Tuesday October 16, 2012 I think the witches have put a spell on the teachers and students at Cherry Creek. The first two weeks of school have already disappeared. The days are getting really busy and pretty soon the days will seem shorter. Thank you for coming to your student’s SEP conference. We all enjoyed meeting with you and your child to set goals that we want to work on this year. It is hard to believe that the end of the term will be on October 26th. Here is what the students in third grade are working on this month. Language Arts: We have started guided reading groups in our classes. Students will be reading chapter books in class and learning new reading skills to help them with comprehension, author’s meaning and inference. We have started our second series of stories in the new Journeys program. This program combines reading, writing, grammar skills and new vocabulary words. The stories are great with lots of connections to poetry and traditional tales. Vocabulary words have been sent home each week for students to work on. \ Spelling words have also been sent home by individual teachers. Math: We have started our unit on multiplication. Students should be able to tell you what an aray is and draw a picture of a multiplication problem. Students are now working on memorizing their multiplication facts. They have learned the X’s tables for 0, 1,2,3,4,and 5. They will be working on all of them before Christmas. Students who memorize all of their multiplication facts 1-12 will be invited to join us in a celebration of numbers in May. So keep your student working and practicing their facts. (division will start in November) Great Brain Reports In October will be on the Body. How the body works, body parts, how to exercise, how to stay healthy and anything else that students can think of the tells about the body. Talk to your students teacher to find out when they will be presenting their reports in their individual classes. Halloween – Yes we will be having a Halloween Carnival at Cherry Creek. Students will be able to wear their costumes to school that day. Please remind your student as they decide what they want to be for Halloween, that we still have to have “regular” class work in the morning. They need to choose a costume that they can sit in and work at their desks. Remember District Policy states no masks, weapons, swords or objects that are representing negative actions from students. The costume parade begins right after lunch at 12:40. Please come and watch your cute kids show off their costumes. The carnival for 3-6 grades will be from 1:00p.m. -1:40p.m. Grades K-2 is from 1:45-2:25p.m. Wednesday is still early out day. Pop Bottle Contest Students are being asked to enter the Pop Bottle Contest. Dress up an unopened 2 liter pop bottle in your most creative costume. Bring it to school from Oct. 29th -31st and show off your creativity! Prizes will be awarded in several categories like most scary, fancy, original and school spirit. **The pop bottles will then be used for the pop bottle walk at the carnival. Thank you for all of your support. We are having so much fun this year with your student. Thank you for sharing your child with us. Have a safe month and remember you can contact your child’s teacher with any questions. Nancy.taylo@nebo.edu Brooke.Alderks@nebo.edu Erica.Boyer@nebo.edu Shea.Wimmer@nebo.edu