
TOPS 3rd Grade Weekly Newsletter
November 30, 2018
Course specific information For week of December 3
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 3-7.
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.
Literature and Comprehension Unit 10 is George Washington Soldier, Hero, President
This is a k12 provided book and should be with your materials. Please take time to find it today as you will begin reading it on Monday, December 3.
USA Test Prep
Reading 3 Readiness Assessment:
Date Assigned: Orientation Week
- Date Due: Orientation Week
Reading 3 Benchmark 1
Date Opened: Friday, 10/5
Date Due: Friday, 10/12
Reading 3 TGA 5: Text Features
Date Opened: Monday, 10/29
Date Due: Friday, 11/02
Reading Class Connect
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 3-7).
Please let me know if you have any questions!
Unit 6 Lesson 7 - due 12/4
Unit 6 Lesson 8 - due 12/5
Unit 6 Lesson 9 - due 12/6
3rd Grade Science with Mrs. Cummings
Happy Friday All!
You all did amazing finishing up your projects in class. I can't wait to see you present them in two weeks.
As a reminder, I will not have CC sessions because I will be out for testing. Take this time to get caught up with missing work.
Don't forget to continue filling in your KWL chart for Unit 4! That will still be a separate TGA at the end of the unit.
Hope you have a great week!
Unit 4 Lesson 7- Due 12/3
Unit 4 Lesson 8- Due 12/4
Unit 4 Lesson 9- Due 12/5
3rd Grade Social Studies with Mrs. Lipscomb
Hello 3rd graders, this week we will begin unit 4 America’s Past. Please complete Please complete these 3 lessons:
- lesson 1: America’s Early People and Their Communities
- lesson 2: New People Arrive in America
- lesson 3: Learning from Maps
Due to the Hour of Code sessions, we will have 2 Class Connect sessions on Friday, December 7th, 9:00 and 12:30. During class we will be working on lesson 3, identifying the locations of the American colonies and using a timeline to describe the time in terms of years, decades and centuries.
I’ll see you in class on Friday!
- lesson 1: America’s Early People and Their Communities
- lesson 2: New People Arrive in America
- lesson 3: Learning from Maps
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.)
Reminder - Mrs. Bass updates the gradebook every Friday at the end of the day. Please check the gradebook Monday morning to see your up-to-date grade!
*** This Friday we will not have Class Connect due to the virtual outing.
Section 1, Unit 3, Lesson 4 - Finding New Pitches
Optional - Section 4, Unit 3, Lesson 2 - Hanukkah
Need help finding the lessons?: https://tinyurl.com/elem-MusicStudio
Need help finding the assessments?: https://tinyurl.com/elem-MusicStudioAssessments
3rd Grade Health/PE/Art with Ms. Buchanan
I hope you are having a great week back. It has been wonderful to see yall in our CCs again.
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!!!
Art
Unit 3 Lesson 9: Reading, Review, and Wrap-Up
Unit 4 Lesson 1: Meet Albrecht Dürer
Art
Health
Unit 9 Lesson 5: Smoking and Drinking: Unwanted Consequences Assessment
Unit 3 Lesson 1: Smart Shopping and Food Safety
Health
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don't forget to practice your 5 TOPS habits!
Blanda Watt, Elementary School Principal
Email: bwatt@texasonlineprep.org
Phone: 682.593.1514
Twitter: @TOPSMrsWatt