Valentines Day Party

The 3rd grade Valentines Day Party will be Tuesday Feb. 14th @ 2 pm.  The sign up sheet for the party will be available in the front office starting Wednesday Feb. 1st.  Parents are welcome to come and attend our party as well.
Students will need to make and bring either a box or basket with their name on the outside to collect their Valentines in.  Please send the boxes on Feb. 14th.  Students will need to bring a Valentine for each student in both 3rd grade classes.  A list of student names were sent home in your students folder today.  If you need another copy please let us know. 

FREE DRESS DAY

Tomorrow(Tuesday) is FREE DRESS DAY if you bring $1!!! The money will go to support the Vista Academy PTO!!!

Spelling Words 1/30-2/3

where

four

were

million

wear

thousand

hundred

eight

forty

thirty

twenty

eleven

twelve

sixteen

fourteen

fifteen

seventeen

eighteen

nineteen

thirteen

Art Supplies

Ms. Ward is in need of some art supplies.  If you have any that you would be willing to donate to her she would greatly appreciate it.  She is in need of scissors, crayons, and rulers the most.  You may send the supplies to school with your student. Thanks so much for your help with this.

Pictures

Tomorrow (Friday) is class picture day.  Students will need to wear their uniforms for the picture.  Also, any new students or students who were absent during fall pictures will take their individual picture as well!!!

FREE DRESS DAY

Tomorrow is free dress day if you bring $1!!! The money will go to support the Vista PTO.

Spelling Words 1/23-1/27

there

cards

their

fair

they’re

bear

chair

stare

aren’t

army

large

sharp

dare

marker

hardest

cartoon

artwork

scared

airplane

careful

Early Americans/Crossing the Land Bridge

In our first Social Studies unit of this six weeks we will be taking a look at how and why early man journeyed to North America.

Schedule Changes

Due to some technical difficulty the schedule changes will not be posted until tomorrow morning.  Please note that students will be having ART tomorrow not PE has they have in the past.  We hope everyone has enjoyed the long weekend.

Spelling Words 1/17-1/20

what

where

when

why

were

wear

went

warm

wrong

whose

wrestle

castle

whoever

while

wheel

wander

white

water

watched

wheat

NO SCHOOL

Remember there is No School on Monday due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.  If you would like to see your students spelling words for next week you can check back on Monday and they will be posted.

Also, please check back Monday, for a new posting of our class schedules and specials schedules.  As we begin our new six weeks we will have some changes to our schedules each day including what days we attend what specials.  We hope you all have a great 3 day weekend.

Explorers Test

There is a test Friday over the explorers and exploration of North America that we have been talking about in Social Studies.  The review sheet is coming home today so that your students can start studying.  There is information that will still be covered tomorrow and some Thursday on there for them to start studying as well.

Gearing Up for STAAR!!! TEST STRATEGIES

We are now beginning our final push to prepare the students for the upcoming STAAR test that the students will take in April. Here are the strategies that we are teaching the students to help them be prepared.  You are more than welcome to review these with your students at home as well as have the students practice them on homework assignments.

For Math the strategies are:

1) Underline the Question (cause it tells what must be found) then;

2. BOX important words in the question (mainly nouns)

3. Show your work (whether using pictures, numbers, or words)

For Reading the strategies are:

1. Read the questions and answers

2. Read the story

3. Read the questions again

4. Hunt for your answers in the story

5. Underline the answer in the story

6. Check your answers

Spelling Words 1/9-1/13

grandparent

everybody

barefoot

cannot

week

two

too

hour

weak

threw

there

nose

pair

to

our

they're

their

pear

knows

through

Lines of Symmetry Homework

Lines of Symmetry are those lines that can divide a shape and create two congruent pieces. (Congruent = Same size and same shape)

Rotational Symmetry refers to being able to rotate the shape and having it fit within its "shadow". Trace a shape and then turn it and see if it fits in the outline. Everytime it fits (up to 4 rotations) it is a rotational symmetry.

Early Exploration of North America

In Social Studies for this week and next we will be discussing the Early Exploration of North America.  We will take a trip back in time to pirates, gold, and adventure! Our Journey will begin around the 9th or 10th century when fierce Vikings ruled the sea.  We will travel from Europe to the New world with Columbus and his contemporaries as we study the first "gold rush" to hit North America.  We'll learn about the native "storytellers" and witness the demise of many of their believers as we watch the Europeans make slow and steady progress toward making the Native's land their own.  Bon voyage and welcome aborad!!!

Welcome Back

We hope you had a wonderful Winter Break! We are looking forward to getting back to work and working hard to finish out the year strong.  We have created this blog to help keep parents better informed of things that are going on and that are coming up for the 3rd graders.  If you scroll all the way down to the bottom of this page then you will see that we have a calendar with events. Check back to this site often, because we will be uploading and adding things each week.  We will put all upcoming projects and events, as well as any major tests on there.  We will still be sending home our weekly newsletter as well. 

Today in your students folder should have been a permission slip to post pictures of your student on this blog.  If you would like to see pictures of activities and things we are doing in the classroom, please sign the permission slip and return it as quickly as possible so that we can start uploading pictures.  Any student who does not have a signed permission slip will not have their picture put on the blog.

We are looking forward to these last few months of the school year!

Spelling Words 1/3-1/6

There are no spelling words for this week!!! If you need to though you can check back next week for the words.