Rockhopper Weekly Reminders
April 1-April 5
Mark Your Calendars:
- Monday, April 1: Rooms 20 & 21 Literature Circles #3
- Wednesday, April 3: Rooms 20 & 21 Literature Circles #4
- Wednesday, April 3: Field Trip to see “Pocahontas” 10:15 -12:00. Lunch from home needed.
- Wednesday, April 3: 5th grade “Dream Bedroom” project due
- Thursday, April 4th: Family Science Night
- Friday, April 5th: Report cards go home
- April 8th-19th: Spring Break!
- Monday, April 22nd: School resumes
Do You Love Science?
On
Thursday, April 4, our school will be holding our annual Family Science
Night! This is a terrific way to spend an evening with family and
friends doing something you really love - SCIENCE! Please check the
Portal website, or the attached .pdf document if you’re reading this
Reminder in your e-mail, for all the details.
Curriculum Flash!
Language Arts
Our
classes are wrapping up our second group of Literature Circle sessions
this week. The discussions have been lively, thought-provoking, and
often humorous! Students have been able to work on their oral language
skills and respond to literature at the same time; it’s been a great use
of our time. A new oral component of our curriculum comes into play
this week as well- our Room 20 & 21 fine arts performance entitled
“Gold Dust or Bust!” We are conducting auditions during every spare
language art class moment, along with some lunch sessions thrown in for
good measure. Every student will end up with an important role in our
play, whether it be a lead character, small group ensemble member, or
masters of ceremony for the evening. Strong voices, singing ability,
and acting are what we’re looking for- ask your son or daughter for
their impressions of their audition!
Math:
4th grade:
Geometry
Takes Shape! Our classes our immersed in plane geometry concepts this
week. We’re wrapping up any questions our classes have about geometric
shapes, symmetry, and congruence, and we’re moving along into the
calculation of area and perimeter as the week draws to a close. As
always, we’ll be using our Problem of the Day work to revisit concepts,
check for understanding of current ideas, and examine expressions of
mathematical reasoning.
5th grade:
This
week we will strengthen students’ understanding of the relationship
between fractions, decimals and percents. Students will continue to
work on their math menu projects and we have the Level 2 Placement Test
on Thursday. We will also be providing an optional packet of 5th grade
math skills for students work on over the next several weeks.
Social Studies:
Students
are continuing to work on their project of creating a diseno, reata,
and typing up a narrative of rancho life experiences. Please have your
child tell you more about the three parts of the project!
Science:
Our
Environments unit continues with additional observation of our
terrariums, including data acquisition related to plant growth. We will
also debate and implement any changes necessary to our terrarium
environment like more/less water, removal of the sealed lid, additional
lighting, etc. As the week goes on, our classes will also test
variations in conditions that would impact our other living organisms-
beetles and isopods. Soil condition (wet v. dry) and lighting are
factors that may influence beetle and isopod behavior. Finally, some of
us have already introduced our third type of environment- aquariums.
Ask your student about their class; we’re all covering the same
material, but our schedules are a bit different at this moment!
CA Trivia:
In addition to the panning and hydraulic mining methods, what was another gold-mining technique?
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