Mrs. Cannon's 3rd Grade - Newsletters

Happy 2019!

1/1/2019

Science Fair

MES scientists and mathematicians, start planning your projects for the 2019 Science Fair, which is scheduled for Thursday, February 21st from 6-8 pm in conjunction with STEM Night. Please register your project using the following link:

Science Fair Registration

International Night

Reading 411

I have shared this before but it is such a wonderful resources that I need to share it again! Visit our Morrisville Website to find a collection of suggested books based on reading level. You can also find information about mClass scores and way to help your reader at home. Please feel free to bookmark this and use it!

Internet Safety Parent Information Session

Welcome to Third Grade!!

7/26/2018

Happy Track-In Week

Hello Everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful summer track out and are ready for 3rd grade. I cannot wait to meet everyone on Friday, July 27th for our first day of school! I will be sending out emails every Friday with information about the upcoming week. Here I will post information and links for events, payments, resources, etc that I included in my weekly emails. Please feel free to email me with any questions you have.

Sincerely,
Ms. Chet

BYOD: Registering your Device
Please fill out the Google Form by clicking the link BYOD link below. You will also need to print and return the BYOD Parent Letter Agreeement form. You will need to return this before using your own device!

BYOD Parent Agreement Letter

Join our Class Dojo by following the link in your weekly email!

You can order books for your student through our class using Q7JPH. Every purchase earns free books for our class!

Week of August 28th

8/28/2017

Happy Monday!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Please read the updates in this post and follow the links for more information about what is going on this week at school! As always, please send me an email if you have any questions.

Picture Day!

Picture day is Wednesday, August 30th! Every student will have his/her picture taken but if you would like to order a photo package, order forms must be returned by Wednesday, August 30th.

Scholastic Book Orders

You can follow the link below to place book orders through Scholastic using our class code. Parents place orders online by connecting with our class. Every order helps us earn free books for our classroom!!

Go to Scholastic Book Clubs and use the class code: Q7JPH

Book Signing on Friday, September 8th!!

Drew Daywalt and Matt Myers will be here on Friday, September 8th to sign their new book, BB-8 on the run! Pre-order forms were sent home in Friday folders and must be returned by Friday, September 1st.

Welcome to 3rd Grade!!

7/27/2017

Welcome!!

Where to find important information:

Welcome Students and Parents!

The school year is here and I could not be more excited to have your child in my class! Here, in our weekly newsletter, you will find the easiest access to our class updates, requests, links, and school events. Please check back each week for new information!

I will be sending more information about the start of the school year in my first weekly email. If you are not yet on our class email list, please let me know and I will add you to our group.

Supplies

I have had a lot of questions about what to do with your child's school supplies- some of you have ordered them ahead of time which have already been delivered to our classroom! If your students are bringing in their own supplies, have them bring them in on the first day and we will organize the supplies as a class. If you want to, you can put your child's name on their binders or pencil case. Other supplies such as pencils and expo markers will be used as a whole class supply.

Click on the link below for our 3rd Grade class supply list:

MES Clubs!!

Check out the awesome list of school clubs offered here at MES this year! You will need to follow the links to register for selected clubs. If you have any questions, email the sponsor of the club and they will get back to you as soon as possible!

Click here for the MES Clubs Website

General: Please continue to check your child's BEARS Binder every night for schedules, homework, reading logs, updated data walls, and occasional important parent letters.

Grades: Data walls will be updated within a week of students taking assessments. Please sign the data wall to let me know that you have seen their grades!

Weekly Updates: Weekly email updates will be sent home each Friday/weekend to let you know of any important dates, upcoming assessments, and school events. Never hesitate to email me to check in on your student! I love to hear from you all and I greatly appreciate all of your support! In addition, continue to check our weekly newsletters for updates!

Class Book Wishlist

We are lucky to be at such an amazing school with so many incredible resources. However, we could really use some help building our classroom library. Mainly, I want to add more quality children's literature to our class library. One of the most valuable things that I can do for my students is to put good, quality books in their hands that they LOVE to read.

If you can, please consider donating a book to our classroom. These kids are the most deserving, hardworking students and I want to support them in every way that I can. Any support is more than appreciated by not only myself but your amazing, hard working 3rd graders that I am lucky enough to teach! Thank you for your help!!

