Digger Dash This Friday 10/2

Remember to Wear Red!

Digger Dash Schedule:

Grades                                                Stretching Times                   Running Times

Pre-School & K                                 9:20-9:35                               9:35-9:50

1^st & 2^nd                                             9:40-9:55                               9:55-10:25

3^rd & 4^th                                             10:15-10:30                          10:30-11:15

5^th                                                       11:05-11:20                          11:20-12:05

How to Sign-Up for Parent Teacher Conferences

How to Sign-Up for Parent Teacher Conferences

Parent Teacher Conferences

Online Scheduling

Available September 14th – September 27th

Please follow the instructions below to schedule your back to school goal setting conference time for either September 29th or October 1st.

Step-By-Step Parent/Guardian Instructions

1. Visit the school’s homepage http://gre.dcsdk12.org and select the Online Conferences Scheduler link on the GRE home page.
2. From the Online Scheduler Home Page
1. Choose your student’s school from the drop down list and click “GO”
2. Enter the school password  digger
3. Enter your student’s “Student ID”.  If you do not know their Student ID, use the LOOKUP STUDENT ID button to access the system.
4. Verify the student’s birth date  
5. A list of your student’s teachers will be displayed.  Check the box next to the name of each teacher(s) you would like to meet with.
6. If you have more than one student in the school you can see all of your students’ teachers’ schedules at one time by answering YES to this question “Do you want to schedule conferences for another student?” then repeat the steps above for your other students.  If you only have one student, answer NO to that question.
7. You will then see the available time slots for each teacher you selected.
8. Select the times that work best for your schedule.  
9. Enter your email address (recommended) if you would like an email reminder sent to you. (Your email address is kept private.)
10. Once you have finished you can confirm your appointment details and print your conference schedule.
11. Write down the Confirmation Number (you will need this number if you need to cancel your appointment(s))  

Need help?  Contact the GRE’s Online Scheduler™ specialist:                   Name:  Anita Rudman

Email: anita.rudman@dcsdk12.org

Phone: 303-387-7700

Click on the reading tab above to view examples of what we did this week in reading. 

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MATH

In math students are solving addition and subtraction problems with two and three-digit numbers. Students are finding combinations of numbers that add to 100, and working with coins and coin values. Their understanding of place value is developing as they add and subtract 10s to form three-digit numbers. In this unit students have learned to break three-digit numbers into hundreds, tens, and ones in different ways, and solve story problems involving missing addends.

LITERACY

Reading comprehension refers to the ability to acquire meaning from written text. When students enter third grade, they are no longer learning to read; they are now reading to learn. In order to allow for the utmost growth as "comprehenders" in third grade, our reading curriculum relies heavily on comprehension strategies instruction. That is, students are taught a variety of strategies to apply before reading, during reading, and after reading in order to make the most meaning from a text. (Block, Gambrell, & Pressley, 2002; Robinson, McKenna, & Wedman, 2004) In reading our first strategy has been activating our schema with building our knowledge through different types of connections and making sure that we are choosing books that are at their level. 

For Writer’s Workshop we have been focusing on Personal Narratives. Students are learning to take everyday events of their lives and stretch them out into a well-structured story. Students are learning that in order to do their very best to communicate these stories they need to create a plan, then apply that to their writing. 

SOCIAL STUDIES

For our social studies unit we started our learning with comparing communities from the past to the present. Students now have an understanding of what makes a community.  We will be exploring local history that will allow students to grasp how communities change overtime. Later in the month we will be going to the Plains Conservation Center and we will also be listening to a historian tell us about the “good old days”. 

DATES TO REMEMBER

September 7^th: Labor Day-No School

September 14-16: CogAT Testing

September 21^st: Castro, Schwartz and Russell’s Field Trip to the Plains Conservation Center

September 23^rd: Shepperd and Merideth’s Field Trip to the Plains Conservation Center

September 29^th: Parent Teacher Conferences

October 1^st: Parent Teacher Conferences