Friday, November 20, 2015

Friday, November 20

Important Dates
Monday, November 23rd - 3rd Grade Town Hall- We will celebrate our Honor Roll earners during this Town Hall. Parents are welcome to attend. Town Hall begins at 9:30 and should end around 10:15.
Wednesday, Nov. 25- Friday, Nov. 27- Thanksgiving Break
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But for now, we are learning!
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Reading
Text Features
Comparing & Contrasting
Practice Links
(Create a username and then click on the question mark icon.)
Language
Writing and identifying complete sentences
Prefixes & Suffixes
The best practice is to read with your child and find words that have prefixes & suffixes. Identify the types of sentences that you are reading as a family.
Practice Links
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Math
Telling Time to the Nearest Minute
Elapsed Time (within an hour)
A.M./P.M.
We are continuing to work on the skills above and your child should be practicing daily at home as well. Please have your child tell you the time at home often, using an analog clock. Have them tell you whether the activity they're doing (eating breakfast, watching t.v., etc.) is happening in the AM or PM part of the day.


While we are working on this new unit, we will also begin practicing our multiplication fluency. Students will start taking timed multiplication tests on facts 0-10. We recommend making flash cards and using different online resources to practice, practice, practice!

Practice Links
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Social Studies
We are finishing up our unit on Explorers (Hernando de Soto, Jean Ribault, Juan Pardo)by making trading cards. We will test on them on Tuesday, November 24.

Practice Links
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Science
Food Chains (Producers, Composers, & Decomposers)

We are working on a culminating activity for our adaptations & food chains units in which your child gets to create their own animal. They will teach the class about their animal's habitat, adaptations, and a food chain that they would fit in.

Practice Links
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Canned Food Drive
Thank you so much for your generous donations!
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Parent University
Rice Creek is preparing for our Parent University in the Spring!  This is an opportunity for parents to attend sessions that will help to enhance their child's learning experience.  Please take a moment to fill out the topic interest form so we can customize Parent University to meet your needs.
I've invited you to fill out the form Parent University Topic Interest Form. To fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/a/richland2.org/forms/d/11cvjxRgb2jy2q6AC8kHDtHkYl31gFynZXBYKFwBfGj4/viewform?c=0&w=1&usp=mail_form_link
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Friday, November 13, 2015

November 13, 2015

Important Dates
Friday, Nov -13 - LAST DAY FOR THE BOOK FAIR!
Monday, Nov. 16- Friday, Nov. 20- American Education Week
Thursday,  Nov. 19- Covey Clubs
Wednesday, Nov. 25- Friday, Nov. 27- Thanksgiving Break
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What Are We Learning?
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Reading
Text Features
Comparing & Contrasting
Practice Links
(Create a username and then click on the question mark icon.)
Language
Writing and identifying complete sentences
Prefixes & Suffixes
The best practice is to read with your child and find words that have prefixes & suffixes. Identify the types of sentences that you are reading as a family.
Practice Links
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Math
Telling Time to the Nearest Minute
Elapsed Time (within an hour)
A.M./P.M.
Begin talking with your child about how long it takes to complete activities. Discuss start times and stop times. Use different strategies to figure out how much time elapsed between those times. Use stop watches! Introduce both analog and digital clocks.


While we are working on this new unit, we will also begin practicing our multiplication fluency. Students will start taking timed multiplication tests on facts 0-10. We recommend making flash cards and using different online resources to practice, practice, practice!


Practice Links
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Social Studies
We are working on a new unit on explorers, specifically those explorers who traveled and explored South Carolina. (Hernando de Soto, Jean Ribault, Juan Pardo)
Practice Links
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Science
Food Chains (Producers, Composers, & Decomposers)

