Mystery Reader

Kyle's mom was our Mystery Reader on Tuesday! We really enjoyed her visit! 

Mystery Reader

We enjoyed having Asha's dad come read to us today. We love love Fly Guy books! 

Writing about our 'collections'/ Mystery reader

Writer's Workshop- 

We have written with a storyteller voice and teaching voice and now a judging voice! 

We are starting unit 3 -

opinion writing/writing reviews. 

They really enjoyed picking out their favorite item from their collection and writing about their favorite one. They wrote that the object was the winner of the blue ribbon and stated reasons why it is the winner. 

Thank you to Cora's mom for being a Mystery Reader! We love Pete the Cat books!

Book Fair Info

We will go to the book fair tomorrow to create a wish list.  We will go again on Thursday to purchase books. You may send money in an envelope with your child's name on it. It is helpful if you write down how much they can spend as well.  

Friday - donate a dollar for Adopt- a- Family and wear Wacky Hair! Please send in any items for Adopt -a -Family this week! Your donations a greatly appreciated!!

Writing Celebration

They are so proud of their 

Informational Chapter Books!!

For our Writers' Celebration 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 to bring it home (next week). 

Below is the rubric for Informational Chapter Books. Please note that I look for evidence of the items from the rubric. I do not expect their work to be perfect. The book was a working progress. They chose one of their books to "Fancy Up" and try to add elements taught during the mini lessons (rubric). Hopefully you will enjoy the process of their book as much as I do (the different pen color shows them adding more details, scratching out to make it better, and the constant revising, making pictures teaching pictures, trying to have an introduction, trying to create an ending, trying to spell words correctly)

Enjoy!

Have a great Holiday!

Blue Ribbon Celebration

Read -a Thon

Hat day/ adding photos to our teaching books

The students added photos to their informational chapter books today! Yes- I did say chapter books!! They are working so hard on these teaching books! I am so proud of them!

They all look so cute with their hats on!

Wear blue tomorrow!

Guided Reading Books Coming home

Your child will start bringing home guided reading books (books that are from instruction during small group reading). By the time your child brings home the book, it will be a familiar book and a just right book for them to read independently. This book can be a book they read for their homework reading log (and the Six Flags Log). Please return the book in the envelope the very next school day! I will write the date and book title. Parents- please sign the log and send it to school with your child.

This is a great resource for everyone: 

child- just right books to read independently at home (the child reads the book to someone at home)

parents- will know what a just right book looks like for their child

Buddy Time, Math Stations

Enjoying time with our Buddies from Mrs. Gastreich's Fourth Grade Class!

Creating a 7 Habits Die and discussing good habit choices with our buddy.

Math Stations- using a manipulative to practice math skills:  counters/ chips

Dominoes: 

Cards: 

Dice: 

Teadora's mom was our Mystery Reader today!!!! They absolutely LOVED the book titled:

The Book With No Pictures

Loving the book: 

Reminders for Next Week:

• November 17th: We are FLYERS! Wear your green and gold to celebrate that we are high achieving Flyers! 
• November 18th: HATS off to Concord! Wear a hat on this day! 
• November 19th: Show your BLUE Ribbon Pride! Wear blue to celebrate our big award! 
• November 20th: Concord is a COMFY place to learn! Wear your pjs or something comfy that day! 
• November 21st: We are a 2014 National Blue Ribbon School! All students will be given a Blue Ribbon t-shirt today to wear! 

 On Friday, all students will also be treated with a movie, a blue ribbon treat, and more. It’ll be a great week!

Burr it's cold outside!

Now that the weather is colder, please make sure your child is dressed for the weather. They are outside for 20-25 minutes at recess which is a lot longer than you think when you are not dressed warm enough. 

Concord School accepting the 

Blue Ribbon Award to in Washington DC.

Ryan and his grandpa- Veteran's Day Assembly

Mrs. Boyd's family- Veteran's Day

               Mrs. Boyd's uncle Gary        Mrs. Boyd's dad, Tom

Don't forget to wear red, white and blue tomorrow for the Veteran's day assembly!

Veteran's Day RSVP/ mystery reader/ Student Spotlight

Don't forget- RSVP is due tomorrow!

Thank you to Cora's grandma for being our Mystery reader!

Student Spotlight this week: Logan and Vedaant
We really enjoyed your show and tell!

What are we up to?

Our academic focus:

Adopt- a- Family started this week. It would be wonderful if every student can try to bring in one item a day or a few items each week. We can use Habit 6 and Synergize to make a BIG difference for the Concord families in need.

Your child will bring home the Six Flags reading log this week. Please be sure to fill it out and return it to school when your child has read a total of 6 hours. Your child can use the same book titles for the Six Flags log and the reading log with the homework packet.