Dear Families,
Our ELA SBAC testing is finally complete. The students did a fantastic job with persevering and respecting the testing environment. We’ll be taking the math SBAC test beginning on May 8th.
In math, the students are working on finding the relationship between multiplication and division. We have been creating “fact families,” such as 3,5,15. The students then write the multiplication and division equations related to that family. We’ve also been practicing writing our own story problems, which requires the students to have both an understanding of the mathematical equation and give an appropriate amount of information needed so that another student could solve the problem.
Our science engineering unit is coming to an end. Students worked in small groups this week to design a plan to clean up an oil spill. Groups had a 20 million dollar budget to work with to purchase supplies. Students then implemented their plan and analyzed their results. Finally, groups had the opportunity to improve their designs and evaluate their success.
As a reminder, we will be taking our field trip to the Flynn Theater on Monday. The buses will be leaving promptly at 8:30 so that we make it in time for the show. Students will be returning back to school prior to our normal lunch time, so there will be no changes to lunch. However, we will be missing our regular morning snack at 9:30, so students may want to have a hearty breakfast to hold them over until we return.
Finally, the Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser will be taking place on Wednesday, April 19th from 2:45 - 4:00. If your child wishes to participate, please return the permission slip portion of the donation envelope as soon as possible. Students do not need to fundraise in order to participate.
Have a great weekend,
The Third Grade Teachers
