2016 Holiday Greeting Card Art Contest

The 2016 Holiday Greeting Card Art Contest has begun, and all GCISD students are invited to take part. Three winners will be selected--one elementary, one middle school, and one high school.ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE COMMUNICATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT by Friday, Nov. 11, 4 p.m. Click here for the contest instructions and entry form in English! The instructions & entry form in Spanish can be found here.

VETERAN'S DAY PROGRAM - November 11th

On November 11, 2016, from 8:15-9:00 a.m., we will be honoring all Veterans of the U.S. Military during a celebration in the gym. We would love for any family members currently serving, retired, or have a family member serving to please join us. We want to show our appreciation for all they have done for us and our country. If you or a family member who is a veteran can attend to be recognized,please complete this form to let us know who we can add to our guest list.

COME MEET THE CANNON & GMS STUDENT STEMBASSDORS @ THE BARNES & NOBLE MINI-MAKER FAIRE!

Cannon & GMS Student STEMbassadors will be showcasing a variety of STEM learning tools, robotics, and electronics at this mini maker faire next weekend! Please make plans to stop by with your family to see this awesome event! A percentage of purchases made at the Southlake Barnes & Nobles on 11/5 & 11/6 or online at BN.COM/Bookfairs will be donated back to our schools!

The Bookfair ID code: 12021457 should be presented at the time of purchase. The flyer & bookmark below will go home with all students in Monday folders on 10/31.

Cub Dash

Cub Dash was so much fun!

Energy Robotics Stations

Today we used our schema about energy to complete 4 robotic challenges using Cubelets and LittleBits.

Light

Today we explored how much light and different surfaces change what we see.  

Engineering Our Future

Here are these great second graders dressed like their jobs in the future.  

Fire Safety Program

Red Ribbon Week: Sports Attire

We are celebrating Red Ribbon Week today with our sports attire!

Our Feet Will Take Us Far!!!

Exploring Light Stations

Red Ribbon Week College Shirt Day

2016 Holiday Greeting Card Art Contest

The 2016 Holiday Greeting Card Art Contest has begun, and all GCISD students are invited to take part. Three winners will be selected--one elementary, one middle school, and one high school. Please help us communicate this information to parents & students!

ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE COMMUNICATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT by Friday, Nov. 11, 4 p.m. Click here for the contest instructions and entry form in English! The instructions & entry form in Spanish can be found here.

Grapevine Field Trip

We had a great time looking at all the historical buildings on Main Street.  

2nd Grade wearing orange and celebrating Unity Day.

CUB DASH IS OCTOBER 28th!

Friday October 28th, all scholars will be participating in the Cub Dash during their regular scheduled specials time!

The Cub Dash an online pledge based obstacle course/run-a- thon that makes fundraising fun and healthy for kids! ALL scholars will receive their free t-shirt the week of the event and those that register will be eligible for some great incentives! A chance to win a Kindle, a Fit Bit HR, and a chance at a family 4pack season pass to Six Flags over Texas! There are special prizes & incentives for teachers who have the most participation in their classes.

Parents will need go online and register their child for free at: www.thegetmovincrew.com. Click on the big red box on the lower left side of the screen that says, Let's Get Movin - Get Registered, Parent Login. Here they will register their student and create their own personal webpage. Parents will be able to send this webpage out via email, Facebook, and or Twitter to at least 5 people (donations do NOT have to be made online, cash and checks can be turned in to teachers).

PTA is also seeking parent volunteers for this event to come help supervise and facilitate all of the fun activities planned for students during their Specials time on 10/28.

Parents can sign up to volunteer on this sign-up genius. Information is also available on theCannon PTA Facebook page.

Red Ribbon Week Activities

Red Ribbon Week is October 24-28! Feel free to wear jeans when you dress up on any of the following theme days:

Monday: YOLO Be Drug Free! #YouOnlyLiveOnce Finish Stong!

· Students wear College Shirt/College Colors

Students receive stickers

Complete race bib with college student wants to attend

All posters must be turned into Mandy! There is a RR poster/PSA contest district-wide

Tuesday: My Feet Will Take Me Far

· Students wear sport or hobby attire

Students turn in shoe decorated with hobbies/sports they enjoy (this will go home thisweek)

Wednesday: Engineering Our Future

· Students wear Career Attire

Students write what they want to be on a lightbulb

Thursday: Dream Big

· Students wear pajamas

Complete a sentence starter on a sticky note and put it on the wall with the "Dream Big Bucket List" I want to see_____________. I want to go ________________. I want to create __________. I will be ________________. I will help __________________. I want to _______________.

Friday: My Future is Bright

· Students wear neon and Cub Dash T-shirt

Plant tulips with Mrs. Coburn. This will take about 20 min. K-2 classes will be paired with 3-5 classes and I will give you a time slot. Please bring whichever class you have at the time. There are many teachers that switch and there is no way for me to schedule every class with their homeroom teacher.

It is time for our annual Storybook Pumpkin Challenge.  Read the information about the challenge in Ms. Son's newsletter.
https://www.smore.com/p6msm

Changing Solid Stations

All of second grade was working on ways to change solids today.  We had cutting, folding, cooling, heating, and sanding stations.

Here is the flyer for our new book of the month.  There is a fun design challenge included if your family wants to participate. 
https://www.smore.com/0d281-book-of-the-month

Melting

Today we melted chocolate. We put chocolate in 3 different temperatures of water and discovered the higher the temperature of the water the more the chocolate melted.  Now we are all hungry for chocolate!

Melting Ice

Today we looked at the temperature of 3 cups of water.  (Room temperature, ice, hot water). We used a thermometer and discovered that the red line moves down in the ice and up in the warm water.  Then we observed what happens when we put ice in warm water.  

Heat

Today we explored how heat can change matter. We took a solide corn kernel and added heat. It changed to another solid but with very different properties. 

SAVE THE DATE- OCTOBER 28TH.
The Cub Dash is an online pledge based Run-a-thon that makes fundraising fun and healthy for the kids!
The fundraiser will kick off on October 14th with more details to follow. However, mark your calendar for October 28th because that's the day the children will participate in a fun and safe obstacle course set up on the playground.
Everyone will get a T-Shirt for this event and those who sign up and help raise money for the school will be reward...

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CUB DASH volunteers

We need volunteers for our 1st annual CUB DASH!!! Please sign up to help us "run" the dash!!

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040c44ada82ea57-cubdash

Play Dough for the Roo's

Build 2 Play Dough

We had success.  We had many groups engineer a process that made a high quality play dough. 

Build One Play Dough

We had some successful play dough today during our first build. We learned that less salt helped with the texture. We also learned that adding flour helped with the sticky texture.

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Stomp Out Bullying Day

Look at all the blue and boots to celebrate Stomp Out Bullying Day

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