"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." -- Benjamin Franklin

OCTOBER 2016

THIRD GRADE GRADE NEWS

Third graders continue to make very important connections as to how and what we learn at school helps us succeed in both school and in life. We want to wish Mrs. Helen Rogers, previous 3rd Grade Teacher, a happy retirement! Make it a great month!

Your Third Grade Team

TITLE I SCHOOL

http://plantationpark.browardschools.com

SCHOLASTIC READING COUNTY – CURRENT LEADERS

Mrs. Crisanti’s Class coming soon Mr. Edwards’ Class coming soon Ms. Holmes’ Class coming soon Mrs. Leon’s Class coming soon Mrs. Robinson’s Class coming soon Mrs. Welch’s Class coming soon

I-READY – CURRENT LEADERS (100% ACCURACY & TIME ON PROGRAM

Math Reading Mrs. Crisanti’s Class coming soon coming soon Mr. Edwards’ Class coming soon coming soon Ms. Holmes’ Class coming soon coming soon Mrs. Leon’s Class coming soon coming soon Mrs. Robinson’s Class coming soon coming soon Mrs. Welch’s Class coming soon coming soon

KID OF CHARACTER – SEPTEMBER TRAIT: COOPERATION

Mrs. Crisanti’s Class McKenna Henschel Mr. Edwards’ Class Matthew Guivin Ms. Holmes’ Class Evelyn Padilla Mrs. Leon’s Class Leah Millon Mrs. Robinson’s Class Bathsada Scott Mrs. Welch’s Class Jayden Johnson

UPCOMING EVENTS

10/3--No School-Holiday 10/7--PINK Day/Coffee Talk @ 8:15am 10/10--SAC/SAF @ 2:25pm 10/12--No School-Holiday 10/17-10/21--PTA Fall Book Fair 10/18—College T-Shirt Day 10/21--Family Night/ PTA Fall Festival 10/24—Enrichment Clubs Session 1 Begin

Storybook Pumpkins Due 10/24-10/28--Red Ribbon Week 10/27--Early Release @ 12:10pm 10/28--No School-Planning Day 10/31--2nd Quarter Begins

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT(S)

“PPE Celebrates 50 Years, Bright Past, Brilliant Future!”

PPE’S MISSION & VISION STATEMENTS

PPE’S MISSION: As the PPE community, we strive to provide a safe environment that fosters 21st Century lifelong learners.

PPE’s VISION: Our vision is to promote an academic foundation that includes technology and life skills for future success. Students will develop critical thinking skills and achieve their highest potential as 21st Century life-long learners.

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." -- Benjamin Franklin

FLORIDA STANDARDS

Please access the new Florida Standards, at the below link, to better understand how to assist your child.

Literacy www.fldoe.org/pdf/lafs.pdf

Mathematics www.fldoe.org/pdf/mathfs.pdf

LITERACY: ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS/SOCIAL STUDIES

Students are learning:

• Why should we use multiple sources of information to learn about a new topic?

• main idea/details • academic/domain specific words/phrases • text features/search tools • connection between sentences/paragraphs

MATHEMATICS

Students are learning about:

• place value of whole numbers to nearest 10 or 100 • add/subtract within 1000 • Draw scaled picture and bar graphs • generate measurement data using rulers to half and fourths

of an inch • interpret products of whole numbers • use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word

problems • apply properties of operations to multiply and divide • solve two-step problems using the four operations

SCIENCE

Students are learning about:

• Describe structures in plants and their roles in food production, support, water and nutrient transport, and reproduction.

• Investigate and describe how plants respond to stimuli (heat, light, gravity), such as the way plant stems grow toward light and their roots grow downward in response to gravity.

• Classify flowering and nonflowering plants into major groups such as those that produce seeds, or those like ferns and mosses that produce spores, according to their physical

MORE IMPORTANT NEWS

RESOURCES

I-READY

Use I-Ready to practice reading and math skills. https://login.i-ready.com/

Username: Provided to Students

Password: Provided to Students

DESTINATION LEARNING

Access Destination Learning through BEEP

Username: 10-digit Student Numbers (starts with 06)

Password: 1251

Use Destination Learning to practice reading and math skills.

SAMPLE FSA TESTS

http://parc c .pearson.c om/prac tic e-tests

www.fsaassessments.org

KHAN ACADEMY

www.khanacademy.c om/coach

MATIFIC.COM

Hundreds of Math A c tivities for G rades K-6

SCIENCE

http://www.floridastudents.org.

WONDERFUL site with tons of resources aligned to benchmarks with online digital activities.

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." -- Benjamin Franklin

GENERAL HOMEWORK TIPS FOR PARENTS

1. Make sure your child has a quiet, well-lit place to do homework. Avoid having your child do homework with the television on or in places with other distractions, such as people coming and going.

2. Make sure the materials your child needs, such as paper, pencils and a dictionary, are available. Ask your child if special materials will be needed for some projects and get them in advance.

3. Help your child with time management. Establish a set time each day for doing homework. Don't let your child leave homework until just before bedtime. Think about using a weekend morning or afternoon for working on big projects, especially if the project involves getting together with classmates.

4. Be positive about homework. Tell your child how important school is. The attitude you express about homework will be the attitude your child acquires.

5. When your child does homework, you do homework. Show your child that the skills they are learning are related to things you do as an adult. If your child is reading, you read too. If your child is doing math, balance your checkbook.

6. When your child asks for help, provide guidance, not answers. Giving answers means your child will not learn the material. Too much help teaches your child that when the going gets rough, someone will do the work for him or her.

7. When the teacher asks that you play a role in homework, do it. Cooperate with the teacher. It shows your child that the school and home are a team. Follow the directions given by the teacher.

8. If homework is meant to be done by your child alone, stay away. Too much parent involvement can prevent homework from having some positive effects. Homework is a great way for kids to develop independent, lifelong learning skills.

9. Stay informed. Talk with your child's teacher. Make sure you know the purpose of homework and what your child's class rules are.

10. Help your child figure out what is hard homework and what is easy homework. Have your child do the hard work first. This will mean he will be most alert when facing the biggest challenges. Easy material will seem to go fast when fatigue begins to set in.

11. Watch your child for signs of failure and frustration. Let your child take a short break if she is having trouble keeping her mind on an assignment.

12. Reward progress in homework. If your child has been successful in homework completion and is working hard, celebrate that success with a special event (e.g., pizza, a walk, a trip to the park) to reinforce the positive effort.

GET READY IN THE 21ST CENTURY – LET’S GET TYPING!

As a way to be prepared in the age of technology, the Department of Literacy is recommending the website “TypingWeb” as a means for instruction in the area of typing and keyboard skills. TypingWeb is a free, web-based instructional program designed to develop student typing skills. It can be utilized by both beginning and advanced typists, and it allows for growth in typing skills by students at all grade levels.

Access to TypingWeb can be found online at: htt://www.typingweb.com