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 October 10th.

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, October 15 at 12:30. Please look at each ELA course below to help you prepare for the week of October 15-19. I will be going over materials for each course in orientation.

Literature: This week you should have completed OLS lessons Unit 1 Lessons 1 & Unit 5 Lessons 1 and 2. Next week, you will complete OLS Unit 5 Lessons 3-7.

Writing: You will complete OLS Unit 1 Lesson 1 and then begin working in Unit 5. On Friday, you will need the thin white "Language Arts Assessment" Book 1.

Vocabulary: No materials are required. All lessons are completed in the OLS.

Spelling: No materials are required. I will provide some spelling practice activities during Orientation.

Reading Class Connect: ELA Course Orientation

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 Wednesday, October 17th at 11:00 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 meet each of you!

This week's math assignments are:

OLS Lessons to Complete:

• Unit 4 Lesson 1 due 10/15
  
• Unit 4 Lesson 5 due 10/16
  
• Unit 5 Lesson 1 due 10/17
  
• Unit 5 Lesson 2 due 10/18
  
• Unit 5 Lesson 6 due 10/19
  

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. Instructions have been emailed to you.

Have a great weekend!

Welcome to 3rd grade science! I am very excited to see you on Thursday, October 18! 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 October 15th:

-Complete Unit 1 Lessons 1 and 9

-Complete Unit 2 Lessons 1, 2, 3, 4

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

Welcome to 3rd-grade social studies! Next week you will see the first social studies lessons on your plan. You will begin with unit 3 - Communities Are Everywhere and The Story of Robinson Crusoe.

I'm looking forward to seeing you in our social studies orientation class connect on Wednesday, October 17th. 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 10/15:

• 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 2, Lesson 1 - Focus on Form
• Music Studio - Section 1, Unit 2, Lesson 2 - Rhythm for a Reason
• Music Studio - There is an extra credit assessment, but no other graded work for you to complete this week.
  
• Attend Music Orientation on Thursday, 10/18, at 10:00am.

Welcome to 3rd 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 begin your lessons in the OLS. We will practice using the BBC tools and navigate through the OLS.

Lessons for this week:

Art: none

Health: none

PE: none

We will also start meeting in The Hive. Plan on a fun week! Are you ready? I sure am!!!

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