What's Happening in Room 30..........

Important Announcements:

• If you were able to make our Writing Celebration on Thursday, thank you for coming, and I hope you enjoyed the wonderful realistic fiction stories the students wrote!  If you were not able to make it, you will have more opportunities through the school year.

• Parent-Teacher Conferences are Monday and Wednesday of this week.  We only have 15 minutes for our conference, so your promptness will be appreciated!

• We will be celebrating Red Ribbon Week this week!  The students will walk to City Hall on Monday during Specials to do their Drug Free Pledge. 

• Scholastic Book Fair is at Crestwood this week!  We will preview the books on Monday. The students can make purchases Tuesday - Thursday before or after school, or during specific times during the day.

Word of the Week: momentary (from The Big One-OH)  The pain from the shot was momentary, but it seemed to last forever.

Dates to Remember: 

Monday:  Drug-Free Pledge
                  Parent-Teacher Conferences
                  Wear Red - To kick off Red Ribbon Week!
                   Preview Scholastic Book Fair

Tuesday:  College Wear Day - "Have a great future being drug-free!"

Wednesday:  Parent-Teacher Conferences
                       Wear Crazy Socks - "Sock it to drugs!"

Thursday:  Halloween Parade at 1:30 and Halloween Party at 2:00

Friday:  NO SCHOOL!

What's Happening in Our Room.... 

Reading Workshop:

• The students will learn how to identify the main idea of a given passage and identify supporting details throughout the text.

Writer's Workshop:

• The students will continue to practice writing strong paragraphs that contain a topic sentence, supporting sentences and a closing sentence.  After reading Favorite Part of Me, the students will write a paragraph describing a favorite part of themselves.

Math:

• The students will begin chapter 4 on Monday.  They will begin 2-digit multiplication and solve problems using the Area Model.  They will be teaching you the model, as well!

Science:

• We will be conducting a fun investigation this week that demonstrates plate tectonics and the formation of mountains.