Valley Ranch Elementary
2014-2015
Citizenship Trait for
the
month is:
Sept. 29 to Oct. 3
Patriotism
Week 6— What We Are Learning:
Dates and
Reminders
Math (Continue with addition strategies)
Parent Conferences are beginning soon! Please
fill out the conference sign up and
return ASAP! Dates
for conferences
are October 8th10th.
Sept. 29—Oct. 3—
fall bookfair at VRE.
Today 3C previewed the book
fair and wrote down
a wish list.
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Estimated sums — (use rounding & compatible numbers to find the sum)
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Money Amounts: Finding the sum of coins & bills
Addition stations on Thursday and Friday to reinforce the addition strategies: Estimate Sums, Commutative and Associative Property, Money
amounts, Break Apart strategy & Use place value to add 3 addends
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Science
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Force, Energy, and Motion
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Force A Change—our PBL just launched on Thursday!
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Ask your child about Mr. Worley’s presentation
Social Studies
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Government— What is it? What are the three branches of government?
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What services are provided by the government?
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What are the levels of government?
Oct. 10 & 13 - No
School
Fridays are library
days for all four of
the third grade
classes. Your child
will need to be
responsible to
return their books
each Friday.
3rd Grade
Language Arts

Comprehension Skills and Stategies
 Istation assessments and Raz-Kids
 Listen to reading on ipads
Main Idea
 Cursive Handwriting
 Words Their Way
Write From the Beginning: Personal Narrative Writing
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Daily 5 and CAFÉ
V.I.P of the week!
Barbara
I am so proud of how hard Barbara works
everyday in my class. I can always count
on her to follow directions the first time!
Daily Math homework:
 memorize addition and subtraction facts thru 20, practice skip
counting
 Review all papers coming home
Ask your child:
What is the commutative property and
associative property of addition?
Start working with money and time at home it’s
coming soon!! Do you know how to count
money? Do you know how to tell time?
Conference Sign Up
Conference sign up forms were
sent home today. Please sign up
for your top 3 times and dates by
placing a 1, 2 and 3 next to them.
I will assign times on first come first
serve basis. Look forward to
meeting with you all next week!
Thanks! -Mrs. Reid
Reading at home is so important—please
remember to read every night for at least 20
minutes.
Work on fluency by reading a picture book
twice, or a page in a chapter book twice.
You can work on expression and fluency
once you get familiar with the words.
Read a story to a friend, a sibling, your pet!
READ READ READ!!
A FUN DAY is coming soon to
VRE!!
We will be having:
“Read All Day and All KNIGHT”
Thursday, Oct 2,
after school from 3:00 - 6:30
PBL and Technology
Our third graders did a GREAT job on their PBL called “Presenting…”
We just LAUNCHED again!
Force A Change — Science
Our new PBL about energy, force, and motion
Thanks Mr. Worley!!! Aerospace Engineer at Lockheed Martin!
Our third grade learners will collaborate, communicate, and be
personally responsible as
they work together in third grade!