Week 14

Core Value Books

The core value for November is COMPASSION. We will be sending home the core value book with the theme of compassion: My Two Blankets. Please read it with your child, then return it to school for the next student to take home.

Holiday Assembly Song

We are looking for a Christmas song from around the world to sing at the Holiday Assembly. If you have a favorite song, please send a youtube version with lyrics so we can have the students vote for one to sing at the assembly.

Mathletics

Students have customized lessons on Mathletics, please encourage your children to go on Mathletics to complete activities.

ASA

• Trimester I ASA ended last week. Sign-ups for session II are this week (Nov. 12-18) The new session will begin on the week of Nov. 26- Feb.22.

Growth Mindset

We have added a new heading in our newsletter. It has great questions you can ask your child.

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 with the date and time NOW! Thank you, Phil Greene pgreene@cacegypt.org & Mark Mayfield mmayfield@cacegypt.org

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.

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What’s Going on This Week in Grade 2

Readers’ Workshop

Our readers are doing lots of critical thinking. They will ask questions to grow ideas and share their learning with their reading partners. Partners will use sentence frames like: This makes me think ____________.” “This makes me wonder ____________.” “This is just like ____________.” “This surprises me because ____________.’ ”

Essential Question:

• How can I let the nonfiction books I read be my teachers, so that all the pages and pictures of those books teach me about a topic?
• How can I read nonfiction books with so much power that they turn me into an expert on my topic?

Some suggested discussions to do at home:

• Read to learn and develop wonder about the world.
• Reread books for fluency and intonation.
• Using nonfiction features to find key facts and information.
• Talk about illustrations and how pictures clarify text or provide informational content

Writers’ Workshop

Our writers’ have a lot to say about the world. Students are writing about how to care for dogs, all about frogs, soccer, and other such topics. This week students will elaborate by using examples to show what they mean and to help the reader gain a clear understanding of the topic.

Essential Question:

• How can I add more information to my book once I already put down all that I know about the topic?

Some suggested activities you can do at home:

• Talk about nonfiction topics that interest your child
• Talk more about what you know about that topic

Math- Module 4: Adding and Subtracting Within 200

We have started our new math unit. This week students will build fluency and develop conceptual understanding of addition and subtraction using properties of operations and place value reasoning. Some of the objectives are:

• Adding and subtracting multiples of ten
• Counting on to subtract
• Adding and subtracting multiples of ten and some ones within 100
• Solve one and two-step word problems within 100 using strategies based on place value

Essential Questions

• How can strategies help me to quickly add and subtract?
• How do I explain my mathematical thinking and why is that important?

Key understandings of Module 4:

1. I can add or subtract any two numbers between 0 and 100 within a one and two step word problem.
2. I can explain my arithmetic using drawings and equations (with symbols for the "unknown")
3. I can EASILY add and subtract any two numbers from 0 to 100.
4. I can add up to four 2-digit numbers using a variety of strategies
5. I can add and subtract numbers from 0 to 1000 using different strategies based on place value and regrouping
6. I can mentally add or subtract 10 and 100 from any number from 100 to 900
7. I can explain why various addition or subtraction strategies work using numbers, drawings, or objects.

*Don’t forget to check out Eureka Math at https://greatminds.org/

* Module 4 Parent Tips Letter

Science

We continue to work on Animals on Safari unit this week. Students will review vocabulary and unit concepts by reflecting and talking. Students will brainstorm a new species that can survive in a specific habitat. Students will show how the animal stays warm, defend itself, and catch and eat prey by naming a feature and elaborating on how it works and what it does.

Essential Questions:

• Why do animals look different?

Some suggested discussions you can have at home:

• Describe animals using unit vocabulary

structure, classification, classify, features, mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, insects, camouflage, survive, defend, eat

• Talk about: How does this physical structure or characteristic help the animal to eat, stay warm and defend itself?

Circles

Focus: Compassionate behavior especially when working with others, in the classroom, at school, at home, and in the community.

Growth Mindset Questions