The Word on Third
Third Grade Newsletter - September 13, 2019
Calendar
September 16 - Dot Day - Wear dots!
September 17 - Constitution Day
September 20 - Dads and Donuts at OC Taylor, 7 a.m.
September 23 - Student Holiday, Teacher Professional Development Day
October 1 - Spring Creek Barbeque Spirit Night, 5:00 p.m.
October 7 - Stomp Out Bullying - Wear blue
October 9 - Fire Prevention - Wear red
October 14 - Columbus Day - Student and Teacher Holiday
October 15 - Fall picture day
Future dates:
October 21 - Ft. Worth Zoo Field Trip
November 11 - Veteran's Day Program
April 27 - UTA Planetarium
The most important things...
Please send in the blue forms from the PTA that were sent home a week ago last Friday. These are for the children's grade level shirts, school planners, and to join the PTA. We are trying to get these back and processed quickly so we can get those planners to your students.
If you have not sent in your check for the Story Works magazine for your child, please do so as soon as possible. See below for further details.
Please check the Monday folders for your Dojo codes from Mrs. Dagger, Mrs. Dickinson, and/or Mrs. Osborne. When you log in you will be able to see your child's progress in behavior and be able to receive messages quickly and efficiently from your teachers. Please log in and say hello!
Thank you to all who attended Rock Out on Thursday night and who supported the Fuss Free Fundraiser! We greatly appreciate all that you do for this school!
Highlights of the Week
- We continued Reading Workshop and started working on checking comprehension and other comprehension strategies.
- We began Writing Workshop and are starting to craft personal narratives.
- Students are working on their Project Based Learning in Matter.
- We started Words Their Way on their iPads and now they can practice any time and anywhere!
- In Math the children are working on place value, specifically rounding, ordering, and comparing numbers.
- We visited the with Mrs. Whisman and had our counseling lesson.
What we are learning next week...
Writing: Continue writing personal narrative compositions
Social Studies: Geography and mapping skills
Math: Place Value
Science: Finish up matter and present our projects.
Scholastic Story Works
Parent corner
OC Taylor is in the news! OC Taylor's Lu was featured on NBC earlier this week and other publications have picked up the story. Here are the links to the different stories:
NBC:
Community Impact:
We are able to have this amazing piece of technology due to the support of the OC Taylor PTA. We are so grateful for this generous gift and the children absolutely love it. You know it is a hit when the teachers are willing to skip prep periods to play with the kids!
GCISD GIFS
In case you missed it...
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nrg2G02ExwQljxF7pFglyq1Gao6P3SSlg2au4HboshY/edit#slide=id.p
The Third Grade Team
allyson.dickinson@gcisd.net, @OCTDickinson
morgan.epperson@gcisd.net, @OCTEpperson
lesley.osborne@gcisd.net, @OCTOsborne
melissa.trussell@gcisd.net, @OCTBurt (Mrs. Burt)