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

Important Announcements:

• The students were assigned their classroom leadership roles on Friday.  They are excited to get started this week!  I am amazed at the drive the students have of being part of running our classroom.  We are a classroom of LEADERS!
• If your child has a device, they are encouraged to bring it in this week to use during a lesson on  factors and multiples.
• If you child has not turned in his/her permission slip for our October 21st field trip to Cahokia Mounds, please do so as soon as possible.
• I have a time set with all of my families for Parent Teacher Conferences.  Those of you who signed up at the Ice Cream Social, I will confirm your day and time this week.
• We will have Ms. Horan, a future student-teacher at Crestwood, observe and take part in our classroom for the next two week.  We are all looking forward to helping her have a great experience!

Word of the Week: defiant (from The Tiger Rising)  The children were acting defiant when the substitute teacher told the class to stop talking and they chose not to.

Dates to Remember: 

Tuesday:  Fundraiser cookie dough pick-up - 3:30 - 6:00
Wednesday:  Scholastic book orders due!
Friday: Early Release - 11:50
              End of 1st Quarter
              Flyer Families - Wear your t-shirt
Saturday:  Mouse Races
               

What's Happening in Our Room.... 

Reading Workshop:

• We will be finishing up the novel, The Tiger Rising this week as we continue to learn different strategies in decoding new vocabulary words.  We will be adding several new words to our word wall after we use context clues to determine their meaning. 
• We will also continue to study the characters as we notice their actions have a deeper meaning. 

Writer's Workshop:

• The students are editing and typing their realistic fiction stories in google drive.  We need one more week to complete them, so our Writing Celebration will be postponed until the week of the 19th.
• The students will get a new list of spelling words on Monday.

Math:

• The students will learn about the multiplication properties, factors and multiples this week.  
• Please make sure your child is practicing their multiplication facts each evening.  This will make learning double digit multiplication and long division much more enjoyable!

Science:

• The students will finish up their social studies unit on Tuesday and begin an Earth Science Unit in science on Wednesday.  We will begin with learning about the layers of the earth.