Captain James E. Daly, Jr. Elementary School
October 2015
Mark Your
Calendar
October 2nd
Early release day
October 12th
Parent Visitation Day
October 16th
No School
October 30th
Fall Festival from 2:45 3:45
November 2st
No School: Professional
At home math
Day foropportunities
Teachers
Starting this month, a math
practice board will be sent
home to support concepts
that have already been
taught in school. This will
help reinforce skills that we
will no longer be
specifically focusing on in
class.
Project
News!!
Students will be designing a
plan to contribute to our
community by participating
in informing other Daly
Elementary students about
the Red Cross and how they
Read All
About It!
 Please remember
that the instructional
day begins promptly
at 9:25. Students are
expected to have
finished eating
breakfast and
completed their
morning routines
before this time.
 Please be sure that
students are reading
20 minutes daily for
homework and
completing their
reading log that
should be signed by
a parent/ guardian.
 Please remember to
send a note if your
child is going home
a different way.
 The weather is
beginning to
change, so please
Please
the
dress read
students
attached
Mathfor.
appropriately
Math
Information
Sheet. It has
lots of valuable
information!
Please make sure
your child is
practicing their
addition and
Social
Studies
Our third
graders are
learning about
goods and
services
provided by
different
governments,
individuals
and
Science
businesses.
Students will
continue to
explore the
physical sciences
including forces of
motion and the
basics of gravity.
They will use the
elementary
engineering design
process to design,
test, and redesign
a roller-coaster
with specific
criteria and
requirements.
Reading and
Writing
We will be reading
nonfiction text and
using text features to
help students
understand what they
have read.
Students will continue
to use descriptive words
and phrases to
emphasize ideas in
their writing including
informative and opinion
writing.
Contact us!
Ms. Cassidy:
Katherine_Cassidy
@mcpsmd.org
Mrs. Croyle:
Alexandra_M_Funsc
h@mcpsmd.org
Ms. Deleon:
Breanna_M_Deleon@
mcpsmd.org
Miss. Hawkins
Jessica_M_Hawkins
1@mcpsmd.org