Kathy Caraway Elementary is celebrating Red Ribbon Week
Monday: We are Red-y for Red Ribbon Week! (Come decked in RED!)
Tuesday: We have the POWER make Good Choices!!! (Wear Super Hero Shirts)
Wednesday: Hats off for being Healthy!(Wear hats to school)
Thursday: It’s Crazy to do Drug!(Wear crazy socks)
Friday: Wake up healthy and strong! (wear pajamas to school)
We enjoyed Academies again last week! Next up is Harvest Fest. On November 5th Caraway PTA will host their annual Harvest Fest. It's a great time for all! I hope to see you there.
Thank you so much for your generosity! The first grade Project Based Learning (PBL) project "Coins for Coats" has collected $317.00. We are able to buy a new coat for a student in the Round Rock School District for every $5.00 collected. At this time we are able to purchase 63 coats for students in need. We are continuing the drive until October 28th. We have connected learning about seasons, money, needs vs. wants, citizenship, kindness and so much more during our first PBL project of the year!
Headphones: If you have not had a chance to send in headphones for your child to keep at school, please do so when possible.
Halloween is an exciting time...we will not be wearing costumes or enjoying candy at school on Halloween.
Reminders
Tuesday: Library Day! Library Books are Due by 8am.
Tuesday folders will come home. Please review and return folders Wednesday.
Wednesday: Early Release at 12:00pm. Skate Night
Friday: Books and homework are due.
Caraway Academy 7:45am-8:30am
This week in Reading Workshop...
We will begin learning about Expository Texts. We will explore the differences between Fiction and Nonfiction texts. Then we will examine nonfiction text features such as photographs, diagrams, headings and table of contents. We will begin reading nonfiction texts in our small groups. We will discuss nonfiction texts and the purpose for reading them, to learn. This week we will focus our learning on Bats.
This week in Writing Workshop...
We will wrap up our unit on Small Moments. We have been hard at work thinking of ideas, writing stories, editing and revising our work, then "fancying them up" to publishing them! This week we will begin thinking about writing comments on things we know a lot about. We will a begin writing expository texts about bats.
This week in Math...
We will continue thinking about measurement as we move into telling time. Students will be able to tell time to the hour by identifying the short hand as the hour hand and the long hand as the minute hand on an analog clock. We will relate digital clocks to analog clocks and tell time with both.
This week in Social Studies...
We will learn about U.S. symbols. We will discuss their meaning and why symbols like the Liberty Bell are important to our nation's history. We will also study our state's symbols such as the Texas Flag and the Alamo. We will learn about our state's history and why we are proud to be Texans.
Have a great week!