Always a highlight is when we spend time with our kindergarten buddies. Every visit is even more meaningful when we factor in that Ms. Lombardo will be retiring at the end of the school year. Therefore on a personal level, I really try to appreciate all the great moments that students have with my buddy class for the last 10 years? I didn’t have a buddy class my first year teaching and then she kindly took me in during year 2. Today the students worked with their little buddies making “Rechenka’s Eggs.” Click here to have the author demonstrate the true artistry of Rechenka eggs. I promise the eggs will be up and looking beautiful in time for our Open House next month.
Tomorrow is our Intel field trip. Therefore kids must bring a bag lunch and a snack. We will not be at school to purchase morning snacks or lunch. We leave at 9:45’ish and we will return prior to 2:51. They do have a gift shop and will be given “minimal” time to shop. The shop only sells Intel merchandise so depending on how much free advertising you want your family to give Intel, feel free to NOT send your son/daughter with money. Last year 85% kids did not bring money and they had a wonderful time.
We read this article today. Extremely relevant to our 5th graders and also for their parents. Recent cognitive scientists have done studies regarding the comprehension decline that happens when people read on-line versus reading paper. There's also real-life examples of studied people saying they can tell their ability to read a novel or “long-form” literature has suffered as we develop “Twitter brain” where we read strategically in 30+ second increments. Interesting questions regarding high stake tests that have moved all reading on them to on-line. Also the common-core increased emphasis on non-fiction reading combined with high stakes testing/teaching of pulling out quotes or specific pieces of information could only exacerbate the inability to read long form of writing?
Students once again had 45 minutes to study, write down notes in their math notebooks, and prepare for Friday’s math test.
Carson suggested this link today. It is the entire 5th grade math curriculum found on Khan Academy. They have specific sections on fractions and algebraic thinking. He suggested to the class that he has been watching the fraction sections and taking notes/suggestions from Khan. He said this can be done in about 5 minutes per lesson.
FYI -- I also had my Lewis and Clark book found and it back safely with the Alameda County Library. On an awesome note, Asaad had brought it home to read during Spring Break so I’m more than willing to pay 50 cents for a study who has taken a deeper interest in American history!!
Kind regards,
Mr. Hubbard
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Homework for the week:
Thursday - bring a bag lunch for the field trip. We leave at 9:45 and return at 2:51
Math:
Review should entail updating math notebook, writing definitions/examples that help, utilizing the study guides that were created and put onto our math websites.
Review notes from box.net; Ixl.com, and khanacademy.com
**The studying and preparing for Friday’s test should “easily” ential 30+ minutes reviewing the following 10 concepts:
- Fractions -- adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing
- Making common denominators
- Switching between improper fractions and mixed numbers
- Simplifying Fractions
- Orders of Operation when solving equations
- How to write algebraic expressions based on realistic scenarios (variables and writing subtraction and/or division in the correct order)
- How to solve realistic scenarios using fractions
- Knowing how to convert a division problem into a fraction and vice versa
- The relationship of fractions with decimals and with percentages.
- How to convert any fraction into a decimal and vice versa.
Here are the notes for the chapters. Some are prior years however they are equally relevant.
Hexagon Puzzle due Thursday
Non-Fiction Reading and Response to be handed out on Wednesday and due next week. Students should spend most of their 50 minutes of homework on Thursday night studying and preparing for the math test.
Free Write due on Friday:
This week’s topic was chosen by Dennis S. who used his points from Scootpad to earn the right to create the topic.
Fiction --- What would you do if we really had a zombie apocalypse?
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