The Word on Third
Third Grade Newsletter - November 22, 2019
Calendar
November 25-29 - Thanksgiving Break
December 5 - Grapevine Parade of Lights
December 6 - Running Club, Colleyville Tree Lighting 6:30 p.m.
December 7 - Colleyville Tree Lighting 7:30 p.m.
December 9-13 - Book Fair, Hour of Code
December 13 - Spelling Bee
December 19 - Polar Express Day - Wear pajamas
December 20 - Class Parties (10:45), Early Dismissal (11:45)
December 21-January 7 - Winter Break, Student holidays
January 8 - Students return to school
January 20 - Martin Luther King Day
January 21 - Hop Doddy Spirit Night for OC Taylor
January 25 - Snow Day with OC Taylor Dads
January 31 - Talent Show, 8:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
The most important things...
- We hope that you have a wonderful and restful Thanksgiving with your family.
- When we return from break there will be three short weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Scholastic Book Fair will be in the second week of December. Please note that December 13 will be the Grand Slam with Grand Friends. Grandparents are welcome to come and have breakfast and then visit the book fair with their grandchildren on that day.
Highlights of the Week
- In Reading Workshop we learned about main idea through the use of boxes and bullets.
- We picked a topic and wrote multiple tables of contents to begin the planning process for our informational (expository) writing.
- In Science we learned about ecosystems and focused on abiotic and biotic and the interactions between the two.
- We continued studying different celebrations in Social Studies.
- In Math we are showing more fact fluency and becoming more well-versed in fact families.
- We visited Mrs. Whisman for our counseling lesson.
What we are learning the week after break...
Writing: Continuing expert topic informational books.
Social Studies: Celebrations
Math: Commutative, associative, and distributed properties in multiplication and two digit by one digit multiplication.
Science: Ecosystems
Here is the Math and Science Newsletter:
Dress Up Days for December have been announced!
We are going to be having some optional holiday fun at OCT. We invite you to participate if you choose. Please see below.
Volunteers Needed
The O. C. Taylor Scholastic Book Fair is right around the corner! This is always a fun time for our students. If you would like to volunteer for this event please email the librarian at dawn.bonacci@gcisd.net We will need help setting up after school on December 5th and then throughout the week of December 9-13. Thank you for all you do to promote reading in your families.
GRACE Donation Time! Final week!
We are super close to meeting our goal!
GCISD: Lead 2.0 GCISD - ONE OF THE TOP 100 PLACES TO WORK!
GCISD was named by the Dallas Morning News as one of the Top 100 places to work, ranking at #26 in the "large companies" category!! To read more about this amazing honor, click the link below:
https://www.gcisd.net/news/what_s_new/gcisd_named_a_top_100_place_to_work
Parent corner
As we move into the holiday season, this video below is a nice reminder to throw out that kindness boomerang and see how kindness can catch on! Almost all of the third graders have seen the video below and we have had interesting conversations about the importance of kindness and how it can affect others. Please enjoy!
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)