Reminders for the Week
Kid’s Day Parent Volunteers Needed
This year's Kids' Day will be held on Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017 from 8:00am to 11:30am. Students will then be dismissed at 11:30am for a long Thanksgiving weekend. This is a half day for CAC and Pre K-5 will be participating at the same time. For new parents to the school Kids’ Day is a fun-filled day in which they can show off their house spirit, participate in a wide variety of physical activities, and enjoy each other! The Elementary PE Department needs parent volunteers to help with the games and activities. You will be partnered up with an Elementary Teacher and teacher aide to help run an activity. If you could volunteer on that day, please fill in the (google form) by Thursday, November 16th at the latest. Mr. Greene will contact you via e-mail with your assignment by Monday, November 20th. Please mark your calendars for the date and time NOW!
General Services Staff Appreciation Lunch
Monday, November 20, 2017
Every year the Elementary, Middle School, and High School Student Councils give thanks to the amazing general services staff at our school by hosting a special lunch. This staff includes: security guards, janitors, gardeners, drivers, bus monitors ,car washers, painters, carpenters, and maintenance. The hard work they do every day really makes our school a better place.
We are grateful to all the general services staff and will be having an appreciation lunch for them.
Date: Monday, November 20, 2017
Location: Middle School Field
Time: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
We can’t do this alone, we need your help! We are requesting that all students and families show their appreciation for our general service staff by donating the following:
- PreK & KG : Dessert
- 1 & 2: Pasta Dish/Rice or Rice Dish/Bread
- 3 - 5: Meat Dishes
- Grade 6: Meat Dishes
- Grade 7: Meat Dishes
- Grade 8: Vegetables/Side Dish/Salad
- Grade 9-12: Goodie Bags (more information will be sent out from your High School Student Council)
Please bring food donations in a disposable container. Students & parents can drop off their dishes the morning of November 20 in the MS/HS Faculty Lounge. Those who would like to volunteer during the day, please fill in this link. We thank you for your continued support and for giving thanks to all of those who help make CAC the place to be!
ES/MS/HS Student Leadership Teams
This week, third grade readers will delve into the study of a new literary genre, Biography. As they begin reading about different noteworthy persons, readers will learn to identify the characteristics of the genre and distinguish it from other nonfiction texts. Students will learn that biographies are life stories, therefore they will discover that they can use all they know about reading fiction to understand narrative nonfiction. Just like in the case of fictional stories, students will use questioning, making connections and inferring to develop theories about the subject of the biography. At the same time, reflecting on the rules of the society in which the subject of a biography lived, students will deepen their knowledge of history.
WRITING
At the beginning of the week, third grade writer’s will choose a seed idea to draft and develop into a speech. Their focus is to convince the listener how their idea will make CAC a better place to be. To be convincing, their writing needs to have evidence. They will gather evidence they already know about their chosen topic and organize it in different ways, figuring out which categories work best for them. It is almost like the work we did with Table of Contents in the non-fiction unit!! Students can then review their evidence and determine where more evidence is needed in order to convince and persuade. Students will work towards collecting examples for their evidence to make their opinions come to life.
MATH
This week third grade mathematicians will begin exploring parentheses to understand how they function in equations and demonstrate the significance of the position of parentheses in problems. For example: (2 + 3) x 7 is different than 2 + (3 x 7). Students will also learn to simplify challenging equations using familiar factors. For example: 16 x 3 = (8 x 2) x 3. They can then shift the parentheses (only with multiplication problems!) to 8 x (2 x 3) = 8 x 6 which they know is 48. Throughout the week’s lessons, third grade mathematicians will continue to strengthen their ability to identify number patterns and recognize that 9 = 10 - 1, which they can use to assist them in solving problems involving nines.
Towards the end of the week mathematicians will have reached the half-way point of Module 3 and will share their knowledge of strategies for solving multiplication and division problems using units 1-10 on the mid-module assessment. Continue to practice math facts at home to help build fluency and encourage your learner to review the problem sets and homework throughout the module to feel confident and prepared for their mid-module assessment.
Social Studies/SCIENCE
This is the final week of our current Social Studies unit. The students are continuing with their slide presentation comparing two countries through studying different maps. Once they complete their slide show they will be given the opportunity to create a Screencast. This is where they record their interpretation of the maps as they go through each slide. Remembering our essential question, How does WHERE you live affect HOW you live?, they will write brief notes to help them with their screencast.
Guidance Update: Grade 3 – Keep Your Power! Don’t Take the Bait
Students will hear the story of Simon’s Hook. In this story Simon learns to view himself as a strong, free fish with many choices, no matter what hooks maybe thrown in his path.
“The powerful message of Simon’s Hook is ‘Don’t focus on the negative words you may hear from others; focus on the fact that you have the power to choose how to react!’ – Project Cornerstone
By focusing on their own actions, children can begin to recognize the power they have - their own personal power. Personal power is not about power over someone else or the situation, but power over our own response, feelings and thoughts about yourself. Students will engage in powerful role-plays where they will have the opportunity to practice “keeping their power”. They will practice using an assertive posture and voice tone as they try various methods, such as: agreeing with the hook, using distractions, making a joke, and walking away.
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