News for 11/13

Happy Thanksgiving!
We are thankful for all of our amazing TAG students and families. We hope you have a wonderful week!

Announcement: 

The TAG Referral window for students not currently in the TAG program is now open. The link to refer students for testing for the TAG program is available on the CCE website under the "What's Happening" section. The window to refer students and submit all paperwork closes at 4:00pm on Friday, December 8th. 

Math:

3rd Grade- 

Third grade has been practicing their multiplication strategies in many forms. We are working on a multiplication tessellation project that connects to problem solving and strategy use. This is an Art+Math project inspired by the geometric style of artist Paul Klee. The students are having a great time being creative with math. We also began talking about divisibility rules this week. We will continue with exploring various division strategies when we return from Thanksgiving break.

4th Grade-

4th graders wrapped up unit 4 this week by practicing adding and subtracting fractions.  We used fraction circles to model problems, solved some practice problems on task cards set up around the classroom, and even squeezed in some creative coloring with a puzzle sheet of practice problems.  We ended the week by taking our DCA test over units 3 and 4.  Results will be available in Home Access Center after the Thanksgiving break.

5th Grade-

5th graders wrapped up unit 4 by practicing adding and subtracting positive and negative integers.  We started the week by making a fortune teller with all the rules for adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing integers.  We also practiced our skills by completing problems on a number line, word problems and changing subtraction to adding in 4 stations.  We ended the week taking our DCA over Unit 3.  Results will be available in  Home Access Center after the Thanksgiving break.

ELA Enrichment & ISP:

**ISP supply note...the students have been creating materials lists for their ISP projects in class. Please know that we will be using found objects as much as possible. The students are not expected to purchase special supplies for these projects. 

1st Grade- 

We spent this week making some cute turkeys that showed off our math skills!  Students chose a number between 11 and 50, and showed 6 representations of the number on the feathers of a turkey.  There were so many creative ways to show the numbers!

2nd Grade-

Second grade has been hard at work creating number sense turkeys. The students selected a number between 75-125 and worked to show six different ways to represent their number. We also continued building our rooms and worked on typing our essays. It's been a busy week!

3rd Grade-

Students are blazing through their novel study of "Rump". They just can't put it down! They are refining their summarization skills and are able to identify important information from text. They are also making great progress on their ISP house projects. They are really starting to come together!

4th Grade-

Some students have solved the mystery and have "Escaped from Mr. Lemoncello's Library"! They are now working on their player cards for our card tournament. We are also incorporating technology by creating book trailers in iMovie so that we can share the excitement and encourage others to explore this awesome book! 

In ISP, the students are hard at work building their houses. They have made great progress and are on their way to some pretty cool things!

5th Grade-

This week 5th grade spent time digging into their novel study of the "Mysterious Benedict Society". They are loving the book. It's a real page turner! We also began to discuss our project for this novel. We will be creating a TV show script and model set for a scene from the book. It will be so much fun to bring this book to life!

Have a great weekend and see you next week!

Important Dates:

11/20-24 Thanksgiving Break

11/30    4th Grade Coffee House Poetry Begins
         8am Picture Make-up Day
         Author Visit- Chris Barton 
12/7     6:30 Singing Stars Concert
12/12    6:15 Singing Stars Caroling
12/13    8:00 3rd Grade December Around the World               performance for families
12/21    Sweater Spirit Day
12/25-1/8 Winter Break
1/9      Students back to school