September 22-25
Hello C3 Families!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
I hope you all had a great long weekend! Your students have been doing such a great job with the APEX fundraiser! Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to share or donate.
APEX Fun Run!
The APEX Fun Run is this Thursday! Volunteers are welcome to come and help count laps and cheer on students as they run. Sign up here to volunteer.
Tuesday Envelope: Every Tuesday, your child will come home with an envelope of finished work, graded quizzes and tests and announcements. This week, they will come home with their graded Topic C math quiz and Unit 1 Assessment. Please be sure to sign your student's quizzes and review the content with them. Remember, the ELA quizzes are very challenging. The class average was around 11/19 total points on the Unit 1 Assessment. Encourage your student to celebrate the questions they answered correctly and review those they did not. Yellow envelopes need to be returned on Thursdays.
Pajama and Stuffy Day!
The students earned a PJ and Stuffy day as an APEX reward. We will have PJ and Stuffy day on Friday. Stuffies must be able to fit on a corner of your student's desk (not too big). Students will be reminded that stuffies are there as a study pal, not as a toy to be played with during work time. They are welcome to play with them during Fun Friday.
Fall Conferences:
Fall conferences are next month! Please sign up for a time slot at your earliest convenience. I am looking forward to discussing your student's progress.
OUR WEEK AT A GLANCE
ELA: This week, we will be starting Benchmark Advance Unit 2, Characters' Actions and Reactions. In this unit, students will read and compare characters in fables, fairy tales, and fantasies and analyze their actions and reactions. We will be working on our Week 1 packet this week. Students will take the Unit 2 Week 1 quiz on Friday. This week, we will be reading "The Gnat and the Lion"/The Gnat and the Bull," "Snow White Meets the Huntsman," and "Melamut the Crocodile."
Writing: We will continue working on narrative writing this week. Students will continue working on a narrative about an amusement park. Students will learn various narrative writing techniques and will work with a partner to edit their stories.
Math: This week, we will begin Module 1, Topic D. In topic D, students build fluency with addition and subtraction of multi-digit numbers by using the standard algorithm, and they solve multi-step word problems.
Homework: Homework includes Math Apply Book pages, cursive, and 20 minutes of reading. Please refer to the Homework page on my website to view the schedule. Checking your student’s communicator is the best way to stay updated on homework. I try to stick to the homework listed on the website, but sometimes plans change and the communicator will have the most updated information.
**No cursive this week - short week
REMINDERS
Please take care of all folders that come home, they need to last the whole year!
Please check and sign your student’s communicator daily
Remember to pack a water bottle during these warm months! (only water is permitted in the classroom.)
APEX Fun Run on Thursday
PJ & Stuffy Day on Friday
Looking forward to another great week!
Thank you!
Mrs. McLaughlin