April 29th - May 3rd

Thank you for taking the time to read our third grade blog. Make sure you are checking it weekly for calendar updates and what we are learning!

Important Dates

April 29th - TCE Family STEM Night 5:30-7:00
May 2nd - Kinder Round Up
May 6th - 10th - Teacher Appreciation Week
May 7th - PTO Meeting @ 6pm
May 13th - 3rd Math STAAR Test
May 14th - 3rd Reading STAAR Test
May 20th - 5th Grade Talent Show
May 21st - Field Day
May 23rd - Last Day (half day)

Announcements

STEM Night!

Join us this Monday for TCE Family STEM Night hosted by the Perot Museum. Bring the whole family and join us for a great night of exploring and learning!

STAAR Letters 

The STAAR test is quickly approaching and we will be spending the upcoming weeks doing lots of practicing to make sure we are ready to smash the test! We are also going to be doing a lot of encouraging and building up of our third graders so that they know just how much there are loved and prepared for this big event. One thing we would LOVE to have is an encouraging letter from each child’s parents for them to read on the morning of each STAAR test. Here is what we are asking of you:

Sometime this week please write TWO letters of encouragement for your child to read the mornings of the Math STAAR (May 13^th) and Reading STAAR (May 14^th). These don’t have to be long, just a quick little note to let your child know that they are going to do great! Please get these to your child's homeroom teacher no later than Friday, May 3rd. You can either email me your teacher the letters to print them out or send them with your child in a sealed envelope.

We are so thankful for your continued support and we are excited for your children to have these notes to read the mornings of their tests! Please let us know if you have any questions.

End of Year Conferences

It is hard to believe that we are already in our last nine weeks of the school year. Time has flown by so quickly with these amazing learners!

The district is unable to set aside a day for spring parent conferences, but we are happy to make time to answer any questions or concerns you may have. You recently received your learner's third nine weeks report card, which provided you with an update on how your learner is doing in class. We will also be sending home your learner's end of year data for the 2018-2019 school year in May; along with a summer packet of resources and ways to support your learner over the break.

If you would like to discuss any questions or concerns regarding your learner and would like a conference (via email, phone or face-to-face) please email your child's homeroom teacher. Please know that our district end of year assessment window is open until May 17th. If you choose to schedule a conference before that, it is possible we will not have your child's end of year data yet. As noted earlier, we will be sure to send that home when the window closes. What a JOY it has been to have these learners this year! *We are unable to discuss 4th-grade sections for next school year. Please keep questions related to your learner's academic and emotional growth from the 2018-2019 school year.*

PTO Needs YOU!

Parent Newsletter

Ms. Martin sends out a parent newsletter each week with many important announcements about TCE. Click here to check out this weeks newsletter.

What are we learning?

Math

In math we will be finishing up our very quick personal finance unit. We will learn and explore vocabulary words including: spending, savings, income, scarcity, resources, human capital, supply, demand, charitable giving, credit, borrow, lend, and loan. Students will have research projects to work through at the beginning of the week before we begin our STAAR review. 

Language Arts

In Language Arts we will continue our Reading STAAR Camp. We will be working on finishing up our Book Clubs and are looking forward to our character day in May!

Science

In Science we will continue our Structures and Life Cycles unit. Learners will review the needs of living things, parts of a plant and their function, and plant and animal adaptations. 

Social Studies

In Social Studies, learners will identify ways of earning, spending, saving, and donating

money and they will create a simple budget that allocates money for spending,

saving, and donating.

April 23rd - 26th

Thank you for taking the time to read our third grade blog. Make sure you are checking it weekly for calendar updates and what we are learning!

Important Dates

April 22nd - Professional Development for Staff (NO SCHOOL)
April 29th - TCE Family STEM Night 5:30-7:00
May 2nd - Kinder Round Up
May 6th - 10th - Teacher Appreciation Week
May 7th - PTO Meeting @ 6pm
May 13th - 3rd Math STAAR Test
May 14th - 3rd Reading STAAR Test
May 20th - 5th Grade Talent Show
May 21st - Field Day
May 23rd - Last Day (half day)

Announcements

End of Year Conferences

It is hard to believe that we are already in our last nine weeks of the school year. Time has flown by so quickly with these amazing learners!

