News and Upcoming Events:
- Orchestra is every Monday. Students will miss orchestra this week due to the unassigned day.
- 10/3 and 10/12 Unassigned Days - No School.
- Social Studies HW due Thursday 10/6. Please make sure you do all parts and answer in complete sentences.
- 10/21 Field trip to Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens. We'll be visiting hands-on stations to learn how local California Indians used native plants. We have room for 2 more chaperones. If you are willing and able to supervise a small group of students, please email me at slc5001@lausd.net. Chaperones will be assigned first come/first serve. This all day trip takes place outside and involves moderate walking on dirt paths. Chaperones may ride the bus, carpool, or take private cars.
Volunteers Needed-
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What's Going On This Week In Class:
Math:
This week students will be learning about the metric system. They will practice adding, subtracting, and converting units of weight and length.
Using the CUBES* strategy to unlock word problems:
- C - circle the numbers
- U - underline the question
- B - Box key words
- E - Eliminate unnecessary information
- S - Solve (lots of strategies to choose from)
- * Check!
Accelerated Math (Individualized practice)
Reading:
This week students will begin reading Scott O'Dells Newbery-Award winning book, Island of the Blue Dolphins. This historical fiction book ties in with our current social studies unit on the geography of California. We will be using Depth and Complexity icons to help us dig deeper into the text.
Genre Blackout: Students have been challenged to read books from 9 different genres in the first reporting period. Ask your child about his/her progress.
Spelling & Vocabulary:
Review Week. Students should review and study the prefixes they have learned so far this year. Students will take a matching quiz (prefix to meaning i.e. sub=below) on Friday and will be asked to give 2 example words of each prefix (subway, subterranean). Spelling counts.
List-
- sub
- pre
- re
- co, col, com, con,
- ex
- trans
- bi, du
- mono, uni
- cir, circum
- ant, anti
- contra, counter
- sur, supr, super
- co, col, com, con
Tip: Spend 10 minutes verbally studying the words each day. Research suggests that studying for small periods regularly is more effective than cramming. In addition to having your child spell the word aloud, ask your child to use the word in an imaginative sentence. You can pick a "theme" for the sentences, such as Halloween or the Desert…"Give me a sentence with 'collide' that has to do with Halloween." This can provide some challenge and novelty to a routine task.
Writing:
Revising, Editing, Publishing
Arts:
Using the Visual Thinking Strategy (VTS) to build meaning from visual text.
Human figure in clay
The NBS Dance (P.E. project)
Social Studies/Science:
Social Studies: Geography: The 4 Regions of California
Earth Science: Geology - Volcanos
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.
