Classroom News for the Week of October 6th

News and Upcoming Events: 

*** Welcome to Ms. Malu Chavez, T.A. for room 17!***

10/9 Picture Day

This Friday 10/10 - Field Trip to Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens
Special Instructions-
All students will need to bring a lunch from home. You are encouraged to use reusable lunch boxes to minimize waste. 
Students should also have a water bottle and a small snack separate from their lunches. If traffic is bad, we might not have time for a snack as our tour starts promptly at 9:30 a.m. so please make sure your child has had a filling and nutritious breakfast. Be sure to wear your new field trip t-shirt (coming home early this week)!
Chaperones: please be at school, ready to leave at 8:11

• Susanne Foldes
• Serena Kojimoto
• Nicole Dow
• Stephanie Kemp

10/15 Social Studies Project due 

11/12 Field Trip to Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Chaperones:

• Belina David
• Charles Keagle
• Kai Ti Wang Olsen
• Rachel Livingston
• Gina Kwon

Reminders:

* Tardies - Please make sure your child is at school and in line by the 8:06 bell. We try to start the school day at 8:11 promptly. Thank you for your help!

* Please check your child's Homework Log nightly and sign or initial after the work has been completed. Remind your child that completed homework and the HW log are due in class daily. 

What's Going On This Week In Class:

Second Step:

Lesson Focus: Respecting Similarities and Differences. Please turn "Home Practice"signed by an adult by Friday each week.

Math: 

This week we will be reviewing all of the skills from quarter 1 in preparation for next week's unit 1 assessment.

Multiplication Madness (Fact Practice) 

Reading: 

Genre Genius: The students are making strong progress on reading books from different genres. Be sure to ask your child about his or her progress. We are about half way through the marking period.

This week we will be reading realistic fiction, My Diary From Here to There. We will be making inferences to understand character and making double bubble maps to compare and contrast characters from different stories.

Writer's Workshop: Unit 1 Personal Narratives

Students have begun drafting a story to take through the writing process and publish into a book. Our mini-lessons will focus on punctuating dialogue and creating captivating titles.

Greek and Latin Roots:

There will be no words to study this week to allow students extra time to work on the social studies project.

Social Studies/Science:

Earth Science- Rocks and Minerals

Social Studies: Native Californians' Use of Natural Resources

Arts:

Theater: We have started to work on our play with Ms. Beret. 

Visual Arts: Using shading to make 2D objects appear 3D.