3rd Grade News
January 10-14
Welcome and Reminders
We are so happy to have the students back after break! They have been working hard every day, and learning new strategies for STAAR! Below you will find important dates, reminders, and what we are learning.
Upcoming Dates
January 17: MLK Day/No School
January 26: Reading Benchmark #1
January 31: 100th Day of School
February 7-11: Book Fair
February 11: Valentine's Day Parties in the Afternoon
February 17th: Report Card Day
February 18: No School for Students
February 21: Presidents Day/No School
Our week at a glance
Reading/Language Arts and Writing:
- Central Idea
Math:
- Division
Science:
- Weight
Social Studies
- Famous People (MLK, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Todd Beamer)
Homework
Please make sure your child is doing their reading and math homework each week. It is important that they are working through the problems and using their strategies taught in class.
There will be a reading and math assignment that will go home on 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!