January 27th - PTO Meeting @ 6:00 PM
January 28th - Cultural Night 5:30-7:00 PM
(More information in ParentSquare Linked Here) January 31st - MAP testing - please make sure iPads are charged and updated
February 7th - MAP testing - please make sure iPads are charged and updated
February 13th - Class Valentine's Party @ 2:00 (more info to come)
February 13th - Valentine's Dance (more info to come for this evening family event)
February 14th - No School - Staff Work Day
February 17th - No School - Presidents' Day
Character Trait of the Week
Week of January 27th
Terrific Texans
Throughout the week our learners at TCE work hard at going above and beyond! When any teacher catches them standing out in a positive way they are awarded a Terrific Texan.
Congratulations to our winners this week!
Homework Club
Good news! Homework Club begins this week! On Monday, your 3rd grader will have homework to practice previously learned skills. Please have your kiddo bring back his or her completed work by Friday to earn a checkmark. A certain amount of Friday checkmarks on the Homework Club Posters will equal a future reward…stay tuned!
Yearbook
Attendance
Background Checks
We ask that all families complete a volunteer background check at the start of the year. They do not carry over from year to year. Since the background checks take time to process, we ask that everyone complete one in case any type of volunteering opportunity (class field trip, Dad's Club, Room parent, class volunteer, field day, etc.) arises during the year that you are interested in. Please click on the link below to complete it.
Background Checks - Linked Here
Tennis Shoes for PE & Extended Specials Day (CTT)
Please help ensure your child wears appropriate shoes on PE days and Move & Groove (Fridays). Additionally, every other Thursday 3rd grade has extended specials during CTT. The dates are outlined for the remainder of the year below. Thank you for your help in making sure your child is safely dressed for the gym!
3rd Grade CTT Dates for 2025: 2/6, 2/20, 3/6, 3/27, 4/10, 4/25, 5/8
TCE Principal Newsletter
Each week Ms. Martin sends out her Town Center Principal Newsletter. Please make sure to check out all the important campus-wide announcements in the Principal Newsletter.
We will continue to build our writing stamina through daily writing. It can be tough for 3rd graders to sit and continuously write…and write a well developed paragraph/story. We will also work more on identifying what an Extended Constructed Response question looks like and how to respond to it. We will be exploring different writing samples and comparing them with the grading rubric for what is expected.
During reading this week we will continue exploring fictional elements while sharing in our read aloud - Because of Winn Dixie. We will be working towards independence on identifying cause and effect that characters have on the plot as well as elements of plot and theme. We will also use the wonderful words of Kate DiCamillo to explore figurative vs literal language.
Social Studies - In social studies this week we will be in the beginning stages of our personal finance/economics unit. We will play the game of “Life” and learn about planning, spending, and saving.
Math - Please ask your child about geometry; you’ll be so impressed! In addition to the vocabulary list below, ask them which quadrilateral is different from all the others and therefore is all alone on the island. We’ll continue to talk about quadrilateral crossovers (a square is a quadrilateral, but it’s also a parallelogram, a rhombus, and a special kind of rectangle), and we’ll also get into identifying and classifying 3D shapes. 3D shapes are fat, not flat; that third dimension of height adds some chunkiness, ya know? Our Current Geometry Vocab: attribute, polygon, angle, vertex, vertices, side, right angle, 90° angle, triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagon, decagon, hendecagon, dodecagon, congruent, parallel lines, trapezoid, parallelogram, rhombus, rectangle, square
Science -In Science we will continue to explore Natural Resources. We will look at how they are used in Transportation and making products.
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