will be introducing our Earth’s Surface unit. We will begin reviewing key vocabulary, and introducing different types of landmarks.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

Homework:

In lieu of weekly math homework that is assigned on Mondays and returned on Fridays we are sending home your child’s math workbooks for Third Grade. Each week we will update the Third grade blog with optional workbook pages that align with our weekly skill to serve as practice for your child. They may bring these pages back each week, and can receive a small incentive (a sticker, warm fuzzy, etc.), but it is not a requirement. There will still be many unused pages so you are free to work through your child’s workbook as you see fit. Your child is still expected as a Town Center Texan to do Reflex Math three times a week for fifteen minutes. We hope that this will allow for freedom for your child to spend their evenings creating, spending time outside, eating dinner as a family, and reading together while also allowing a resource for math support at home as you feel best fit for your child. Workbook pages for this week are pages 203-208 and 211-216.


Reflex Math: Students have a week (Friday-Friday) to work through their Reflex Math three times a week, for 15 minutes at a time.
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: Cooperation

Life Principal: Gratitude

Town Center Common Courtesy: Always say “thank you” when given something. WHen you receive something, do not insult the gift or the giver.

TCE Canned Food Drive

The second grade learners at TCE will be having a canned food drive to ‘trim the turkey’ for families in need this holiday season. We will be partnering with North Texas Food Bank to collect nonperishable trimmings for Thanksgiving Family Feasts. Second grade will be collecting cans all week November 14th-18th to count and sort for our Coppell ISD Feast Drive November 18th. Below you will find a list of turkey trimmings most in need but any nonperishable donations to the food bank are welcome and appreciated. Turkey Trimmings: Canned Green Beans Dried Beans Canned Corn Packaged Stuffing Instant Potatoes Canned Fruit Whole Grain Rice or Pasta Our Coppell ISD Feast Drive benefitting the North Texas Food Bank will be taking online donations as well at www.ntfb.org/Coppell Make sure you choose “Town Center Elementary” when making your donation. A $10 donation = 30 meals! All cans donated at TCE during the week of November 14th-18th will go towards the Coppell ISD Feast Drive. Thank you for your giving spirit!! 2nd Grade Town Center Elementary

Week of November 7-11

CALENDAR DATES

8th - Mock Election (Duck vs. Squid)
11th - Veterans Day Tribute- 9:00 am
18th - Turkey Trot

A PEEK AT OUR WEEK

In reading, learners will learn about making thinking tracks while we are reading. We use these text codes to help our comprehension. Then, we will move on to the reading strategy of main idea in a fiction text.

In writing, we will finish our narratives about a time when we got hurt. We will also have a new mentor sentence about commas in a series from The Name Jar. We will focus on adding commas in a series. Spelling choice board is due Thursday, November 10th and the test is Friday, November 11th. 

In social studies, we will start talking about government. We will review essential vocabulary and then learn about departments of local and state government. 

In math this week we will finally be introducing multiplication! We will begin the week by showing our learners various ways to represent multiplication. The second half of the week will be spent practicing each representation of multiplication in a number of stations. 

In science this week we will continue our simple machines engineering unit. We will be investigating the jobs of engineers, and the engineering process. The learners are so excited about the opportunity to build and test various simple machines with the help of some lovely parent volunteers! At the end of the week our learners will be putting the engineering process into action with a hands on project.  

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

Homework: 

• In lieu of weekly math homework that is assigned on Mondays and returned on Fridays we are sending home your child’s math workbooks for Third Grade. Each week we will update the Third grade blog with optional workbook pages that align with our weekly skill to serve as practice for your child. They may bring these pages back each week, and can receive a small incentive (a sticker, warm fuzzy, etc.), but it is not a requirement. There will still be many unused pages so you are free to work through your child’s workbook as you see fit. Your child is still expected as a Town Center Texan to do Reflex Math three times a week for fifteen minutes. We hope that this will allow for freedom for your child to spend their evenings creating, spending time outside, eating dinner as a family, and reading together while also allowing a resource for math support at home as you feel best fit for your child. Workbook pages for this week are pages 173-184 and 191-196. 
• Reflex Math: Students have a week (Friday-Friday) to work through their Reflex Math three times a week, for 15 minutes at a time. 
• Spelling choice board is due Thursday, November 10th and the test is Friday, November 11th. 

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: Cooperation

Life Principal: Common Sense
Town Center Common Courtesy: There is a napkin provided for the purpose of cleaning your fingers. 

