Muddy Mats Engineering Challenge

Today we are testing layers for or mats. We are testing what materials don't let water through because we don't want our mats to leak.

Tens and Ones

Working on making groups of tens and ones.  Once they have their groups they are recording the number in standard form, expanded form, and showing it in tens and ones blocks.  

Spelling city (Step & Ganus home rooms)

Spelling City app is ready for the children to start using to help them with their spelling words.  When the children open their app they will click on the button at the bottom that says "more lists" and then they will type in "Step" as the teacher, which will then pull up our weekly spelling lists.  From that menu they will be able to select to play some of the games using their words or they can practice taking a spelling test.  Please let me know if you have any questions or problems with it!

Today in math Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Ganus  started a Place Value project with Mrs. Berumen.  Look at the following website to see the project.  http://can-ganus.wikispaces.com/Place+Value+Under+100. 

To the parents of Step and Ganus' Homeroom

We are starting homework this week.  Homework will be found in the Evernote app on your child's ipad.  To see the homework you will need to be in the "notebooks" section.  And then select "Homework 2014".  You will always select the one with that week's Monday's date.  All of the assignments for the week are listed in the note.  Unless the assignment tells you where to turn it into then it is on the honor system.  All assignments need to be completed by Friday.

This week, on Thursday, September 18th, from 6:00 am- midnight, all community members are being asked to participate in North Texas Giving Day and to designate their contributions to our GCISD Education Foundation. North Texas Giving Day, is an annual, one-day, online fundraising event for North Texas nonprofits. In 2013, this event raised $25.2 million for 1,351 local nonprofits, and set a new national record for giving days in the U.S. This year more than 1,600 nonprofits are registered to participate on September 18 at NorthTexasGivingDay.org. Learn more: by sharing this link on behalf of GC Education Foundation.

Working on engineering working wind vanes.  We are studying weather and weather tools in science this week.  They all had working wind vanes.