March 25 – 29

Important Dates

March 28th – Easter party at 10:15am

March 29th & April 1st – School holidays

April 4th – Spring Pictures

April 9th – Third Grade STAAR Reading

April 23rd – Third Grade STAAR Math

 

TEKS: MATH

3.9A Explain the connection between human capital/labor and income.
3.9B Describe the relationship between the availability or scarcity of resources and how that impacts cost.
3.9C Identify the costs and benefits of planned and unplanned spending decisions.
3.9D Explain that credit is used when wants or needs exceed the ability to pay and that it is the borrower’s responsibility to pay it back to the lender, usually with interest.
3.9E List reasons to save and explain the benefits of a savings plan, including for college.
3.9F Identify decisions involving income, spending, saving, credit, and charitable giving.

 

STUDENT-FRIENDLY LEARNING OBJECTIVES

I can explain the connections between work and income, education and income, and effort and income.
I can explain the connections between the number of people working together and production and income.
I can explain how human capital can benefit the employer and the company.
I can describe how availability or scarcity of a resource can impact its cost.
I can identify how planned expenses affect people.
I can identify how unplanned expenses affect people.
I can explain why and how credit is used.
I can list reasons to save money.
I can explain the benefits of saving and making a plan to save money.
I can explain how saving affects people.
I can determine when financial decisions involve income.
I can determine when financial decisions involve spending.
I can determine when financial decisions involve saving.
I can determine when financial decisions involve credit.
I can determine when financial decisions involve charitable giving.

 

TEKS: SCIENCE

3.9C – describe environmental changes such as floods and droughts where some organisms thrive and others perish or move to new locations.

STUDENT-FRIENDLY LEARNING OBJECTIVES

I can describe environmental changes and how they affect organisms.

March 18th – 22nd

Important Dates

March 11th-15th –  SPRING BREAK

March 21st – PTO paint party

March 21st – Report cards coming home

March 28th – Easter party at 10:15am

March 29th & April 1st – School holidays

 

TEKS: MATH

3.7C – (S)- determine the solutions to problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes using pictorial models or tools such as a 15-minute event plus a 30-minute event equals 45 minutes

 

STUDENT-FRIENDLY LEARNING OBJECTIVES

I can use tools and models to add intervals of time to solve problems.

I can use tools and models to subtract intervals of time to solve problems.

 

TEKS: SCIENCE

3.9B (R)- identify and describe the flow of energy in a food chain and predict how changes in a food chain affect the ecosystem such as removal of frogs from a pond or bees from a field; and

3.4A – collect, record, and analyze information using tools, including cameras, computers, hand lenses, metric rulers, Celsius thermometers, wind vanes, rain gauges, pan balances, graduated cylinders, beakers, spring scales, hot plates, meter sticks, magnets, collecting nets, notebooks, and Sun, Earth, and Moon system models; timing devices; and materials to support observation of habitats of organisms such as terrariums and aquariums.

 

STUDENT-FRIENDLY LEARNING OBJECTIVES

I can identify the flow of energy in a food chain and predict how changes will affect the ecosystem.
I can describe the flow of energy in a food chain and predict how changes will affect the ecosystem.

March 4-8

Important Dates

March 11th-15th –  SPRING BREAK

March 21st – PTO paint party

March 21st – Report cards coming home

March 28th – Easter party at 10:15am

March 29th & April 1st – School holidays

 

TEKS: MATH

3.6C – (R)- determine the area of rectangles with whole number side lengths in problems using multiplication related to the number of rows times the number of unit squares in each row

3.6D- (S)- decompose composite figures formed by rectangles into non-overlapping rectangles to determine the area of the original figure using the additive property of area

3.7B – (R)- determine the perimeter of a polygon or a missing length when given perimeter and remaining side lengths in problems

 

STUDENT-FRIENDLY LEARNING OBJECTIVES

I can determine the area of rectangles, using multiplication.

I can determine the area of a composite figure.

I can determine the area of composite figures with missing side lengths.

I can determine the perimeter of a polygon.

I can determine the missing length of a side of a polygon.

