PICTURE DAY!

Tomorrow is 
Picture Day!

Weekly Happenings 9.25-9.29

Hello! I hope everyone had a great weekend! Hopefully, we start seeing some fall weather soon!

Here is what's happenings this week:

Writing: Their final piece is due this Friday. We will also celebrate on Friday! I am so impressed with everyone's writing! We will begin a persuasive unit next week.

Word Study: All groups will test tomorrow! The students will get new words on Thursday. After the next spelling test, we will start a grammar unit.

Science: We are moving onto science! Our first science unit covers animal and plant adaptations. This week we will learn the different categories of adaptations, behavioral and structural.  They will get to create their own animal with adaptations that would help it survive in a particular ecosystem.

Math: We will wrap up chapter 3 this week. This chapter covers the basics of multiplication and division. The test will be this Friday. Completed study guides will go home tomorrow. If you have any extra time at home, please work on their multiplication facts at home.

Reading: We will wrap up our fiction unit this week. The final skill we will focus on this week is theme. We will work on finding the theme of a story and supporting it with details from the text. Our next unit will be a non-fiction unit.

Important Dates:

9.27 - Picture Day
9.27 - Grant's Farm Night

Adaptation Sort

In science, we are learning about behavioral and structural animal adaptations. Today, they worked on sorting different adaptations into those categories. They also determined how the animal used the adaptation. Everyone did a great job! 

Native American Posters

Everyone was working hard on their social studies posters! They all learned a lot of great information about each region and the tribes that lived there! 

Weekly Happenings 9.18-9.21

Hello! I hope everyone had a great weekend! We have a short, four day week ahead of us!

Here is what's happenings this week:

Writing: The students will continue drafting their realistic fiction story. We will work on punctuating dialogue and using paragraphs correctly in our writing. They need to be ready to publish by the end of this week. Their final pieces will be due next Friday.

Word Study: We will continue to work on learning our words during word study. All groups will test Wednesday, September 27. Please study with your child before each spelling test.

Social Studies: We will be looking at the different regions of America and discuss how the region affected the Native American cultures. The students will create a poster in class highlighting the different cultures and tribes. We will work on the posters this week.

Math: The students did great on their math tests! They will get them back tomorrow. They will have time in class to fix their mistakes and earn some points back. We moved on to chapter 3 today. This chapter covers the basics of multiplication and division. If you have any extra time at home, please work on their multiplication facts at home.

Reading: We will continue to focus on reading fiction books. This week we will notice how characters have different traits and personalities around different people or in different settings. We will also develop ideas about our books that are debatable. Please make sure your child is reading at home each night. They will use their independent books to practice a lot of these new skills. Feel free to have your child tell you about the characters in their book!

Important Dates:

9.22 - No School
9.27 - Picture Day
9.27 - Grant's Farm Night

Counseling

During counseling, the students learned how to respond when someone makes you angry. They learned better ways to phrase their feelings. They got to act out a few scenarios to practice.

Grant's Farm Night

CONCORD ELEMENTARY'S GRANT'S FARM NIGHT 

Date: Wednesday, September 27 

Time: 5:00-9:00 pm

Information:

• Cost is $15 per vehicle, parking passes must be purchased by September 20!
• Parking passes will be emailed to you after you purchase via the PayPal button here.  You must print the pass and bring it with you,  no parking passes will be sold that night! 
• Please make sure to include family last name and number of guests prior to clicking the Buy Now button! Please enter your familiy last name and number of guests in the following format:  "yourlastname, number" for example:  Smith, 4
• We will have a DJ and glow sticks for kids in the courtyard,  food and beverage available for purchase.
• Free adult beverage samples available for those 21 and older.
• Any questions please email kristikienzler@yahoo.com

The First Buddy Meeting

We had a great time getting to know our new buddies! They shared their strengths and talents with each other! 

Early Release

Don't forget tomorrow is an early release!
Dismissal is at 1:40

Weekly Happenings 9.18-9.21

Hello! I hope everyone had a good weekend! It was great hearing about all the outdoor activities our class did this weekend!

Here is what's happenings this week:

Writing: The students will continue drafting their realistic fiction story. They will get some time to draft and revise their work. We will also work on writing an ending that wraps up the story and shows the character learning a lesson.

Word Study: The students received their words today. They will get a copy to keep at home tomorrow. During word study, the students will either meet with me to practice their sort or work on different spelling activities with their words. As of now, all groups will test Wednesday, September 27. Please study with your child before each spelling test.

Social Studies: We will be looking at the different regions of America and discuss how the region affected the Native American cultures. The students will create a poster in class highlighting the different cultures and tribes.

Math: This week, the students will learn how to subtract across multiple zeros. They will also practice addition and subtraction word problems. Their chapter 2 test will be this Friday. Expect the study guide to come home Wednesday.

Reading: We will continue to focus on reading fiction books. The students will work to build ideas about their characters, such as character traits, change, and point of view. Please make sure your child is reading at home each night. They will use their independent books to practice a lot of these new skills. Feel free to have your child tell you about the characters in their book!

Important Dates:

9.13 - Early Release, dismiss at 1:40
          Buddy Assembly and Meeting
9.22 - No School

Painting Day

The students used a key to paint the five different Missouri regions! They also labeled the major rivers and our capital.

Weekly Happenings 9.5-9.8

Hello! I hope everyone had a great long weekend! I'm hoping the summer weather isn't gone for good!

Here is what's happenings this week:

Writing: The students will continue drafting their realistic fiction story. We are focusing on showing what is going on instead of telling. They are doing this by adding inner thinking, dialogue, description, and action.

Word Study: Spelling lists will come shortly! Currently, we are using this time to make and paint their maps.

Social Studies: We will paint and label our maps this week! Once the maps are finished, we will start the next chapter of social studies. This chapter focuses on how Native Americans migrated to the United States and where they settled.

Math: We moved onto chapter 2 of math. This chapter covers addition and subtraction. The test will be next Friday, September 15.

Reading: We will continue to focus on reading fiction books. The students will work to build ideas about their characters, such as character traits, change, and point of view. Please make sure your child is reading at home each night. They will use their independent books to practice a lot of these new skills. Feel free to have your child tell about the characters in their book!

Important Dates:

9.8 - Movie Night
9.13 - Early Release, dismiss at 1:40

Salt Maps

On Friday, we made our salt maps! The students combined their flour and salt with water and formed the mixture into the shape of Missouri. They also formed the rivers and marked the major cities in our state.