December 5th-9th

 Upcoming Dates

December 9th

Early Release @ 12:30

NO LUNCH VISITORS THIS DAY DUE TO EARLY RELEASE

December 15th 

Winter Parties @ 2:00 - All visitors will need to check in at the front office

December 16th

Spirit Rally 8:00-8:30

Early Release @ 12:30

NO LUNCH VISITORS THIS DAY DUE TO EARLY RELEASE

December 19th

January 2nd - Winter Break

January 3rd

School Resumes

Function Machines

During the week of December 12th we will begin making our Functions Machines!  See below in our What Are We Learning section for more details!

What it will end up looking like:

What we need from you:

1/2 gallon cardboard milk carton

Cereal box

If you do not have access to either of these, please let either Mrs. Naughton or Mrs. Shelby know and we will make arrangements.  Thank you!

PTO is hosting a Kendra Scott Night Fundraiser. See below for details:

Lion's Club

A note from Ms. Matlock:

Each year the Lions Club of Coppell provides holiday baskets and toys for families in the Coppell ISD attendance area. Last year Lion's Club provided a special Christmas for over 127 families and hundreds of children who might otherwise have gone without. The food baskets and toys are delivered by members of the Lions Club of Coppell, and the identity of the recipients is kept confidential. All Lion's Club needs need to know is the address and the family demographics, sizes, and any special needs the family may have. If your family would like to apply for a holiday basket and toys, please email Town Center's counselor, Kelly Matlock, at kmatlock@coppellisd.com.

December Lunch Menu

 

Math

Input/Output tables are next up for Data Analysis-palooza, and the patterns are running wild! Number relationships are all over input/output tables - fascinating stuff here, guys! There are 3 kinds of input/output tables: 1) You are given the input and the rule, and you have to find the output 2) You are given the input and the output and you have to find  the rule and 3) You are given the output and the rule and they have to do the inverse operation (opposite operation) to find the input. See examples below:

#1 Rule: x2 Input Output 4 ? Answer: 8

#2 Rule: ? Input Output 4 8 Answer: x2

#3 Rule: x2 Input Output ? 8 Answer: 4

During the week of December 12, every third grader will make Function Machines to help us practice Input/Output Tables. If you are able, please send in a cardboard, half gallon, empty, dry, clean juice or milk container and some flexible cardboard, like a cereal box. Thank you!

Science 

We will be dusting off our magnifying glasses…well, our imaginary ones!  We will be taking a closer look at Geologists!  What do they do?  Why are they important?  How do you become one?  All these questions and more will be answered next week!  Stay tuned!

Reading/Writing 

Our next ELAR unit will all revolve around making claims and supporting them with evidence from written text and real life.  In reading we are starting a beautiful novel together and we will walk alongside the main character as we get to know her.  We will study her behavior and traits. Then we will draw conclusions and make claims all while using evidence from the store to back up our claim.  

We will also carry this over to our writing time. We will be writing a form of persuasive writing where a thesis statement or claim is made and details, evidence and examples are provided to back them up. 

This type of thinking requires so much skill and depth. You can engage your kids in conversation about the motive - the why behind things. This will help them as we dive deep this unit.

Social Studies 

We will continue our study of different environments and how we survive in those environments. We also will learn about how the Earth changes from both physical and human processes (building new homes, conservation and pollution) and begin learning about features of maps.