Multiplication Facts

Parents,

We have made it through our first week of studying our multiplication facts! Each week we will send home flash cards over chosen facts that need to be studied for the week. The goal is by the end of 3rd grade your child will have their facts mastered! Each week we will take a timed multiplication test over the facts studied. Please help your child study 5-10 minutes each night! Today we will take our 2's & 5's test :) Thank you for you help and happy studying!

Thanks!

New E-mails

Hello Parents,

If you noticed on the contact page our email addresses have changed. Brenham ISD is moving to Google accounts so we have received new contact information.

Mrs. Mouser's new e-mail is: rmouser@brenhamk-12.net

Mrs. Macat's new e-mail is: cmacat@brenhamk-12.net

Again...thanks for all you do for your child!!

Until next time,

2nd Six Weeks

Wow!! The first six weeks is complete! We are now into the second six weeks and things are moving right along! This week with Mrs. Macat we have been working on addition, subtraction, and temperature. With Mrs. Mouser we are learning about biographies and working with ir, ur, and er words. This week we began working on our Guided Math and Guided Reading groups so ask your child what they did during their group time. It will vary from day to day but we are using this time for interventions and enrichment to meet your childs needs the best we can.

Also, be looking for a permission form to come home this week about posting pictures of your child on our blog!

Until next time,

Remind 101 Text Messages

Have you ever heard of Remind 101?? This is something new that we are implementing this year and we hope that you sign up for it. Remind 101 allows you to receive text messages from us reminding you of important events, dates, homework assignments, etc... This will be a nice feature if we forget to send a note home, or if the note never makes it home LOL, or if we forget to tell your child something before the end of school. It is totally free to sign up but standard text message charges apply.

You will need to sign up to receive messages from both Mrs. Macat and Mrs. Mouser so you will have all subjects covered!

To receive reminder messages......

Your Macat math class should follow these steps to receive your messages:

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1. Send a text message to (442) 333-4306

2. With the message  @macat

Your Mouser reading class should follow these steps to receive your messages:

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1. Send a text message to (442) 333-4042

2. With the message  @mouse 

 

Sept. 10th - Sept. 14th

We are now entering into the third week of school and curriculum night is this Thursday from 6:00-7:30! If you can come we would love to visit with you! You will get a chance to meet with our new principal then spend some time with Mrs. Mouser and Mrs. Macat to discuss setting up conferences, homework information, etc...

Here is a look at the rest of the week.

In Mrs. Mouser's class we are working on Plot Development and Sequencing. For writing this week we will be adding details to our quick write.

In Mrs. Macat's class for math we will begin comparing and ordering numbers through 9,999. In science we will be learning about mass and doing a sink or float lab. Pictures will be coming soon!

 

September 4th - September 7th

Wow! We have already made it through our first week of school and have had our first holiday! Now that we are settled into our school routine, each week we will post information about our week! So to start off...here is a look at this week.

In Mrs. Mouser's class, this week we are working on understanding characters, setting, and plot. We are also practicing using context clues to understand the meaning of words.

In Mrs. Macat's class, this week we are working on place value up to the hundred thousands place. We are reading and writing numbers in standard form, expanded form, and word form up to 999,999. We are also discussing matter and are going to do two labs this week!

Again, please remember to read with your child each night and check for understanding and help your child show their work on their math homework!

Thanks!
 

Welcome to Third Grade!

Welcome to Mrs. Mouser and Mrs. Macat's third grade blog.  We are so excited to start this new school year and get to know your child.  We use this blog as a communication tool between school and home.  Instead of sending weekly newsletters we will put all of that information on this blog.  Anything regarding homework and due dates, upcoming events, important notes, etc. will be updated weekly to keep you informed.  Along with the day to day housekeeping information we will also use the blog to show you what we are doing in classroom.  You will get to see and hear all about what is going on at school.

Not only will we update the blog but throughout the year, your child will have the opportunity to do so as well.  We want you to hear from them about the things they are learning and experiencing in the classroom.  They get very excited about the cool new things they are doing and love sharing that with their family.

Please feel free to comment on posts that you read.  We love getting feedback and hearing from you, the parent. 

 Thank you for sharing your child with us and we look forward to meeting you on Thursday, August 23rd from 4:00-6:30.

 

Dogs and Digits

Last night was Dogs and Digits!! This was the 3rd annual Family Math Night at BES!! We had a great turn out and served over 300 hot dogs :) Thank you parents for bringing your child and playing math games. We hope you had an amazing time :) A big thank you our sponsors, Sonic, Bluebell Icecream, BES PTO, and Cheryl Liere Life and Health! Also, we want to thank all of our wonderful staff members who put games together, helped last night, and who brought cookies and cupcakes! Our teacher of the year, Mrs. Felder, was dressed as the hot dog and had a smile on her face the whole time :) Thank you!
 

Dear Parents,

For the next 2 weeks we will be working on an Animal Research paper in reading.  Each student has chosen an animal that interests them.  Each day we will do a little more work on completing our paper.  The students will be given plenty of time here at school to complete their project.  However, I did tell them that if they would like to do more research while at home that will be perfectly fine.  Once we have completed the research we will begin to create our written reports. For the presentation of our projects each student will create a Voki (an animated character).  Once the Voki's have been created they will be posted to the blog for parents to view and enjoy.

