Rockhopper Weekly Reminders
May 20- May 24
Mark Your Calendars:
- Monday, May 20: Wax Museum Costume and Props Due
- Thursday, May 23rd: Sacramento Field Trip. Students are to be at school at 7:00 a.m.
- Friday, May 24th: Learning Day (No School)
- Monday, May 27: Memorial Day (No School)
- Wednesday, May 29th: Open House 7-7:45pm for Rockhoppers!
- Friday, May 31st: Spirit Day- Sports Day!
- Tuesday, June 11th: Lunch on the Lawn
***** Attention parents! ****
We
are in need of parents to help with the following duties in conjunction
with our play, "Gold Dust or Bust!" on Thursday, June 6:
-chair takedown after the performance (6-10 people; 10 minute time commitment)
-video
person for one dress rehearsal and the night of the performance (1 or 2
people; 2 day time commitment of approximately 1hour each day)
In
addition, our parents who have volunteered for props support will be
given items by the teachers or backdrop coordinator to purchase, make,
or repair depending on our needs. Please make sure to check with us if
you have any questions about our props requirements.
Art Help Needed!- Letter from Mrs. Schulze
Hi There,
I'm
really looking forward to our art show again this year. Your students
have done some amazing work! I love watching the multi-purpose room
come to life!
I need your help to find parent volunteers who can help in one or both of the following ways:
Mounting and labeling artwork:
One
volunteer from each class who can take artwork home to mount and label
for the show. I will need to have it back by Thursday, May 23rd.
Hanging the art show:
Volunteers
who can help me hang the art show on our black display boards.
Volunteers can drop in and help for any amount of time between
12:15-2:15 on Tues, May 28 and 8-12 on Weds, May 29th.
Please ask parents to email me if available.
Thank you for your help!
Judy Schulze
judy.schulze@gmail.com
CCSS PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT [MATH AND THE COMMON CORE]
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Lawson Middle School Event Center
10401 Vista Drive
Cupertino, CA 95014
The
District will be holding a Parent Information Meeting focused on the
Common Core State Standards and mathematical shifts. This is a
follow-up to the town hall meetings held in February and is open to all
parents in the Cupertino Union School District (videos of the earlier
town halls are available at www.cusdk8.org)
The
guest speaker for the evening will be Hung-Hsi Wu, a Professor Emeritus
of Mathematics at the University of California at Berkeley. He began
his mathematics education in 1992 and worked from 1997-2005 with the
State of California covering all aspects of mathematics education. Mr.
Wu has worked with the National Mathematics Advisory Panel, and the
writing team for the Common Core Mathematics Standards. He is currently
in the process of completing several textbooks to help with the
implementation of the CCSS for middle and high school teachers.
Please RSVP your attendance to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/cusdccssmath
Curriculum Flash!
Language Arts
As our reading of Bridge to Terabithia
takes us closer to the climax of the story, we are using our time to
try and understand the depth of the relationship between the two main
characters, Jess and Leslie. The primary methods of exploration are
discussion and thoughtful reflection shared in our writing. Rockhopper
classes will be reading through Chapter 7 this week. Our writer’s
workshop time on Friday continues to be divided between display board
work and speech preparation in Social Studies and ongoing work on the
Interdependence technology project in Science.
Math:
4th grade:
This
week we continue to concentrate on completing measurement applications
in our Perimeter Park projects, finishing our statistical analysis of
class “All About Us” data, and practicing coordinate graphing of points
and functions. All of this happens in THREE days. By the time we reach
Sacramento on Thursday, we’ll be measurement and data specialists!
5th grade:
This
week the students continue to gather data and create line plots to help
interpret their findings. Students will be asked to complete a series
of performance tasks that demonstrate not only their understanding, but
the application of these ideas. They will need to explain, reason and
justify throughout this process.
Social Studies:
Our
Gold Rush Wax Museum projects are under way; the final presentation
will be shared with you at Open House! The project has many different
components (research essay, informational board, costume, speech, props)
and a series of due dates to help students manage their time and
accomplish tasks piece by piece. Time in class will be given to work on
the project, but students will also need to complete some parts for
homework.
Science:
This
week students have largely wrapped up their research for their
technology presentation on interdependence among organisms. Formatting
of factual material, adaptation of notes to bullet point, sentence, or
short paragraph style is now a prominent task for students. Likewise,
supporting charts, photographs, and illustrations are being included on
applicable slides. These presentatiions will definitely have a personal
stamp of the partners involved in the project! Of course, the students
must never lose sight of the fact that the entire project relates to the
interdependence of organisms in various environmnets. As time allows,
we will read interesting articles from the science textbook that speak
of animal and bird migration, range of tolerance, and the various
ecosystems within California as part of Investigation 5 in the
Environments unit.
CA Trivia:
Which University of CA campus is the smallest geographically?
