Tarvin 3rd Grade

October 25-29

Trailblazer of the Week!

We are excited to recognize the Trailblazers of the week! These 3rd graders have demonstrated integrity, responsibility, kindness, and positivity. They are dreaming big, creating a path, and leading the way!

Living Museum!!

We will be hosting a Living Museum on Friday, November 5th from 1:20-2:20 PM. Students are currently researching a self selected famous person in the classroom and becoming an expert on this person. They will be typing up a report and then presenting their research dressed up as their famous person. Now that we are in the yellow, you are invited to attend!! If you would like to do so, you will need to sign up in the office and receive a visitor sticker. If you choose to take pictures or record, we ask that you take pictures of/record your student only. We are so excited to see our students own their learning and present their research to others!

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Upcoming Dates

October 25-29: Red Ribbon Week

- Monday - Wear something RED

- Tuesday - Dress like a rockstar

- Wednesday - Dress like a superhero

- Thursday - Dress as your favorite storybook character

- Friday - Wear your pajamas

October 27: Early Release at 1:25 PM

October 28: Trunk or Treat 5 PM

November 2: Staff Development/Student Holiday

November 5: Living Museum at 1:20-2:20 PM

November 5-12: Book Fair

November 10: Early Release at 1:25 and Picture Retakes

November 11: Literacy Night at 5 PM

November 12: Turkey Trot

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This Week we are Learning...

Language Arts: In reading, we will begin a new study on narrative nonfiction. Students will explore biographies and will learn that narrative nonfiction can tell a story using a narrative structure in order to make the topic interesting and appealing to the reader. Biographies, the primary focus of this unit, offer the opportunity to learn about history and explore other cultures and times.

In writing, students will connect what they are learning during reading through a short-term research project on an important historical figure that interests them and taking their piece through the writing process.

Math: Students will continue exploring multiplication and will begin solving multiplication word problems. Students will visualize, identify, and make groups of objects to determine the total number of items, build a variety of models (number line, array, ratio table) to represent multiplication, and use a basic unit of measurement to investigate other objects and compare using multiplicative thinking.

Social Studies: Students will understand the basic structures and functions of the various levels of government as well as the characteristics of good citizenship needed in order to support and contribute to our democracy.

Social Emotional Learning: We will continue studying the 7 Habits of Happy Kids! This week we will be talking about Habit 5: Seek first to understand then to be understood. As we learn about Habit 5, we will discover:

Listening to others beliefs, ideas, and feelings
Seeing things from other peoples points of view
Listening without interrupting
Sharing our opinions and feelings respectfully

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A Few Reminders:

Please be sure to send in a water bottle labeled with your child's name every day! It is still very hot at recess and your child will continue to have access to water bottle filling stations on campus. Let's stay hydrated!

Our lunch time is at 11:50, so we will be having a morning snack break. Please send in a healthy snack each day.
We love to celebrate our students when it is their birthday! In addition, you may send in a small, individually wrapped treat for your child to hand out to friends at the end of our school day.
If there are any transportation changes for your child, please be sure to email your child's teacher AND CC our receptionist, Laura Ryon (laura.ryon@leanderisd.org) by 2:00pm. Your classroom teacher may not see your email until the end of the day and we want to ensure your child gets home to you safely!
Please make note of our Wednesday Early Release at 1:25pm. Here is a link to the LISD Calendar for the dates for the rest of the year.
To report an absence, please email tarvinattendance@leanderisd.org and include your students name, grade, date of absence, reason for absence, and attach a doctors note if applicable. For any additional questions, please contact denise.thompson@leanderisd.org