Week in Review: February 17-20

This short 4 day week was full of learning! We have finished up our biography unit this week and each student created a biography flip book on the famous person they have been reading about in their biography book clubs. We have two writing projects going on simultaneously, one is compiling our best poems into a class poetry anthology (more details to come!), and the other is writing a non-fiction alphabet book about the perils of plastic pollution.

Thanks again for sending in the soil samples over the last couple of weeks. Students got to examine them up close, and observe the different layers of soil that occur naturally in nature with our Soil Shakes experiment.

In math, we are continuing our study of 2D and 3D shapes and will begin area and perimeter next week. Highlights of math this week included: geometry scavenger hunt, successfully completing the "4 Triangle Challenge", and designing "Shapey" characters.

On Monday, all third graders will be taking a STAAR Ready reading assessment. This assessment is required by the district, and will give us teachers a good indicator of what reading skills we need to focus on for April's STAAR test. We will simulate an actual test taking day, so please make sure your child gets a good night's sleep and has a healthy breakfast. They should bring a snack and water bottle as always. Have a wonderful weekend!