Thank you for an amazing week! I enjoyed all my thoughtful cards and notes, the yummy snacks, generous gifts and books for our classroom library. You all sure know how to make a teacher feel very special and appreciated!
FIELD DAY: Field day is this Friday, April 29th. Our class will be outside from 8:00-10:00 am, so students will be having a lot of fun in the morning sun! T-shirts, shorts and tennis shoes are the best choice for students to wear on this active day. If you feel as though your child needs to wear sunscreen, please apply at home before coming to school.
CAMPING UNIT: Third grade has a tradition of ending our school year with a camping unit. The basic objective is that the students will research a Texas state park and plan an imaginary 5-day camping trip to that park, but we will do much more than just that. This unit will involve all content areas: Reading, Writing, Math, Social Studies, and Science.
This unit is always a highlight of third grade. To plan their camping trips, the children will need advertising circulars from grocery stores as well as flyers or catalogs from outdoor recreation stores. Each student will pack a "suitcase" with pictures of all the items they will need for a 5-day camping trip. Each group of 4-5 students will plan menus for 5 days. They will need pictures of the grocery items. So, don’t recycle ads from HEB, Target, Academy, REI, Sports Authority, Cabelas, etc. Many of the stores have circulars available as you enter their store. Please grab several copies. Thank you so much for helping us gather materials.
SAVE RECYCLING: We will be creating a STEAM project during reading the first week of May. Please save tissues boxes, yogurt type containers with or without lids, egg cartons, cereal or snack boxes, and plastic bottles. Due to lack of space students can start bringing in April 30th - May 2nd. We are looking forward to this learning opportunity. Thank you!
Our CCE character trait for April is honesty. My classroom is filled with students of truthful character!
UPCOMING DATES:
April 18: CCE Celebrates Earth Week and Teacher Appreciation
April 22: Students and staff wear GREEN to conclude Earth Week
April 29: CCE Field Day
May 4: Early Release Day
May 9: STAAR Testing Gr. 3 & 4 Math, Gr. 5 Retest
May 10: STAAR Testing Gr. 3 & 4 Reading
May 11: STAAR Testing Gr. 5 Science
May 17: KVUE Meteorologist visits 3rd graders at 1:00 pm
May 20: 3rd Grade Showcase at 7:20 am
May 25: Fishing Day at Trailhead park
May 27: Camping Day
LEARNING FOR THIS WEEK:
Science: Force and Motion
Social Studies: Rules and Government
Math: Measuring Capacity
Reading: Making inferences and drawing conclusions about expository text and provide text evidence to support understanding
Writing: Composing Friendly letters and Revising and Editing
Thank you for reading this newsletter. It is important that we connect school and home.
Gratefully,
Joni Biggers