• Reminder....Kids on the Go Running Club is every Wednesday.  Students that signed up should go directly to the hardcourt when they arrive to school.

• Holiday House shopping is this Thursday, Dec. 4th from 8:45-9:15.  Envelopes went home in Thursday folders a couple of weeks ago.  If you need a new one please let me know.  This is an optional activity for students to shop for holiday items for their family and friends.

• We have two upcoming field trips.  We will be going to the Conservancy of SWFL on Jan. 7th and the Collier County Landfill and Recycling Center on Feb. 4th. Both trips will depart LOE approximately 9:30 and return around 1:00.  If you are interested in chaperoning on one of these field trips please let me know by Friday, Dec. 5th (please specify which one).  I will place all names in a bucket and draw for the spots.  Unfortunately, we are only allowed two chaperones for the Conservancy trip. Thanks in advance for your help.

• As part of a Social Studies standard, students are expected to locate and label the oceans and continents.  A study guide will be coming home tomorrow.  There will be a test on this next Tuesday, Dec. 9th.

• iReady Diagnostic 2 is on Dec. 10th.  Please try to be at school on time that day.

• We have started to complete two minute timed multiplication tests of forty fact problems.  Students are expected to pass with 36/40 correct, or with 90% accuracy in two minutes.  If you haven't already, please begin to practice multiplication facts at home.  Students in 3rd grade are expected to be fluent in multiplication by the end of 3rd grade.

• Cellphones and devices should be "Off and Away All Day" this year.  Smartwatches can still be worn as long as students are not texting on them or using them for anything other than a watch.

• If you have a dismissal change during the day, please contact the front office at 377-7400 prior to 2:15.  No dismissal changes will be made after this time.

• If you are interested in becoming an LOE volunteer, you must complete the online volunteer application.  The form must be completed to volunteer for field trips, classroom parties and celebrations, or to help in any capacity on school property.  This is a process that needs to be completed each year.  

ELA 

• identify types of poems and explain characters' perspectives and development in prose and poetry; explain the development of author's purpose in informational text; compare and contrast how two authors present information on the same topic or theme across genres; make inferences to support comprehension in informational text; identify and determine the meaning of unknown words

• write expository texts about a topic, using one or more sources, providing an introduction, facts and details, some elaboration, transitions, and a conclusion

Math

• use properties and strategies to multiply and divide

Science 

• demonstrate that light travels in straight lines until it strikes another object, travels from one medium to another and can be reflected, refracted, and absorbed

Social Studies 

• label the continents and oceans on a world map

• describe the physical features and landmarks of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean