Classroom News for the Week of March 4

News and Upcoming Events: 

3/4 Orchestra students: Be sure to bring your instruments.
Flyer coming home with details on how to help our school win a $10,000 ScholarShare grant.

3/11 -3/22 Vote every day online for our school to win a $10,000 ScholarShare grant! Voting is open to any adult. Encourage all your friends and family to participate (voters do not have to have children at MWE). Look for more details in Monday's flyer as well as robocalls coming home. Thank you for your participation!

4/1 Cesar Chavez Holiday- No school

4/15 - 4/19 Spring Break

Thanks for all the junk! We have as much as we can store. Thank you! 

Fairy Tale Book Project Due Dates- 

* If you finish ahead of schedule, feel free to turn in your story early.

2/28 - Typing instructions and drafts sent home

3/11- Bring in a typed copy of your story. Parents, many of the students are writing lengthy stories.  Your child may need some assistance in completing the typing. However, students should complete a healthy portion of this on their own. No other language arts HW will be assigned during this time to facilitate typing. Students should spend approx. 20 minutes each evening working on their typing. This will be helpful practice for them for the upcoming SBAC assessment.

3/14 You will receive this copy back with my feedback. Working at home, consider my feedback to do final revisions and proofreading of your story.

3/20 Your final copy is due in class.

This is a good time to make sure your child has access to a working printer and that you have ink.

What's Going On This Week In Class:

Math: 

Geometry - Analyzing and classifying triangles and quadrilaterals; Review of 2x2 multiplication and multiples of 10

Reading:

This week we begin reading historical fiction: By The Great Horn Spoon.  It is the story of a young boy from Boston and his butler and their adventure in California's gold fields at the height of the Gold Rush. This week we will be creating sensory figures and writing personal responses journal entries.

Health:

Being a Savvy Consumer

Arts:

Dance: Elements of Dance

Sketching and planning book illustrations

Social Studies/Science:
Social Studies - Gold Rush: Multiple perspectives
Science - Energy Transfer; Introduction to new PBL project

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.