March 21-25, 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
Cheryl Patterson- cheryl.patterson@rss.k12.nc.us
Spring Break Stars March 25!
Yearbook Sales Extended through April 15th!
Achieve 3,000 Goal for March
NOTE: Students in Mrs. Eury's class must complete all 10 of their required articles in class.
Candy Bar Sale Continues!
The GQPTA has decided to extend the Candy Bar Fundraiser until after Spring Break! We have BIG plans for the playground that include purchasing swings and expanding the walking track. We need your help selling as many candy bars as possible. If you need another box, please send in a note to your teacher.
The top seller in K-2 & 3-5 will win a Razor 360, the K-2 & 3-5 top classes will win an ice cream party and we have one more super cute stuffed animal to raffle off at the end of the sale. Good luck selling!!
This Week's Learning Topics:
Math Topics:
3.MD.8 Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons, including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, finding an unknown side length, and exhibiting rectangles with the same perimeter and different areas or with the same area and different perimeters.
I Can:
What will we learn?
Students continue this week to build on their knowledge of quadrilaterals and measurement to find the perimeter of quadrilaterals.
Reading Topics
RI.3.8. Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence) Read these two paragraphs. Can you tell how the ideas in the two paragraphs are connected? (time order, comparison of events/ideas, cause/effect) Can you find the part of the text that comes after this part? Can you find the next step/event/idea? What particular words or sentences help you know what comes next? What is similar about what is presented in these two texts? What is different?
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.