3rd Grade News
Ridgeview Elementary
Week of March 20-24, 2017
What We Are Learning
ELA
- describe the interaction of characters including their relationships and the changes they undergo. --Readiness
- ask relevant questions, seek clarification, and locate facts and details about stories in other texts and support answers with evidence from text
- Paraphrase the themes and supporting details of fables, legends, myths,, or stories. --Supporting
Math
Area and Perimeter
- Determine the area of rectangles with whole number side lengths in problems using multiplication related to the number of rows times the number of unit squares in each row.
- Decompose composite figures formed by rectangles into non-overlapping rectangles to determine the area of the original figure using the additive property of area; and
- Decompose two congruent figures into parts with equal areas and express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole and recognize that equal shares of identical wholes need not have the same shape
- Determine the perimeter of a polygon or a missing length when given perimeter and remaining side lengths in problems.
Science
Observe and describe the physical characteristics of environments and how they support populations and communities within an ecosystem.
Identify and describe the flow of energy in a food chain and predict how changes in a food chain affect the ecosystem such as removal of frogs from a pond or bees from a field
Describe environmental changes such as floods and droughts where some organisms thrive and others perish or move to new locations.
Social Studies
- explain the concept of a free market as it relates to the U.S. free enterprise system.
- identify examples of how a simple business operates
- explain how the cost of production and selling price affect profits
- identify individuals, past and present, including Henry Ford and other Wallace Amos, Milton Hershey, and Sam Walton, who have started new businesses
Classroom Supplies Needed!
Save the Date: School Walk for Diabetes April 1st
The 2017 edition of Keller ISD's annual School Walk for Diabetes is set for April 1 at the Keller ISD Athletics Complex.
Proceeds from School Walk for Diabetes will go to the American Diabetes Association to fund diabetes research and education.
The theme of this year's School Walk is "Diabetes, It's No Joke." The event will once again begin at 9 a.m. with an Opening Ceremony, followed by the walk which begins at 9:15 a.m. Doors and registration will open that day at 8 a.m. Keller ISD's Employee Olympics will take place prior to the walk, beginning at 8:15 a.m. Prizes will be awarded following the walk at 10:15 a.m.
The lineup for this year's School Walk for Diabetes includes a silent auction, jugglers, vendors, craft stations, music, food, and a lot more fun. More information will be made available in the coming weeks, but you can already visit your campus nurse to register for your campus or order a T-shirt for this year's event.
A Message from Mrs. Martinsen - Keller ISD Film Festival
If your child is wanting to enter the Keller Film Festival, please try and send your child’s film(s) to Ms. M at Stacie.Martinsen@kellerisd.net by the early part of Spring Break so that I can watch them and make editing suggestions.
Many students have sent their films in to me and I have offered many constructive critiques to help improve the quality of their films for the competition.
Once you are finished filming and editing, simply upload your child’s film to YouTube or Vimeo and email the link to me.
I appreciate many of you will be filming during Spring Break; try to send the films to me so you have time to make changes, if necessary.
It has been my pleasure to work with and encourage your children in class to participate in these wonderful projects. The deadline for final entry in the Keller Film Festival is Monday, March 20…which is quickly approaching.
Happy Filmmaking,
Ms. M
Important Dates
March 13-17
Spring Break
April 14 & April 17
Bad Weather Make-up Days