Monday, April 30, 2018

Snapshot 4-30-18

Here is this week's snapshot if  you are unable to get the e-mails. You can download the *.pdf file by clicking beneath the snapshot picture the below. All snapshots will be available in *.pdf form on the "Weekly Snapshots" page {here} once they are sent out and posted!



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Dear Parents,
Week of: April 30, 2018
 

Please see the list of dates below for what we have going on at school over the next few weeks.

We are looking for parent volunteers to sign up to help set up our 3rd Grade STAAR Carnival Thursday, May 10 and to run a Carnival station Friday, May 1 1 from 8:20 – 1 1:55. If you are able to help and would like to, you can sign up on our sign up genius by clicking here.

Upcoming Dates
Monday, April 30
Afterschool tutorials until 4:00
Math Mastery 4 - 5
Tuesday, May 1
Afternoon tutorials until 4
Radical Readers 4 – 5
Wednesday, May 2
MAP TESTING
Friday, May 4
MAP TESTING
Monday, May 7
Afterschool tutorials until 4:00
Last day of Math Mastery 4 - 5
Tuesday, May 8
Afternoon tutorials until 4
Last day of  Radical Readers 4 – 5
Friday, May 11
Muffins With Mom
3rd Grade STAAR Carnival
Monday, May 14
3rd Grade Math STAAR
*No Lunch Visitors due to STAAR testing
Tuesday, May 15
3rd Grade Reading STAAR
*No Lunch Visitors due to STAAR testing
Wednesday, May 16
*No Lunch Visitors due to STAAR testing in 5th grade

Upcoming Assignment due dates
Monday, April 30
Science Homework: Unit 16 Guided Practice {front}
Unit 16 Check for Understanding {back}

Math Homework: Countdown to Math STAAR Series 4 P1 {front}
Redwood Amusement Park {back}
Wednesday, May 2
Math Classwork: Motivation Math page 287-288 (non-magnet)
Motivation Math page 289-290 (magnet)
Tuesday, May 8
Science Classwork: Flocabulary Parts of a Plant Read and Respond; Flocabulary Parts of a Plant Quiz; Motivation Math page 169 - 170
Monday, May 7
Math Homework: Countdown to the Math STAAR Series 4 P4 {front}
Multiple-Step Problems {back}

THIS WEEK IN MATH:
We will continue reviewing skills from the year.  Your child will be reviewing all skills from the year that we have covered in preparation for our STAAR test on Monday, May 14. This would be a great time for your child to practice the different math modules on Education Galaxy, as well as review other skills from previous snapshots that have been sent out. These can be found on our blog page at http://msmolixsclass.blogspot.com/p/weekly-snapshots.html

Math Resources to Help at Home
STAAR Review
IXL Math Practice – Has online practice questions for all TEKS in third grade math.
Test Prep Review – Practice Questions over various math objectives




 
THIS WEEK IN SCIENCE:
In science this week, we will continue our Unit on Organisms and Ecosystems. We will continue discussing plants and begin discussing animals and look at life cycles of animals such as lady bugs.
       different soils and their impact on the growth of a plant;
       investigating how plants undergo a series of orderly changes;
       compare soils for their ability to grow plants;
       the certain characteristics of an environment that help organisms survive;
       all of an organism’s needs and how they are met by its habitat;
       describing the physical characteristics of an ecosystem


RESOURCES FOR PRACTICE
NASA's Climate Kids - Plants & Animals – Read these 10 interesting things about ecosystems that are found all over the world! Navigate through the different activities on the plants and animals page to learn about a slew of other topics!
PBS Kids Nature Games – Navigate through the different nature games on PBS Kids. The kids have been shown where to find this link to PBS Kids on our class blog page and how to find our embedded Symbaloo.
BrainPOP Plants – View the different videos on plants, such as parts of a plant, plant adaptations, and plant life cycles. Play games or do activities that correspond with each video.
More websites and links can be found on our class blog page on our Symbaloo. This is embedded on the Technology Station page.


Thank you so much for your dedication to helping your child learn.

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