Week of October 31 - November 4

CALENDAR DATES

October 31 - Crazy Hats/Headbands for Halloween!

November 1 - Practice STAAR test
November 2 - Practice STAAR test

A PEEK AT OUR WEEK

In reading, learners will learn about making thinking tracks while we are reading. We use these text codes to help our comprehension. We have text code symbols for making a connection, surprising event, confusing part, funny part, important part, and favorite part.

In writing, we will finish our narratives about a time when we got hurt. We will also have a new mentor sentence from The Name Jar. We will focus on adding commas in a series. We will have a new spelling unit that will be due Thursday, November 10th. 

In social studies, we will present our landform research project. Then, we will start talking about government. We will review essential vocabulary and then learn about departments of local and state government. 

In math this week we will be introducing multiplication! We will begin the week by showing our learners various ways to represent multiplication. The second half of the week will be spent practicing each representation of multiplication in a number of stations. 

In science this week we will be starting our simple machines engineering unit. We will be investigating the jobs of engineers and the engineering process. The learners are so excited about the opportunity to build and test various simple machines with the help of some lovely parent volunteers! At the end of the week our learners will be putting the engineering process into action with a hands on project.  

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

Practice STAAR Test:

Our learners will be taking the practice STAAR test this week. With that being said, we want to reiterate that we are not testing for accuracy. The purpose of the practice STAAR is not to assess what our learners know, but to practice and prepare for what the test will look like. We want the practice test to be a low stress experience for our learners! 

Homework: 

• In lieu of weekly math homework that is assigned on Mondays and returned on Fridays we are sending home your child’s math workbooks for Third Grade. Each week we will update the Third grade blog with optional workbook pages that align with our weekly skill to serve as practice for your child. They may bring these pages back each week, and can receive a small incentive (a sticker, warm fuzzy, etc.), but it is not a requirement. There will still be many unused pages so you are free to work through your child’s workbook as you see fit. Your child is still expected as a Town Center Texan to do Reflex Math three times a week for fifteen minutes. We hope that this will allow for freedom for your child to spend their evenings creating, spending time outside, eating dinner as a family, and reading together while also allowing a resource for math support at home as you feel best fit for your child. Workbook pages for this week are pages 173-184 and 191-196. 
• Reflex Math: Students have a week (Friday-Friday) to work through their Reflex Math three times a week, for 15 minutes at a time. 

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: Cooperation

Life Principal: Cooperation
Town Center Common Courtesy: Keep bathrooms clean and germ free. 

Week of October 24-28

CALENDAR DATES

Red Ribbon Week -

October 24 - Hat Day
October 25- Crazy Hair Day
October 26 - Wacky Sock Wednesday

October 27 - Backwards Day

October 28 - Team Spirit Day

A PEEK AT OUR WEEK

In reading, learners will continue to learn and reinforce foundation skills essential to reading comprehension. This week, we will focus on cause and effect and main idea.

In writing, we will continue our narrative writing unit. We will also being a new way of teaching and reinforcing grammar skills using mentor sentences to model correct grammar. They can also me great models of how to write different types of sentences.

In social studies, we will begin group research projects over different landforms. Groups will research glaciers, canyons, rivers, mountains, and volcanoes. Learners will answer research questions and then create a presentation to share their findings with the class.

In math this week, we will continue to review and practice our word problem solving strategies. We will also be introducing elapsed time.

In science this week we will be concluding our research on the various forms of energy. Our learners have been assigned a different form of energy, and will be presenting their research to teach the class what they have learned. Towards the end of the week we hope to introduce our simple machines unit.  

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

Homework: 

• In lieu of weekly math homework that is assigned on Mondays and returned on Fridays we are sending home your child’s math workbooks for Third Grade. Each week we will update the Third grade blog with optional workbook pages that align with our weekly skill to serve as practice for your child. They may bring these pages back each week, and can receive a small incentive (a sticker, warm fuzzy, etc.), but it is not a requirement. There will still be many unused pages so you are free to work through your child’s workbook as you see fit. Your child is still expected as a Town Center Texan to do Reflex Math three times a week for fifteen minutes. We hope that this will allow for freedom for your child to spend their evenings creating, spending time outside, eating dinner as a family, and reading together while also allowing a resource for math support at home as you feel best fit for your child. Workbook pages for this week are pages 565-570. We will be sending Volume 2 Workbook home on Monday.
• Reflex Math: Reflex Math accounts are back up and running. Students have a week (Friday-Friday) to work through their Reflex Math three times a week, for 15 minutes at a time. 
•  Spelling Choice Board: The spelling choice board will now be due on the Thursday before the spelling test. The next choice board is due Thursday, 10/27 and our spelling test will be Friday, 10/28. We want learners to use the night before the test to study, rather than finish the choice board and possibly cramming the night before the test. 

