Weekly Reminders 10/3/11

Rockhopper Weekly Reminders
October 3-7

Mark Your Calendars:
October 10/10-10/21: October break- NO SCHOOL!!!
Monday, 10/24: School resumes
October 10/24-10/28: Red Ribbon Week!
Tuesday, 10/25:

-Halloween Parade at 1:00 p.m.
-Lunch on the Lawn - 11: 45 a.m. Come eat lunch with your child and then stay for the Halloween Parade at 1:00!
Wednesday, 10/26: PSCO meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Friday, 10/28: Wear RED day



Curriculum Flash!

Language Arts

To conclude our Stone Fox activities, we’re using our previous Little Willy personality web to create our FIRST expository essay! We’re learning how to use complex sentences like occasion/position statements and list sentences to introduce our topic, and we’re creating body paragraphs to share examples and evidence of the prominent traits Willy displays in his life. Of course, we’re also learning to conclude our essays with clear reminders of our original topic. It’s an ambitious start to our essay writing!

Math
4th grade: Multiplication is our subject, and we’re becoming accustomed to modeling multiplication on paper and with base ten blocks. This week we get used to larger number multiplication, multiplication properties, and using estimation to check accuracy.
5th grade: We continue with our algebra unit. We’re solving and creating equations in word problems and learning to clearly define our thought process when solving these type of problems.

Science:
Vascular plants, leaf classification, and an introduction to a plant’s method of making food are all parts of this week’s investigations. We’ll focus on observation skills, vocabulary, and applying our knowledge to specific questions posed about plants.

Social Studies
In social studies, we continue our study of Native Americans. We have learned about the tribes of the Dessert Southwest and Pacific Northwest, and are now focusing on the Plains Region Tribes. Be sure to ask your child what they know about each region’s Native Americans!



Name That State!
The first brick street in the world was laid in this state in 1870.
This was the first state to enact a sales tax.
Nearly 80 percent of this state is covered with forest.
The first Mother's Day was celebrated in this state in 1908.
Which state is it?