Happy Spring Break!

Dear Parents,

Congratulations to Titan for being our marvelous MVP of the week! We enjoyed learning more about our special friend when he shared his banner with us on Tuesday.

Thank you to Jeanette Dunbar, Chantelle Askins, Anusha Swaminathan, and Sri Kommana for being amazing chaperones for our Field Trip to the Umlauf and Blanton Museum. We enjoyed our visits, and we were able to experience a broad range of artistic expression and history.

Happy Spring Break!  I hope that you and your family enjoy a week full of fun and relaxation! I look forward to hearing all of my third graders’ stories and adventures of Spring Break when we return!

Enjoying your children,
Mrs. McDonald

                            THIRD GRADE AND CCE CAMPUS NEWS

Character Trait for March: HARDWORKING

2019 CCE ECONOMICS EXPO
I LOVE the prototypes that your child has made for our CCE Economics Expo. I am excited to see the children at work while selling their fabulous products. Just a friendly reminder that all products are due March 26th. Thank you for helping us with these life skills. 
Parent Letter
Prototype Budget Sheet

An additional component of our Economic Expo is a bake sale.  Please use the sign up genius to volunteer to make a baked good(s). The income from the bake sale provides additional funds for our charity Austin Pets Alive.  We appreciate each families contributions. It is so important that they see community working together to solve problems!.  
Bake Sale Sign-Up

We are very excited about the upcoming Economics Expo and Bake Sale Thursday, March 28th in the CCE cafeteria after school. Hope to see everyone there!

ROBO LAB  
It's time for Robolab! In the spring session, 3rd graders will explore the idea of self-driving cars. We'll build a Lego vehicle, learn the basics of Mindstorms programming, then program our cars to drive around "town" on their own.

Parent volunteers help make Robolab even more fun for everyone. Come join your child and see what they are doing! You do not need to know anything about Legos or programming; you only need to encourage and support them while they program and build. If you can't come for an entire time slot, that's fine! Just add a comment to your signup letting me know what times you will be there.
See the link below for more information, and I hope to see you in Robolab soon!
Robolab Sign-Up

SINGING STARS NEWS
The CCE Singing Stars Choir will perform the National Anthem Sunday, April 28th at 1:05 p.m. at the Round Rock Express baseball game. We have reserved a large block of infield reserved seat tickets in Section 113 for the game at a discounted rate of $12.00 per ticket. (There is an extra charge for parking at the stadium.) Sundays are Kids Days, so there are several activities at the stadium geared toward kids.  The RR Express uses Groupmatics for group sales now so your ticket purchases will be easy and online. To purchase tickets go here

We hope to have a large CCE presence at the game! We were told by the Express staff that CCE Singing Stars Choir is the only group that has performed the National Anthem ALL 20 years of their existence! Quite a tradition!

HOMEWORK
Planners are completed daily.  Please check and initial your child’s planner nightly.

Students are required to read for a minimum of 20 minutes per night and record a quick response on their reading logs. Signed logs are DUE every Wednesday. Book Bucks are earned with every 100 minutes read. Students can “purchase” books from our “Book Buck Libraries” with 10 book bucks.

Nightly reading is crucial to your child's overall reading success. Reading should be an interactive process, so please remember to initial or sign your child's log before turning it in on Wednesday.

Students should practice math skills 10 minutes nightly.  This could be anything from Education Galaxy, to flashcards or even a series of problems written by a parent.  

Each FRIDAY students will receive spelling lists and work. Practice spelling the words correctly and complete the homework packet due each THURSDAY. Spelling Tests will be administered on Fridays.

UNITS OF STUDY for March 25- March 29, 2019
Math -  Measurement
Reading - Plot Diagrams
Writing -  Revising and Editing
Spelling - Unit 21
Social Studies - Free Market Economy
Science - Habitats and Environments

IMPORTANT DATES
March 18-22nd - Spring Break
Tuesday, March 26th - Economics Expo remaining products are due, Reports cards going home
Thursday, March 28th - Third Grade Economics Expo at 3:00 in CCE cafeteria
Friday, March 29th - 5th Grade Balloon Launch and Kona Ice after school
Monday, April 15 - Robolab for Mrs. McDonald's Class
April 15-19th - CCE Spring Book Fair
Tuesday, April 16th - PTA Meeting at 6:00 p.m./2nd Grade Performance and Art Gallery
Friday, April 19th - Holiday, No School