3rd Grade Newsletter
Week of 11/18-11/22
Upcoming Events
Thursday, November 21: Hawk Awards Assembly (you will be notified if your child is receiving an award) // Thanksgiving Lunch (3rd grade 11:30-12:00)// Parent-Teacher Conferences 4 pm - 8 pm
Friday, November 22: Parent-Teacher Conferences 8 am - 12 pm
November 25-29: Thanksgiving Break
Monday, December 2: Math PBL DUE - see information below
Wednesday, December 11: Grinch Day - Wear green
Friday, December 13: Polar Express Day - Wear school appropriate pajamas
No Math Homework This Week!
Parent/Teacher Conferences
If your child is in Garcia's homeroom, please click here.
If your child is in Inman's homeroom, please click here.
For Inman/Garcia, if you'd like to schedule a conference with both teachers, you can use the links above to get the same time slot for both sign up sheets. OR you can let us know you want the conference together, and we can let you know other days/times where we can meet with you together.
Our goal is to meet with 100% of our parents during the month of November. If the 21st/22nd doesn't work for you, please let us know and we will work out a different time to meet before Thanksgiving break.
Math, Math, and Math!
When we are preparing for a Unit Assessment or Curriculum Based Assessment (CBA), we will continue sending home a review beforehand. For students who complete the test review and turn it in on test day each time, they will receive 10 points toward their test grade. The test review must be complete and work must be shown in order for the credit to be given.
Lastly, for the 3rd 6 weeks, we are assigning an at-home math project that will be used as a TEST GRADE. Project Based Learning is proven by research to be a helpful tool for students and teachers. It allows students to show their mastery/understanding of a topic without taking "another boring test." It can be fun to do and allows students to use their creativity. In this newsletter, we have included a PDF with all the information about the project as well as a PDF with the grading rubric we will be using. You will know exactly what we as the teachers are looking for from the project.
FOCUS of the Week
Math: I can recall facts to multiply up to 10 by 10 with automaticity and recall the corresponding division facts. I can determine the number of objects in each group when a set of objects is partitioned equally. I can determine a quotient using the relationship between multiplication and division. I can determine if a number is even or odd using divisibility rules.
Social Studies: I can discuss what makes a community and why people form communities. I can describe and explain variations in the physical environment (climate) and interpret a climate map of Texas.
Science: I can explore and record how soils are formed by weathering of rock and the decomposition of plant and animal remains.
Resource for Home
Please remember that your child may log in to his/her Classlink account through redoakisd.org. This will access our online resources for all subjects.
Classlink Username: Lunch number
Classlink Password: Lunchnumber-initials (first, middle, last)
Once they login to classlink, they can click "Online Digital Resources." Then , Education Galaxy (green square). If they have to login again on the site, the username is: lunch#redoakisd. Password is: lunch#
Snack Time
Contact us!
Conference Time: 8:30-9:15
Mrs. Ramirez: Math jennifer.ramirez@redoakisd.org
Mrs. Aitken: ELAR brea.aitken@redoakisd.org
Mr. Webster: Science, Social Studies wayne.webster@redoakisd.org
Mrs. Inman: Math, Social Studies elyse.inman@redoakisd.org
Red Oak Elementary Phone: 972.617.3523