Welcome back from Spring Break! Can you believe that it is already fourth quarter!  I hope everyone is well rested and ready for a fun few months left of school. 

Brennan and Frederick were in the spotlight the week before Spring Break. We really enjoyed their show- n- tell and writing about them for their Spotlight Books. 

Vinny and Carson are in the Student Spotlight this week. They had fun sharing their items at Show- n-Tell today! Vinny would like the class to wear green tomorrow. Carson would like the class to wear blue on Friday. ( We have a Cardinals Day on Thursday)

BOOSTERTHON

Our Concord Flyer Fun Run will kick off today with an exciting Pep Rally and we are thrilled about this year’s program! We’ve asked the Fun Run experts at Boosterthon to power our two-week Fun Run program, making our fundraising simpler, more profitable, and more fun. Our Fun Run includes EVERY student in a fun, fitness event that focuses on character while helping our school raise much-needed funds.

This year, our entire school is raising funds for classroom and teacher support. Our goal is to raise $17,000 and we need YOUR help!

Here’s how you can support Concord:

• Register your student on funrun.com by searching “Concord”. Then, use funrun.com to log pledges for your child.
• Reach out to sponsors. Every student’s goal is to connect with 10 sponsors. And with funrun.com’s smart sharing features, reaching out to sponsors is easier than ever. The easiest way to get pledges is to simply click the Facebook share button on your student’s pledge page. Plus, with a few clicks you can create a custom Student Star video to share on social media. You can also use the Easy Emailer to connect with friends and family. As you gather pledges, be sure to record each sponsor’s e-mail address so they have the opportunity to easily pay for your student’s pledge online via credit card.
• Ask your child about the MindSpark Mystery Lab Character Lesson of the day! This year’s character program is a S.T.E.A.M theme all about solving problems with character. As they solve mysteries together, five brainy students will encourage our students to live with character. Join along by watching the fun character videos with your child on funrun.com.
• Come to the Fun Run on April 4th! All students are included in the Fun Run, regardless of financial participation. Remember, students will be running 30-35 laps, and we would love for you to come out and cheer!

Thank you for supporting our school. We hope to see you next week at the Fun Run!

 Look for this in your child's folder today!! Thank you in advance for your help!

JOIN US TONIGHT!

The school is buzzing with excitement as we prepare for tonight's EXPO night here at Concord from 5:30-7 p.m. Grade level learning projects, cultural displays, Lego League Team Designs and much more will be on display. Food trucks will include TacoTruckSTL, 2 girls 4 wheels, and Destination Desserts. We hope to see you there!

Don't Forget that field trip forms are due soon!

Academic Update:

Word Work: 

Here are the things we are still working on in our 20 minute Word Study lesson: 

•  letter naming ( knowing letters and their sounds automatically in and out of order)
• reading words fluently
• spelling words- touch / tap each sound on our fingers before writing the word
• writing sentences with correct capitals, spelling and ending marks.

Writer's Workshop:

We are still working on our Box Set Series! They have been working SO hard on their series ( 3 books). The are "bringing their story to life" and having a lot of fun creating adventures for their characters. We are starting to get into "No Excuses" writing now that it is the fourth quarter. They will become more responsible for neatness, spelling snap words correctly and re- reading their work / proof read before turning it in. We look forward to finishing this unit next week!

Math: 

We have just started our unit on Place Value. This unit will teach then a bout making groups of ten. Understands the ones and tens place. They will learn how to read and write numbers using place value. 

Science:

We are starting our next Mystery on Plants and Animals. The kiddos had so much fun with our first science mystery. They will really enjoy this next Mystery!

Our Teeny Tiny Town was a huge success!! The kiddos were such hard workers and loved every minute of this fun unit! Parents, thank you for your help and involvement!

We will have more on display about our 

Teeny Tiny Concord Town at the EXPO Night 

on March 26th. 

Please look in your child's folder for a field trip form. Thank you!

Thank you to Brennan's grandma for coming in to be a Mystery Reader. The kiddos loved that you read a book that connected to what we are learning about in Social Studies and Math- Economics!

Buddy Time at our Half Day- The played a board game all about Empathy!

Getting ready for Teeny Tiny Concord Town:

The students are so EXCITED about their movie theater. We spent quite a bit of time brainstorming what was needed for our theater. They came up with so many great ideas.We started creating movie posters for outside our movie theater, candy for the snack bar and movie tickets. We will create a few more things on Wednesday (Mrs. Boyd is out with a sick child today) morning and set up our movie theater. Thanks again to the parents for your support! We had so many parents offer to help us out. Thank you for volunteering to help and to the parents who donated an item off of our list. We really appreciate your help! 

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow for our Teeny Tiny Concord Town from 2-3pm.