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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