Weekly Update 4.18.23
By carrievaughan In News & Updates On April 17, 2023
Be on the lookout…
- 📝Report cards came home Friday. Please return the signed envelope ASAP and check the box for conference if you would like to meet.
- We will do more math and reading review over the next several weeks in order to revisit some past concepts and ensure we are ready for end of grade testing. You will notice reading passages coming home with “PARTY at the top. Please remind students to actually apply this reading strategy when reading for best performance!
- 🗓️SAVE THE DATE- Tuesday, May 16th will be our 3rd grade Food Truck Rodeo and Oakview’s Spring Fling. Please see the attached flyer for more info. More details will be coming forth, but students will be asked to stay afterschool as apart of our economics project presentations. Have you filled out the RSVP form!? word-entrepreneur. Families will be invited to join their students in our classroom, and then enjoy the 4 food trucks that will be here. You are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, towels, etc to post up on the lawn and enjoy the DJ and concert!
- 🌸Many students read all the way across America in the month of March earning a ticket to our Hawaiian Luau! If your child made it, please fill out the RSVP and information form linked here. I must have this form completed for them to attend on Thursday, April 27th from 4:00-5:30.
- ❤️Our school is participating in Jump Rope for Heart this year. More information will come home in folders Friday, but visit this link to be connected to our school page.
- ✏️EOG testing dates are coming soon! Our class will test on the following days: Reading- Fri May 26 and Math- Wed May 31st. Please do all you can so your child can be here on those days and have a great testing experience!
- There are several spirit days coming up. Participation is optional. This Wed 4/19 your child is encouraged to wear Red, White and Blue! This Thurs 4/20 they can dress like a tourist going on a trip. Next Wed 4/26 is Twin/Triplet day so find a friend to dress like 🙂
This week in Literacy:
In Module 4 we will explore the impact of water around the world! Find out standards, goals, and more by clicking this link to the parent information letter.
This week in Math:
We are on our last remaining unit of our math curriculum with some more measurement concepts. Students will learn about US Customary measurement of length (in, ft, yd, mile), capacity (cup, pint, quart, gallon), and weight (oz, lb, ton). To assist parents in helping their kids I have included a guide. I know I had to refresh myself on some of these, so hopefully this makes things easier!
Here is a parent guide for helping you and your student understand our main learning outcomes
Current vocab: capacity, gallon, quart, pint, cup, weight, mass, ounce, pound, ton
Concepts to review: place value, addition with regrouping, subtraction with borrowing, rounding to the nearest 10 and 100, quadrilateral, parallelogram, trapezoid, rectangle, square, rhombus, arrays, repeated addition, area, perimeter, rectilinear area, commutative property (flip flop rule), number line, product, distributive (break apart method), associative property, graphs, pictographs, bar graphs, numerator, denominator, unit fraction, partition, number line, visual model, inch, foot, yard, mile, measure, length, width
This week in Social Studies:
3.E.1 Understand how economic decisions and resources affect the local economy.
3.E.1.1 Explain how entrepreneurship develops local communities.
3.E.1.2 Explain how the natural resources of a region impact the production and consumption of goods in local communities.
3.E.1.3 Summarize the role supply and demand plays in local economies.
