The Word on Third
Third Grade Newsletter - September 20, 2019
Calendar
September 23 - Student Holiday, Teacher Professional Development Day
October 1 - Spring Creek Barbeque Spirit Night, 5:00 p.m.
October 7 - Stomp Out Bullying - Wear blue
October 9 - Fire Prevention - Wear red
October 14 - Columbus Day - Student and Teacher Holiday
October 15 - Fall picture day
Future dates:
October 21 - Ft. Worth Zoo Field Trip
November 11 - Veteran's Day Program
April 27 - UTA Planetarium
The most important things...
All students received their planners this week. You can find them in their backpacks nightly and if there are any behavioral concerns from the day will be noted there. If it is an extreme circumstance you will be notified directly by a third grade teacher.
We are so thankful to the parents who have signed up with us for Class Dojo. If you have not signed up, please do so. Class Dojo will be used as a portal for communication, as well as behavior. If you need another copy of the invitation just let us know and we shall be happy to print another one out and send it home in the Monday folder. The invitations have all been sent home previously. When you log in you will be able to see your child's progress in behavior and be able to receive messages quickly and efficiently from your teachers.
Highlights of the Week
- We finished our Science presentations on the States of Matter! The projects were many and varied from videos, to a Kahoot, and one group even made a book!
- We continued Reading Workshop and discussed prediction based on character traits and we reviewed retelling a story.
- We continued to craft multiple personal narratives.
- We continued Words Their Way on their iPads and some took their first test online.
- In Math we finished Place Value!
- We visited the with Mrs. Bonacci in the Learning Commons and we were finally able to check out library books!
What we are learning next week...
Writing: Choose a personal narrative to take all the way through the writing process.
Social Studies: Continue geography and mapping skills
Math: Addition and Subtraction with Data Analysis
Science: Mixtures
Scholastic Story Works - LAST CHANCE!
Parent corner
Great news from GCISD! The school board recently voted to lower the property tax rate! Read all about it at the site below.
https://www.gcisd.net/news/what_s_new/gcisd_lowers_property_tax_rate
GCISD Family
In case you missed it...
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nrg2G02ExwQljxF7pFglyq1Gao6P3SSlg2au4HboshY/edit#slide=id.p
The Third Grade Team
allyson.dickinson@gcisd.net, @OCTDickinson
morgan.epperson@gcisd.net, @OCTEpperson
lesley.osborne@gcisd.net, @OCTOsborne
melissa.trussell@gcisd.net, @OCTBurt (Mrs. Burt)