News for the Week!

Tomorrow is the PTNO sponsored MONSTER MASH!

6:00-8:00 p.m.  $5.00 per family!

We've had a very busy week here in CC3.  Hopefully you will find a Parent Conference Confirmation note in your child's Friday Folder.  If you do not find one,  you will find another sign-up sheet as we are waiting to hear from you.

PE Lab Day!
Next Wednesday is our PE Lab Day!  We're excited to take students to the Mill Stone in Barre with Mr. Blanchard.  We are grateful for those of you who have signed up to chaperone and/or drive.  We should be all set.  A few things to remember:

• It's apt to be chilly.  Students need to dress in layers to be prepared for any conditions.  Proper footwear is a MUST!
• Bag lunches are necessary, unless you have already reserved a lunch from the EMES cafeteria.
• We will be leaving EMES around 9:20 and returning around 1:00 p.m.
• Please send in a booster seat with your child if he/she requires one.

Literacy News

This week in reading and writing workshop we have shifted our thoughts to reading nonfiction text.  We are also searching text for facts and then putting these facts in our own words in reading notebooks. We've learned an important strategy for this work.  READ-COVER-THINK-WRITE.  Ask your child to explain this strategy for you.

In partnerships, students have been reading books about the seven continents.  They will be sharing their learning with the rest of the class next week.  Following that we will focus on reading about the regions of the USA and eventually students will get to pick a state to research and learn more about.

Spelling News

We continue our work learning about behaviors and strategies to help us all be better spellers.  We are currently learning about the six syllable types and how they help us spell and read better.  We have covered open and closed syllables to date and are currently working on r-controlled syllables.

Here is a quick review of our work:

• Breaking words into syllables help us become more accurate readers and spellers
• All syllables must have at least one vowel.
• Closed Syllables: has one vowel, the vowel is followed by one or more consonants, the vowel has a short sound.  Examples: hap-pen, muf-fin, gal-lon
• Open Syllables: has one vowel, the vowel is at the end of the syllable, the vowel has a long sound Examples: re-mind, de-pend, mo-tor
• R-Controlled Syllables-a syllable that has a vowel followed by the letter r, the r controls the vowel sound, it is often referred to as "bossy R".  Examples: tur-nip, car-rot

October Kindness Project

Our October Kindness project launched this week.  We will be sponsoring Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF.  We have created posters and distributed collection boxes.  Next week as the boxes trickle in, we'll sort and count the money in math class.  

Here are two great, short videos that describe Trick or Treat for UNICEF!

UNICEF Supports Recent Tragedies

UNICEF History

UNICEF Cartoon and Song (warning this might get stuck in your head!)

Halloween

As we all know, Halloween is next Tuesday, October 31st.  We know this is often an exciting annual event for students and families.  We will have an all-school PBIS celebration the last half hour of the day next Tuesday.  We hope students will then enjoy the evening with their families.  Please don't allow your child to bring candy treats to school next week.  It is hard for us to monitor the amount students might eat!  Thank you!

Have a great weekend!