TOPS 3rd Grade Weekly Newsletter

December 14, 2018

Course Specific Information for Week of December 17

3rd Grade Reading with Mrs. Deegan-Smith

Hello 3rd Graders! Please look at each ELA Course below (in the chart) to help you prepare for the week of December 17-21.

Reminder!

The OLS Literature and Comprehension Course does NOT mark Literature lessons over due or completed late. The daily/weekly plan does NOT allow me to set or change due dates. Please make sure you are following the lessons in the chart below.

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Six Flags Read to Succeed Program

This week I introduced students to the Six Flags Read to Succeed Program. Information was pushed during Class Connect Sessions this week. Reading Logs are due Friday, February 15.

You can find the family letter and reading log in the File Share section of the OLS landing page.

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USA Test Prep

Reading 3 Interim 1

Date Opened: Friday, 12/7
Date due: Friday, 12/14

Please check the GRADEBOOK to see if you are missing any assignments.

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Reading Class Connect

Next week our "Too Many" Contest winners will guide us through some fictional stories.

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3rd Grade Math with Mrs. Moore

Hello awesome third graders! Thank you for your hard work this week. This is what is coming up in math next week (December 17-21).

Please let me know if you have any questions!

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Unit 9 Lesson 7 - due 12/17
Unit 9 Lesson 9 - due 12/18
Unit 12 Lesson 14 - due 12/19

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Make sure all math USA Test Prep assignments are complete.

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Continue to work on those multiplication facts! Complete 3 or more sessions this week - make sure are logging in using the instructions that were sent. These are participation TGA's that should be completed weekly (9 points each). If you are having trouble with logging into Math Facts Pro, please come to our Math/ELA help desk on Wednesday at 10:00.

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3rd Grade Science with Mrs. Cummings

Happy Friday All!

I am still beaming with pride after our first set of presentations this week! You all did PHENOMENAL!

Please remember, if you did not present this week, you will present next week. If you presented this week, you are still required to come to CC session next week and practice being an active listener and awesome audience! Let's keep up the positive feedback!

All TGAs for semester 1 must be entered by December 21st. You will be completing your reflections and Unit 4 KWL charts by Thursday, December 20th so I can have time to get them all in before they pull grades for report cards.

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Unit 4 Lesson 10- due by 12/17

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-Unit 4 KWL chart completely filled out- 12/20

*Please remember that you must have 5-10 specific things you learned or things you found interesting in this unit in order to get full credit.

-If you did not present this week, you may turn in your group reflection by Thursday 12/20

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3rd Grade Social Studies with Mrs. Lipscomb

Hello 3rd graders, this week we will continue in unit 4 America’s Past. Please complete these 2 lessons:

Lesson 7: War and a New Government
Lesson 8: Celebrate and Honor

All 3rd graders will be invited to our 9:00am session on Friday. During class on December 21st, we will be discussing why we have national holidays like Independence Day and President’s Day. We will also be identifying some of the monuments and memorials we have and how they honor people and events in our history.

I’ll see you in class on Friday!

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lesson 4: Life in the Virginia Colony
lesson 5: More about the Virginia Colony
lesson 6: Creating a New Nation

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None this week

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3rd Grade Music with Mrs. Bass

Every week you will check the grade level newsletter to see which Music Studio lessons to complete. Just open Unit 1, Lesson 1 in the OLS and click the link to take you to Music Studio! (This is why everything in the OLS for Music EXCEPT for Unit 1, Lesson 1 has been marked skipped.)

I will be closing all Music Studio assessments on Friday, 12/21. Be sure that you have completed all missing work by this Thursday afternoon!

Quarter 2 Extra Credit - Be sure that you have done the extra credit assessment in Music Studio -- it often makes the difference of a whole letter grade!!

Have a wonderful Winter Break!

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Section 2, Unit 3, Lesson 3 - An Added Pitch

Section 2, Unit 3, Lesson 4 - Conduct in Two

Optional - Section 4, Unit 3, Lesson 3 - Christmas

Need help finding the lessons?: https://tinyurl.com/elem-MusicStudio

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No Music Studio assessment this week. :)

Quarter 2 Extra Credit - Be sure that you have done the extra credit assessment in Music Studio -- it often makes the difference of a whole letter grade!!

Need help finding the assessments?: https://tinyurl.com/elem-MusicStudioAssessments

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3rd Grade Health/PE/Art with Ms. Buchanan

TGIF!!! Winter Break Countdown!!! I know you are all excited. It's going to be a great week.

TGAs are available in the Gradebook. If you are missing any please get them completed.

Recording directions for TGAs in gradebook:

https://tinyurl.com/Gradebook-TGA-directions

The Hive:

We will continue to have Kahoot in the main room. Thank you LCs that have helped monitor chat and the rooms this week. I know it is wild in there but, it's recess. I hope everyone has had a blast!!!