Third Grade News You Can Use
Mrs. Biggs, Mrs. Hatcher, Ms. Head, Mrs. Lawley, Mr. Mendez
This Week
- Reading - Procedural Texts, Word Meaning, Dictionary Skills
- Writing - Procedural Texts
- Grammar - Possessive Nouns
- Spelling - Inflectional Endings (-s, -ed, -ing)
- Math - Using a frequency table, dot plot, pictograph, or bar graph with scaled intervals
- Social Studies - Map Skills
- Science - Ecosystems
Important Dates
*Monday, March 19, 2018 - Student Holiday
*Thursday, March 22, 2018 - Report Cards Go Home
*Friday, March 23, 2018 - Talent Show @5pm
*Friday, March 30, 2018 - No School
*Monday, April 2, 2018 - No School
STAAR Reading Strategies
WHAT GREAT READERS DO!
- Circle or Highlight Title
- Make a prediction what you think text will be about.
- Read the Text.
- Visualize what you are reading.
- Write Main Idea or draw a picture for each paragraph.
- Highlight underlined words.
- Read the questions and determine if they can be found in the text or a thinking question.
- Answer Questions with text evidence.
- Check Your Answer
- Bubble All Your Answers Neatly and Correctly.
School Supplies
As the semester continues, please make sure your student has the following supplies as we use them daily.
-crayons
-colored pencils
-pencils
-erasers
-highlighters
-scissors
-glue sticks