October 17th-21st

Upcoming Dates

October 21st - CISD Community Tailgate

October 24th-28th - Red Ribbon Week (see more information below)

October 25th - PTO Meeting - 6:00 PM - TCE Library

October 28th - Jack-O'-Lantern Jog

Fun Run during Specials time; 3rd Grade: 10:10-11:00

Red Ribbon Week

October 24th-28th

 

Monday - Make Healthy Choices to Accomplish Your Dreams (PJs/Sweats)

Tuesday - Healthy Choices are the Key to a Bright Future (Neon/Tie Dye)

Wednesday  - Let's Team Up to be Healthy (Sports theme)

Thursday - The Future Me is Drug-Free (Future Profession)

Friday - Celebrate Life & Live Drug Free (Lots of Red with Celebration Items (Pom Poms, Maracas, etc.)

 October Lunch Menu

 

Math

This week, we will begin learning 2 digit by 1 digit multiplication, and buckle up, Buttercup, because before we learn the traditional way of putting the 2 digit number on top and the 1 digit number on the bottom and then multiplying, we are going to learn some new and fancy ways to multiply: by partial products and by using an area model. Both of these new strategies accomplish the exact same thing as using the traditional algorithm, but they allow the kiddos to organize their numbers in a way  that might be easier for them than by lining up the place values. By the end of next week, we will be multiplying 2 digit by 1 digit numbers in the old fashioned way (the algorithm). Carry that number, bab! And you know I love a good rhyme, so here it is: Bottom, top, bottom, side, THAT IS HOW WE MULTIPLY!

Science 

In Science, we will begin exploring force and motion.  Pushes and pulls are all around us!  We will focus on how objects can move and change position when pushed or pulled.  Lots of demonstrations going down this week :)

Reading/Writing 

We have dipped our toes into our nonfiction unit for both reading and writing.  This week we will explore nonfiction text features and study how authors organize non fiction writing. We will also focus on the main idea of articles and reinforce them with supporting details.  Our reading and writing units are so intermingled that students shouldn’t even know where “reading” ends and “writing” begins. Our grammar focus is on complete simple sentences. 

We are also working on their cursive handwriting.  By now, your student has mastered the letters c, a, d, g, and h.  They are working on stringing them together.  We will work this week on adding t to the repertoire.

Social Studies 

This week we will focus on characteristics of a good citizen. We will introduce the notion of a jury. In addition we will revisit the technology citizenship requirements.

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