What's Happening in Room 34...

Things You Should Know... 

• Your child brought home a 1st Quarter Reflection on Friday.  They spent time last week reflecting on the quarter by looking at their academic growth, study habits, and classroom behavior.  The students also included goals for the 2nd quarter.  Please review, sign and return this week.  They will be returned to your child later this week. 

• Our school-wide Adopt-a-Family tradition starts on November 5th and will run through December 14th. This is a program that allows us to help those in need in our Crestwood Elementary School community. 
  
  
  Each week, we ask your children to bring in different items to donate.  We will also have fun events at school for all the kids to participate in.  Additionally, we will collect gifts for the families in need through the Virtual Giving Tree, which is administered via Sign-Up Genius.  
  
  
  This first week we're asking students to donate protein/food items, and this week’s Fun Friday is Crazy Sock Day!  Don’t forget to wear crazy socks and bring in a dollar if you can.  If you have any questions about the Adopt-a-Family program, please feel free to contact Melia Harris (314-406-1114 or meliaharris@att.net) or Ann Kleitsch (314-729-2400 x 3004 or annkleitsch@lindberghschools.ws).  

  Thank you in advance for your participation in Adopt-a-Family!

Dates to Remember... 
    
            Monday:  Counseling Lesson
            Wednesday: Early Release
            Thursday: IdeaBuilding Workshop
                             Library
            Friday:  Crazy Sock Day!
     
What's Going on in Our Classroom...

ALEKS Shout-Outs!

• Ollie completed 9 topics!
• Mia completed 6 topics!
• Chandler & Makaylee completed 5 topics!

Keep up for hard work and determination!  I can't wait to see who our ALEKS topic leaders will be this week!

• Crestwood's word of the week is COURAGE. This week we will talk about what courage looks like and feels like.  We all know that having courage is not always comfortable because courage and fear exist together, but teaching our children the importance of having courage will build their confidence and enrich their daily lives. Here is a great article on building courage in our children.

Reader's Workshop:

• The students will begin reading their book club book on Monday and continue to learn how to discuss their reading with their peers.  This week, they will be practicing and learning how to use context clues to figure out the meaning of unknown words.

Writer's Workshop:

• The students will decide on their persuasive essay topic and begin to plan it.  Together, the class wrote a 5 paragraph essay last week as each student and he/her writing partner wrote one paragraph together.  They did a fantastic job incorporating details throughout their paragraph.

Math:

• The students will continue to practice multiplying 2 digits by 2 digit problems using the standard method of multiplication.  They will review chapter 5 on Thursday and test on Friday.
• The students should be close to mastering their multiplication facts.  Your child should continue to practice their facts every evening at home until their facts are mastered.  

We have 3 students who have mastered their facts!!  

Congratulations Isaac, Tony and Makenna!!

Social Studies:

• The students will design their maps of the Northeast region this week. We will focus on the last region later this week.  The students will begin to prepare to be tested over the major land features of the United States.