Rockhopper Weekly Reminders
May 21-25
Mark Your Calendars:
- Tuesday, May 22: Literature Circles- Session #1 (8:00-9:00am)
- Tuesday, May 22 - 24 Book Fair (Buy One, Get One Free)
- Wednesday, May 23: PSCO meeting @6:30 p.m.
- Thursday, May 24 Literature Circles- Session #2 (8:00-9:00am)
- Friday, May 25: Staff Learning Day - NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
- Monday, May 28: Memorial Day - NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
- Monday, May 29: Literature Circles- Session #3 (8:00-9:00am)
- Friday, June 1: Literature Circles- Session #4 (note the 12:30-1:15pm time!)
A Quick “Thank You”..... to all our wonderful families for making your two village teachers feel so appreciated today- the flowers we received were a beautiful way to express your thanks for the work we do!
Sincerely,
Miss Scourkes and Mr. Roels
10th Annual Portal Field Day!!!
(only a few more spots to fill, then signups are closed!)
On Friday, June 22nd, 2012, Portal will participate in our 10th Annual Field Day! This is a very fun and exciting day that our students look forward to all year.
We need at least 20 parents and lots of responsible and energetic alumni to help with games from 7:45 am until 12 noon. We have two shifts: 7:45 – 10:00 and 9:45 – 12:00, or BOTH!!
Most schools are out for the summer on this date, so this is a wonderful opportunity for alumni to do community service. Alumni must sign up in advance. Alumni students who have not signed up will not be allowed to stay on campus.
Please, for the safety and enjoyment of the students, no cell phone use or texting during field events. They need your full attention, encouragement, and enthusiasm.
Please sign up using our online form available at the link below.
We need you to make this fun-filled day happen for our students!
Volunteer HERE!
Spots are first-come, first-served. We are only taking a limited number of volunteers,
so please sign-up soon before all spots are filled!
Curriculum Flash!
Language Arts:
Our work with Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is almost done. Students are composing formal responses to literature about the novel, finishing previous projects, and putting together their Sadako portfolios. We begin our last set of literature circle activities this week. Group literature circles will be held Tuesday, May 22, Thursday, May 24, Tuesday May 29, (all at 8:00) and Friday, June 1 at 12:30.
*Volunteers Still Needed for Literature Circles!
We still need a few more volunteers for our literature circles- we really should have about 6 adults in the room for the best results. This is an approximately one hour commitment two times a week for two weeks (a total of 4 times). As a volunteer, you are asked to sit with a group of students and listen to them discuss what they’ve read. You’ll record how they listen and respond to each other. Parents who volunteer for this job have expressed how fun it is to hear the students discuss what they’ve read. Please email Miss Scourkes or Mr. Roels if you can help out! Thank you- and thank you to those parents who have already made plans to join us this week!
Math
4th grade: We are nearing completion of our various Game Factory game evaluations. Each time we’ve tried a new game, we made predictions about its fairness, we played the game, and then we discussed the probability of each player’s success and the overall fairness of the game. We’ll be using our understanding of fairness later in the week to begin the production of our own fair game! This will take us several days of class time, and it is certainly a good use of our time :) Then, our class members will play the games and evaluate their fairness to all players- a great application of our content understanding.
5th grade: Students are working on their final geometry project, Geometry Journey. Groups of students were given a list of geometry vocabulary words and need to wander the school trying to find real life examples of them. The take pictures using the ipad, upload the pictures to a Pages document, and explain the special features of each picture in a detailed caption. This allows students to put their understanding of geometry terms to the test and pushes their creativity to find unique and interesting way to exhibit each term. We will start BizWorld on Wednesday, May 30th.
Science:
In Rooms 20 & 21, we took our first Investigation Checks (I-Checks) today. These two I-Checks were conducted as open book/open note assessments. On Wednesday and Thursday, we’ll present our technology Water Planet projects, and we’ll also self-evaluate our efforts on this group project. Mr. Roels will also evaluate the technology portion of the project.
Social Studies:
We have started our Open House “Wax Museum” preparation. Students have written their essays and are beginning work on their project boards. They will be working on their speeches and “sandwich boards next. Please be sure to ask your child if you have any questions about the project or their progress.
Name that State!
- The first public school in the United States was established in this state in 1635.
- The first World Series was played in this state.
- Cod is this state's official state fish.
- This state was the home state of four U.S. presidents: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Calvin Coolidge, and John F. Kennedy.
- In 1620, the Mayflower landed in this state.
- Which state is it?
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