Upcoming Dates
Field Trip Information!
It is happening!! Woohoo!! We will be going to the Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary in McKinney on May 19th! This will fit right into our Science TEKS and we are so excited!! More detailed information is coming home in a letter, as well as a permission slip. Here are a few time sensitive, important details:
We need the permission slip AND money turned in no later than May 6th.
We need your help!! We would love to have you as a chaperone! The cost for chaperones is $11. If you would like to do this, we need the following ASAP:
A background check completed for THIS school year.
Please email your child’s teacher that you are interested
You will send in your money, along with your child’s.
**Optional** End of Year Conference
Math
This is our final week of new learning in math! And the topic iiiissssss MEASUREMENT! Hooray! 3rd graders are expected to know all about units of measurement for capacity and weight. (Units of measurement for length were learned in 2nd grade, but of course we’ll review them.) The units of measurement in the metric system for capacity are milliliters, liters, and kiloliters. For weight, it’s grams, kilograms, and metric tons. The units of measurement in the customary system for capacity are fluid ounces, cups, pints, quarts, and gallons. For weight, it’s ounces, pounds, and tons.
We will learn all about the “Kingdom of Gallon”. In the Kingdom of Gallon, there are 4 queens (quarts). Each queen has 2 princesses (pints), and each princess has 2 cats (cups). While the 3rd graders do not have to convert measurements, this is a useful way to help them remember the units and the amount each unit represents. The big skill for your kiddo will be to choose the appropriate unit of measurement for the amount that’s being measured. For example, is it more appropriate to use cups or gallons to measure the amount of water in a swimming pool? Is it more appropriate to use ounces or pounds to measure the weight of an elephant? These third graders are going to measure up during this unit of study, I’m sure of it! (See what I did there?)
**Starting next week, math homework will be going home. This optional homework will go home on Mondays of each week and can be returned, completed, on Fridays. This work will focus on STAAR-style questions and will give your child a bit of extra practice in this area, and it will also allow parents to see the kinds of questions 3rd graders encounter on the STAAR math test. Feel free to work on an amount of questions each night that works for your family; we know schedules are busy.
Science
Next week we will wrap up our Food Chain discussion and then take a look at what happens to food chains when there are environmental changes. We will look at the causes and effects of Coral Bleaching.
Reading/Writing
Social Studies
In social studies, we will explore more historical figures and how they impacted our communities.
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