TOPS 3rd Grade Weekly Newsletter

Each Friday you will receive a grade level newsletter with important information needed to plan your upcoming week. Since you have one more week of orientation, you are receiving a special edition of the newsletter crafted specifically for students who started with us on January 23rd.

You will see Class Connect (CC) sessions on your daily plan for course sessions outside of orientation like music and PE. You are not required to attend those sessions this week. However, you are free to drop in and see what class is like.

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Hello 3rd Graders! I'm so excited to meet you next week. We will have ELA Orientation on Monday, January 28 at 12:30. Please look at each ELA course below (in the chart) to help you prepare for the week of January 31 to February 1.

Literature: This week you should have completed

• Unit 1 Lesson 1 Course Introduction
• 3rd ELA Stride
• Reading 3 Readiness Assessment in USA Test Prep.

Writing: This week you should have completed

• Unit 1 Lesson 1 Course Introduction
• Unit 13 Lessons 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Vocabulary: No lessons this week.

Spelling: No lessons this week.

Reading Class Connect: ELA Course Orientation on Monday at 12:30.

Read the chart below to see what you will be doing next week.

Welcome to third grade math! Next week we will be covering classroom expectations, as well as learning to use our Blackboard tools in the orientation Class Connect session on Tuesday, January 29th at 9:00 am. Please make sure you bring a pencil, a journal (can be a composition book or a spiral), and a working headset with a microphone to class. I can’t wait to see each of you!

This week's math assignments are:

OLS Lessons to Complete:

• Unit 12 Lesson 2 due 1/28
  
• Unit 12 Lesson 6 due 1/29
• Unit 10 Lesson 2 due 1/30
• Unit 10 Lesson 4 due 1/31

Math Facts Pro:

Complete 3 or more sessions this week. Instructions have been emailed to you. Click the link below.

USA Test Prep:

Complete your math readiness assessment.

Please let me know if you have any questions. Have a great weekend!

Welcome to 3rd grade science! I am very excited to see you on Thursday, January 31! Please come to class with a Science notebook and a pencil as we review the Scientific Method and some important items.

For the week of January 25:

-Complete Unit 6 Lessons 1, 4, 5, 6, and 7

I can't wait to have an amazing year with you!

Welcome to 3rd-grade social studies! This week you will see the first social studies lessons appear on your plan. You will be working on unit 5 The Nation Grows and Changes.

Please complete these 2 lessons:

• Lesson 4: Tall Tales & Legends
• Lesson 5: Heroes Against Slavery

I'm looking forward to seeing you in our social studies orientation class connect on Wednesday, January 30th. We will talk about class expectations and then have some fun using the tools in Blackboard and getting to know each other.

Welcome to TOPS!

Welcome to 3rd grade Music! This week we will learn how to navigate the music program, Music Studio. Check your email for a PDF file from me about Music Studio (it will also be available in the file share in the OLS). There are also some directions and helpful hints in the Music Reference Guide book you received in the mail with your materials.

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! (I marked everything else as skipped in the OLS because there isn't any content in those lessons. You can just ignore the skipped ones.)

Course prep work for the week of 01/28:

• Watch the video showing how to get into Music Studio and find the lessons and Assessments page: https://tinyurl.com/elem-MusicStudio
• Music Studio - Section 1, Unit 4, Lesson 1 - Travel Phrases
  
• Music Studio - Section 1, Unit 4, Lesson 2 - One Beat, Four Sounds
  
• Music Studio - There is an extra credit assessment, but no other graded work for you to complete this week.
  
• Attend Music Orientation on Thursday, 01/31, at 10:00am.

Welcome to 4th grade!!! I am very excited to begin our classes. We have a fun year ahead of us full of activities, projects and much, much more. This week you will continue with orientation sessions. We will practice using the BBC tools and navigate through the OLS.

Lessons for this week:

Art: none

Health: none

PE: none

The Hive is on Tuesdays 12-12:30 and Thursdays 8:30-9. Plan on a fun week! Are you ready? I sure am!!!

Email: bwatt@texasonlineprep.org
Phone: 682.593.1514
Twitter: @TOPSMrsWatt