Valley Ranch Elementary
2014-2015
Citizenship Trait for
the
month is:
Dec. 1-5
Week 14 — What We Are Learning:
CARING
Math
Dates and
Reminders
This week learners will understand how to multiply by 7, 8 and 9. Keep practicing
multiplication strategies at home.
Learners will be introduced to distributive property of multiplication.
Dec.2nd
Fire House Safety
Fri, Dec.5th
STAR SAVERS
BANK
Check Lost &
Found for lost
items. All unclaimed items will
be donated after
Dec.19th.
Fridays are library
days for all four of
the third grade
classes. Your child
will need to be
responsible to
return their books
each Friday.
Parents we REALLY
need you to join the
PTO—it’s only $15
for the whole year!
You can join now
online!!
Support the RED &
BLACK Campaign!!
http://www.coppelli
sdef.com/
3rd Grade
Example: 6 X 7 = (6 x 5) + (6 x 2).
Please, review all the math papers coming home in the folder.
Science

We are moving to WEATHER! Weather is a combination of the temperature, wind
speed, humidity, air pressure, cloud cover, and precipitation in an area.

Learners will -observe, measure, record, and compare day-to-day weather changes in different locations at the same time that include air temperature, wind direction, and precipitation.
Social Studies
We are launching a new PBL on Wed, Dec. 3 called
“ALL ABOUT U.S.”
Students will be learning how people adapt to their physical
environments including: climate, landforms, natural hazards
and natural disasters.
Language Arts

Daily 5 and CAFÉ: Read the Story: Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest
 Comprehension Skills and Strategies: Graphic Sources
Accuracy, Fluency, and Expanded Vocabulary
 Cursive Handwriting
 Words Their Way
 Write From the Beginning: Introduce Expository Writing
OUR WISH LIST—3D
 Large bottle of hand sanitizer
 Color ink cartridge HP 95 tri-color
 White card stock
 THANK YOU!
VRE PTO SPONSORED
WALK AND BAKE SALE
SAT, DEC. 13TH 11AM-2PM
Former and current VRE staff, learners,
and parents are invited to participate in a
Bake Sale and walk around the VRE canal
in celebration of Diane
Daily Math homework:
 memorize addition and subtraction
facts thru 20, practice skip counting
 Review all papers coming home
 Start skip counting with your child,
or multiplication flash cards
PLEASE LABEL ALL NAMES ON COATS,
HATS, GLOVES THAT ARE BROUGHT TO
SCHOOL. SEND YOUR CHILD TO
SCHOOL WITH A COAT AS THE
COLDER WEATHER
APPROACHES.
Greckel
*Proceeds go to support Diane
Reading at home is so important—
please remember to read every
night for
at least 20 minutes.
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
Read on Raz-Kids
Read on iStation
Coppellisd.discoveryeducation.com
**Read with Mom and Dad
Summary Main Idea Retell
ABSENCES: Please email your child’s teacher if you have a planned
absence. It is very helpful to know if a student will be absent. If absent due
to illness or doctor visit please send in the doctor’s note.
THANK YOU to everyone for making our third grade feast a success!! We
especially want to thank our awesome ROOM MOMS for all the preparation,
serving and cleaning up!!!
VRE Used Book Sale
VRE is having our first ever used book sale. To make the book sale
a success we need donations of used books that are still in good
conditions. Please bring them to the library November 17– December 3.
Then the sale of the collected used books will be the week of December 8-12th during
school hours with late hours on Thursday, December 11, 4:30-6:30pm.