Thank you so much to all the parents for attending conferences this week! I appreciate you making the time to come in and chat about your kiddo's progress! I am so proud of all of them!!

Thank you to Connor's mom for being a Mystery Reader last week! They loved the book and loved the pumpkin book marks!

Last Friday, James had fun passing out books for his birthday treat to his classmates. After they wrote their name in their new book, they could choose to take the book home or keep it at school.

Pajama Day 
Look at these cuties!!

Osmo during math stations

Fact Power

We have a busy week coming up! Please click the link below for Dr. Moehlmann's reminders about Tuesday!

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Please Don't Forget to sign and return the Pumpkin Run Form. Your child can run, walk or just cheer kiddos on with Mrs. Boyd. The permission form allows your child to walk with the class to Sperreng Middle School and participate in the 20 minute activity. 
FYI- If your child does not have the permission form returned by Tuesday, they will wait in the office or with another grade level while our class attends the Pumpkin Run. 

If you have not 'liked' Concord Elementary on Facebook- do so as soon as you can! You will see the morning announcements each day, pictures, reminders and much more!!

Info for Friday

Drum Roll please...

The class made it to 50 points earlier this month! They voted to  have a device day!

We will have a "Bring Your Own Device" day tomorrow Friday, October 20th.  Your child may bring in their smart device on Friday. If your child does not have a smart device, I can find a device for them to use. Please remember that your child is responsible for the device they bring to school. Your child will be expected to keep it in their backpack when we are not using it. . The students are looking forward to their first BYOD day!

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me!

Look at our Scientists! We are beginning the exploration part of our science topic- What is Inquiry? 

• Inquiry
• Using our Five Senses ( we will do more of that next week)
• Learning about the tools scientists use
• Making Observations
• Finding Answers

Thank you to Grace's grandma for being a Mystery Reader last Thursday! The student's loved the Halloween Book and the treat bags! Thank you so much!!

                                              

Academic Update

Word Work- We will review short vowel sounds this week. Up next- long vowel patterns. 

Writer's Workshop- 
We will continue with our 'How To' unit this week. The students have done a nice job transitioning from personal narrative writing ( small moment writing) to informational- How To writing. They are using sequence words in their writing while zooming in on conventions- spaces between words, no mixing ( no capital letters unless it starts a sentence or is a name) and spelling snap words correctly. We are learning how important it is for the reader to be able to read our writing.

Math- 
We are finishing the chapter on addition strategies. Here are the strategies that have learned so far: count on, number line and doubles. The other strategies are doubles plus 1, related facts and fact families. They will be introduced to the math terms identity property and communicative property this week as well. 

Science-
We will continue to learn What is Scientific Inquiry? They are learning What is A Scientist, Inquiry, Scientific Tools, Scientific Method and using their Five Senses to ask questions, make observations and get answers. 


Thank you for your support with the Cookie Dough Sales. All of the staff at Concord appreciate your contribution!

I look forward to meeting with all of you on the 23rd or 25th for conferences. Thank you for scheduling a time to meet with me on Sign Up Genius!

Thank you to Liam's mom for being a Mystery Reader last week! The book was so funny!

Reminders:

• Cookie Dough Fundraiser continues- Chicken Days are Tuesday and Friday this week.
• 1/2 day of school Friday- no lunch service
• Conferences Oct. 23rd and 25th
• No school Oct. 27th
• Fall Festival Oct. 31st

**Stay tuned for an academic update later this week!

A celebration was in order...We finished our first unit in Writer's Workshop- small moment writing. The students worked so hard during this unit. They developed the stamina for independent writing for 30-40 minutes and Bringing their Stories to life!  While they worked independently, I went around and held mini conferences with the students. My main teaching points during these conferences were ways to make characters talk, move, think and feel and using proper spacing between words, no mixing capitals and lower case letters, and using the word wall to spell snap words correctly. 

For our Writers' Celebration today they shared their book with another first grader. The students enjoyed reading to a buddy and giving each other compliments. They all worked so hard and will be very excited for you to read their stories (at conferences). 

Ryan is in the Spotlight this week. We loved his trains at Show -n -Tell today! He would like everyone to try to wear green and white tomorrow.