Mustangs Care

Mustang Families, this Wednesday, September 19th, Pima Butte will be participating in "Vacation Day Wednesday".  This special fundraising event is to help the son of our nurse, Lynn Thomas, who has been diagnosed with a rare form of kidney cancer.  All the proceeds from "Vacation Day Wednesday" will help offset the cost of care not covered by medical insurance.  Please click on the letter above to read additional information.  Please note that this special event is not part of the PTO Dress-Up Wednesdays, therefore, pre-paid cards do not apply.  Thank you in advance!

September 3rd Grade Calendar

Essential Questions

During each reading and math unit, students focus on a list of essential questions that are related to the current learning objectives.  These essential questions are focused on the Common Core Standards that are used  to guide our classroom instruction, and are great ways to discuss what your child is learning each day in class. Listed below are the current reading and math unit essential questions.

Reading Essential Questions:  Theme 2 Celebrating Traditions

• Why is it important to know the difference between retelling and summarizing? 
• Why do I need to be a fluent reader? 
• How do I identify the topic, main idea, and supporting details in a text? 
• Why do good readers use a variety of reading strategies to their understanding of a text? 
• How can I determine the author's viewpoint? 

Math Essential Questions: Unit 1- Number Sense

• What is place? What is value? 
• How does the place affect its value? 
• How does the place value help me compare and order whole numbers? 
• How does place value help me to round and estimate? 
• How can I use place value to add and subtract numbers? 
• How do the properties of addition and subtraction help me solve problems? 
• What is the relationship between addition and subtraction? 

September Events to Watch for:

14th - Student Store
17th - PTO Meeting and Elections - PB Library
19th - Family Food Night - Native New Yorker
         *Not just limited to Pima Butte Families, friends can also eat and mention PIMA BUTTE
26th - No School - Full day Teachers In-Service
 28th - Family Fun Night - Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field at 6:40 pm.

Welcome Mustangs!

Welcome Mustangs! We will be using this blog to keep families updated with information about our classrooms and events that will be taking place at Pima Butte.  Please do not hesitate to let us know if there is additional information that you would like to see on our blog.