3rd Grade News
November 28th - December 2nd
Happy Monday!
Welcome back! We hope everyone had a wonderful and relaxing Thanksgiving Break!
Thank you to everyone that has brought canned food. The Student Council Food Drive continues this week until TOMORROW. We have one last day to send in those canned and boxed foods!
Math MAP testing begins this week. You can help your child by making sure that they go to bed on time, eat a good breakfast and bring a healthy snack on his/her testing day.
- Tuesday – Dickinson
- Wednesday – McClure
- Thursday – Cummings and Basham
- Friday - Monk
If your child is interested in doing a Science Fair Project this year, please send in the permission slip that was sent home in orange folders as soon as possible. Mrs. Basham will then send home a Science Fair Handbook with your child. All projects are due on Wednesday, January 11th.
Please see below for important dates, learning targets and spelling words.
Important Dates
November
November 28th-December 2nd: Math MAP testing
December
December 5th-15th: Reading MAP testing
Wednesday, December 7th: PACE referral packets due to Ms. Froemming (see more info below)
Wednesday, December 7th: Student Council Spirit Day - Sports Day
Friday, December 16th: Spirit Assembly, Winter Party (10:45-11:45), Early Release at 12:00
December 19th - January 2nd: Winter Break, students return to school on Jan. 3rd
PACE Testing
If you would like to have your child assessed for PACE, Plano ISD's Gifted and Talented program, please complete and return a referral packet to Ms. Froemming by 3:00 PM on Wednesday, December 7. Packets and additional information can be found at this website.
Feel free to either email the completed packet to Ms. Froemming or return a hard copy. Questions? Please contact Kelly Froemming, Wells PACE teacher, at kelly.froemming@pisd.edu.
Think Through Math
Home Access URL: https://clever.com/in/pisd
Login: Network User Name (how they log onto the computer at school)
firstname.lastname.1
Password: Network Password (their regular computer password)
3We.123456 (student id #)
Learning Targets
I can develop new vocabulary.
I can spell words with r-controlled vowels.
I can determine author’s purpose for a given piece of text.
I can identify simple and compound sentences.
I can identify and use onomatopoeia.
I can answer comprehension questions using text evidence.
MATH
I can recall facts to multiply up to 10 by 10 with automaticity.
I can determine the number of objects in each group when a set is spilt equally.
I can use multiplication strategies to solve to find the product of a multiplication problem.
I can model division by repeatedly subtracting equal-sized groups of objects.
I can determine the quotient using the relationship between multiplication and division.
SCIENCE
I can begin to understand and communicate the importance of environmental engineers.
I can identify sources of pollution and their impact on water quality.
SOCIAL STUDIES
can identify and compare how people in different communities adapt to or modify the physical environment in which they live.
Spelling Words
R Controlled Vowels
1. turns
2. first
3. herds
4. learn
5. purr
6. third
7. earn
8. nurse
9. purse
10. girls
11. firm
12. word
13. world
14. serve
15. worth
16. he’d
17. wasn’t
18. didn’t
19. perfect
20. Thursday