 

TEKS: SCIENCE

3.A (R) observe and describe the physical characteristics of environments and how they support populations and communities of plants and animals within an ecosystem;

 

STUDENT-FRIENDLY LEARNING OBJECTIVES

I can observe the physical characteristics of the environment and how they support populations and communities of plants and animals within an ecosystem.

I can describe the physical characteristics of the environment and how they support populations and communities of plants and animals within an ecosystem.

February 26 – March 1

Important Dates

Wednesday, Feb. 28th – Early release at 11:30am

 

TEKS: MATH

3.6A – (R)- Classify and sort two- and three-dimensional figures, including cones, cylinders, spheres, triangular and rectangular prisms, and cubes, based on attributes using formal geometric language

3.6B – (S)- Use attributes to recognize rhombuses, parallelograms, trapezoids, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories

3.6E- (S)- decompose two congruent two‐dimensional figures into parts with equal areas and express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole and recognize that equal shares of identical wholes need not have the same shape

 

STUDENT-FRIENDLY LEARNING OBJECTIVES

I can classify and sort two-dimensional figures based on their attributes.

I can classify and sort three-dimensional figures based on their attributes.

I can use attributes to recognize quadrilaterals and triangles.

I can draw nonexamples of quadrilaterals and triangles.

I can decompose a shape into parts with equal areas.

I can explain that equal parts do not have to be the same shape.

 

TEKS: SCIENCE

3.A (R) observe and describe the physical characteristics of environments and how they support populations and communities of plants and animals within an ecosystem;

 

STUDENT-FRIENDLY LEARNING OBJECTIVES

I can observe the physical characteristics of environment and how they support populations and communities of plants and animals within an ecosystem.

I can describe the physical characteristics of environment and how they support populations and communities of plants and animals within an ecosystem.

February 19 – 23

Important Dates

Friday, Feb. 23rd – 3rd grade parent lunch at 11:30am

Wednesday, Feb. 28th – Early release at 11:30am

 

TEKS: MATH

3.6A – (R)- Classify and sort two- and three-dimensional figures, including cones, cylinders, spheres, triangular and rectangular prisms, and cubes, based on attributes using formal geometric language

3.6B – (S)- Use attributes to recognize rhombuses, parallelograms, trapezoids, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories

3.6E- (S)- decompose two congruent two‐dimensional figures into parts with equal areas and express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole and recognize that equal shares of identical wholes need not have the same shape

 

STUDENT-FRIENDLY LEARNING OBJECTIVES

I can classify and sort two-dimensional figures based on their attributes.

I can classify and sort three-dimensional figures based on their attributes.

I can use attributes to recognize quadrilaterals and triangles.

I can draw nonexamples of quadrilaterals and triangles.

I can decompose a shape into parts with equal areas.

I can explain that equal parts do not have to be the same shape.

 

TEKS: SCIENCE

3.8B (S) –  describe and illustrate the Sun as a star composed of gases that provides light and thermal energy;

3.8C (R) – construct models that demonstrate the relationship of the Sun, Earth, and Moon, including orbits and positions; and

3.8D (S – 5th grade) –  identify the planets in Earth’s solar system and their position in relation to the Sun.

 

STUDENT-FRIENDLY LEARNING OBJECTIVES

I can describe the Sun as a star composed of gases that provides light and thermal energy.

I can illustrate the Sun as a star composed of gases that provides light and thermal energy.

I can construct models that demonstrate the relationship of the Sun, Earth, and Moon, including orbits and positions.

 

February 12 – 16

Upcoming important dates:

February 14th – Valentine’s day party at 1pm

February 16th – 19th – School holiday

February 23rd – 3rd grade parent lunch

February 28th – Early release at 11:30am

 

TEKS: MATH

3.3H – (R)- Compare two fractions having the same numerator or denominator in problems by reasoning about their size and justifying the conclusion using symbols, words, objects, and pictorial models.

3.3F – (R)- represent equivalent fractions with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 using a variety of objects and pictorial models, including number lines

3.3G – (S)- explain that two fractions are equivalent if and only if they are both represented by the same point on the number line or represent the same portion of a same-size whole for an area model

 

STUDENT-FRIENDLY LEARNING OBJECTIVES

I can compare two fractions with the same numerator or denominator and justify my conclusion, using symbols.

