I hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful 4 day break! 

What's happening this week in room 34....

We will be honoring all of our veterans this Friday at our assembly, and then a reception immediately following. Please let any veteran you know, we wold love to celebrate them at 9:00, on November 11th.

       Science: We are working on classifying living and nonliving things using a dichotomous key and learning Linnaeus's System of classification. 

Writing- This week we are drafting our research reports by organizing our research into sections, focusing on our structure, multiple points of view, and creating cohesion among each part. 

Math-  We will be  adding and subtracting decimals, using base ten blocks and models. We will also be reviewing addition properties. 

Reading- We are continuing to focus on reading complex nonfiction with lessons on approaching texts as experts, writing about reading in nonfiction, lifting the level of questions to drive research forward, and synthesizing across subtopics. Students are reading both nonfiction and fiction during independent reading time. Many of them are spending the time researching more our their research reports. They are becoming quite the expert on their topics!

Social Studies- This week we are studying Europeans arriving in the Americas and the conquest of the Americas. 

11.11: Veteran's Day Assembly @ 9:00 am, wear red, white, and blue
This week 2: Paper products.  We are so proud of all the amazing donations that students have already sent in.  This week we will be collecting paper products such as toilet paper, napkins, paper towels, plates, etc.  Keep up the great work!

11.11 : Mom's Night out is  November 11th in Concord's Gym. 6-9 Featuring the Movie E.T.

The cost is $5.00 per child. Please pay cash at drop off. To get an approximate head count, we ask you to register ahead of time on the Dads of Concord website - dadsofconcord.org