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Ms. Bozdeck's Holiday Breakout

This week in room 34......

Happy two day week!!! I  want wish you, and your family a very happy holiday, and a restful, relaxing break. I will see you next year! 

We are working on wrapping up our Helping Hands Genius Hour projects. We will present tomorrow. I am more than happy to transport any of the items they made over the break. Thank you for all the help making this project come to life.

We are excited to try out some new problem solving online puzzles. The link that we are using is  posted on the blog, it is similar to the Escape the room. Students have to crack the riddles to figure out codes to unlock the puzzle. codes   

Today, we are publishing our memoirs, and will share and celebrate tomorrow. 

Tomorrow will be our Winter Holiday party, here is the link again if needed. http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090a4baba928a1f85-winter

Breakout EDU

Happy last full week of school! This week we will truly get to spread cheer to others by caroling at three different retirement centers on Wednesday. The students should wear their Concord Family Team shirt and may wear a holiday hat too. 

Thank you sooo much for all those who voted for our classroom door! We won first place! I was so proud of the teamwork our class put forth to create such a beautiful display!

Science: During Science we are working on our Helping Hands genius hour project. I am truly amazed with the clever ideas and the different organizations are class is researching. We will present these projects next Tuesday, the 20th. 

Math: We will review today and tomorrow, and the test on Chapter 6, multiplying and dividing decimals, will be this Wednesday.  Please click here for the study guide. The students received this today, and we will go over answers tomorrow. We will then move onto coordinate grids and expressions. 

• Ch. 6 Multiply & Divide Decimals
• Pages 373- 466
• Review Test pg. 467-469
• Ch. 6 Reflection pg. 470
• Old homework assignments
• ***Use Online Text (which includes videos and games!) to Review Too!***
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  • Directions on how to get into our online math book:  
  • Go to Connect Ed
  • Username: 24firstnamelastname
  • Password: flyers2016

Writing: We are continuing  to draft, and then revise our memoirs. We are focusing on using figurative language to paint a picture in your audience mind, and using our external timeline to affect the central characters feelings.

Reading: We are focusing on social issues as we bring our reading lenses to the world and make our thinking more complex. 

Bringing Our Reading Lenses to the World-- And Making Our Thinking More Complex

Genius Hour with a "Helping Hands" Twist!

Genius Hour with a "Helping Hands" Twist!

Yesterday, students were introduced to our new Genius Hour project! We will be working on this in class during our science and social studies time for the remainder of 2016! 

Math Homework

Math Homework

Thank you everyone who has already contributed to our Helping Hands. This will be the last week to bring in items for Helping Hands!

Please wear Flyer Family T-shirts on Wednesday (Early Release)! 

Check out Concord's Holiday Door Decorating Contest on Facebook--- Click HERE!

Check your email about our Caroling Field Trip coming up on Wed. Dec. 14th! PERMISSION SLIPS ARE GOING HOME Tomorrow- Please return my Monday! Thank you!


Science: We will review today and tomorrow for our chapter three test on Wednesday. The study guide went home last Friday, and is posted on the Blog.

Math: We are estimating quotients, dividing decimals by whole numbers and decimals, and dividing by powers of 10. We will be reviewing chapter 6 on Friday and Monday. Our ch. 6 test will be next Wed. Dec. 14th. We will work on a study guide in class later this week.

Writing: We are beginning an exciting and challenging unit on memoirs! A memoir is a hybrid kind of writing, including elements of both personal narrative and personal essay. 

Reading: We are continuing to study social issues within our book club books.  Students should be reading their assigned book club book in school and at home. We are diving deeper how characters react to different parts of a scene and how secondary characters impact the scene as well.

Math Homework

Math Homework

Classifying Organisms- Ch. 3 Test Next Wed!

Classifying Organisms- Ch. 3 Test Next Wed!

Ch. 3 Science Study Guide

Lesson 1- Classifying Living Things pg. 90-95

• Vocabulary: classify, kingdom, phylum, species, classification system, dichotomous key
• Be able to list all of the levels of a classification system (K,P,C,O,F,G,S) and explain how the levels differ
• Explain the differences between the 4 main kingdoms (protists, fungi, plants, animals)
• Draw a dichotomous key
• Explain how dichotomous key can be used and its purpose

Lesson 2- Classify Animals  pg. 96-101

• Vocabulary: vertebrate, invertebrate
• Be able to describe the similarities and differences of the 5 classes of vertebrates (fish, amphibians, birds, mammals, reptiles)
• Recognize types of invertebrates (giant squids, mollusks, worms, arthropods)

Lesson 3- Classify Plants pg. 102-105

• Vocabulary: vascular, nonvascular
• Know the two main characteristics used to classify plants (vascular/nonvascular, how they reproduce)
• Be able to compare and contrast mosses, ferns, conifers, and flowering plants

What else can I use to study?

• Ch. 3 study guide on pg. 113
• Ch. 3 Chapter Review pg. 114-115
• Ch. 3 Benchmark Practice pg. 116

Math Homework