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: Responsibility

Life Principal: Flexibility
Town Center Common Courtesy: All trash needs to make it into the trash can.

Week of October 17-21

CALENDAR DATES

October 17- CoGat Testing
October 18- CoGat Testing
October 20 - TCE Auction Party 3:30-5:30

October 21 - Report Cards Go Home

A PEEK AT OUR WEEK

In reading we will be working on reading skills of context clues, cause effect, and main idea. We will be using mentor texts to support the skills and incorporating writing about our reading with these skills. We will continue to do reading stations which include iStation, independent reading, and conferencing.

In writing, learners will begin their narrative writing unit. We will go through the writing process of brainstorming, drafting, editing, revising, and publishing. We will also be learning about the difference in editing and revising.

In math this week, our learners will be digging deeper into word-problem solving. They will be mastering the steps to solve complex word problems and will be applying their knowledge in a variety of ways.

In science this week we will be wrapping up force and motion. This week will be focused on investigating the various types of energy. The students will complete stations to help practice and review the information.

In social studies, learners will begin learning about landforms. Learners will be in groups to complete a choice board that includes research, technology, and presentations.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

Homework: 

• In lieu of weekly math homework that is assigned on Mondays and returned on Fridays we are sending home your child’s math workbooks for Third Grade. Each week we will update the Third grade blog with optional workbook pages that align with our weekly skill to serve as practice for your child. They may bring these pages back each week, and can receive a small incentive (a sticker, warm fuzzy, etc.), but it is not a requirement. There will still be many unused pages so you are free to work through your child’s workbook as you see fit. Your child is still expected as a Town Center Texan to do Reflex Math three times a week for fifteen minutes. We hope that this will allow for freedom for your child to spend their evenings creating, spending time outside, eating dinner as a family, and reading together while also allowing a resource for math support at home as you feel best fit for your child. Workbook pages for this week are pages 157-161 or Unit 5.4.
• Reflex Math: Reflex Math accounts are back up and running. Students have a week (Friday-Friday) to work through their Reflex Math three times a week, for 15 minutes at a time. 
•  Spelling Choice Board: The spelling choice board will now be due on the Thursday before the spelling test. The next choice board is due Thursday, 10/27 and our spelling test will be Friday, 10/28. We want learners to use the night before the test to study, rather than finish the choice board and possibly cramming the night before the test. 

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: Responsibility

Life Principal: Humility
Town Center Common Courtesy: Always look people in the eye when you are ordering, asking a question, or saying, "Thank you."

Week of October 10-14

Thank you to all of our volunteers who made Special Friend's Day even more special! We truly appreciate you! We are so glad so many special friends were able to come.

Calendar Dates

October 14- Spirit Rally 8:15 (No Texan Town)

A Peek at Our Week

In reading we will be working on reading skills of context clues, cause effect, and main idea. We will be using mentor texts to support the skills and incorporating writing about our reading with these skills. We will continue to do reading stations which include iStation, independent reading, and conferencing.

In writing, learners will begin their narrative writing unit. We will go through the writing process of brainstorming, drafting, editing, revising, and publishing. We will also be learning about the difference in editing and revising.

In math this week, we will be reviewing our strategies for multi-digit addition and subtraction. Our learners will be completing several different stations to help practice and review these skills and strategies.

In science this week we will be completing our force and motion demonstrations. The students will be completing their forces lab, testing friction! We will also continue our learning about the various types of energy.

In social studies, learners will begin learning about landforms. Learners will be in groups to complete a choice board that includes research, technology, and presentations.

Important Reminders

Homework: 

• In lieu of weekly math homework that is assigned on Mondays and returned on Fridays we are sending home your child’s math workbooks for Third Grade. Each week we will update the Third grade blog with optional workbook pages that align with our weekly skill to serve as practice for your child. They may bring these pages back each week, and can receive a small incentive (a sticker, warm fuzzy, etc.), but it is not a requirement. There will still be many unused pages so you are free to work through your child’s workbook as you see fit. Your child is still expected as a Town Center Texan to do Reflex Math three times a week for fifteen minutes. We hope that this will allow for freedom for your child to spend their evenings creating, spending time outside, eating dinner as a family, and reading together while also allowing a resource for math support at home as you feel best fit for your child.
• Reflex Math: Currently our Reflex Math accounts are not working. This is a problem across the district, and they are working quickly to get it resolved. We apologize for any confusion this has caused. We will send out an email as soon as it is resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
• Spelling Choice Board: The spelling choice board will now be due on the Thursday before the spelling test. The next choice board is due Thursday, 10/13 and our spelling test will be Friday, 10/14. We want learners to use the night before the test to study, rather than finish the choice board and possibly cramming the night before the test. 

