New this Week - December 11, 2017

Curriculum this week

Language Arts in English: 
     Identify and compare plots of stories
     Writing a narrative
     Spelling - test on Friday-words in red folder & camera roll
Math: 2-digit addition and subtraction
Engineering: Coding activities

Grapevine Parade Float

Big thanks to the Cannon Dad's Club and all of the volunteers that created the beautiful float for the Grapevine Parade of Lights last Thursday night.  The float was awarded 3rd place, out of 98 entries!  The parade theme was Holiday Memories, so students on the float were all wearing their pajamas and watching old "home movies" being projected onto the large screen at the back of the float.  The film was a compilation of old home movies from many of our Cannon families from holidays they celebrated over the years. What a creative float!  

Grace Christmas Cottage

We will be collecting toys for GRACE's Christmas Cottage! Please bring an unwrapped toy and drop it off under the Christmas tree in the Cannon foyer December 11th - 21st.

December Kindness Challenge

In conjunction with our Botjoy community service project, we are promoting KINDNESS all month long. Below is an image of a Kindness Challenge Calendar for our Cubs to use for ideas on ways to do an act of kindness each day of the month. Click here for a PDF version of this challenge and share it with your scholars.

BotJoy

Have your scholars told you about the "bots" they are creating in Mrs. Mattox's art class?  As a part of our community service project this year, 2nd grade students are creating a bot to be given away at the Grapevine Public Library to children who come in to apply for a library card.  Click here to learn more about this "tiny robot army programmed to bring joy, hope, courage and inspiration".

GCISD Reads

How is your scholar progressing on their GCISD Reads challenge? Kinder-5th grade students in GCISD are completing this 1,500 page reading challenge.  Keep coloring in those recording sheets!  Click here to print another copy of this challenge.

Mrs. Blizzard's Parent Newsletter

Read Mrs. Blizzard's Parent Newsletter here.