News and Upcoming Events:
2/3 Prefix/ Roots Quiz -
Students will bring home a study list for this matching quiz on Monday. It contains all the prefixes and roots we've studied this year.
2/3 PG Permission-
Slip coming home for "Akeelah and the Bee". We will watch the film on Friday and Monday to help get students prepared for the Grade 4 Spelling Bee. Please sign and return asap. Information about the Bee will be posted in next week's blog.
2/5 Global School Play Day -
Students may bring in board games, cards, drawing books, small toys (no electronics please) to use in the second part of the day. No HW will be assigned on Wednesday.
2/17 Presidents' Day Holiday
2/27 Save the Date: Wolves on Wheels
Rollerskating Fundraiser 5-7pm. Detailed information will be posted in next week's blog.
We need your help on Monday 2/3:
We are having difficulty securing a JPL trip date. This is a popular field trip for schools, and getting a date has become very competitive. Each month new tour dates become available. Dates for April 2020 go live on Feb 3. at 9 a.m.
For the last several months all tour dates have been taken within 2 minutes of becoming available. We could use your help in securing a date. Hopefully, with more people trying for MWE, we'll get one.
This is the link: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/tours/views/
- Select "educational group tour" and "80" for number of visitors and wait for the tour dates to go live.
- Please note we are spring break April 6-10. Wed., Thurs., or Friday 9:30 tour times are optimal, but we will take anything and make it work!You may use my email address (slc5001@lausd.net) or your own. You will be asked for the school name, address, phone number, and number of buses (1). Don't worry about the details just fill in the form as fast as you can. Autofill works best. Once we get a confirmed date, we will be able to edit, change, and correct the information if needed.
- Please let me know if you were successful by sending me the confirmation number. If by chance we get multiple dates, I will cancel the extra tour(s). Thank you and good luck!
What's Going On This Week In Class:
Math:
CGI problem solving; Continued practice on multiplication and division. Khan Academy for independent practice. Pre-assessment for fraction unit.
Reading:
Bud, Not Buddy: Chapters 13-17 Identifying author moves in the text (foreshadowing, flashback, figurative language).
Writing:
Essay writing: This week students will collect seed ideas for opinion essays, and free write on topics they care about.
Spelling & Vocabulary:
See note above.
Arts:
Essay writing: This week students will collect seed ideas for opinion essays, and free write on topics they care about.
Spelling & Vocabulary:
See note above.
Arts:
3D Printing! Students will print the designs they made (using Maker's Empire software) of the ideal classroom chair. Students designed chairs after identifying the components of a great classroom chair and creating a criterial chart
Students will attend a short concert by members of the Santa Cecilia Orchestra. Please look for free family passes to their upcoming concert at Occidental College.
Students will attend a short concert by members of the Santa Cecilia Orchestra. Please look for free family passes to their upcoming concert at Occidental College.
Social Studies/ Science:
Trade during the Rancho Period
Physical Science - Energy (closed and open circuits)
Trade during the Rancho Period
Physical Science - Energy (closed and open circuits)