I can compare two fractions with the same numerator or denominator and justify my conclusion, using words.

I can compare two fractions with the same numerator or denominator and justify my conclusion, using objects.

I can compare two fractions with the same numerator or denominator and justify my conclusion, using models.

I can represent fractions with objects, models, and number lines.

I can explain why two fractions are equivalent.

 

TEKS: SCIENCE

3.8B (S) –  describe and illustrate the Sun as a star composed of gases that provides light and thermal energy;

3.8C (R) – construct models that demonstrate the relationship of the Sun, Earth, and Moon, including orbits and positions; and

3.8D (S – 5th grade) –  identify the planets in Earth’s solar system and their position in relation to the Sun.

 

STUDENT-FRIENDLY LEARNING OBJECTIVES

I can describe the Sun as a star composed of gases that provides light and thermal energy.

I can illustrate the Sun as a star composed of gases that provides light and thermal energy.

I can construct models that demonstrate the relationship of the Sun, Earth, and Moon, including orbits and positions.

I can identify the planets in our solar system.

I can identify the planets in their position in relation to the Sun.

February 12-16

Upcoming Dates: 

  • February 14th- Valentines Party
  • February 16th- No School
  • February 19- School Holiday
  • February 28th- Early Release

TEKS: MATH

3.3H – (R)- Compare two fractions having the same numerator or denominator in problems by reasoning about their size and justifying the conclusion using symbols, words, objects, and pictorial models.
3.3F – (R)- represent equivalent fractions with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 using a variety of objects and pictorial models, including number lines
3.3G – (S)- explain that two fractions are equivalent if and only if they are both represented by the same point on the number line or represent the same portion of a same size whole for an area model

STUDENT FRIENDLY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
I can compare two fractions with the same numerator or denominator and justify my conclusion, using symbols.
I can compare two fractions with the same numerator or denominator and justify my conclusion, using words.
I can compare two fractions with the same numerator or denominator and justify my conclusion, using objects.
I can compare two fractions with the same numerator or denominator and justify my conclusion, using models.
I can represent fractions with objects, models, and number lines.
I can explain why two fractions are equivalent.

 

Homework: Math homework will be sent home Friday and due back the following Thursday.

Mad Minute: We are continuing to study our multiplication facts. Please study those facts with your students.

TEKS: SCIENCE

3.8D (S – 5th grade) – identify the planets in Earth’s solar system and their position in relation to the Sun.

STUDENT-FRIENDLY LEARNING OBJECTIVES

I can identify the planets in our solar system.
I can identify the planets in their position in relation to the Sun.

January 29-February 2

Upcoming Dates: 

  • January 31st- Early Release at 11:30am
  • February 14th- Valentines Party at 1pm
  • February 16th- No School
  • February 19- School Holiday
  • February 28th- Early Release

TEKS: MATH
3.3H – (R)- Compare two fractions having the same numerator or denominator in problems by reasoning about their size and justifying the conclusion using symbols, words, objects, and pictorial models.
3.3F – (R)- represent equivalent fractions with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 using a variety of objects and pictorial models, including number lines
3.3G – (S)- explain that two fractions are equivalent if and only if they are both represented by the same point on the number line or represent the same portion of a same size whole for an area model

 

STUDENT FRIENDLY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
I can compare two fractions with the same numerator or denominator and justify my conclusion, using symbols.
I can compare two fractions with the same numerator or denominator and justify my conclusion, using words.
I can compare two fractions with the same numerator or denominator and justify my conclusion, using objects.
I can compare two fractions with the same numerator or denominator and justify my conclusion, using models.
I can represent fractions with objects, models, and number lines.
I can explain why two fractions are equivalent.

 

Homework: Math homework will be sent home Friday and due back the following Thursday.

Mad Minute: We are continuing to study our multiplication facts. Please study those facts with your students.

