Happy Tuesday.
Today we achieved the goal of 100% of the 28 students were able to successfully return their read a thon form signed!! If they can do this tomorrow, we will enjoy yummy cookies on Friday. If they continue the streak on Friday morning as well -- more cookies on Monday!!
Side note...it may be flu season again. We had four students out today due to illness. As a reminder we like kids to stay out at least 24 hours after their last sign of a fever. As you can read here, it has been a brutal season in the Bay Area for the flu. Therefore don’t hesitate to allow your child to stay home one more day if they have a fever or have a bad cough.
We also did the following techie things today:
1. qwertytown -- typing practice 15 minutes
2. Scootpad -- 20 minutes of language arts
3. IXL -- we worked on practice work similar to tonight’s homework
Math:
16-4 Finding patterns, completing patterns and equations
Working on our listening….
For various reasons ranging from not paying attention, not focusing, talking out loud during instruction, being distracted by the talking of their peers, etc.. This year’s class has room for improvement when it comes to listening, taking notes and not talking so others can focus. So we are going to do a series of exercises that will challenge them to not impulsively talk out, focus on what is being said and take notes.
I had them write down the nine positions on a baseball field and then had them listen to the radio version of “Who’s On First” I played it twice. I had about 40% of the class that were able to concentrate and capture all 8 names that are mentioned. There were a few students that were only able to get 3 or less and maybe two that were close to tears. In the end we will call today a practice run through and we hope to build upon today’s practice exercise.
Math Night
Tomorrow night at 6:30 Dublin El is hosting another math night. The focus will be on division and fractions. The adult portion will take place in my room C-5 and I will be spending time discussing fractions. If you have questions or would like to see some of the ways we are making kids learn fractions/division then come on down. Your kids will be able to attend games and math fun in the other classes.
Field trip on Thursday.
We will leave promptly at 8:30 a.m. We will return no later than the 2:51 release time.
Students do need to pack a labeled lunch. They are stored in a carrying cage therefore their name on it will help.
Yes there is a shop there at the Chabot Space and Science Museum however we have 90+ students going and they generally have only 1 person working the cash register therefore students should not plan to purchase items from the gift shop. We frequently do not have time to allow everyone to shop.
Kind regards,
Mr. Hubbard
“Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labelled ‘This could change your life’.”
Helen Exley.
Homework for the week:
Math
5-9 122-123 7-21 all due Tuesday (today)
16-4 371-372 8-24 all due Wednesday
9-4 204-205 1-23 all due Friday *** must use the Venn Diagram when solving tonight’s homework; See prior year’s notes on 9-4 if working ahead.
Science
Due Monday sun and stars
Due 2/18 Moon Watching
Read A Thon --
Read every night for 45 minutes
Bring the Read A Thon form -- signed the night before and brought in first thing in the morning.
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