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: Responsibility

Life Principal: Optimism
Town Center Common Courtesy: When work is assigned, do not moan or complain. 

Week of October 3rd-7th

Thank you to all of our volunteers who made Special Friend's Day even more special! We truly appreciate you! We are so glad so many special friends were able to come.

Calendar Dates

October 7- Fall Conferences (links for Signup Genius below)
October 7 & 10- No School 

A Peek at Our Week

In reading we will continue our unit on genre. We will continue learning about story elements and how they fit into the genres we read. We will continue writing about our reading and making our connections as we read. We will also start our Global Read Aloud reading the BFG. We have made global classroom connections and excited to "meet" them. 

In writing, learners will be using the writing process to write goals that will guide our conferences on Friday. 

In math, our learners will be finishing up their place value choice boards. We have been so impressed with all of their hard work so far! We will also begin our unit about addition and subtraction. Our learners will be focusing on the associative and commutative properties of addition next week.

In science this week we will continue our learning about forces and motion! We will move finish learning about Newton's Laws of Motion. We will also introduce various types of energy. 

In social studies, learners will begin learning about landforms. Learners will be in groups to complete a choice board that includes research, technology, and presentations.

Important Reminders

Homework: 

• Reflex Math: Currently our Reflex Math accounts are not working. This is a problem across the district, and they are working quickly to get it resolved. We apologize for any confusion this has caused. We will send out an email as soon as it is resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
• Spelling Choice Board: The spelling choice board will now be due on the Thursday before the spelling test. The next choice board is due Thursday, 10/13 and our spelling test will be Friday, 10/14. We want learners to use the night before the test to study, rather than finish the choice board and possibly cramming the night before the test. 

Conferences:

• 3A/3B Conference SignUp Genius Link
• http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4eaaaf22a4fa7-3a3b1
• 3C/3D/3E Conference SignUp Genius Link
• http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4ea9ab23abff2-fall1

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: Responsibility

Life Principal: Responsibility
Town Center Common Courtesy: When someone is trying to get your attention, be quiet and listen. 

Week of October 3rd-7th

Thank you to all of our volunteers who made Special Friend's Day even more special! We truly appreciate you! We are so glad so many special friends were able to come.

Calendar Dates

October 7- Fall Conferences (links for Signup Genius below)
October 7 & 10- No School 

A Peek at Our Week

In reading we will continue our unit on genre. We will continue learning about story elements and how they fit into the genres we read. We will continue writing about our reading and making our connections as we read. We will also start our Global Read Aloud reading the BFG. We have made global classroom connections and excited to "meet" them. 

In writing, learners will be using the writing process to write goals that will guide our conferences on Friday. 

In math, our learners will be finishing up their place value choice boards. We have been so impressed with all of their hard work so far! We will also begin our unit about addition and subtraction. Our learners will be focusing on the associative and commutative properties of addition next week.

In science this week we will continue our learning about forces and motion! We will move finish learning about Newton's Laws of Motion. We will also introduce various types of energy. 

In social studies, learners will begin learning about landforms. Learners will be in groups to complete a choice board that includes research, technology, and presentations.

Important Reminders

Homework: 

• Reflex Math: Please remember that learners need to log on three different nights for 15 minutes until they get the green light. 

• Spelling Choice Board: The spelling choice board will now be due on the Thursday before the spelling test. The next choice board is due Thursday, 10/13 and our spelling test will be Friday, 10/14. We want learners to use the night before the test to study, rather than finish the choice board and possibly cramming the night before the test. 

Conferences:

• 3A/3B Conference SignUp Genius Link
• http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4eaaaf22a4fa7-3a3b1
• 3C/3D/3E Conference SignUp Genius Link
• http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4ea9ab23abff2-fall1

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: Responsibility

Life Principal: Responsibility
Town Center Common Courtesy: When someone is trying to get your attention, be quiet and listen. 

Week of October 3rd-7th

Thank you to all of our volunteers who made Special Friend's Day even more special! We truly appreciate you! We are so glad so many special friends were able to come.

