School's out for the summer!

Have a wonderful and relaxing summer!!!

The Third Grade Team

April/May 2016

April rain brings sprinkles of knowledge,

To show the learning throughout the year,

Our superheroes have shown their power,

They’ve proven to have no fear!!

Manatee Bay’s spectacular third graders have opened up their creative minds and let their knowledge flourish this year!  From poetry to science and math to writing, they’ve worked incredibly hard on becoming highly skilled.

This month all third graders will take the ELA and Math FSA standardized test. Once again, our teachers feel extremely confident that our superheroes are prepared to conquer and persevere! We are so proud of all of their hard work!

Our student’s endless determination and firm efforts continue to establish an environment of creativity and originality. Fourth quarter brings exciting STEM projects, thrilling novels, reader’s theater plays, and so much more! It also brings the opportunity to extend our knowledge and apply it through classroom simulations.

In addition, there are many fantastic themes taking place this month. Students will continue expressing and sharing their strong opinions through writing and exploring the marvelous mysteries of the Sun, Stars, and Outer space, while also learning about the remarkable planet we live on, Earth!! To conclude this unit of study, many of our third graders will journey to Kennedy Space Center on a field trip later this quarter where they can continue to SHOOT FOR THE MOON! The third grade teachers are looking forward to a fantastic ending to the year!

March/ April 2016

Third grade has actively prepared for the FSA throughout the year by teaching the Florida Standards. Everyone enjoyed their time off during Spring Break. Some students took the iready challenge issued by Mrs. DeVaughn and Mrs. Dumervil and successfully completed iready lessons to help them review important skills over Spring Break. Immediately after returning, all third grade students took the reading and math FSA. Using test taking strategies of finding evidence in the passage and circling key words in the questions were two ways that helped the students focus on choosing the correct answers.  Third Grade teachers believed that with patience and the learned skills that all children were successful.

March 21-25, 2016- Spring Break (Off)
April 14, 2016- Report Cards Issued
April 29, 2016- Honor Roll Assembly @8:30

February 2016

Hello Third Grade Families – We’ve had a busy, fun and exciting month. Third grade field day was a huge success.  The kids had a blast!  Thank you to all of the parents who participated in this amazing event.  We had a great time at on our field trip to the Museum of Discovery and Science. We watched an amazing IMAX 3D movie.  The students were exposed to a special live science presentation on Matter.  They loved watching the presenter work with liquid nitrogen and fire!  Loud cheers were heard throughout the museum's theater.   We were able to tour the current exhibits on display including some of the museum’s rides.  I know that it was a memorable trip for all students that attended.

Testing, testing, testing!  That is the word on everyone’s mind.  We are working hard to help prepare your children for the FSA testing that begins the week of March 28^th.  To help better prepare your child, please have your student complete i-Ready reading and math lessons at home daily. Read with your child.  Practice telling time and ask questions with elapsed time.  Make sure that your child has mastered all of their times tables. 

We will continue to work very hard in preparation of the upcoming FSA testing.  Thank you so much for all of your continued support in your child's education.

November/December 2015

                             We had much to be thankful for in November. In some of the third grade classes, the students learned about what life was like as a Pilgrim. The children also shared their family culture. It was wonderful learning so many things about our Manatee Bay families.  

In other classes, students did their first STEM projects and learned about the engineering design process.  The students had a blast building towers out of Oreo cookies. 

The students are working hard in math. As we work on division it is important that the children know their multiplication facts. Please continue to practice each night at home.

 We are looking forward to a relaxing holiday break. It is great to have some time to spend with our families and friends. We know how important our families are and want to thank all of our wonderful parents for their dedication to their children’s education. We appreciate your constant help and support. We are fortunate to have such a wonderful group of parents and children.

Enjoy your holidays!  We wish you a very happy and healthy New Year.

Reminder: Our textbooks are available online through BEEP. To

access the textbooks, go to http:// beep.browardschools.com. Click on

Student Portal and sign in. Put in your child’s ID #, then the password is his/her birth date.

October Newsletter

Wonderful Families of 3rd Graders !

October was a busy month practicing our multiplication tables.  Please continue to encourage and help your children learn their facts at a rapid response rate.  It will be so helpful for them and allow them to learn division very easily.  We are addressing many reading standards so please continue to monitor your children to ensure that they are reading and taking their AR quizzes to enhance their reading education.  The Boosterthon was a success and we thank you for coming out and supporting your children and our school.  Engineering for Kids allowed the kids to practice the design method for engineering and launch a straw rocket.  They thoroughly enjoyed their experience!  We had a great week celebrating drug awareness and keeping our bodies healthy, not to mention a focus on colleges and thinking about our futures with so many great schools to choose from.  Thank you parents for all you do to help us teach your chldren.

September Newsletter

Wow!  We are Superheroes in 3^rd grade!

The children had an awesome first month of school getting reacquainted with old friends and making new friends. We learned many facts about Constitution Day! In math, most of the classes finished Chapter 1.  The testing format is very rigorous, something the students are not familiar with yet. Please practice addition and multiplication facts daily. Within the next few months, the goal should be to answer any fact in one second.  A 50 problem timed test should take less than one minute. All students should have a daily quiet reading time at home.  Students have the opportunity to take an AR test on the books they have read.  I-Ready is available to help students with math and reading skills. The curriculum is differentiated based on a diagnostic test taken in school. The username is their 10 digit number and the password is their birthday without the slashes.  Make sure you check backpacks and agendas on a regular basis. Please see our third grade web site for additional information.