Practice Links
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American Education Week is here!
Tuesday, Nov. 17th is Parents' Day. We would love for parents to bring a bag lunch and eat with your child in the cafeteria that day.  
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Canned Food Drive
The Rice Creek Elementary School community is working with Ridge View High School on their Winter Wishes charity drive.  We are helping by collecting non-perishable items from November 9th until November 20th.  These items will be donated to God's Storehouse.  Some of the desired food items are:
Ravioli, chili, canned chicken/tuna,  Vienna sausage, crackers, soups, powdered milk, juice , pre-sweetened drink mixes (Kool-aid etc.), peanut butter, jelly, Jell-O & pudding, dried pasta,  spaghetti sauce, macaroni & cheese, rice, instant potatoes, oatmeal,  grits, pancake/waffle mixes, syrup,  flour, sugar, salt & pepper, spices, oil, cornmeal, canned beans, vegetables & fruit (especially with pop tops for homeless clients)
We are also collecting money in our car rider line and at the bus loop on December 2 from 7:15a.m. until 8:10. Proceeds will go to Harvest Hope.  Ridgeview students will come and help collect funds on that day.  
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Parent University
Rice Creek is preparing for our Parent University in the Spring!  This is an opportunity for parents to attend sessions that will help to enhance their child's learning experience.  Please take a moment to fill out the topic interest form so we can customize Parent University to meet your needs.
I've invited you to fill out the form Parent University Topic Interest Form. To fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/a/richland2.org/forms/d/11cvjxRgb2jy2q6AC8kHDtHkYl31gFynZXBYKFwBfGj4/viewform?c=0&w=1&usp=mail_form_link
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Friday, November 6, 2015

November 6, 2015

Important Dates
Nov 9-13 - BOOK FAIR!
Tuesday, November 10 - Veteran’s Day Assembly
Wednesday, November 11 - Veteran’s Day Lunch
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What Are We Learning?
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Reading
Fiction vs. Nonfiction
Nonfiction Text Features
Practice Links
(Create a username and then click on the question mark icon.)
Language
Writing and identifying complete sentences
Prefixes un- re- and pre-
The best practice is to read with your child and find words that have those prefixes and identify the types of sentences that you are reading as a family.
Practice Links
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Math
On Tuesday we will be testing out of
Then starting our next unit:
We will focus our attention first on “Time”
Begin talking with your child about how long it takes to complete activities. Discuss start times and stop times. Use different strategies to figure out how much time elapsed between those times. Use stop watches! Introduce both analog and digital clocks.

While we are working on this new unit, we will also begin practicing our multiplication fluency. Students will start taking timed multiplication tests on facts 0-10. We recommend making flash cards and using different online resources to practice, practice, practice!

Practice Links
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Social Studies
Native Americans in South Carolina: Cherokee, Catawba, and Yemassee
This is Chapter 3 in our textbook.  Students must be able to identify the characteristics of each tribe including culture, government, and daily life.

After Native Americans we will begin our new unit on Explorers, specifically those explorers who traveled and explored South Carolina.

Practice Links
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Science
Finishing up Animal and Plant Adaptations
Starting our new unit on Food Chains
Practice Links
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Report Cards!
Report cards went home yesterday. Please sign and return the envelope. You may keep everything inside the envelope.
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For the 2015-16 academic year, The State will post online nine weeks’ honor rolls for elementary, middle and high schools students for the first nine weeks during Thanksgiving week.
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Monday, November 2, 2015

November 2

Important Dates
Thursday, November 5 - NEW date for report cards to go home
Friday, November 6 - PTO Game Truck (for fundraiser sellers)
Nov 9-13 - BOOK FAIR!
Tuesday, November 10 - Veteran’s Day Assembly
Wednesday, November 11 - Veteran’s Day Lunch
What Are We Learning?
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Reading
Good Readers Question While Reading, but HOW? and WHY?
Thick and Thin Questions
The text we are using to model and practice is in our reading book.  It is titled My Very Own Room.  We will not be testing on this story, but using it as a tool to learn how asking questions makes us better readers.
Practice Links
(Create a username and then click on the question mark icon.)
Language
Writing and identifying complete sentences
Prefixes un- re- and pre-
The best practice is to read with your child and find words that have those prefixes and identify the types of sentences that you are reading as a family.
Practice Links
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Math
Practice Links
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Social Studies
Native Americans in South Carolina: Cherokee, Catawba, and Yemassee
This is Chapter 3 in our textbook.  Students must be able to identify the characteristics of each tribe including culture, government, and daily life.

Practice Links
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Science
Animal and Plant Adaptations
A good way to practice this is to ask your child why a specific animal or plant can or cannot live in a habitat.  For example, why can a cactus not grow in the rainforest?
Practice Links
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We will have school make up pictures taken on Thursday, November 5th. This is for any student who was not here at school that day. This is a pre-pay picture packet.
Also, if a student took their picture on September 17th and would like to re-take them, they can do so at this time.  The original whole set of pictures will need to be returned to be able to have the re-take pictures made.











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