CC3 Updates

We are incredibly busy here in CC3 with so many exciting things going on in all curriculum areas. Read on for our updates!
Literacy
We've recently completed our reading and writing units of study which focused on nonfiction, otherwise know as text that "teaches".  Students did a great job with this unit and are now applying skills that were learned in our Civil Rights Unit.  Our Civil Rights Unit is very popular with third graders.  This is an integrated part of our curriculum combining Literacy, Global Citizenship and Transferable Skill Standards.

Our third graders bring great passion to this work and a cheer literally rings out in the classroom when project work begins.  There are multiple learning intentions for this work.  Some of them include:

• Working on a collaborative team.
• Reading a variety of nonfiction and incorporating different sources together for main ideas. 
• Researching and writing nonfiction without plagiarizing. 
• Acquiring content specific vocabulary.
• Understanding history and important historical events.
• Using technology to present information (Google Slides).
• Creating an oral presentation that will teach others. 

Please ask your child about his/her project, who they are studying, what they are learning, and how they are contributing positively to a collaborative team.  

January Kindness Project

We're going to participate in a Global Peace Project this week.  This is a challenge that many students around the country and the WORLD participate in.  The big idea so for students to individually challenge themselves by completing as many acts of kindness as they can during the week of January 22-26, 2018.  We certainly hope that many of the acts of kindness students try will become common practice for them.  We are sending home a couple of different lists for students if they need some ideas for acts of kindness.  If you'd like to participate as a family, or learn more about this project you can go to The Great Kindness Challenge.

Dates to Remember

Winter Wellness will take place on three Tuesday afternoons-January 30, February 6, February 13.

We will have a Valentine's Day Celebration in our classroom on Wednesday, February 14.  Students are welcome to give Valentine's to each other.  If you'd like to help us coordinate some treats for this event, please let us know!

Our traditional EMES "I Love East Montpelier Day" will be held on Thursday, February 15th.  More information for guest lunch sign-ups will be coming home in the EMES newsletter soon, but we thought you might like to "save the date" now.  

Our all school "Celebration of Learning" will be the evening of February, 22nd.