Classroom News for the Week of November 30

News and Upcoming Events:

• Reminder- Bring your instruments every Monday.
• Social Studies Homework due Thursday
• 12/3 Scoring for Interim Assessments; Ms. Patterson will be teaching 
• Field Trip: Our class will visit JPL on January 28th.  JPL requires we submit names and citizenship status of all adults attending 6 weeks in advance. Our class can bring 4 parent chaperones. If you would like to attend (8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.), please email me that you are able to chaperone and your citizenship status (US Citizen, Resident Green Card, etc.) Chaperones will be assigned on a first come/first serve basis.
• Week of 12/7 Scholastic Book Fair Visits

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What's Going On This Week In Class:

Math:

Using the standard algorithm and area model to complete division word problems.

Accelerated Math (self-paced practice)

Multiplication Madness (Fact Practice) 

Reading:

Reading and Analyzing Paired Texts: Students will read a fictional story and a nonfiction article on the same topic. They will discuss and answer comprehension questions and compare and contrast the two sources.

 "Genre Genius" for the 2nd reporting period.

Spelling & Vocabulary:

scrip, scrib, graph, gram = write

• autograph
• biography
• grammar
• graphic
• graphite
• inscribe
• inscription
• prescription
• transcribe
• scribe

Writing:

Writer's Workshop: Analyzing mentor texts, Writing Essays continued...
Holiday Gift Writing project continued..

Second Step/Health:
Understanding Complex Feelings: There will be a short family exercise to on Wednesday night to complete this lesson. Please help your child complete it, and sign off on the sheet.

Social Studies/Science:

Science: Magnets
Social Studies: Spain's Influence on California

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!

Homework:

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.

Classroom News for the Week of 11/16

News and Upcoming Events:

• Don't forget Orchestra instruments on Monday.
• Thank you to all the students for working so hard and with such diligence on their ELA Assessments last week!
• 11/17 Social Studies Home Project Assigned. Please talk with your child about the assignment and return the Parent/Student tear-off by Wednesday. The assignment will also be posted under the Class Handout Tab on this blog.
• 11/16 - 11/20 Report Card Conferences (M, W, TH, & F Early Dismissal at 12:50. Tuesday Dismissal is at 1:30) Our conference schedule is very tight. Please be on time. Conferences are limited to 15 minutes each.
• 11/19 Make-up Picture Day. Order forms are available in the office.
• 11/23- 11/27 Thanksgiving Break

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What's Going On This Week In Class:

Math:

This week students will solve division with remainder word problems.

Accelerated Math (self-paced practice)

Multiplication Madness (Fact Practice) 

Reading:

This week students will be finish their final project for Island of the Blue Dolphins. Students will be looking at characterization throughout the book.

Students will set "Genre Genius" goals for the 2nd reporting period.

Spelling & Vocabulary:

No vocabulary words this week.

Writing:

Writer's Workshop: Writing Essays

Social Studies/Science:

Science: Magnets
Social Studies: The Birth of the Mission System

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!

Homework:

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.

Classroom News for the Week of November 9th

News and Upcoming Events:

• Don't forget Orchestra instruments on Monday!
• 11/11 Veterans Day Holiday - School closed
• 11/16 - 11/20 Report Card Conferences (M, W, TH, & F Early Dismissal at 12:50. Tuesday Dismissal is at 1:30)
• 11/23- 11/27 Thanksgiving Break

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What's Going On This Week In Class:

Math:

This week students will be using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to solve multi-step word problems.

Accelerated Math (self-paced practice)

Multiplication Madness (Fact Practice) 

Reading:

Due to technical difficulties, last week's interim assessment was moved to this week. Students will be taking English Language Arts Interim Assessment #1 Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. This assessment covers reading comprehension, response to literature, and narrative writing. 

This week students will be finishing Island of the Blue Dolphins.

They will take the AR quiz on Friday and start working on final, beyond the book projects.

Spelling & Vocabulary:

This week's words are -
(port= bring, carry & struct = build))

• structure
• destructive
• instructor
• obstruct
• construction
• support
• deport
• export
• import
• portable

Writing:

Writer's Workshop: Mining Our Writing for Essay Ideas, Developing a Seed Idea into a Thesis Statement

Social Studies/Science:

Science: Magnets
Social Studies: The First European Explorers in California

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!

Homework:

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.