Giving S'More Compliments

Today we celebrated great writing in our narrative fiction unit. We had a campfire going on the whiteboard and wrote compliments on paper s'mores. Too bad they were not the real thing!

Theme vs. Main Idea

Today we talked about theme and main idea. We did an activity where students sorted cards and decided if the cards described a theme or main idea. 

Factors and Multiples

Today we practiced finding the factors and multiples of numbers.  We used factor rainbows to help us. Ask your child to show you!

Sharing Posters

Today we wrapped up our unit on Native American Regions by practicing our public speaking sharing their posters. The students did a great job!

Intense Readers

Aaah...I love the 2:00 hour. This class is doing a great job sticking with their books and reading quietly while waiting for their reading groups. Makes me so proud to see all these readers so focused!

Native American Posters

We have been working hard on posters showing the different regions Native Americans lived. On Thursday students will share their posters with the class for the region in which they are now an expert. 

We are Family!

On Monday we focused on fact families in math using multiplication and division. We also are learning new vocabulary such as quotient, dividend, divisor, factors, and product. We will be using these vocabulary terms throughout the next few chapters. 

Dot Day

Did you know today is International Dot Day?  Dot Day is a day to encourage creativity inspired by the book The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. After working so hard on the math test we had a little fun with Dot Day!

No homework this weekend. Enjoy the time off and stay cool!

Love those Flyers! & Math Review

Look at all the green and gold in our room today!

We had a review in math today. We have a chapter 2 math test tomorrow. Study guides went home yesterday. 

Buddy Time with First Grade!

Today we met our first grade buddies in Mrs. Boyd's class. The buddies worked on a quilt piece that will be displayed in the school that represents them. We are also lucky to have Mrs. Bachelier join our group as well. 

Check out these new snazzy shirts each student received today. We are asking that all students wear these shirts on Early Release Wednesdays. 

Growing Ideas About Characters

We have been focusing on characters in reading. We have been looking for patterns that an author repeats and why the author decides to do that with their characters.  We are discussing characters in both our mini lessons and in guided reading groups. 

Hats for Harvey

Today Concord students showed their generosity by bringing in coins to help areas hurt by Hurricane Harvey. 

Salt maps are coming home today. Check out these cute finished products!

Rounding Round Up!

Today we looked at problems and estimated the sums or difference by rounding. Students rounded to different place values and then either subtracted or added to find their estimate. 

Show Me Missouri

Today we painted the different regions of Missouri on our salt maps. We will finish up the maps later this week labeling our border states, rivers, and state capital. 

Salt Map FUN!

Today we started to make salt maps of Missouri. We have been studying geography in social studies and our map is the final assignment of the unit. Next week we will paint the different regions of Missouri and label major rivers and cities.