Dear Room 20 & 21 parents and students,
There is just a couple of days in the classroom this week for us, then we'll be off to enjoy the company of our frends and family for the Thanksgiving holiday. Please take these days to reflect on how fortunate we really are to be living, working, and studying in this wonderful place! We're blessed with great weather, caring families, creative companies, and a school that's truly NUMBER ONE in so many respects. When we return from our extended holiday, we'll try to bring that "attitude of gratitude" to our activities at school- maximum effort and a positive approach to learning are the signs that we're thankful for our ability to learn and grow each day!
Just a quick reminder that our blogsite addresses are:
Room 20 (Scourkes) http://rockhopperroom20.blogspot.com
Room 21 (Roels) http://gtfroom22.blogspot.com
Curriculum:
Language Arts
In Language Arts, we are working on writing organized, multi-paragraph essays. Students will use their knowledge of basic paragraph structure to expand and create a longer, more detailed, multi-paragraph writing. Students will be further introduced to the Accelerated Reader program and we will continue to focus on the comprehension of non-fiction literature in addition to fictional stories.
Math
In 4th grade math, we are continuing our work on division, focusing on division rules, estimated quotients to check problem-solving, and the relationship between multiplication and division. A fun way of representing divisibility rules is our Divisibility Turkeys- Thanksgiving meets math!
In 5th grade math, we are introducing the multiplication and division of fractions with both fractional parts and mixed numbers. Students will continue to work on explaining their thinking and strengthening their problem solving skills.
Social Studies
We continue our unit on explorers. Students are learning about events that are occurring in Europe and Asia that influenced the explorers to begin their voyages all over the world. What an exciting time in history! Last week we did an activity where students had to identify certain foods just by smelling them, and then determine if they were foods that were "old world" originally from Europe, Asia, and Africa or "new world" from the Americas!
Science
In class, we have finished our Water Cycle posters, we've taken a popular vote (results revealed today), and now it's time for the judge to make his final decisions- the suspense is building! Since we only have science once this week, we'll be wrapping up our current unit with a cool HIstory Channel video on "The Universe." We will start a new science unit after Thanksgiving break. Please feel free to reread classroom book materials at home to reinforce our students understanding of the material in our just completed unit.
Calendar of Events:
Tues., November 17: Math Olympiads 12:30
Wed., November 18: 5th Grade Unit 4 test on fractions
Mon., November 23: Lawrence Hall of Science Assembly. Rescheduled from this week.
Mon., November 23: SSC meeting. 3:00
Wed., November 25- Fri., Nov. 27: Thanksgiving Holiday. No school.
Wed., December 2: Chabot Space center field trip
Fri., December 4: Report Cards go home
MYSTERY STATE CLUES:
This state has the tallest state capital in the United States.
At different points in its history, this state was owned by France and Spain.
This state's counties are called "parishes."
Ninety-eight percent of the world's crayfish are in this state.
Which state is it?
Sincerely,
Mr. Roels and Miss Scourkes
Rooms 20 & 21
Rockhopper Village
Portal School
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