Monday, March 27, 2017

March 27-31, 2017

Wow! I can hardly believe that this is the last week of March.  Just a reminder, our campus is closed to all vistors on Tuesday and Wednesday.  The 4th and 5th grade students will be taking the STAAR test. This week also begins our last nine weeks of school together.  Report cards will come home next Tuesday, April 4th.

Our Field Trip last week was excellent! The Zach Scott Theatre puts on amazing plays.  The students really enjoyed figuring out which books were part of the play, Elephant and Piggie Are in a Play!

Family Dinner Night (Caraway City Limits)
This is a really fun event every year! Our family enjoys going and visiting with everyone! Please plan to attend and volunteer if you can! The PTA loves all of the help they can get with this giant event!

Event Details:
Caraway City Limits (Family Dinner Night) 
Date: Saturday, April 1
Time: 5:30-8:30 pm (Dinner Seating: 5:30 -6:30 pm)
Location: Caraway Elementary Campus (Oak View side)
Volunteer Times: 9am-9pm (Volunteer times vary based on job. See Sign Up Genius for more details)

Activity Times:
Food: 5:30-8:00 pm
Raffle: 5:30-7:30 pm
Auction: 5:30-7:15 pm
Teacher wish List Tree: 5:30-8:30 pm
Links:
Online Food Pre-Order (prices increase $2 day of event)
Event Details: Sharon Waits 
Donations: Erin Harry
Volunteers: Supriya Kini and Shelby Soleimani

Reminders:
Monday (3/27):  15 min. self-selected reading from home
Tuesday (3/28): STAAR - No vistors
                        Reading Homework will come home.
                         
                          Tuesday folders will come home. Please unload and return them on Wednesday.
Wednesday (3/29): STAAR - No visitors
                             No Library
Thursday (3/30):
Friday (3/31): Parent Community Coffee @ 7:45am
Saturday (4/1): Caraway City Limits- I can't wait to see everyone there!

This week in Reading and Writing Workshop...
We are continuing our work as researchers.  We will read and learn about chickens.  We will use our research notebooks to organize our learning and the facts we write as we read.  This week we will begin synthesizing our information and create a chicken habitat during our science time.  We will have to think about the needs of a chicken and how to protect them from predators and weather.  We will present our projects when we finish.

This week in Math...
We are relating addition to subtraction.  We will think about two parts making a whole and how a whole can be broken down into two parts.  We will solve problems where we have to decide if we should use addition or subtraction.  We will also participate in a fun activity called a 3 Act Task that involves a situation with Humpty Dumpty.

This week in Science...
We will work on our chicken habitat projects.  Our list of "need to knows" will help drive our work.  We will design a habitat based on what we have learned about chicken's needs in their environment, food needs and how to protect chickens.   We will think about what a chicken's primary need for a safe habitat would be (hint: to lay eggs).

Have a great week!

DATES TO REMEMBER:
March 28-29:  STAAR Testing- No Visitors on Campus
April 1:  Family Dinner Night
April 5:  Early Release Day @ 12:00 pm
April 7:  Family Fun & Fit Night @ 6:30 pm
April 12:  Hatch Day!
April 14:  Spring Holiday- No School
April 22:  Earth Day Clean up
April 26:  Playland Skate Center @ 5:30 pm
May 1-5:  Teacher Appreciation Week
May 8-10: STAAR Testing- No Visitors on Campus
May 15-19:  Book Fair
May 18:  KnOWLedge Night @ 5:30
May 19:   Field Day
May 26:  Career Fair
May 29:  Memorial Day- No School

June 1:  Last Day of School- End of the Year party

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