March 7-11, 2016
Third Grade News
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Stephanie Gray- stephanie.gray@rss.k12.nc.us
Mary Ann Parrish- mary.parrish@rss.k12.nc.us
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Achieve 3,000 - Student Goal for March
NOTE: Students in Mrs. Eury's class must complete all 10 of their required articles in class.
Benchmark Testing - March 9th & 10th
Reading and math benchmark tests will be administered this week. Third graders will take their online reading test on Wednesday, March 9th. The online math benchmark test will be administered on Thursday, March 10th. Students will have up to 2 hours to complete each of these tests. Students with testing accommodations will receive extended time.
Dental Screenings - March 10th
Yearbook Sales End March 16
Family Science Night - March 17 at 6:00 PM
Calling All Dragons: It's Time to Jump Rope for Heart
This Week's Learning Topics:
Math Topics:
3.MD.4 Generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch. Show the data by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in appropriate units— whole numbers, halves, or quarters. (Mon.-Tues.)
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. (Wed.-Fri.)
3.G.2 Partition shapes into parts with equal areas. Express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole. For example, partition a shape into 4 parts with equal area, and describe the area of each part as 1/4 of the area of the shape. (Wed.-Fri.)
I Can:
I can discuss and identify the characteristics of quadrilaterals using technology and manipulatives. (Wed.-Fri.)
What will we learn?
During the early part of this week, your child will be reviewing what he/she has learned about fractions and measurement. An end-of-unit assessment will be given on Tuesday, March 8th.
Later in the week, students will begin to explore the common traits of quadrilaterals:
- 4-sided, closed shapes formed with straight lines
Within the family of quadrilaterals, students will learn about parallelograms, rectangles and squares -- as well as the trapezoid and kite shapes.
Reading Topics
RL 3.2 - Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures: determine central message, lesson or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
I Can:
What Will We Learn?
Science Topics
3.P.1 Understand motion and factors that affect motion.
- 3.P.1.1 Infer changes in speed or direction resulting from forces acting on an object.
- 3.P.1.2 Compare the relative speeds (faster or slower) of objects that travel the same distance in different amounts of time.
- 3.P.1.3 Explain the effect of earth’s gravity on the motion of any object on or near the earth.