Weekly Reminders 5/23/11

Weekly Reminders: Rooms 20 & 21

Dear Room 20 & 21 Parents,

Open House is this Wednesday, and before you know it, the school year will be over. Enjoy the evening of student success with your child this week; they've put in a huge amount of effort to be ready for this event! Check our calendar for other upcoming dates like our Lunch on the Lawn Thursday for Mrs. Ales, our Learning Day this Friday (no school for kids), Memorial Day holiday on Monday, and much more! For students and parents, this is a great time of year to take pleasure in all aspects of life- exercise, good food, rest and relaxation, and of course, a job well done!

Our blogsite addresses are:

Room 20 (Scourkes) http://rockhopperroom20.blogspot.com
Room 21 (Roels) http://gtfroom22.blogspot.com

Lunch
on the
Lawn

Thursday, May 26, 2011
11:30am-12:30pm K-1
11:45am-12:30pm 2-3 & 4-5

Come and enjoy lunch on the lawn with Mrs. Ales on her last day at Portal!


Curriculum Notes:

Language Arts- We've reached the conclusion of our novel Bridge to Terabithia. We will have a comprehension test on the subject matter in our book tomorrow- this riveting story should be easy to recall! Students are also participating in literature circles this week and next.
Math- 4th graders are continuing to work on plotting data on a coordinate plane. We're learning how functions and equations can be represented using this same plotting technique for ordered pairs.
Math - Biz World continues. Students have learned some of the basic tenants of running a good company, have formed their own companies and will now incorporate and become "public", selling shares of their stock to investors.
Science- Investigation 4 of our Solid Earth unit is being finished up this week. We will have examples of our work from Investigations 1-4 available to check out and discuss at Open House after our Social Studies Wax Museum is completed.
Social Studies- We putting the final touches on our presentation boards and practicing our speeches in anticipation of Open House on Wednesday!

** 5th graders: If you'd like to bring in last year's Anthology of your writing as an example to show others, please do so as soon as you can!

Literature Circles -Volunteers Still Accepted!

We will be having our last literature circle groups of the year on the following dates, all times from 8:15 - 9:10am:

Monday, May 23
Wednesday, May 25
Tuesday, May 31
Thursday, June 2

Would you be willing to come in and listen to a small group or two on any of these dates? Ask any parent who has volunteered for this job before - it's lots of fun, easy to do, and a tremendous help to ensure success for our groups! If you can attend any of the four sessions, please let us know the dates you're available, and we will work with your schedule as best as we can.


Calendar of Events:

Mon. 5/23: Wax Museum Boards Due
Scientific Method- Part Two Due
1st Literature Circle @8:15am
Tues. 5/24 Bridge to Terabithia test
Wed. 5/25: Open House (Rockhopper time 7-7:45pm)
2nd Literature Circle @8:15am
Fri. 5/27: Learning Day
Mon. 5/30: No SCHOOL
Tues. 5/31 3rd Literature Circle @8:15am
Thurs. 6/2 4th Literature Circle @8:15am
Mon. 6/6: Last day of P.E.
Science Fair Project Board due
Tues. 6/7 Volunteer Brunch
Thurs. 6/9: Academy of Sciences Field Trip
Fri. 6/10: Field Day
Tues. 6/14: Recognition Ceremony/Last Day of School!!!


California Trivia Clue (student responses are REQUIRED):

Who discovered the first gold at Sutter’s Mill in January 1848?

Sincerely,

Mr. Roels and Miss Scourkes
Rooms 20 & 21
Rockhopper Village
Portal School