Friday, October 5, 2012

Weekly News for October 8th


Great News:

Our class project, Artful Artists At Work, posted on the Donor's Choose website, has been fully funded. Thank you to the Navidad Family, KIA Motors, and the anonymous donor who completely funded the remaining amount of the project. We should be receiving the requested art supplies within the next three weeks!

October Field Trips:

The following parents will be attending October's field trips.  We are fortunate that the class has had many parents able and willing to volunteer. Chaperones were selected on first-come/first-serve basis. Unfortunately, we are limited in the number of people we may bring. Thank you in advance for your understanding.



JPL 10/9 (Grade 4 only): Please be at school at 8:15 ready to leave. Make sure to have a valid CA ID and/or Passport with you. You will not be admitted without the proper ID. Also, please plan on riding the bus with the students. 

  • David Moguel
  • Harry Wong
  • Jennifer Cathey Roberts
  • Farood Ameen


Rhapsody in Taps 10/19 (Grades 4 and 5):

  • Pamila Lew
  • Sarah Arias-Guevara


Griffith Park Observatory 10/24 (Grade 5 only):

  • Lisa McGuinness

In The Classroom:


Math:
Both grades will be working on Topic 6- Multiplication. Grade 4: Multiplying 2 digit by 2 digit numbers and 3 digit by 2 digit numbers. Grade 5: Multiplying Decimals. Also, prime numbers and factoring, Accelerated Math.

Reading: 
Grade 4 will be reading The Astronaut and the Onion; drawing conclusions about character. Grade 5 will be reading Sign of the Beaver;  literary response and analysis. 
Review of similes and metaphors.

Writing:  
Expository Writing; Identifying and Writing compound sentences continued.

Arts: 
Master Chorale this week (Thursday). 
DBL Challenge: Design an NBS Way to Communicate with the Students of Room 10

Social Studies: 
Grade 4: The California Regions Poster Project is due 10/12. Please continue to work on it.
Grade 5: Students will begin poster-making for the state project.  Tuesday, October 23, the students will be presenting their state research projects in the MPR from 8:30 - 9:30.  Parents are encouraged to come enjoy the presentations.  Special thanks to Frank Kelly for working with the students on the research!


Science: 
Grade 4: Rocks and Minerals continued...
Grade 5 Science: The Water Cycle continued...

Weekly Root: graph=writing


autobiography
autograph
bibliography
biography
cartography
homograph
paragraph
phonograph
photography
seismograph

Points due Friday 10/12. Quiz on 10/12.

Homework Club

Homework Club begins this Monday, 10/8, after school in the library. Look for a flyer coming home on Monday.


Book Orders due Monday October 8th. 


Picture Day is Friday, October 12th.