3rd Grade News
October 31st - November 4th
Happy Monday!
Welcome back! We hope everyone had a fun and relaxing weekend!
Happy Book Character Dress-Up day from Junie B Jones!
Don't forget that Arcade Games are due tomorrow, Tuesday, November 1st! We can't wait to see (and play) all the fun games that the students have created!
Thursday, November 10th, third graders will be presenting our Veteran's Day program. Please see the announcement below. Here is the link for practicing the songs at home:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEMHQmMYiZURewJXV9pnPY8GorFE7fURA
Please see below for important dates, learning targets and spelling words.
Important Dates
October
Monday, October 31st - Book Character Dress-up Day
Monday October 31st - November 4th - Book Fair
November
Tuesday, November 1st - Cardboard Arcade Games Due
Thursday, November 3rd - Pajama Day
Thursday, November 3rd - Wells Family Learning Night - Milk and Bookies
Tuesday, November 8th - Spirit Night at Jet's Pizza, 2411 Coit Rd (Next to Haggard Library)
Monday, November 10th - Veteran's Day Assembly @ 8:15am and 6:30pm
Wells Family Learning Night
Wells Family Learning Night
Milk and Bookies is back again!!
Thursday, November 3, 2016
Learning Activities:
*Book Fair Opens at 5:30 p.m.*
6:00-7:15 p.m. Classrooms open for Family Learning Events
7:15-7:45 p.m. Milk and “Bookies” in the Gym
Wells Teachers are working on a great night of learning with teachers reading stories, animal exhibits and math & science activities in each grade level. It all wraps up
milk and cookies in the gym while Principal Ramos reads a bedtime story!!
Pajama Day on November 3rd during the school day – so head over to Milk and Bookies Learning Night in your PJ’s!!
Please note: This is a family fun and learning night – students must be chaperoned by
adults. Thank you!
Veteran's Day Program
We will be honoring United States Veterans and active duty military personnel on Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 8:15 a.m. in our gym. ***
Wells’ families are encouraged to invite Veterans and active duty military personnel to the assembly. They will be considered our guests and will be recognized at the assembly.
The Wells third graders will be performing a thirty minute patriotic program in honor of our guests. Students are encouraged to practice at home and can use the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEMHQmMYiZURewJXV9pnPY8GorFE7fURA
Our guests will need to arrive between 7:45 and 8:05 a.m. A reception will be available beginning at 8:45 a.m. for our honorees and their student host.
Additionally, we are also filling our display cases by the library in tribute to United States Veterans. Please submit a high resolution picture as an attachment to Ms. Hirunrusme at janet.hirunrusme@pisd.edu. The 3rd graders will be making frames to go with your pictures to be displayed in the locked cases. They must be in by Wednesday, November 2, 2016, so we can put up the display cases. Please include the veterans’ information as well. (Name, Military branch served, years of service, and relation to student)
Finally, if you are bringing a guest to our morning or evening performance on November 10th, please tell your guest to have their driver’s license with them and sign in at the front office for the morning performance.
If you have any questions, please contact Shonda.Winkler@pisd.edu
***There will also be a 6:30 p.m. performance in the evening, Thursday, Nov 10, 2016.
Think Through Math
Home Access URL: https://clever.com/in/pisd
Login: Network User Name (how they log onto the computer at school)
firstname.lastname.1
Password: Network Password (their regular computer password)
3We.123456 (student id #)
Learning Targets
I can develop new vocabulary.
I can use my knowledge of digraphs to spell.
I can identify the topic and locate the author's purpose.
I can use commas in a series.
I can answer comprehension questions using text evidence.
MATH
I can solve a problem involving 9s facts.
I can use number sense to identify patterns when multiplying by 10.
I can break an array apart to represent the sum of two multiplication facts.
I can solve a problem involving multiplying by 3.
I can solve a problem involving multiplying by 4.
SCIENCE
I can demonstrate and observe how forces such as magnetism and gravity act on objects.
I can observe and describe properties of matter.
SOCIAL STUDIES
I can describe how important our Veterans are to us and how they helped our country.
I can identify and compare the characteristics of different regions.
Spelling Words
Digraphs
1. chick
2. much
3. pitch
4. teacher
5. lunch
6. hatch
7. cheese
8. stretch
9. thick
10. truth
11. whales
12. fish
13. what
14. them
15. pathway
16. stream
17.three
18. scribble
19. sandwich
20. weather