Third Grade News You Can Use
Mrs. Biggs, Mrs. Hatcher, Ms. Head, Mrs. Lawley, Mr. Mendez
April 9-13, 2018
This Week
- Reading - STAAR Review - Inferencing, Summarizing, Word Meaning, Cause/Effect, Fact/Opinion
- Writing - Persuasive Texts
- Spelling - Prefixes
- Math - Financial Literacy
- Social Studies - Basic Structure of Government
- Science - Food Chains in Ecosystems
Important Dates
*Tuesday, April 17, 2018 - School Carnival
*Thursday, April 19, 2018 - McTeacher Night @ McDonald's
*April 23-27, 2018 - Spring Book Fair
*Thursday, April 26, 2018 - Science Fair
STAAR Reading Strategies
WHAT GREAT READERS DO!
- Circle or Highlight Title
- Make a prediction what you think text will be about.
- Read the Text.
- Visualize what you are reading.
- Write Main Idea or draw a picture for each paragraph.
- Highlight underlined words.
- Read the questions and determine if they can be found in the text or a thinking question.
- Answer Questions with text evidence.
- Check Your Answer
- Bubble All Your Answers Neatly and Correctly.