Welcome back to our blog and thank you for visiting!
 

We have a lot going on this week… Here’s the plan!

MAP testing – Ask your child when their testing will be since each teacher will be taking it at a different time. J It is 2 separate days and will cover all concepts in 3rd grade math and reading.

AR goals – All AR goals have been set for this 4th six weeks. Please encourage your child to read at least 20 minutes every night. Not only does reading every night help your child become an even more AWESOME reader, it also builds confidence, builds vocabulary, helps the imagination, and creates students with a thirst for learning! J

3rd Six Weeks Awards – This will be held this Friday, January 15th at 9:00 for 3rd grade and 8:15 for PreK, Kinder, 1st & 4th.

Your child should have been notified if they are getting an award so you can attend. J

College Day – This TUESDAY is college day! Please encourage your child to wear his/her/your (haha) favorite college shirt to school with standardized dress bottoms. J

 

RANDOM REMINDERS…

COATS! – Please have your child bring a warm coat to and from school. We know it is getting cold outside and we do still continue recess unless it is below 33 degrees. Please send it to school with them! J

MLK Day – In Honor of Martin Luther King Jr. we will not have school on January 18th.

STEAM challenge – This week we will begin creating, building, and testing our balloon powered car! Students have been asked to bring repurposed items to use for their groups creation. We sent home a sheet explaining a little more! Please look for that in your child’s PONY notebook. Please encourage your child to think outside the box and have fun with this! J We will be testing out all 3rd grade groups on Friday.

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Its 2016 yall!

        We are so happy to be back and have everyone safe! We have so much to be thankful for in 2016. We know lots and lots of our friends, neighbors, and family have lost homes, treasures, belongings etc. We have had an amazing outpour from the city of Rowlett as well as Garland Independent School district! Thank you to those who have volunteered to help clean up, and care for those in need. If you would still like to help our Pearson families affected by the tornado, we are still accepting gift cards of any kind (preferably Walmart, Target, or Visa/Mastercard/AMEX) J

        For those of you effected, our third grade team has and will continue to do anything and everything we can to help your child, and your family. All 5 of us were so ecstatic to see your child’s bright face here on Monday! We are thankful to you for entrusting us with your most prized of all. J

        If you are someone, or know of someone who was affected by the tornado over the break, and go to Pearson please click the link below to get on the GISD list of those families to help. Again, thank you for trusting us and being so gracious! Let us know if we can do anything to help.

        This week, in school news…

This week began our 4th grading period. Report cards should come home this Friday, January 8th. Please sign the envelope and return it to school on Monday.

*Next TUESDAY (01/12) will be college day! Please wear your favorite college shirt along with khaki or navy bottoms.

*We will be having our Cici’s family night out at the Rowlett location next Wednesday (01/13) we hope to see you there! :)

*The awards assembly will be Friday, (01/15) at 9:00 for 3rd grade. This will also be the behavior party for last six weeks.

What is my child learning this week???

Math – Multiplying 2 digit by 1 digit number practice!

Reading – theme or message of the story!

Writing – details in writing!

Science- types of landforms and rapid changes to the earth!

Social studies – Elvis Presley & New Year’s resolutions!

We will be setting new AR goals for this 6 weeks please get a head start on this! J

 

LOTS OF LOVE!

-the third grade team

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Merry Christmas!We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday break! We look forward to seeing you back at school in 2016! J Here are a few online educational and fun things you can do if you have extra time during the break!




Don’t forget to READ some good books over the break!

Happy new year!

See you in 2016!

Welcome, Welcome! We are happy you could join us this week on our blog! J We have all really enjoyed being back from our Thanksgiving Break! We are learning lots of new things Heres whats going on this week in our curriculum!

 

MATH- Personal finance: Talk with your child about credit, debit, loans, etc. Giving real life examples helps these concepts “stick” in your child’s mind!

READING – Author’s purpose/inferencing/drawing conclusions: Here are some sample questions to use in everyday reading…

1.     What purpose does the author have in writing a story like this? (Pursuade/inform/explain/entertain)

2.    What do you think is happening in this picture and what evidence do you have that backs that up?

SCIENCE- Force/push & pull: Science is all around us all the time! What forces can you name?

SOCIAL STUDIES –Pearl Harbor discussion (12/7 Pearl Harbor): Discuss events how actions can lead to huge disasters and all actions have consequences (good or bad)!

WRITING – Using details in writing to convey imagery. What other words could you use for the word ____________?

 

We are still taking new Pajama donations up until December 17th if you would still like to donate! J Please bring a new pair of pj’s to your child’s teacher! The class with the most PJ’s will receive their choice of ONE of the following…

PIZZA & BROWNIE PARTY or ICE CREAM SUNDAE PARTY!!!
 