TEKS: SCIENCE

3.4A – collect, record, and analyze information using tools, including cameras, computers, hand lenses, metric rulers, Celsius thermometers, wind vanes, rain gauges, pan balances, graduated cylinders, beakers, spring scales, hot plates, meter sticks, magnets, collecting nets, notebooks, and Sun, Earth, and Moon system models; timing devices; and materials to support observation of habitats of organisms such as terrariums and aquariums.
3.8A (R)- observe, measure, record, and compare day-to-day weather changes in different locations at the same time that include air temperature, wind direction, and precipitation;

STUDENT-FRIENDLY LEARNING OBJECTIVES

I can collect weather information using Celsius thermometers, wind vanes and rain gauges.
I can record weather information using Celsius thermometers, wind vanes and rain gauges.
I can observe day-to-day weather changes in different locations at the same time that include air temperature, wind direction and precipitation.
I can measure day-to-day weather changes in different locations at the same time that include air temperature, wind direction and precipitation.
I can compare day-to-day weather changes in different locations at the same time that include air temperature, wind direction and precipitation.

January 22-26

IMPORTANT DATES:

Friday, Jan. 26th – 3rd grade parent lunch at 11:30am

Wednesday, Jan. 31st – Early release at 11:30am

Wednesday, Feb. 14th – Valentine’s party at 1pm

 

TEKS: MATH

3.3 B – (S)- determine the corresponding fraction greater than zero and less than or equal to one with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 given a specified point on a number line
3.3D – (S)- compose and decompose a fraction a/b with a numerator greater than zero and less than or equal to b as a sum of parts 1/b
3.7A- (S) represent fractions as halves, fourths, and eights as distances from 0 on a number line.
3.3 A – (S) represent fractions greater than zero and less than or equal to one with denominators 2,3,4,6,8 using concrete objects and pictorial models, including strip-diagrams and number lines.

 

STUDENT-FRIENDLY LEARNING OBJECTIVES

I can name fractions as points on a number line.
I can represent fractions as distances on a number line.
I can represent fractions, using concrete objects.
I can represent fractions, using strip diagrams.
I can represent fractions, using number lines.
I can compose and decompose a fraction.

 

Homework: Math homework will be sent home Friday and due back the following Thursday.

Mad Minute: We are continuing to study our multiplication facts. Please study those facts with your students.

TEKS: SCIENCE

3.4A – collect, record, and analyze information using tools, including cameras, computers, hand lenses, metric rulers, Celsius thermometers, wind vanes, rain gauges, pan balances, graduated cylinders, beakers, spring scales, hot plates, meter sticks, magnets, collecting nets, notebooks, and Sun, Earth, and Moon system models; timing devices; and materials to support observation of habitats of organisms such as terrariums and aquariums.
3.8A (R)- observe, measure, record, and compare day-to-day weather changes in different locations at the same time that include air temperature, wind direction, and precipitation;

STUDENT-FRIENDLY LEARNING OBJECTIVES

I can collect weather information using Celsius thermometers, wind vanes and rain gauges.
I can record weather information using Celsius thermometers, wind vanes and rain gauges.
I can observe day-to-day weather changes in different locations at the same time that include air temperature, wind direction and precipitation.
I can measure day-to-day weather changes in different locations at the same time that include air temperature, wind direction and precipitation.
I can compare day-to-day weather changes in different locations at the same time that include air temperature, wind direction and precipitation.

December 4th – 8th

Important Dates

  • December 20th: Class Parties
  • December 21st-Jan. 5th: Christmas Break

TEKS: MATH

3.5 E (R)- Represent real-world relationships using number pairs in a table and verbal descriptions

 

STUDENT-FRIENDLY LEARNING OBJECTIVES

I can use a table to show relationships between pairs of numbers.

 

Homework: Math homework will be sent home Friday and due back the following Thursday.

Mad Minute: We are continuing to study our multiplication facts. Please study those facts with your students.

TEKS: SCIENCE

3.7B – investigate rapid changes in Earth’s surface such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and landslides;

STUDENT-FRIENDLY LEARNING OBJECTIVES

I can investigate rapid changes in the Earth’s surface such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and landslides.