3rd Grade Newsletter
Monday, November 22 - Friday, December 3
Announcements & Upcoming Dates
NWEA Middle of Year Assessment
Dos:
- Make sure students are well-rested.
- Eat a quality breakfast and lunch.
- Have a working microphone and webcam.
- Have a quiet work area, free of distractions.
- Help students read the assessment or give answers.
- Stress out! We want to see what areas teachers need to target to meet students' needs.
Exact Path (Edmentum)
Free Tutoring
Missing Mondays
Quarter 2 TGAs
Math TGA, a Writing TGA, and a Writing Work Sample. Teacher Graded Assignments are worth 30% of your grade in Math and ELA. These TGAs are an opportunity for students to apply the skills they are learning in classes and lessons and for teachers to provide individualized feedback. It is vital that students complete these and turn them into Seesaw each quarter. See below for information on the 2nd quarter TGAs.
Math TGA - due in Seesaw by 5:00 p.m. Friday, October 29th
- Big Ideas-Mini Project from Math Unit 2, Lesson 23- Shopping on an Alien Planet
- See attachment below and click here for a video explaining the Math TGA.
Writing TGA - due in Seesaw by 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 10th
- Final draft of your Narrative-Short Story from Units 2 and 3 of the ELA course. Final draft is from Unit 3, Lesson 8
- See attachment below and click here for a video explaining the Writing TGA.
Writing Work Sample - due in Seesaw by 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 23rd
- You will be reading two stories, "Lacy's Trip to the Lake "and "The Chair Mistake" and writing a journal entry as one of the characters from the stories.
- See attachment below for directions and click here for a video explaining the Writing Work Sample.
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Important Upcoming Dates
- November 23- Quarter 2 Writing Sample due in Seesaw
- November 24-26- No School-Thanksgiving Break
- December 1-9- NWEA Testing Window
- December 15- Last Day of 2nd Quarter - All OLS work is due TODAY
- December 15- Ice Skating Outing
Course Information
ELA
Unit 4-Snowy Days
In Unit 4 of ELA, we will continue reading texts all about snow! We will be learning about the different features we see in nonfiction, including text features such as graphs, photographs, diagrams, glossary, captions, and more. We will also compare and contrast fiction and nonfiction through reading texts about snow. In the second half of Unit 4, we will be learning about informative writing skills.
Math
MindPlay
In order to complete the lesson, students need to click the "Open MindPlay" link inside the course and actively work for 30 minutes in MindPlay before marking the lesson complete in the OLS.
Foreign Language
Mr. Thomas & Mrs. Ratzloff's Corner
If your child has a disability, special education can help your child learn, develop social skills, and enjoy school again.
Special Education Information:
- You will work as part of a team along with others from the school to develop an Individualized Education Program or IEP.
- The IEP is developed by the IEP team at a meeting. An IEP is good for one year. It can be changed anytime during the year in another IEP team meeting.
- The IEP team has a very important job. You will want to attend the meetings to be part of all the decisions about your child.
- You know your child best. The IEP team needs you!
7 Mindsets Corner
The Role of the Learning Coach
Reminders:
- Learning Coaches should read and respond to emails daily.
- If your student is absent, please email all of your student's teachers.
- Make sure student is attending live Class Connects and completing daily lessons in the OLS.
Tips & Tricks for a Successful School Year
- Class connect attendance is extremely important in addition to completing online coursework. Please prioritize attending class, including Morning Meeting, every day and email all teachers if you know you are going to be absent. Communicate with your homeroom teacher about any scheduling conflicts.
- Create a family schedule to stay on track with all students' class connects.
- Come to class prepared. Be sure to eat, use the restroom, do chores, etc. before or after class connects. Log in to class a few minutes early with your materials and be ready to start on time.
- All assignments require 80% mastery in order to be marked complete. Click here to watch a video showing how to retake an assessment. If you run out of attempts, contact your homeroom teacher.
- Watch recordings of any missed class connects. Click here to see how to access recordings.
- Clear out browser cache, cookies, and history daily to ensure that your computer runs smoothly with Newrow. Click here for instructions. Shut down your computer each night.
Important Websites
Teacher Contact Information
Erin Brady
Emily Marks
Danielle Younger
Holly Moore
Ryleigh Lane
Call: (405) 259-9478, ext. 3338
Marissa Gage
Jennifer Ratzloff
Seth Thomas
Special Education Teacher
Call: (405) 259-9478 ext.3345
Call or Text: (495) 633-2446