This week’s homework


 

This week’s newsletter


We are so proud of our amazing third graders for their Veteran’s Day Performance on November 16th, 2015! It was truly a great way to honor those who have fought for our country! J Thank you to those of you who sent in information about your Veteran and also those Vets that were able to be here with us! J Thank you for your service.

 

Mrs. Siburt – Thank you for being an amazing music teacher and creating wonderful programs to highlight the kids as well as give honor to those who have served for our country! J We love you!

 

Here are some pictures & video of Mondays performance!

 

 



PLEASE PICK UP YOUR KAHUNA PTA FUNDRAISER STUFF THURSDAY FROM 2-5 IN THE CAFETERIA! J

This week we are discussing several things in class! We will have our Math & Science tests covering the following…

                   Math – multiplication & Division

                   Science – states of matter

Science –
States of matter, heating and cooling, changes within states of matter, water.
 
TEST THURSDAY
Math – Multiplication and division, word problems, number sentences.
 
TEST THURSDAY
Writing – using imagery in writing, word reference charts.
Social Studies – The origins of Thanksgiving, how we celebrate today, traditions.
Reading – Novel study and text features review.

 

 

We are still taking Pajamas for our PJ drive for scholastic! Please bring those in! We only have 3 sets of pajamas donated from the third grade class. This is not mandatory but whatever we get donated goes to needy families. Please help us if you can! These are due December 18th.

 

Dr. Adolf Brown came to GISD and had a wonderful discussion and speech about how education is impacting our children. J We always love to hear what this amazing person loves to say! He is a fantastic role model for teachers and parents alike!

 

Check him out here!!
Here is a copy of our newsletter!

Here is a copy of our homework sheet!

 

Thanks for visiting!

                   -the Third Grade Team

Thank you for visiting our 3rd grade blog! We have moved on to the first week of the 3rd six weeks! This year has gone by so quickly!

We are so proud of the students who have met their AR goals for last six weeks! We cannot wait to celebrate all the hard work that was put in by the kiddos AND the parents! J Thank you for working with them throughout the year!

 

We will have our 2nd Six Weeks Award Ceremony on November the 20th, 2015 at 9:00! Be there or be square! J

 

The 16th of November will mark our Veteran’s Day program! We are so excited and honored to celebrate and recognize those who have fought for our amazing country! I hope you turned in your Veteran slip and donated to purchase a flag! J

 

 

 

 Here are photos of our U.S. Pride! We thank you for all that you do and have done for us!

Just a few reminders about report cards… They will go home this Friday the 13th! Please send back the signed envelope to school next week!

 

This WEDNESDAY is PEARSON NIGHT @ CICI’S in Rowlett! We hope to see all of you there! This will support our PTA and our school too.

 

The 18th of November will be our Fundraiser Pick up day from 2:00 5:00 in the cafeteria students who had large orders should come after school to get their items. J

 

Here is this weeks newsletter

Here is this weeks homework sheet…https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6bpgfFQb1j9YjFUVTJBblpsNmM/view?usp=sharing
 


PLEASE REMEMBER THAT AR IS MEANT TO DO AT HOME AND IS PART OF NIGHTLY HOMEWORK!
Thank you for your support & encouragement on this!


Thank you and have a wonderful week!


                   -The Third grade team

Welcome back to our third grade blog! We are QUICKLY wrapping up the 2nd six weeks of school and counting down the days until Thanksgiving! J Here is a quick reminder of some things going on…

1.     AR ends this Friday!

2.   Grading period is over this Friday so turn in all assignments!

3.    We are still collecting pajama’s for our Scholastic Pajama Drive.

4.   We are still taking money and field trip forms for our Ice Skating Field Trip ($$$ and forms due 11/19) CASH ONLY!

5.   Report cards will be sent home next Thursday 11/12.

Several things are going on in the DISTRICT too! Here is a brief overview…

1.     Please join us to see the AMAZING Dr. Adolf Brown! https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6bpgfFQb1j9NC1VXzhUQnJ0ZGs/view?usp=sharing

2.   Multiple parent workshops are available throughout the year. Here is the calendar of events! https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6bpgfFQb1j9UDRoVE94cnZMdjQ/view?usp=sharing

 

Please plan on joining us in celebrating and recognizing our veterans in the pearson family.

This will take place November 16th at 7:00

Please send back the forms if you have a family member who is a Veteran. We appreciate you!
Click below for more information!

 

Next on the agenda… Here is this week’s homework packet…
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6bpgfFQb1j9Y09rN2U3d1dRVFU/view?usp=sharing

Here is this week’s newsletter…

 

Thanks for all your support!

-The Third Grade Team