Calendar Dates

October 7- Fall Conferences (links for Signup Genius below)
October 7 & 10- No School 

A Peek at Our Week

In reading we will continue our unit on genre. We will continue learning about story elements and how they fit into the genres we read. We will continue writing about our reading and making our connections as we read. We will also start our Global Read Aloud reading the BFG. We have made global classroom connections and excited to "meet" them. 

In writing, learners will be using the writing process to write goals that will guide our conferences on Friday. 

In math, our learners will be finishing up their place value choice boards. We have been so impressed with all of their hard work so far! We will also begin our unit about addition and subtraction. Our learners will be focusing on the associative and commutative properties of addition next week.

In science this week we will continue our learning about forces and motion! We will move finish learning about Newton's Laws of Motion. We will also introduce various types of energy. 

In social studies, learners will begin learning about landforms. Learners will be in groups to complete a choice board that includes research, technology, and presentations.

Important Reminders

Homework: 

• Reflex Math: Currently our Reflex Math accounts are not working. This is a problem across the district, and they are working quickly to get it resolved. We apologize for any confusion this has caused. We will send out an email as soon as it is resolved. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

• Spelling Choice Board: The spelling choice board will now be due on the Thursday before the spelling test. The next choice board is due Thursday, 10/13 and our spelling test will be Friday, 10/14. We want learners to use the night before the test to study, rather than finish the choice board and possibly cramming the night before the test. 

Conferences:

• 3A/3B Conference SignUp Genius Link
• http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4eaaaf22a4fa7-3a3b1
• 3C/3D/3E Conference SignUp Genius Link
• http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4ea9ab23abff2-fall1

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: Responsibility

Life Principal: Responsibility
Town Center Common Courtesy: When someone is trying to get your attention, be quiet and listen. 

Week of September 26-September 30

Thank you to all of our volunteers who made Special Friend's Day even more special! We truly appreciate you! We are so glad so many special friends were able to come.

Calendar Dates

September 30- Spelling Test and homework due

October 7- Fall Conferences (more information to come)
October 7 & 10- No School 

A Peek at Our Week

In reading we will continue our unit on genre. We will continue learning about story elements and how they fit into the genres we read. We will continue writing about our reading and making our connections as we read. 

In writing, learners will continue learning about the writing process.  We will have fun writing using Story Starters to help us brainstorm topics and generate details.  

In math, our learners will be working through a choice board to showcase all of their learning from the first month of school. We will review all of the skills we have learned so far, such as representing numbers in multiple ways, comparing numbers, and rounding numbers. We will also review all of the vocabulary we have learned over this unit.

In science this week, we are diving into our learning about force and motion. We are excited to begin our labs for this unit and will continue to build our science vocabulary.

In social studies, learners will continue showing their understanding of geography and maps. We will work on creating a map of our own creative island, which includes cities, landforms, a map scale, compass, title, and border. Then, we will begin studying landforms.

Important Reminders

Homework: 

• Reflex Math: Reflex Math is officially up and running! It is a school-wide expectation that all of our learners are using Reflex Math for 3 times a week for 15 minutes a night. Please make sure your child is getting their green light every time they log on! To log in to Reflex Math go to: www.reflexmath.com Enter your teacher's username: for 3A/3B it is lheath, for 3C/3D/ 3E it is courtrice. Select your class. Select your name. Enter your password that you use for logging in at school.
• Spelling Choiceboard: Our first spelling choiceboard is due 9/30. We will also have a spelling test this day. 

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: Patriotism

Life Principal: Courage
Town Center Common Courtesy: When a substitute teacher is present, all class rules still apply. 

September 19-September 23

What a great week of learning we've had in Third Grade! Our kids had so much fun doing their first week of Texan Town with the older grades. We have been so proud of all of their hard work, and we are looking forward to another wonderful week.

Calendar Dates

September 23rd- Special Friend's Day (10:30-11:30)

September 23rd- Fall Family Picnic

October 7- Fall Conferences (more information to come)

A Peek at Our Week

In reading, learners will continue studying different literary genres. We will also be learning about story elements in fiction texts, such as characters, setting, problem and solution, and plot. We will write about our reading and begin working of different products to show our learning and understanding. 

In writing, learners will continue learning about the writing process. They will use editing and revising strategies on an expository essay about their favorite experience of summer. 

In math, our learners will be learning how to round numbers to the nearest hundreds place. They have worked so hard at rounding to the nearest tens, and have become pros! They will also be learning how to round and estimate numbers to solve addition and subtraction problems.