The district is unable to set aside a day for spring parent conferences, but we are happy to make time to answer any questions or concerns you may have. You recently received your learner's third nine weeks report card, which provided you with an update on how your learner is doing in class. We will also be sending home your learner's end of year data for the 2018-2019 school year in May; along with a summer packet of resources and ways to support your learner over the break.

If you would like to discuss any questions or concerns regarding your learner and would like a conference (via email, phone or face-to-face) please email your child's homeroom teacher. Please know that our district end of year assessment window is open until May 17th. If you choose to schedule a conference before that, it is possible we will not have your child's end of year data yet. As noted earlier, we will be sure to send that home when the window closes. What a JOY it has been to have these learners this year! *We are unable to discuss 4th-grade sections for next school year. Please keep questions related to your learner's academic and emotional growth from the 2018-2019 school year.*

PTO Needs YOU!

Parent Newsletter

Ms. Martin sends out a parent newsletter each week with many important announcements about TCE. Click here to check out this weeks newsletter.

What are we learning?

Math

In math we will be finishing our Measurement unit. We will take a few informal assessments and start our last unit of Personal Finance on Thursday. In our personal finance unit we will learn about saving, spending, human capitol, supply, demand, and credit. This will be another short unit before we begin STAAR review on May 1st. We will spiral review our year of learning leading up to the test. 

Language Arts

For Language Arts we are kicking off our Reading STAAR Camp working on reviewing all reading concepts and strategies. We will continue book clubs and begin discussing the character traits we have found about our character for our Character Traits day in May!

Science

In science we will kick off our last unit of Structures and Life Cycles. We will learn about the function of plants and animals and what living things need to survive. We will also learn about plant and animal characteristics and heredity vs. adaptations. 

Social Studies

In Social Studies, learners will identify ways of earning, spending, saving, and donating

money and they will create a simple budget that allocates money for spending,

saving, and donating.

April 15th - 19th

Thank you for taking the time to read our third grade blog. Make sure you are checking it weekly for calendar updates and what we are learning!

Important Dates

April 19th - Weather Day (NO SCHOOL)
April 22nd - Professional Development for Staff (NO SCHOOL)
April 29th - TCE Family STEM Night 5:30-7:00

Announcements

End of Year Conferences

It is hard to believe that we are already in our last nine weeks of the school year. Time has flown by so quickly with these amazing learners!

The district is unable to set aside a day for spring parent conferences, but we are happy to make time to answer any questions or concerns you may have. You recently received your learner's third nine weeks report card, which provided you with an update on how your learner is doing in class. We will also be sending home your learner's end of year data for the 2018-2019 school year in May; along with a summer packet of resources and ways to support your learner over the break.

If you would like to discuss any questions or concerns regarding your learner and would like a conference (via email, phone or face-to-face) please email your child's homeroom teacher. Please know that our district end of year assessment window is open until May 17th. If you choose to schedule a conference before that, it is possible we will not have your child's end of year data yet. As noted earlier, we will be sure to send that home when the window closes. What a JOY it has been to have these learners this year! *We are unable to discuss 4th-grade sections for next school year. Please keep questions related to your learner's academic and emotional growth from the 2018-2019 school year.*

Night at the Ballpark 
We are so proud of our 3rd Grade Citizens of the Year! They had such a great time at Night at the Ballpark!

PTO Needs YOU!

Parent Newsletter

Ms. Martin sends out a parent newsletter each week with many important announcements about TCE. Click here to check out this weeks newsletter.

What are we learning?

Math

In math we will be starting our Measurement unit. During this unit we will learn about the Customary and Metric units for liquid capacity. We will also learn about the Customary units for weight. Along with the units, learners will have to choose appropriate tools and units to measure various objects. 

