HELLO
3rd Grade
🌟 Happy Weekly Update, Families! 🌟
There will be no school on Monday. We hope you enjoy the long weekend and come back ready for a fun and exciting week!
Next week we will celebrate Read Across America Spirit Week! We are excited to celebrate reading and create a nation of diverse readers. Please see the dress-down themes below:
📖 Tuesday (March 3) – Read My Shirt Day
Wear a shirt with words, logos, quotes, or book characters.
🌈 Wednesday (March 4) – Reading Rainbow Day
Wear your assigned grade-level color:
Kinder & 6th – Red
1st & 7th – Orange
2nd & 8th – Yellow
3rd & 9th – Green
4th & 10th – Blue
5th & 11th – Purple
12th – Pink with Senior Jeans
👯 Thursday (March 5) – Thing 1 Thing 2 Day
Dress like another student and match their look for twin day!
Please remember: Uniform bottoms are required for all dress-down days.
We are looking forward to a fun week of learning and celebrating reading!
Reminders
- Check your child's grades weekly in PowerSchool.
- Please check and sign your child's behavior chart daily.
- All students should be practicing their IXL Skill Plans weekly.
- Please make sure your child has headphones for class.
- Homework is due weekly.
Upcoming Events
- 3/2 - No School
- 3/2-3/6 - Read Across America Week
- 3/6 - Elementary Basketball Tryouts
- 3/7 - Relay for Life at The Raymond James Stadium @4pm
- 3/11 - Athletics Picture Day
- 3/16-3/20 - Spring Break
- 3/25-4/1 - Book Fair
- 3/25 - Parent Academy 5-6:30pm
Math & Science
Math
- Use scaled bar graphs to represent data sets.
- Collect data and represent it on a line plot.
- Use graphs to solve problems.
Science
- Explain that stars can be large, small, bright, or dim when compared to other stars.
- Investigate the number of stars seen with a telescope and without a telescope.
Reading, Writing & Social Studies
Reading
- Review concepts learned in Unit 4 to review for Unit 4 Test.
Writing
- Write an argumentative paragraph.
- Spelling Focus: Review
Social Studies
- Explain how new ways of traveling have changed people’s lives.