1. 3rd Grade Academy UPCOMING TESTS IMPORTANT DATES HOMEWORK TEAM NOTES
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3rd Grade Academy
TEAM NOTES
EARLY RELEASE (Wednesday Schedule) NEXT WEEK
ON TUESDAY (1/13), WEDNESDAY (1/14), & THURSDAY (1/15)
(This is due to the end-of-semester testing schedule at the high schools.)
Math practice All subjects username: sawgrassbay password: sawgrass
Math practice Reading/Language Arts download program or app
Spelling/Vocabulary SBES school website and class websites
Search - “Sawgrass Bay El;ementary”, “Third Grade”,
scroll to bottom, locate upcoming testing dates
STEM – Mrs. Miller
Learning Goal Math – Draw bar graphs and pictographs, and answer questions about the data, as well as solve two-step problems using the four operations, with letters to represent unknown quantities.
At the end of the year, your child will take a timed test on multiplication facts. They need to start practicing their tables at home.
Learning Goal Science – The Universe
*** Check out *** There are great Science and Math videos that can help your child review for the upcoming tests. Also, you may find helpful math videos on On my webpage, you will find the codes for the current skills being taught in Math.
ELA – Mrs. Fulton
Reading
Text Features -- titles/subtitles, pictures/photos, captions, charts, time lines, maps, bold words, etc.
Text Structure – cause/effect, time order, compare/ contrast, etc.
Author’s Point of View – key words that alert you to the author’s feeling about their topic; how knowing the point of view helps you understand the text better
Here are some questions to ask when you are reading with your child:
What can you learn from the pictures in the text?
How do text features help you understand the better?
How is the text organized? Why do you think it is organized this way?
What is the author’s point of view (opinion) of the topic they are writing about? How do you know?
What is your point of view of the topic of the text?
Language Arts
Review of capitalization rules and writing complete sentences in preparation for the Unit 4 Published Product.
UPCOMING TESTS
Reading/Language Arts –
Mon. & Tues., 1/12 & 1/13 – Unit 4 Published Product
Wed., 1/14 – Cold Read & Vocabulary Test (1st word “speck”)
Wed., 1/ Spelling Test (1st word “word”)
Wed., 1/28 – Vocabulary Test (1st word “floppy”)
Math – Performance task – postponed from last week.
Science – There will be quizzes as we finish lessons throughout chapter 2 – The Solar System.
IMPORTANT DATES
January 13 – Early Release
January 15 – Early Release
January 16th – No school – teacher
workday.
January 19th – No School – Martin Luther
King Jr. Day
January 26th – Report Cards Issued
HOMEWORK
STEM HOMEWORK
1/12 – patterns and 2-step word problems
1/13– patterns and 2-step word problems
1/14 – patterns and 2-step word problems
1/15 – No homework .
READING/LA HOMEWORK
All Smart 7 Strategies have to be used to get credit for homework!
Mon., 1/12 – Big and Bold, p. 127 (fact & opinion)
Tues., 1/13 – Up, Up, and Away!, p. 163 (fact & opinion)
Wed., 1/14– Filming Animals, p. 164 (fact & opinion)
Thurs., 1/15– No Homework