Happy Birthday Colin!

Mystery Reader - Katie's Mom

Thanks to Katie's mom for coming to read to us yesterday, especially since she was still not feeling great!  We loved the book "Brief History of Everyday Objects" that you read to us first.  We loved hearing about how roller skates, kitty litter, and Monopoly came to be.  I think I am going to have to buy this book for our classroom library!  We also enjoyed the book "The Scrambled States of America."  That was a funny book with a great lesson!

Leader of the Week - Caroline

Weekly Update

February 27th- March 3rd

Hello Families!

Listed below are the important reminders and objectives for our week.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  Thanks!

Important Reminders:

• Permission slips were sent home a couple weeks ago for a field trip this Friday, March 3rd.  Please sign and send that in as soon as possible!
• Mother/Son Dance is tomorrow night - Feb. 28th 

Weekly Objectives:

Writing:  We will continue working on our fourth writing unit: Persuasive Speeches, Petitions, and Editorials. This week we will work in cause groups. In these groups, students will write petitions, editorials, and speeches for or against a cause of their choosing. 

Reading: This week we will continue our newest reading unit: Mysteries!  We will collaborate with partners to solve mysteries by thinking about the suspects and clues we know about so far. 

Math: This week we will continue working on Chapter 10: Fractions.  We will be exploring equivalent fractions and looking at fractions as one whole. 

Science/Social Studies: Due to many events happening during our social studies and science time over the next few weeks we will not be starting another social studies or science chapter until the end of the third quarter.  Instead, we will be taking this time of the day to review the reading and math Galileo tests in order to make sure we are remembering concepts and skills that we have previously learned!

Have a great week!

Happy Birthday Katie!!!

Weekly Update

February 21st-24th

Hello Families!

Listed below are the important reminders and objectives for our week.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  Thanks!

Important Reminders:

• Permission slips were sent home a couple weeks ago for a field trip on March 3rd.  Please sign and send that in as soon as possible!
• Spelling tests are this week!
• The Six Flags Read to Succeed reading logs are due this Friday!  It is a yellow sheet of paper that has a reading log for your child to fill out.  Please let me know if you need another reading log.
• This week we will be celebrating empathy and kindness for our first ever Kindness Week.

  -Tuesday’s Theme: “Dreaming of Kindness”-Wear your pajamas.

  
  

  -Wednesday’s Theme: “Peace, Love, and Kindness Day”-Wear tie dye clothing.

  
  

  -Thursday’s Theme: “Ride the Kindness Wave”-Wear Hawaiian clothing.

  
  

  -Friday’s Theme: “Flyer Family Team Day”-Wear Concord t-shirts. We will meet in our family teams and have a “2017 Concord Kindness Walk.”

Weekly Objectives:

Writing:  We will continue working on our fourth writing unit: Persuasive Speeches, Petitions, and Editorials. I will post pics of the students giving their  speeches asap.  They did an awesome job!  This week we will work on creating and understanding the meaning of petitions and editorials.

Reading: This week we will continue our newest reading unit: Mysteries!  We will focus on ways to skillfully write about what we have read.  We will talk about the different types of note-taking that will allow us to grow big ideas about the suspects and clues in our book!

Math: This week we will begin Chapter 10: Fractions.  We will be exploring and modeling unit fractions (one equal part of the whole) using fraction tiles.  We will also read and write fractions that are part of a whole and part of a set.  

Science/Social Studies: Due to many events happening during our social studies and science time over the next few weeks we will not be starting another social studies or science chapter until the end of the third quarter.  Instead, we will be taking this time of the day to review the reading and math Galileo tests in order to make sure we are remembering concepts and skills that we have previously learned!

Have a great week!

Outside Reading

Since the weather is PERFECT outside today, we took our reading class outside to discuss our Mystery Books with a partner, and spend some time reading.

Mystery Reader - Caroline's Grandpa

Thanks so much for reading to us today!  We LOVE "Encyclopedia Brown", and it fits perfectly with our Reading Unit on Mysteries.  Thanks for introducing the book of of 15 best cases ever to us!  Also, THANK YOU soooo much for giving each kiddo in the class the book so they could finish reading the cases!  That was so sweet of you, and VERY generous!  Thanks again for being our Mystery Reader!

Jump Rope for Heart

The goal for donations to The American Heart Association was $12,000, and we raised $14,900.  Our very own Caroline raised the most money, bringing in a total of $1,225.  The Concord gym will now be called the "Caroline D***" Gym!  How awesome!!!  The students enjoyed celebrating their hard work by jumping rope!

Caroline with Mrs. Siegfried and Mr. Loos!  Way to go, Caroline!

Breakout - Valentine's Day Dilemma

Mrs. Holtmann (5th Grade teacher) and I created a Digital Breakout for the students for Valentine's Day.  The students worked in groups to solve different puzzles to "unlock" the digital locks and help us get our party supplies out of the locked closet.

Math Ch. 9 Anchor Charts

Leader of the Week - Noelle

Weekly Update

February 13th-17th

Hello Families

Listed below are the important reminders and objectives for our week.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  Thanks!

Important Reminders:

• As Valentine's Day is getting closer, just a reminder that any Valentine's cards that students bring in may not contain candy.  We will be celebrating Valentine's Day on Tuesday by handing out our Valentine's and playing some fun games!  Please let me know if you need another list of the names of the students in our class.
• Scholastic book orders are due this Friday!
• This Wednesday is an early release.
• Jump Rope for Heart is also this Wednesday!
• Permission slips are being sent home today for a field trip on March 3rd.  Please sign and send that in as soon as possible!
• Spring picture day will be Friday, February 17th.  Group pictures will begin at 1:30pm. Please send uniforms, sashes, vests, and t-shirts  for the following groups:
  • Boy Scouts: Tiger, Bear, Wolf, Webelo I, Webelo II
  • Girl Scouts: K Daisies, 1 Daisies. 2 Brownies. 3 Brownies, Juniors STEM Scouts
  • Robotics
  • Strings
  • Garden Club

Weekly Objectives:

Writing:  We will continue working on our fourth writing unit: Persuasive Speeches, Petitions, and Editorials. Students have done an awesome job finishing up their persuasive speeches and they are ready to present them this week!  

Reading: This week we will continue working on our reading unit: Mysteries!  The class is very excited about this!  We will be focusing on making predictions and summarizing as we read.

Math: This week we will finish Chapter 9: Properties and Equations.  Our test is on Tuesday.  Study Guides are coming home today!   Please let me know if you have any questions!  I placed a picture of the two math charts we have been using in this chapter on the blog in order to help as your child studies for their test Tuesday!

Science/Social Studies: Due to many events happening during our social studies and science time over the next few weeks (Jump Rope for Heart, Valentine's Day party, Strings Assembly, etc.) we will not be starting another social studies or science chapter until the end of the third quarter.  Instead, we will be taking this time of the day to review the reading and math Galileo tests in order to make sure we are remembering concepts and skills that we have previously learned!

Have a great week!

Mystery Reader - Drew's Friend Julie

Thanks to Drew's neighbor and friend, Julie, for coming to read to us today!  She read two funny stories with great messages.  She added in some funny stories about Drew as she read too!  :)  The students loved the book "Giraffe's Can't Dance", and they promise they will be good crickets!  The second book, "Camping Day" was also a great book.  I think that Drew is ready to go camping now!  Thanks again for coming today, even when you weren't feeling the best, to be our Mystery Reader!