Language Arts

This week in Language Arts we will be reviewing the concepts of personification and figurative language. We will continue to work with book clubs. Look for some fun information to come home next week about our book club final project!  We will also kick off our Language Arts STAAR Boot Camp next Thursday!

Science

In science, we will take our Changes in the Environment post test on Monday, April 15th. We will then begin our last unit of Structures and Life cycles. During this unit we will be observing the life cycle of snails and learning about the needs of living things. 

Social Studies

In Social Studies, we will be looking at the difference in using cash and credit.  Learners will understand how scarcity impacts the need to use credit.

April 8th - 12th

Thank you for taking the time to read our third grade blog. Make sure you are checking it weekly for calendar updates and what we are learning!

Important Dates

April 9-10 - No Visitors Due to STAAR
April 12th - TCE Color Stampede!
April 19th - Weather Day (NO SCHOOL)
April 22nd - Professional Development for Staff (NO SCHOOL)
April 29th - TCE Family STEM Night 5:30-7:00

Announcements

No Visitors 4/9-4/10

We will be administering the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) to learners on Tuesday, April 9th and Wednesday, April 10th.  Fifth grade will take Math on Tuesday and Reading on Wednesday.  Fourth grade will take writing on Tuesday. During these days, all other grade levels will continue with a regular school day.

It is important that we have an environment that is free of interruptions to ensure that our students have the opportunity to do their best on these important days.  In order to ensure a secure and quiet testing environment, no visitors will be allowed on campus for all grade levels.

Due to this, we will not allow lunch visitors these days. You may contact the office on these days if you are in need of assistance and they will be happy to help you.

Thank you for your cooperation in helping our campus and our students to be successful on our testing days!

TCE Color Stampede!

TCE Families,

Please remember the deadline to register for the official color stampede shirt was last Friday, April 5th. Any registrations after Friday, April 5th will receive a plain white t-shirt versus the logo shirt. To register, visit online at TOWNCENTERPTO.MEMBERSHIPTOOLKIT.COM/STORE. 

Our Color Stampede is taking the place of the TCE Hoedown, and we do not want you to miss out on all the fun! In addition to the run, there will be food, auction items, and music. 

Below are important dates and times to make note of:

Friday, April 5th: Deadline to receive Color Stampede t-shirt with registration

Thursday before school, April 11th: Pick up your "swag bag" for each registration in the car loop (contains t-shirt, race bib, and sponsor items)

Friday after school, April 12th: Pick up your "swag bag" for each registration in the car loop (contains t-shirt, race bib, and sponsor items)

Friday, April 12th COLOR STAMPEDE EVENT

5:30-6:00 PM Pre-run celebration & auction begins

6:00-7:00 PM Run begins with staggering start times

6:30-7:30 PM Food, Games, & Auction

Night at the Ballpark 
We are so proud of our 3rd Grade Citizens of the Year! They had such a great time at Night at the Ballpark!

PTO Needs YOU!

Parent Newsletter

Ms. Martin sends out a parent newsletter each week with many important announcements about TCE. Click here to check out this weeks newsletter.

What are we learning?

Math

In math we will be taking our Fractions Post test on Tuesday the 9th of April. At the end of the week we will review telling time before we start our new measurement unit on Monday the 15th. 

Language Arts

This week in Language Arts we will finish up our unit on Myths, Fables and Legends. We will continue our book clubs. Be looking for an exciting announcement about book clubs to be coming out soon!!!

As a reminder, we are continuing to do practice STAAR passages each week in class focusing on different reading strategies. These will be coming home every week or so, and parents can see how their child is doing. Please remember not to focus on what your child missed-- we are dissecting the passages together as a whole class after each child has done the passage independently. We are learning through our mistakes.

Science

In science, we will finish up our learning about food chains. We will also complete our career connection for this unit before moving onto our new unit, Structures and Life Cycles. 

Social Studies

In social studies, we are continuing our economics unit. We are going to be focusing on saving money and how budgets can help with this. We will be discussing opportunity cost and how people plan to save.