Happy Track-In!! 4th Quarter Updates

4/18/2017

Q3 Student-Led Conferences

This quarter, our conferences will be mostly student-led. This will give your child the opportunity to show the work they are proud of, reflect on their progress so far this year, and plan future goals that they would like to meet in 4th grade. Our conferences will be set up as rotations within the classroom with three student/parent groups. I ask that you sign up for a 30 minute time slot which will include 3 rotations. The rotations will be 10 minutes each and include a student work sample station, goals/reflection station, and a station where you and your student will meet with me to talk about student progress, EOGs, and benchmark data.
I look forward to seeing you and your student at your scheduled time!!

Morrisville's Got Talent!!

Register to be in this year's talent show!
The performance will be on May 12th at 6:30pm. Follow the link below to register!

Field Trip to Mordecai Historic Park!

Sign-Up Genius: Q3 Conferences

MES Stampede 5K

Don't forget to register for the Stampede 5k!! I am already registered and looking for some speedy competition :)

Date: Sunday May 7, 2017
Time: 2:00 to 5:00pm
Location: Morrisville Elementary
For more information about the event
visit the 5K Stampede website

Register to Walk/Run 1mi or 5K: Race Registration

Donate $100 to have your last name placed on race T-shirt: TDonation

Volunteer on race day: 5K Volunteers

Business Sponsor opportunities: See 5K Website

Community Family Fitness and Fun!!

Email Any Questions to [email protected]

Mordecai Historic Park- The cost for this field trip is $6.00. Please follow the link below to use the online payment portal.

Scholastic News Order

Free book coupons were sent home in our Friday Folders before track-out!! This is a great program that makes it easy for your kiddos to build their own book collections while earning books for our classroom! I highly encourage ordering books from Scholastic. They are affordable and it is really easy to order online. Please use the class code below when completing your orders.

Our class code: Q7JPH

Welcome Back! Third Quarter Updates

1/20/2017

Hello everyone! I hope the our track-out treated you well. Here are a few updates for the week:

Upcoming Important Dates

These dates will also be listed on the home page of the website.

- Wednesday February 1st: Economics Quiz
- Thursday February 2nd: Wordly Wise Lesson 4 Quiz
- Friday February 3rd: Field trip to Triangle Rock Club

Book Orders

More Scholastic catalogs will be sent home this week in Friday folders! Every book purchased earns credits for free classroom books! We want to build our class libraries will new books that the kids love to read. When kids find books that they love, their passion for reading grows. I also am including a link to an Amazon Wishlist where you can purchase a book for our class. I have had several books donated already by family and friends!

Triangle Rock Club Field Trip

Friday February 3rd
Below is a link to follow to pay for the field trip. The cost is $12. Please let me know if you have any concerns about paying for the trip!

Field Trip Payment

Gallery Photos

I am working on creating a page where I can share class photos taken throughout the year! I will email everyone with a link and password once it is up and running!

Winter Track-Out Resources

12/29/2016

Happy Track-out! Here are resources to practice during the next few weeks. It is really important to be practicing multiplication and division facts. Student fluency with these facts will be assessed when we return from track-out. Other resources are listed strictly practice. Please enjoy your track-out and do not spend too much time working on these resources. Have fun, play outside, and spend time with family! We will have plenty of practice when we get back to school.
-Ms. Chet :)

Wordly Wise - Lessons 4 and 5
Quizlet Lesson 4
Quizlet Lesson 5

Math and Literacy- Front Row
Front Row: This website allows students to practice math and literacy on their own personal level. They take a quick placement quiz to find their level and then the program automatically starts them on their personal level. Students also earn points as they answer questions!
-To log in: Student's First and Last name then enter the class code: chet q

Multiplication/Division Facts
Fact Monster: Multiplication
Fact Monster: Division
Cool Math: Fact Games
IXL:

Area and Perimeter Practice
Perimeter Practice: IXL
Perimeter Missing Side Practice
Area Practice: Create Shapes with a given area
Find the Area

Week of November 14th

11/16/2016

Happy Monday!

