* Field Trip Tuesday, February 5th
We will be returning to school to eat lunch however, the cafeteria will be closed. Please make sure your child has a sack lunch and snack on this day.
Parents attending: Maya Gordon, Gladys Vazquez, Kathryn McGuire (Please be on campus ready to leave at 9:30.)
* Grade 4 Root Parade Project Thursday 2/7 8:30 am, MPR. Parents welcome!
* Save the Date: Grade 5 Invention Convention February 28th
5th Graders: Fire up those imaginations! You will receive your initial planning sheet on Monday. It is due this Thursday. Please be thinking about a possible idea for your project. You will submit the initial planning sheet to get approval from myself and Mrs. Lowery.
What's Going On In Class:
Math:
Grade 4: Topic 13 Algebraic Problem - Solving
Grade 5: Topic 13 Area of Quadrilaterals and Triangles
Both Grades: Accelerated Math; Daily Fact Practice
Writing:
Revising Stories for our hard-bound book.
Writing Homework:
This week we will move into three paragraphs essays. Students will receive instructions and a sample paragraph on Monday. This assignement will be due this Friday 2/8.
In class, we will be evaluating each other's work and using sample students' writing to focus on the revision process.
Reading:
This week the children will begin reading two grade level literature selections:
Grade 4: By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischmann
Grade 5: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
DBL (Design-Based Learning):
Challenge: Design an NBS Shelter
Science:
Grade 4: Electricity and Magnetism
Grade 5: The Human Body; "Human Body Corporation" assignment due on Friday.
Social Studies:
Grade 4: Unit 3: Women in California History; The Gold Rush Poster Project
Grade 5: Unit 3: Native American and European Conflict in the New World.
Health:
Grades 4 &5: Personal Health and Physical Activities
Genre Blackout:
Here are the new reading categories for the 2nd trimester. To become well-rounded readers, students should try to read at least one book from each of the following categories:
- Biography or Autobigraphy
- Non-fiction Science
- Non-fiction Social Studies/History ( i.e. a book about the Gold Rush)
- Science Fiction
- Historical Fiction
- Realistic Fiction
- Newbery Award winning book
