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.