Day 80 of Week 20
January 6, 2014
Happy new calendar year while it remains the same ‘old’ school year :)
First day back in a typical classroom setting since Friday, December 13th which was 24 days ago. So for the kids they had a nice reprieve from the typical sit in your desk learning environment.
Big news today -- the school kicks off our ReadaThon. There is so much positive and empowering with allowing students to choose what they would like to read. Therefore for a one month period they get to have autonomy in what they choose to expand their interests in while practicing their reading skills.
What does this mean for our class? For the month of January, rather than assigning the free-writes, the weekly read and respond to character issues, and other non-fiction reading assignments, the students will be expected and given more time to read whatever they choose. Students should expect nightly math homework and twice a week science reading/writing however the clear majority of time they will be expected to read.
Reading for science counts towards their nightly goal of reading. Reading and working on the trimester’s book project counts towards the nightly reading. Reading the weekly non-fiction handout and answering the questions also counts towards their nightly reading. Working on Scootpad will also count towards their nightly reading total.
This will entail you signing off on their out of class reading during the next 30 days. Students will be expected to read nightly, weekend s included, and I will require your autographs on a nightly basis.
Field trip on Thursday, January 30th. We are going to the Chabot Space and Science in the Oakland hills. We could use drivers. Can you please complete this survey (should take less than 30 seconds) if you can help with the driving and chaperoning.
What we did today? We discussed the readathon and then we read in class for 30 minutes. This is added to the daily total however your child must still read at home.
We then had spelling pretest #12 -- some of the words this week are particularly challenging. Therefore students are strongly encouraged to study throughout the week.
Science with Mrs. Cargo -- Mondays and Tuesdays for 8 weeks (14 total classes)
Focus on the next science standards w/ an emphasis on the solar system.
Homework pretty much every Monday and Tuesday evening regarding science.
Math:
Solving an equation by getting a variable to be all by itself.
We did SIX examples of this today in class and students were given 20 minutes to work on tonight’s homework prior to lunch time & circle time.
Go to chapter 12 lesson 1;
Circle Time -- students shared out their fondest memories from the vacation, their favorite moment during outdoor education and tried to describe their vacation in one word.
Kind regards,
Mr. Hubbard
Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.”
- Author Unknown
Homework for the week:
ReadaThon:
Every night read for 35 minutes at home.
Remember to include time read in class for your daily total.
Total time on the spreadsheet = in class reading + out of class reading
Monday we read 30 minutes in class + 35 assigned minutes at home = minimum of 65 minutes signed off.
Every day you will bring in your sheet signed off by your parent verifying what you have read.
Reading for science counts towards their nightly goal of reading. Reading and working on the trimester’s book project counts towards the nightly reading. Reading the weekly non-fiction handout and answering the questions also counts towards their nightly reading. Working on Scootpad will also count towards their nightly reading total.
Read and answer with complete sentences and thoughts: (due Thursday)
Spelling Test #12 is on Friday.
Science:
Read pages 158-161 complete the questions within the book due on Tuesday.
Read pages 162-163 complete the questions within the book due on Wednesday.
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