Woo Hoo!! we made it to spring break! I hope everyone has a rest-filled and fun week off! Please make sure your children are reading everyday! There is a sign-up genius below for snacks during our testing. I know (against all my best efforts) that this can be a stressful time for our kids and I want to try to make it as much of an enjoyable experience as possible! You can send in your snacks ahead of time if that makes things easier. Thank you for all you are doing to support your kiddos! Please see below for important curriculum updates and dates! Have a wonderful week!
Testing Snack Sign-Up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0D45AFA623AA8-testing
Important Dates:
April 1-5th- Spring Break
April 9th- Milestones Testing Window Open
April 16th-April 18th- 3rd Grade ELA Testing
April 24th- April 25th- 3rd Grade Math Testing
April 29th- May 3rd- Teacher Appreciation Week
April 30th- Spirit Night at Wade's
Curriculum Updates
Integrated Reading:
Math:
Testing Snack Sign-Up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0D45AFA623AA8-testing
Important Dates:
April 1-5th- Spring Break
April 9th- Milestones Testing Window Open
April 16th-April 18th- 3rd Grade ELA Testing
April 24th- April 25th- 3rd Grade Math Testing
April 29th- May 3rd- Teacher Appreciation Week
April 30th- Spirit Night at Wade's
Curriculum Updates
Integrated Reading:
- RI.6- Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of the text
- RI.4- Determine the meaning of domain and content specific words within context
- S3E.2- Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the ways heat energy is transfered and measured.
- Ask questions to identify sources of heat energy. (Clarification statement:Examples could include sunlight, friction, and burning.)
- Plan & carry out an investigation to gather data using thermometers to produce tables & charts that illustrate the effect of sunlight on various objects (Clarification statement:The use of both Fahrenheit and Celsius temperature scales is expected.
- Use tools & every day materials to design & construct a device/ structure that will increase/ decrease the warming effects of sunlight on various materials.
- ELA.W.2-Write informative and explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information
- ELA.W.3- Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences.
- Constructed and Extended Responses with non-fiction texts (Focusing on Fossils)
Math:
- 3.G.1-Understand that shapes in different categories (e.g., rhombuses, rectangles, and others) may share attributes (e.g., having four sides), and that the shared attributes can define a larger category (e.g., quadrilaterals). Recognize rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals, and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories.
- 3.OA.8- Students will solve two-step word problems using the 4 operations. They will represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. They will assess the reasonableness of the answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.