Third Grade News
Week of December 11th
🐈⬛ Happenings
Please ensure that your child's chromebook is charged each night.
The weather is getting chilly and the lost and found is filling up. Please label your child's jackets, hats, etc. so when they are misplaced they can find their way back.
Regular attendance is vital to your child's success at school. Please make every effort to have your child at school daily. Late arrivals and early checkouts also cause students to miss a lot of instructional time.
The second 9 weeks is well under way. It is a great practice to make corrections to work being sent home for your child to practice the skills. These corrections do not need to be returned to the teacher, as previously mentioned we do not offer grade corrections after the first 9 weeks.
Please login weekly with your child to view grades and check for missing assignments. If you need a parent portal login for PowerSchool please contact the front office. Students can also login on their Chromebook to check grades.
Keep reading to see our Wildcats of the Week!
Craft Day December 19th!
Thank you to everyone for purchasing things for craft day so quickly! We only have a few items left.
Note from PE 🏃♂️
Botvin LifeSkills permission forms went home with your student this past week. Please return these as soon as you can, no later than Friday January 12. Carteret County Schools has been teaching BOTVIN Lifeskills to students for the past several years through their Health and Physical Education classes. The Botvin LifeSkills Training Elementary School program is a comprehensive and developmentally appropriate substance abuse and violence prevention program designed for upper elementary school students. This curriculum has been proven to help increase self-esteem, develop healthy attitudes, and improve the student's knowledge of essential life skills – all of which promote healthy and positive personal development. This program is aligned to the National Health Education standards and to CASEL’s social and emotional learning (SEL) competencies. BOTVIN Lifeskills will be taught to students in grades 3-5 on an Opt-In basis. Students who do not participate in the curriculum delivery will be assigned an alternative assignment. Lessons will begin on January 22 and end on March 12. Please email Wesley Pearson at wesley.pearson@carteretk12.org if you have any questions or if you need another permission form.
💡Reminders
*Any transportation changes MUST be written in the students agenda.
*Absence notes need to be turned in within 2 days. After this time the absence will remain unexcused per county policy. Not all absences qualify to be excused. These notes must be in writing.
*We have several allergies in third grade. Please let us know well in advanced if you plan to send in a birthday treat. This gives us a chance to make arrangements so nobody is left out. Please have any treats that are being sent in be things that can be easily passed out. Individual cupcakes, doughnuts, treat bags are quick and easy.
*Students are responsible to any damages to their chromebook, if the $15 tech fee is not paid they will be billed for the full replacement cost of the part. Please consider paying this.
📖 What We are Learning
Math- Math story problems with all 4 operations.
Reading-
Student will be learning types of figurative language. We will be having an Idiom Day on Dec. 15th. Students will come to school dressed as their favorite idiom.
Writing-
Students are practicing cursive. Students are also working on responding to text dependent questions.
Science- We will begin learning about Force and Motion
Social Studies-
Holidays around the World.
➕ Math ➖
Fantastic Five
The Fantastic Five is a tool that we use to spiral review topics that have been taught to your child. The question types are meant to have students show their work and use their math strategies that we have been working on in class. It is a great idea to go over these questions again with your child to ensure their understanding. The goal is to keep previously taught skills fresh and to get students used to the different question stems. The yearly testing tries to trick our students and this gives them the upper hand as the wording is very similar to what they are expected to know on state test. During the 1st 9 weeks I will accept test corrections for partial credit. The daily sheets are for practice only and are not graded.
✏️ Words to Know
About- close to, almost, students should round to the nearest 10 or 100 when they see this
Difference- the answer to a subtraction problem
Estimate- the strategy we use in 3rd grade to estimate is rounding to either the nearest 10 or 100
Less-fewer, usually a clue for subtraction
More- greater number, usually a clue to add
Round- making a number simpler and easier to use but keeping it close to what it was and understanding that it is less accurate (e.g., rounding to the nearest 10; 73 rounds to 70, 48 rounds to 50).
Sum- the answer to an addition problem
✍️Fundations
Courtyard is Open!
The courtyard is open for lunch with your child. However, please keep an eye on the weather before coming. We do not have room for parents to eat inside with their child.
11:55-12:20 Morris and Hartman
12:00-12:25 Reynolds and Edwards
12:05-12:30 Marble and Self
🐾 Wildcats of the Week! 🐾
Big shoutout to our Wildcats who have shown positive behavior all week!
Charlotte P.
Aiden J.
Storey S.
Sarah Grace B.
Ryllie B.
Caiden T.
Vincent L.
Please fill out the free and reduced lunch form if you think your family might qualify.
Money can be added to students accts. via the linq app (student number will be needed) or sent in (cash/check) with your child's name.