Now that the STAAR test is over we are able to do some fun, educational activities such as the research project.  The students seem to be very excited to use the netbooks and learn about different animals.

Lions, Tigers, & Bears Oh My!

A few weeks ago BES 3rd grade went on a field trip to the Houston Zoo! We had a blast! Check it out!

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End of the 5th Six Weeks

 This week marks the end of the 5th Six Weeks.  It's hard to believe that in only 6 1/2 weeks we will begin our Summer vacation. 

We are down to the wire and STAAR is just around the corner.  It is important to make sure that your child is at school every day and on time.  These last couple weeks we are reviewing and preparing to take the test.  Make sure that your child is getting an adequate amount of sleep each night and eating a good nutritious breakfast.  We need the students to be able to give us their best each day they are here and after the tests we will be able to celebrate our success with some fun activities and field trips.  Thank you for all that you do to help your child at home.  We appreciate all that you do!!




 

Reminder:Animal Parade

Dear Parents,

Don't forget to come watch our Animal Parade tomorrow morning as we march around the entire school!! It's going to be wild!!!! Parents can be seated in the cafeteria/gym area. You will see everything from birds to lions :) Don't miss out on this adventure!



  

Field Trip Date Change

 Due to a conflict in dates with the Houston Zoo we have moved our field trip from Wednesday, March 28th to Monday, March 26th.  Please make sure that you send your child's $8 by this Friday so that we can purchase our tickets.  We will leave school at 8:30 and return by 5:00.  Make sure to arrange for your child to be picked up that afternoon when we return to school.  If you are planning to go along with us to the zoo please let Mrs. Macat or Mrs. Mouser know ahead of time so that we can plan accordingly.  Adult tickets are $13.  All students must ride the bus to the zoo but they may ride home with you.

5th Six Weeks

 We can't believe it is already the 5th Six Weeks!! The time is flying by so now it is more important than ever to make sure you are still helping your child with their homework. The STAAR test is quickly approaching! Here is a look at this week!
Reading
Story: Out of This World
Lesson: Fact & Opinion
Binky's Facts & Opinions Game

Language Arts
Lesson: Pronouns
Pronoun Balloon Pop Game

Math
Lesson: Congruent, Symmetry, & Graphs
Symmetry Game
Pictograph Game
Bar Graph Game

Social Studies
Lesson: Different Types of Communities
-Crossroads Communities
-Water Communities


 

Whats happening this week?

Wow!~ We can't believe it is already February!! This school year is flying by and your child is learning more and more each and every day. Here is what we are learning about in class this week!

Reading & Language Arts
Our story we are reading this week is Ramona and Her Father. We are discussing Problems and Solutions. In Languare Arts we are learning about Adverbs! If you click the link it will take you to a cool game!!

Social Studies
 This week we are reviewing Communication, Inventions, and Transportation over time and how they have changed. We will be sending home a review sheet to study for our upcoming test next Friday, February 10th.

Math & Science
In math we are practice Patterns and Number Sequences. This week we are also working on learning our 12 Multiplication Facts! Click the link for the some Multiplication Practice!

 In Science we are discussing Forces, Motion, and Work!

Until Next Time!
 

Navigating the Blog!

Parents,

We know that some of you may be computer guru's and some of you are just learning how to use it but either way we want to give you a few tips on where to find information on our classroom blog. Blogs can come in so many different colors, pages, and designs so we want to help you efficiently use ours.

Each week the blog is updated with a variety of helpful information for you and here is how to find it.

When you first open our blog you are on the home screen which is where you are reading this post. There is also a "home" tab at the top left that will always bring you back to this page as well.

The second tab News and Upcoming Events will link you to another page on our blog that will give you information about holidays, school events, meetings, etc...

The third tab Homework will link you to the page that provides what homework assignments are for the week and when they are due.

The fourth tab Quizzes and Tests will link you to the page that provides information on upcoming quizzes and tests, benchmark dates, etc...

The fifth tab Helpful Links takes you to a page that will provide information on how to get to our school library page, computer lab page, and will soon be getting more helpful links for your child to access from home.

The last page Contact Info. provides you will information to contact us.

Thank you for your cooperation and patience with us during our new adventure of classroom blogging!! If you see or think of something that would make our blog better please share with us your comments!!

P.S. if you are not sure on how to comment...at the bottom of this post you will see the word "comments". Just click the link and it will open up a new page for you to post your comments on.

I'm going to have to taste what?

What do you get when 44 kids do a matter taste test??? A bunch of funny faces that is for sure!!! In science we have been learning about matter and how we can observe its physical properties using our 5 senses. We have completed a sound lab, smell lab, and today a taste lab. I must say I think the taste lab was by far both classes favorite! There were 15 different items to taste and the students had to describe whether the item was sweet, sour, bitter, or salty. I couldn't help but laugh the entire class at the variety of faces I saw as I walked around the room to each group!! There faces were priceless! Here...you can see for yourself LOL

 

New Updates

Parents,

We know that several of you have been checking the blog and it has not be updated. We are very sorry for that. Before Christmas break things were a little crazy at school and we never got around to doing it. However...you can hold us to our word this time...we are making a New Year's Resolution to update the blog each week if not more than once a week with picture of activities that are happening in the classroom. We appreciate everything that you do for your child and for us as well. Thank you!!