In science, we are going to be investigating changing states of matter, as well as making and separating our own mixtures. The kids are absolutely loving our science labs, and we are excited to start diving into our force, motion, and energy unit. We will spend the last couple days of the week learning about Newton's laws of motion. 

In social studies, learners will continue showing their understanding of geography and maps. We will work on creating a map of our own creative island, which includes cities, landforms, a map scale, compass, title, and border. 

Important Reminders

Teachers Out Monday: On Monday, our team will be out for an assessment and planning day. If you need anything or have a change with your child, please contact the front office.

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.

Character at TCE

Citizenship Quality: Patriotism

Life Principal: Resiliency
Town Center Common Courtesy: Use a respectful tone when asking for things.

September 12-16

Thank you so much for taking the time to read through our blog. We've had such a great THIRD week of THIRD grade! We are looking forward to another wonderful week of learning with your children next week.

This morning we had a visit from Officer Freeman. She spoke to us all about Patriot Day (September 11th), and she told us about her career as a police officer. We loved getting to talk about being a HERO with her!

Calendar:
September 18th- September 23rd- Fall Book Fair
September 23rd- Special Friend's Day
September 23rd- Fall Family Picnic (5:30-7:30)

A Peek at our Week:
In reading, learners will continue learning about different literacy genres. Learners' knowledge will be pre-assessed, and then they will work through a choice board to show their understanding.

In writing, learners will begin learning about the writing process. We will work through brainstorming, drafting, editing, revising, and publishing to create a expository writing sample. We will also review transition words to make our writing flow more naturally.

In social studies, learners will continue studying geography. They will work on understanding map skills, including a compass rose, scale, grid system, and map symbols. Then, learners will be creating their own map. Be looking for our first flipped lesson to be coming home early next week.

This week in science, we will be finishing up our last investigation in the measurable properties of matter. Towards the end of the week we will introduce our force, motion, and energy unit.

In math, our learners will continue to be comparing and ordering numbers. We have been so proud of all of their hard work so far! We will also begin learning all about rounding. Our learners will be able to round to the nearest tens and hundreds place.

Character at TCE:
Citizenship Quality of the Month: Patriotism
Life Principle: Curiosity
Town Center Common Courtesy: When having a conversation, it is polite to make eye contact and respond.

September 6th-September 9th

Thank you so much for checking out our Third Grade blog! We had such an incredible week on learning. We have loved getting to know your children even better, and we can't wait for another great week next week!

Calendar Dates:

September 5th- Labor Day (NO school!)
September 8th- Picture Day
September 18th-September 23rd- Fall Book Fair
September 23rd- Special Friend's Day/Fall Family Picnic

Announcements 

Labor Day: Remember that we will have no school on Monday! Enjoy the day with your families!
Family Pictures: If you have not sent in a family picture with your child, please do so soon. We love having our families represented in our classrooms. You can also e-mail your picture to your child's teacher.
Reflex Math: We are still waiting for all of our learners to be imported into the system, so it will be another week before we begin Reflex Math!
Blue Cards: Please be sure and return your child's blue emergency contact card ASAP! Thank you!
Top Ten Things About Third Grade: Over the past week, we have asked our learners about the top ten things about third grade. We created a video for curriculum night, and here is the link:
Link for Video

A Peek at our Week:

Character at TCE
Citizenship Quality of the Month:  Patriotism
Life Principle: Problem Solving
Town Center Common Courtesy: It is disrespectful to use gestures to express frustration.



In math, we have been learning all about very large numbers (up to the hundred thousands place!). This week we will focus on comparing and ordering those larger numbers. 

In science, we are becoming masters of all things matter! We will be reviewing the states of matter and beginning to classify matter according to its properties. We will be investigating the measurable properties of matter including: sink or float, mass, magnetism, and temperature. Towards the end of the week we will begin to explore changing states of matter.  

In reading, learners will begin learning about different literacy genres. Learners' knowledge will be pre-assessed, and then they will work though a choice board to show their understanding. 

In writing, learners will begin learning about the writing process. We will work through brainstorming, drafting, editing, revising, and publishing to create an expository writing sample.

In social studies, learners will begin studying geography. They will work on understanding map skills, including a compass rose, scale, grid system, and map symbols. Then, learners will be creating their own map. 

Homework: 

After consideration, we would like to align the spelling homework with the Reflex Math start date, which will be later in September. We will use these weeks to practice our homework and structure in class so that learners are aware of the expectations of spelling homework. No list will be coming home for homework until the middle of September.