TEKS: MATH
3.9A(S)- explain the connection between human capital/labor and income
3.9B(S)- describe the relationship between the availability or scarcity of resources and how that impacts cost
3.9C- identify the costs and benefits of planned and unplanned spending decisions
3.9D(S)- explain that credit is used when wants or needs exceed the ability to pay and that it is the borrower’s responsibility to pay it back to the lender, usually with interest
3.9E(S)- list reasons to save and explain the benefit of a savings plan, including for college
3.9F- identify decisions involving income, spending, saving, credit, and charitable giving

TEKS: SCIENCE
3.8D- identify the planets in Earth’s solar system and their position in relation to the Sun

HOMEWORK:
Motivation Math page 294.
Practice multiplication facts, Mad Minute Test Thursday.
I will check logs and homework Friday.
No Fun Friday if homework/log is missing or incomplete.

Upcoming Important Dates:
May 1 ~ Class Pictures
May 4 ~ Scholastic Order Due
May 7-11 ~ Teacher Appreciation Week
May 14-15 ~ STAAR testing
May 21 ~ 3rd Grade Awards Ceremony
May 23 ~ Last day of school

TEKS: MATH
3.7D- determine when it is appropriate to use measurements of liquid volume or weight
3.7E- determine liquid volume or weight using appropriate units and tools

TEKS: SCIENCE
3.8D ~ identify the planet’s in Earth’s solar system and their position in relation to the sun

HOMEWORK:
Practice multiplication facts. I will check logs Friday.

Upcoming Important Dates:
April 27 ~ Scholastic book order due
May 14-15 ~ STAAR testing
May 21 ~ 3rd Grade Awards Ceremony
May 23 ~ Last day of school

TEKS: MATH
3.7C(S) ~ determine the solutions to problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes using pictorial models or tools such as a 15-minute event plus a 30-minute event equals 45 minutes
3.7D ~ determine when it is appropriate to use measurements of liquid volume or weight
3.7E ~ determine liquid volume or weight using appropriate units and tools

TEKS: SCIENCE
3.8C ~ construct models that demonstrate  the relationship of the Sun, Earth, and Moon, including orbits and positions

HOMEWORK:
Go Math pg.563/564.  Practice multiplication facts. I will check logs and homework Friday.

Upcoming Important Dates:
April 23 ~ School Holiday
April 24 ~ 3rd Grade Field Day
May 14-15 ~ STAAR testing
May 21 ~ 3rd Grade Awards Ceremony
May 23 ~ Last day of school

TEKS: MATH
3.7B(R)- determine the perimeter of a polygon or a missing length when given perimeter and remaining side lengths in problems
3.7C(S)- determine the solutions to problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes using pictorial models or tools such as a 15-minute event plus a 30-minute event equals 45 minutes

TEKS: SCIENCE
3.8B- describe and illustrate the Sun as a star composed of gases that provides light and heat energy for the water cycle

Homework: Math homework Area and Perimeter worksheet. Practice multiplication facts. I will check logs and homework Friday.

Upcoming Important Dates:
April 10 ~ 3rd Grade Field Trip to the Caldwell Zoo (big thank you to all those that are chaperoning)
April 23 ~ School Holiday
April 24 ~ 3rd Grade Field Day
May 14-15 ~ STAAR testing
May 21 ~ 3rd Grade Awards Ceremony
May 23 ~ Last day of school

TEKS: MATH
3.6C(R)- determine the area of rectangles with whole number side lengths in problems using multiplication related to the number of rows times the number of unit squares in each row
3.6D(S)- decompose composite figures formed by rectangles into non-overlapping rectangles to determine the area of the original figure using the additive property of area
3.6E(S)- decompose two congruent two-dimensional figures into parts with equal areas and express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole and recognize that equal shares of identical wholes need not have the same shape
3.7B(R)- determine the perimeter of a polygon or a missing length when given perimeter and remaining side lengths in problems

TEKS: SCIENCE
3.8A- observe, measure, record, and compare day to day weather changes in different locations at the same time that include air temperature, wind direction, and precipitation

Homework: Math homework page 254. Practice multiplication facts. I will check logs and homework Friday.

Upcoming Important Dates:
April 10 ~ 3rd Grade Field Trip to the Caldwell Zoo (big thank you to all those that are chaperoning)
April 23 ~ School Holiday
April 24 ~ 3rd Grade Field Day
May 14-15 ~ STAAR testing
May 21 ~ 3rd Grade Awards Ceremony
May 23 ~ Last day of school