3rd Grade News
August 30 - September 3
Welcome and Reminders
We are off to a great start of the year! The students have been working hard every day!
Reminder:
- Please try and make sure your student is present at school. We will be doing 3rd grade MAP testing this week and need everyone here!
- If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your child's teacher.
Dates to Remember
August 30th/31st: Math MAP testing
September 1st/2nd: Reading MAP testing
September 1: Math Place Value Test
September 6th: Labor Day (no school)
September 10th: Class t-shirt orders are due
September 24th: End of first 6 weeks
Our week at a glance
Reading/Language Arts and Writing:
- Theme
- Subject and Predicate
- Personal Narratives
Math:
- Place Value
- Review Addition Facts
Science:
- Discuss science jobs
- Scientific Method
Social Studies
- Being a good citizen
Homework
We will have homework this week (August 30-September 3).
There will be a reading and math assignment that will go home on the first day of each week (usually Monday) and will be due by the last day of each week (usually Friday).
Grading Policy
- 10-12 grades will be recorded in Skyward for Reading/Language Arts
- 10-12 grades will be recorded in Skyward for Math
- 5-6 grades will be recorded in Skyward for Science
- 5-6 grades will be recorded in Skyward for Social Studies
- Daily grades below a 70 may be redone at home.
- No grade higher than a 70 may be recorded in Skyward for a redone daily grade.
- Assessments are not subject to the correction policies.
Birthdays
AR Parent Letter
The Renaissance Place Accelerated Reading (AR) Prorgam is a big part of your child's reading experience in my class. Their personal goals are set each six weeks and are calculated based upon their individual reading levels and 15-20 minutes of reading each day for five days per week. This helps them become better readers, promotes reading level progress, and builds stamina which they will need by May in order to get through the Reading STAAR.
It is important that students are reading at home in order to meet their goals. Some students will require a little encouragement and motivation from their parents.
Your child can earn AR prizes when their goals are met each six weeks. In order to qualify for the rewards, your child must reach their points goal as well as maintain an 80% overall quiz average. Please see that your child understands that earning the reward is two-fold. (Occasionally a student doesn't remember that it requires meeting the points goal and maintaining an average of at least 80%, and it makes me sad to have to tell them they didn't make it when they thought they had.)
Thank you so much for helping your child succeed! I'm looking forward to a great year!