News for 2/11

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! We hope you all had a great week filled with fun, friends, and family! Just a friendly reminder, Monday and Tuesday are student holidays.

1st Grade Talent Development

First graders have spent the week working on our ISPs.  All students checked out books from the library, and are really working hard on researching to answer their questions on their topics.  I'm really proud of how well they are doing!  We ended the week with a couple of fun Valentine activities exploring a glyph and a bar graph.

2nd Grade Talent Development

Second grade has made great progress on their spring ISPs. Many students have completed researching and are beginning to write their essays. It has been a lot of fun to see the kids get excited and dig deep into their topics. They are doing great work!

3rd Grade Math

Third graders wrapped up their unit on geometry, area and perimeter this week.  They have been working hard on their tiny house projects and they are looking great!  If they don't finish by Friday, they will need to bring them home to finish over the long weekend.  We will display them in the library when we finish!  Students also took a DCA Thursday.  Grades will be in HAC by early next week.  We ended the week with some work on our ISPs- they are all well on their way to creating great projects with deep thinking!

4th Grade Math

Fourth graders have spent the week studying area and perimeter.  We have done task cards and example problems to test our skills.  We had some fun by studying the blueprints for the new CCE playground, coming next school year.  There are two proposals for how to fill the area, and we calculated the surface area of the playground to see which plan works best.  We also created animal sanctuaries, and calculated the area and perimeter of each cage, thinking about which animals could be next to each other and which ones could not be.  These will be brought home on Friday if not finished in class.  We ended the week with some work on our ISPs- they are all well on their way to creating great projects with deep thinking!

5th Grade Math

Fifth graders only came to TAG two days this week, due to I Love Math on Monday and STAAR Ready testing Tuesday and Wednesday in their homerooms.  Thursday, we started a new unit on measurement conversions.  Students practiced converting measurements within one system (customary and metric) by completing a scavenger hunt, puzzle and practice problems.   We ended the week with some work on our ISPs- they are all well on their way to creating great projects with deep thinking!  

3rd Reading

Third grade worked hard on their drama this week. They were super excited to perform it for some our kindergarten classes. They did a great job! 
This week we also discussed communities. We took a "trip" around the world to learn about different communities. We looked at their locations and the various resources available in each place. We learned a lot about several very different places.

4th Reading

Fourth grade wrapped up their unit on drama this week. They completed their scripts and Comics Head cartoons. We enjoyed sharing them with the group on Friday.

5th Reading

Fifth grade had limited time in TAG this week due to I Heart Math and the STAAR Ready exams. But even with limited time we learned a lot and had a lot of fun. Thursday was spent sharing out our commercials from our persuasive text unit. We had some campus visitors come and view our commercials and help decide who was most persuasive! We will upload our commercials in our Seesaw accounts next week. 

Have a great weekend, see you next week!

Important Dates:
2/18-19 Student Holiday-No School
2/22 5th Grade Grisham Buddy Day
CCE School Spirit-Twin Day
2/26 PTA Meeting 6:00pm & 4th Grade Performance 6:30pm
3/8 Multicultural Fair 5:30pm