Weekly Reminders 6/17/13

Rockhopper Weekly Reminders
June 17 - June 21


Mark Your Calendars:
Monday, June 17th: Parent Volunteer Brunch- 9:45-10:30 a.m.
Thursday, June 20th: 4/5 Band Performance- 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Monday, June 24th: CA Academy of Sciences End of the year trip
Wednesday, June 26th: 5th grade Promotion Ceremony- 8:15-10:00 a.m.
Wednesday, June 26th: Report Cards go home!
Wednesday, June 26th: Last Day of School- Dismissal at 11:20 a.m.

Promotion Potluck:
Dear Fifth Grade Parents,
The end of the year is rapidly approaching. In honor of the fifth grade graduates, a Promotion Ceremony will be held on the last day of school, June 26th, from 8:15-10:00 a.m. We sure hope that you will be able to attend! We are asking fifth grade families to bring in finger food type snacks and refreshments that can be enjoyed after the ceremony concludes. Please sign up on the Google doc by clicking the appropriate link below. Thank you in advance for helping out! Looking forward to celebrating this milestone with our fifth grade students!

Room 19 link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlQcB4_g0QRNdHV3Vm50WFlxaFl6QWZ4ekkwekhMU0E&usp=sharing

Room 20 link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoFa38wpcQ_PdEh1YlVFcXRaN2lVdFFrcVp5WGVRNnc&usp=sharing

Room 21 link: https://docs.google.com/a/cusdschools.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmCVmX-idGF0dFRhNm9EMXRqTHV5UHpfUDJFZjN3b2c&usp=sharing

Room 22 link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApkeyZNuOOUcdGxuTUpQYUhJZm5KZmlNU095YS1hSXc&usp=sharing

Room 23 link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AufQtUTKCjSCdGNwWVNOZjN2TnBZQUJBeEJlMS1NaEE&usp=sharing

Room 24 link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkqL1lM8y3VHdE0wOWV1c2JHRGtSVjJXemhzYWRDcXc&usp=sharing

Curriculum Flash!
Language Arts
This week we are taking a Socrative iPad-based quiz to check our understanding of Bridge to Terabithia. Any other available language arts time will be devoted to effectively revising previously completed work, creating covers, Tables of Contents, About the Author pages, and dedications for our year-end anthology books.

Math:
4th grade:
Students continue to be engaged in a terrific interact experience called “Game Factory.” Our students will be evaluating the fairness of a series of games as they play them with their peers. Every day, we make predictions based on our understanding of probability before play begins, play the games, then debrief after game play to understand if a game is either fair or unfair in design. If we have enough time before the school year ends, we’ll even create our OWN fair games to put our gaming “education” to good use! Please ask your child to share more details and specifics with you!

5th grade:
This week in Biz World, students have started manufacturing bracelets in preparation for the fierce sales competition this week at the Biz World Bazaar. Students will have the opportunity to market their products through an advertising campaign, price their products appropriately to make a profit, and display their products in an aesthetically pleasing way at the Bazaar. Let’s wish all of budding entrepreneurs good luck!

Science:
We have finished teaching the Human Growth and Development curriculum and are wrapping up the Environments unit. We will try to get through the last investigation, which analyzes the concept of range of tolerance. Students will design a controlled experiment using the scientific method to determine the range of tolerance for water in growing plants.

CA Trivia:
What is the name of California’s state song?