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 22nd - Turkey Trot Fun Run
November 25th - 29th - Thanksgiving Break No School
November 22nd - Turkey Trot Fun Run
November 25th - 29th - Thanksgiving Break No School
Announcements
Holiday Food Baskets and Toys
Each year the Lions Club of Coppell provides holiday baskets and toys to families in need in Coppell's attendance area. The food baskets and toys are delivered by members of the Lions Club of Coppell, and the identify of the recipients is kept confidential. All they need to know is the address and the family demographics, sizes, and any special needs the family may have. If your family would benefit from this, please return to our school nurse or front office by December 1st.
Yearbook Orders
Pumpkin Patch!
Town Center Parent Newsletter
Here is the link to Ms. Martin's Parent Newsletter for the week.
Holiday Food Baskets and Toys
Each year the Lions Club of Coppell provides holiday baskets and toys to families in need in Coppell's attendance area. The food baskets and toys are delivered by members of the Lions Club of Coppell, and the identify of the recipients is kept confidential. All they need to know is the address and the family demographics, sizes, and any special needs the family may have. If your family would benefit from this, please return to our school nurse or front office by December 1st.
Yearbook Orders
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 begin learning various strategies to multiply a 2 digit number by a one digit number. These strategies include area model, distributive (break apart) strategy, and standard algorithm. Strategy videos for these strategies can be found on your teachers website and watched prior to learning them next week. We will continue taking our multiplication fact quizzes on Mondays and Wednesdays. If all 10 facts are correct in 2 minutes, your child will be able to move on to a new quiz the next day we are testing. If they're not mastered, then that same quiz will be taken again 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 continue 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. We are also researching and adding the career of mechanical engineer to our scientist career connection trade cards.
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 begin learning various strategies to multiply a 2 digit number by a one digit number. These strategies include area model, distributive (break apart) strategy, and standard algorithm. Strategy videos for these strategies can be found on your teachers website and watched prior to learning them next week. We will continue taking our multiplication fact quizzes on Mondays and Wednesdays. If all 10 facts are correct in 2 minutes, your child will be able to move on to a new quiz the next day we are testing. If they're not mastered, then that same quiz will be taken again 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 continue 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. We are also researching and adding the career of mechanical engineer to our scientist career connection trade cards.
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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