Welcome to our third grade blog! Please check our blog each week to see what we are learning as well as announcements and calendar updates for TCE and Third Grade!
Calendar
November 11th - Veteran's Day Ceremony @8am
November 25th - 29th - Thanksgiving Break No School
November 11th - Veteran's Day Ceremony @8am
November 25th - 29th - Thanksgiving Break No School
Announcements
CISD Family Survey
CISD is currently surveying our families in order to gain insight into your perception of our schools and district effectiveness. This survey shouldn’t take more than a few minutes to complete and will be a valuable source of information for us, as we work to make our schools and our district the best that they can be. You may complete the survey online between now and Nov. 4, using a computer, tablet or smartphone. To take the survey, please visit https://surveys.panoramaed.com, then select your child(ren)’s school. If you have multiple children in CISD, we ask that you take the survey for each school your child attends.
Veteran's Day Ceremony
Pumpkin Patch!
Town Center Parent Newsletter
Here is the link to Ms. Martin's Parent Newsletter for the week.
Veteran's Day Ceremony
Pumpkin Patch!
Town Center Parent Newsletter
Here is the link to Ms. Martin's Parent Newsletter for the week.
What are we learning?
Math
In math, we will continue to learn various ways to represent multiplication and division. We have learned equal groups and arrays and will learn repeated subtraction and number lines early next week. Please remember that your child's teacher has strategy videos on her website. On Monday we will begin our timed multiplication fact quizzes. We will only be taking our fact quizzes on Mondays and Wednesdays. Your child will be able to choose what quiz he or she wants to take on Monday rather than starting with 0's and working chronologically through to 10's. If all 10 facts are correct in 2 minutes, your child will be able to move on to a new quiz on Wednesday. If they're not mastered, then that same quiz will be taken again on Wednesday until all 10 are correct. Additionally, any practice with fact fluency that can be done at home is VERY helpful. Each learner has been placed on multiplication and division on Reflex Math for this reason. Flashcards at home also work.
Language Arts
In language arts, we are continuing our character analysis unit by strengthening our inferencing skills. We will be tracking our characters throughout the whole story and study how characters react to problems. As we learn more about our characters, we will begin comparing to other characters in the same and different books.
Science
In Science, the learners we will begin to work through our first ADI (Argument Driven Inquiry) project for the year involving forces and magnetism. This process will take 1-2 weeks and practice the skills of creating, testing, and defending a scientific argument.
Social Studies
In social studies, we will kick off the week with recognizing veteran's day and discussing its importance. The rest of the week, we will continue our unit on maps. The learners have been using their new learning journals to track learning, and will continue to use this tool to explore. We will be discussing cardinal directions and map grids, and the learners will get an opportunity to practice using and creating map grids. We will also be comparing and contrasting maps and globes.
Math
In math, we will continue to learn various ways to represent multiplication and division. We have learned equal groups and arrays and will learn repeated subtraction and number lines early next week. Please remember that your child's teacher has strategy videos on her website. On Monday we will begin our timed multiplication fact quizzes. We will only be taking our fact quizzes on Mondays and Wednesdays. Your child will be able to choose what quiz he or she wants to take on Monday rather than starting with 0's and working chronologically through to 10's. If all 10 facts are correct in 2 minutes, your child will be able to move on to a new quiz on Wednesday. If they're not mastered, then that same quiz will be taken again on Wednesday until all 10 are correct. Additionally, any practice with fact fluency that can be done at home is VERY helpful. Each learner has been placed on multiplication and division on Reflex Math for this reason. Flashcards at home also work.
Language Arts
In language arts, we are continuing our character analysis unit by strengthening our inferencing skills. We will be tracking our characters throughout the whole story and study how characters react to problems. As we learn more about our characters, we will begin comparing to other characters in the same and different books.
Science
In Science, the learners we will begin to work through our first ADI (Argument Driven Inquiry) project for the year involving forces and magnetism. This process will take 1-2 weeks and practice the skills of creating, testing, and defending a scientific argument.
Social Studies
In social studies, we will kick off the week with recognizing veteran's day and discussing its importance. The rest of the week, we will continue our unit on maps. The learners have been using their new learning journals to track learning, and will continue to use this tool to explore. We will be discussing cardinal directions and map grids, and the learners will get an opportunity to practice using and creating map grids. We will also be comparing and contrasting maps and globes.
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