Scholastic Wishlist

Hello parents and students! Last week was crazy but we are happy to be back in our regular routine! This week shoudl be smooth and easy. Some quick updates include:

Character Analysis Assessment on Friday
Wordly Wise Lesson 2 Assessment- study Quizlet every night!
Push Your Thinking homework will be due on Wednesday and Friday
Students earned their Silver Status in Horeshoes (our school wide behavior system)!!! We will eat lunch outside on Friday as a "picnic" for our reward!

World Wear Project: Shoe Collection Drive

Next week there will be a shoe drive for the World Wear Project. (http://worldwearproject.com/) The shoes get donated to needy families throughout the world and our school gets some extra money for each pound of shoes donated. If your child donates a pair of wearable shoes, they will get a pass to go ice skating!! You must bring in the shoes next Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday (21st-23rd) to get the ice skating pass. If you turn in shoes after next Wednesday (boxes are in the lobby) you will need to email Alison Bowman at [email protected] to get the ice skating pass. At Morrisville we have a lot to be thankful for so let’s help those that don’t have as much! Thanks!

I have created a Classroom Book Wishlist to help our classroom library grow! We have a wonderful media center but having more access to quality books is important. Most of these books will be used as read-alouds in class and support for lessons. Please consider ordering a book or two for our class!! We greatly appreciate any help!

Click on the button below to be directed to our class order site. Our class code: Q7JPH

CogAt Parent Meeting

There is the CogAt Parent Meeting that is this Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in the computer lab. This meeting will include a brief overview of the Explorer's program, the process for identifying students for AIG in Wake County, and how to read and interpret your child's CogAt scores.

Week of October 31st

10/31/2016

Happy Monday!

Hello Parents and Students! Happy Monday and Happy Halloween! I know how excited the kids are to dress up and go trick-or-treating. Hopefully, the weather agrees :)

We have a few quick updates for the week- mostly including assessment days:

Thursday- Patterns/Inequalities Assessment
Friday- Social Studies Assessment on the 5 Themes of Geography
Friday- Wordly Wise Lesson 1 Assessment (there is a link to the words under the Wordly Wise Tab above)
Our class Spelling Bee will be held on Thursday October 10th!! Please study the words with your child at home... the top two spellers from the class will move on to the school-wide spelling bee!
Homework for the week will include math, Social Studies Quizlet, and Wordly Wise Study. No homework Monday night :)

Spirit Week!!

This week is Spirit Week at MES!! We will be having different spirit days to reinforce Bully Prevention Month. Each day will be a fun opportunity to dress up!

Monday: Say "Boo" to bullying- Dress like your favorite book character
Tuesday: Be a friend, not a Bully! (dress like your friend)
Wednesday: Bullying hurts on the indide even if it does not show on the outside. Inside-Out Clothing Day
Thursday: Sock it to the bully- Crazy Sock Day!!
Friday: Our school is proud to be bully free- Wear your MES Spirit wear!

New MES Website

Check out the new MES website! Our new school color and logo are all featured on the site. The new link to the website is: http://www.wcpss.net/morrisvillees

Week of October 24th

10/24/2016

Quarter 2!!

Welcome back from track out! I cannot wait to have everyone back in class and refreshed from our time off. I sure have missed my kiddos :) We are starting a new quarter and have some really fun curriculum units coming up.
Here are a few quick updates to let you know what is going on this week:

Parent/Teacher conferences are upon us! Thank you to everyone who has signed up, I look forward to seeing you all this week.
Field trip!! Our field trip the the Morehead Planetarium is on this Friday, October 28th.
Wordly Wise starts this quarter! Look for lesson 1 words in your child's BEARS binder and check the Wordly Wise tab here on the website for ways to study.
Please return signed Report Card envelopes

Field Trip

Our first field trip is this Friday, October 28th! We will be visiting the Morehead Planetarium! The bus will be pulling out of the parking lot at 9:30am so please make sure your child is at school early! Also, if you have not already, please visit the payment portal to pay for your child's admission. Follow the link below to complete the payment. Thank you!

Holiday Surprise

Holiday Surprise is a gift-giving program coordinated to ensure that all Morrisville Students have a happy holiday season. The goal of the Holiday Surprise is to assist families with gifts for their children, during the holiday season. Please see the attached document if you would like to be a sponsor for a family OR if you are in need of assistance for holiday gifts. Gifts must be returned to school no later than November 28th. This is a wonderful program and it is all anonymous :)

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