DECEMBER HAPPENINGS

December looks to be as busy as November was for our Third Graders.
Students are working on their Great Brain Reports about Holiday Customs.
We have been reading about families that have come to America to start new lives with their families. We know that when families move they bring with them customs and traditions from their own families. We would like to learn about each others customs and traditions that they share with their families. We want to hear from all the students. Students will be presenting these reports in their individual classes. Each teacher has a different schedule. Students need to talk to their
teachers about when their reports should be done.

MATH
All the students are learning their multiplication facts 1-12. Students need to have these facts memorized by April 1. All students will be participating in an ice cream party in April. How much ice cream they get to eat will be determined by the number of fact families they have learned. Students can keep track of their own progress in their classrooms.

Language Arts & Writing
We have had so much fun learning the different parts of speech and how to best write stories. This month we are focusing on information writing.

Reading
Parents please help your child read out loud for 10 minutes each night. Share a book with them and read it more than once. Reading out loud helps students learn to put expression into their reading and builds their fluency.

Dates to Remember
December 20- Third Grade Around the World Activity
We need parent volunteers for each class
21- School is out at 12:00 Breakfast and Brunch will be served
Christmas Break is December 21 12:00 (Noon) until January 3

Giving Tree
Remember we have the Giving Tree in the Front Hall
We do have needs in our Cherry Creek Family of Students.
If you are able to help by donating a gift to someone in our school it
Will be appreciated.

Food Drive will be coming up soon.

Lost and Found
Has your student lost their coat.
Check out our lost and found.
We have a lot of items that have been
left outside or in the halls.
Moms and Dads you will have to come and check
Your students don’t remember what their coat looks like.

November 7-11, 2011

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Dear Parents,
Last week was a wild and wonderful week. Halloween was a great day with activities in class and a school parade and carnival to end the day.

Wednesday was a treat in its self. The power went out for most of the morning
but it did come back on by lunch time.

The classes are all working on subtraction skills. Please help your child
memorize their fast facts so they can do the 45 problems in less than 4 minutes.
We will only have a couple of weeks left for subtraction before we start multiplication facts.

For more homework please go to UTIPS and do the practice pages there.
If you have any questions or concerns please contact your child's teacher.

October 31 Halloween

Monday October 31, we will be having a Fall Carnival
at school.

Students may wear costumes to school that day.
Costumes are optional

NO Masks or weapons are allowed.
Students need to be able to move around easily in their costumes.

The morning will be normal class work.
In the afternoon the PTA will be sponsoring a Fall Carnival during
the last hour of the day for the lower grades.

If you have any questions please contact your student's teacher or the
school office 801-489-2810

There is a contests for Pop Bottle Decorations.

Week 10 October 24-27th

Dear Parents,
We hope that all of you had a great Fall Break. This week is SEP Conferences
at Cherry Creek School.
We will not have any homework on UTIPS.

We need you and your student to come to the SEP Conferences. If you cannot make your appointment,please contact your students teacher to reschedule.

There will be no Awards Assembly this week. We will let you know when it will be.

Math
We have been working on Addition skills. Adding numbers with regrouping and making 10's. Many of our students still do not have their quick math addition facts memorized please work with your student to pass these off.
This week we will be focusing on subtraction facts.
Please help your child practice their quick math facts. Flash Cards can be purchased at the Dollar Store for both add and subtract.


Scholastic Book Fair is here.
Students may go in before and after school. The fair will be open during the SEP conferences. This year it is located in the North Gym.
We hope you have a great week at school.
Thanks for all your support.

Week 9: October 17-19

Hi Parents!
Because of Fall Break this week (Thursday and Friday) there will be NO math (including UTIPs) or spelling homework. However, please make sure your child reads 20 minutes a day. THANKS!

Week 8: October 10-14

We are getting ready to do double and triple digit addition! Here are just a few worksheets to give you a heads up on what is coming.
It is very important that our students have their basic addition facts down by now! Our goal is to do 50 problems in 4 minutes with 100% accuracy.

Week 7: October 3-7

Hi parents!
This week we are working on basic addition strategies (such as counting on, making 10, doubles, etc).

Week 6: Sep 26-30

Hi Parents,
This week we will be moving on to number lines, patterns, and simple algebra (balancing equations, such as 4 + 8 = 3 + ?). Then we will move on to telling time to the quarter hour, and counting money.
However, many of our students still need practice rounding to the nearest 10, 100, and 1,000. Any time you can spend practicing rounding would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!

Week 5: Sep 19-23

This week we are working on rounding!

Week 4: Sep 12, 2011

Here are a few math pages for this week. Please let us know if you have any questions!





Here are a few math pages for this week:

September 6, 2011

Hi parents,
This week we would like you to focus on basic math facts (1-10) with your child for homework. There are some excellent resources for flashcards, websites to practice with, and printables under our "Helpful Websites" and "Math Facts" tabs.
If you need more, here are a few more pages you can work on:

Welcome!

Hi!

Welcome to our class website. We will use this site to post announcements, updates, and homework support.

Feel free to look around! This main page will be used for posting general third grade announcements. There are several extra pages in the “Resources” column on the right. We have posted some math websites under "helpful websites" (along with a few other important links). There are links to several different resources for practicing times tables under “math facts.” You can also find ideas for practicing spelling assignments, as well as a list of words for each week under "spelling practice ideas" and “spelling lists.” If you have more ideas to add to either of these lists, please let me know!!

We have included a general curriculum outline for all subjects, as well as links to the core curriculum as outlined by the state.

Each third grade teacher also has a separate page for posting their weekly newsletters.

HOMEWORK:

This year, third graders will be asked to do reading, spelling, and math homework every night. We would like students to read on their own for a set amount of time every day, practice their spelling words (any way you choose) once a day, and practice math facts (particularly times tables – starting around October), for a little bit of time every day. We will also have an optional UTIPs assignment that can replace math practice one night a week. These UTIPs assignments can be VERY valuable, since they are structured very closely to the way students will be tested at the end of the year. We encourage your student to do these whenever possible.

We will also upload a few extra math worksheets (to this main page) for each week's math focus. If your child is struggling to pass off their times tables/math facts, PLEASE encourage them to spend time practicing them every day. If your child has passed off their times tables and needs something else to do for homework, you can start with the UTIPs assignment for one night, then use pages/resources from this website for other nights. Of course, it is good to make sure your child stays up to speed with their times tables so he/she doesn't forget them by the time he/she gets to fourth grade!

Here are a few notes about the weekly math assignments we plan to post:
-Some of the worksheets are links to another website that we trust. Just click on the title of the worksheet to get to the website. We will try to publish the worksheets without a link to outside sources whenever we can.
-Worksheets have been uploaded as JPEGs (pictures). To print the worksheet, just click on the picture. This will bring up the worksheet in a different program on your computer. You should be able to print it from there.
-We have a few "Math Challenge" pages to post throughout the rest of the year. These assignments are specifically designed to challenge your student and make them think of creative ways to solve a problem - they may be difficult!

Thanks for visiting! Again, if you have any questions or comments, please contact one of us!

-Mrs. Boyer, Mrs. Jacobson, Mrs. Searle, and Mrs. Taylor