Third Grade News
with our Terrific Third Grade Teachers
Meet Your Teachers:
​Jennifer Tucker: jenntucker@iss.k12.nc.us
Megan Sanders: Megan_Sanders@iss.k12.nc.us
Barbara Pfahler: bpfahler@iss.k12.nc.us
Lara Readling: lreadling@iss.k12.nc.us
Emily Moore: Emily_Moore@iss.k12.nc.us
Christina Ruyle: christina_ruyle@iss.k12.nc.us
​Meg Mabry: Margaret_Mabry@iss.k12.nc.us
The Week of: April 29th - May 3rd
What's Going on in the Classroom:
Yearbook Information:
Any orders received by Feb. 22 will be priced at $18. After that, the price becomes $20.
Yearbooks are for sale online only.
Spring Pictures:
Spring Pictures:
Spring Pictures: Due April 30th
If you are not going to purchase, please return the entire package. If you want to purchase the pricing is as listed below:
Pricing:
$45 - Entire Package
$39 - 5 sheets
$33 - 4 sheets
$27 - 3 sheets
$21 - 2 sheets
$14 - 1 sheet
Reading Nook:
Magnetic Reading:
Unit 6: Art in Action
Focus Question: How can people use art to show what they care about?
Students will learn in this lesson:
- How to distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
Students will review and practice:
- Ask and answer questions
- Describe characters
- Determine word meanings
Idiom of the Week:
- Heart of Gold: to be a kind and very caring person.
- Unit 14: Do You?
- Test: May 10th
Nightly Reading/Homework: Please read 20-30 minutes nightly.
- Can be fluency passages sent home and comprehension sheets.
The Literacy at Home for 3rd grade is FILLED with resources to help at home.
Don't forget to start building your reading stamina. Start by reading 20-30 minutes each night and grow from there. This will help prepare for EOGs at the end of the year.
Magnetic Spelling:
Look for list sent home on Weekly Words list each week.
Monday, May 6th: Lesson 20 Spelling Test
Friday, May 10th: Connect It Test
Monday, May 13th: Unit 6 Test
Additional Literacy Support:
Math:
Math
Focus:
- Capacity and Weight
Test & Quizzes: Usually Fridays (or by teacher discretion)
Science and Social Studies (PYP)
Plants
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PYP Corner: Think about how you can be Reflective this month!
Current Events:
Upcoming Due Dates for Current Events:
Make sure to have the article printed. If you can't print the article, send it to your child's teacher before Friday.
- May 3rd
- May 10th (Last one!)
Websites You Can Use for Current Events:
EOG Review:
Standard: RI3.8
Key Words:
- determine
- author
- author's message
- author's claim
- detail
- comparison
- cause/effect
- sequential order
Essential Skills:
- Identify facts and details the author has cited as evidence to support his points.
- Identify how one sentence is connected to the sentence before and after it (i.e., sequence).
- Understand how a concept continues from one paragraph to another.
- Understand cause and effect and comparisons.
Question Stems:
- What is the author's message/claim?
- What details or facts support the author's claim?
- How was the text written? (Comparison, cause/effect, or sequential order)
- How does the author connect the ideas in each of the paragraphs to the topic of the text?
- How does this sentence connect with what we read earlier?
- What organizational pattern was used to write this text?
- Did the photographs help you understand the author's meaning? How?
To Do:
Other Helpful Websites:
Choice Boards for Virtual Days
Coddle Creek Elementary: An IB World School
Website: https://coddlecreek.issnc.org/
Location: 141 Frank's Crossing Loop, Mooresville, NC 28115
Phone: 704-439-1550
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoddleCreekElementary