Captain James E. Daly, Jr. Elementary School November 2015 Mark Your Calendar Monday, November 2 No School for Students – Teacher Professional Day Tuesday, November 11 Early Release Day, Parent Conferences Students dismissed at 1:05 Wednesday, November 12 Early Release Day, Parent Conferences Students dismissed at 1:05 November 9 - 13 Book Fair Tuesday, November 17 Morning Math with Muffins at 8:45 Wednesday, November 25 Early Release Day Thursday and Friday, November 26 and 27 No School, Thanksgiving Holiday Project News!! How have people improved technologies to meet their wants and needs? How has technology changed over time? What will technology look like in the future? Students will be choosing project topics Read All About It! Birthdays are to be celebrated in the cafeteria only. Please remember, only store bought cupcakes are permitted. Parents must stay and serve cupcakes to your child’s class only. Please remember to send a note if your child is going home a different way. Our goal is to have 100% participating during ParentTeacher Conferences! Please make sure that you arrange a time to meet or speak with your child’s teacher. Math Please make sure your child is practicing their multiplication and division facts within 100! Included in today’s Wednesday folder, is additional math practice for Social Studies Our third graders are learning about geography by comparing places and regions around Science the world. Students will continue to explore the physical sciences including separating, mixing, dissolving, cooling, and heating in relating to the conservation of matter. They will use the elementary engineering design process to determine how tools, materials, and processes are used to carry out tasks. Reading and Writing We will be reading and studying poetry. More specifically, we will be focusing on identifying theme, point of view, and sequencing events. Students will continue their work with informational text. They will determine what new information is gained from text features. In addition, students will determine the key details and main idea of a text. Contact us! Students will research and create an informative writing piece about their Ms. Cassidy: technology project. Katherine_Cassidy @mcpsmd.org Ms. Deleon: Breanna_M_Deleon@ mcpsmd.org Ms. Hawkins: Jessica_M_Hawkins 1@mcpsmd.org Mrs. Croyle: Alexandra_M_Funsc h@mcpsmd.org