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| Tons of building and noise going on in the C-Wing. |
Today 1/3rd of the class was able to experience the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory field -trip. If your son or daughter were one of the 8 people that attended today, make sure to have them tell you what they learned and experienced.
Meanwhile for the other 16 students, ½ will attend on Wednesday and ½ will attend on Thursday.
Meanwhile for those “left behind” we rolled out a new weekly common core language arts & reading comprehension lesson. Therefore students worked with Ms. Mitchell learning and practicing “Main Idea.”
It looks like spelling worked out great last week with www.spellingcity.com
All of the weekly vocabulary and weekly spelling lists will be on the website. Students can have the website give them practice spelling tests, play spelling & vocabulary games and also compete against each other.
Here is my official webpage for spelling city:
Students can sign in and practice using a traditional computer, smartphones and tablets.
If I had my druthers, I would suggest students practice learning their vocabulary words.
Do you want the entire list of spelling words for the remainder of the school year?
Circle Time --- we only had 16 people in circle time. We shared out -- our weekend, what did we eat for breakfast, when we get sad or depressed what do we enjoy doing to cheer up, and we shared out “what makes mom sad or stressed out.”
It was humorous and enlightening to hear how students choose to deal with things when they get sad. Regarding the sharing about moms, interestingly there is a high percentage of “other siblings” that cause mom high stress, and some students admitted to being partially to blame.
Now regarding breakfast……
Albeit this is a super small sample size however we only had two students share out that they ate a breakfast with a reasonable proteins to carb ratio. One student admitted to eating just candy and several others ate donuts or pastries.
Full disclosure my own son ate a simple bowl of cereal with some fruit for breakfast today. He frequently will turn down my offers to make him eggs, omelette, and when I make him a smoothy within a 4 grams carbs for every 1 gram of protein -- he will frequently not eat it. So I know it is not easy to get your child to make great morning food choices nor is it easy to make the food.
Here is some food for thought (no pun intended) about why breakfast is so important:
- http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5738848
- http://www.healthybrainforlife.com/articles/school-health-and-nutrition/feeding-the-brain-for-academic-success-how
- http://www.askdrsears.com/topics/feeding-eating/family-nutrition/brain-foods/brainy-breakfasts-improve-school-and-work-performance
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/23/healthy-breakfast-mistakes_n_2877800.html
Math
We are working rounding to whole numbers when there are fractions involved.
We made several number lines and discussed how to tell if we should round upwards or downwards.
FYI - for the 8 students that missed this lesson, I handed out printed up copies of our notes and students or myself worked with them upon their return to class.
Students had time to work on Scootpad for 20 minutes. Upon completing that they were able to work on IXL, Khanacademy, Spelling City, complete last week’s Constitution write-ups, and watch their narrative movie while taking notes.
The final 30 minutes of they day were dedicated to them writing their homework for the week into their day planner and working on their homework.
I also had a chance to meet with every student receiving a progress report. I explained the rationale for their report and we discussed what they could do to improve their scores. Please sign the progress reports and return the bottom part at your earliest convenience.
All students regardless received a packet of their www.engrade.com work so far and a copy of their first STAR reading assessment. Please note we take a monthly STAR assessment and the assessment utilizes intuitive software that will increase and decrease skill level dependent on how successful the student does. Therefore the scores will fluctuate slightly every month dependent on how well they performed. You do not need to return this packet, it is just for your reading enjoyment. For those that took my www.engrade.com invite, either via email and/or handout at back to school night, this is not new information unless you haven’t logged in recently.
Camp -- (December 15th-18th)
We need these forms completed by Friday please:
*This packet came with the Back to School Night packet
Also the school needs to confirm your child will be attending camp. The cost/donation for this year is $200. You do not need to pay the entire amount all at one time. We will set up a payment plan (200/8 months = $25 per month). There is also scholarship money however you will need to contact Ms. McGovern or myself at your earliest convenience. We want every child to attend since it is such an amazing learning experience however you do need to communicate with us if you need payment assistance or scholarship.
10/16 5th Grade Camp Info Night for Parent/Guardians, Multi-use Room at 6:30 PM
Do you want to chaperone and help out during camp? Here is a packet that tells you what it is all about. If you are interested in helping there is a lengthy process involved regarding finger-prints and background checks therefore you need to see Mrs. Bastida ASAP to get the paperwork rolling.
Kind regards,
Mr. Hubbard
“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.”
Stephen Covey
Homework for the week:
Math:
230-231 (1-23 all ) due Tuesday
348-349 (1-11 all + definitions and drawings must be put into your math notebook) due Wednesday
370-371 (1-11 all) due Thursday
254-256 (1-25 all) due Friday
If lessons are increasingly quick, students are strongly encouraged to work on www.khanacademy.com or www.ixl.com
Free-Write for the week due on Friday:
“Describe the “ultimate” Halloween Candy or Candies
It can be a made up candy, a collection of their favorite candies, or even a completely out the box type of Halloween candy --whatever their mind can think up.
Reading for 30 minutes every night.
Vocab
page 12 due on Tuesday
page 13 due on Wednesday
page 14 due on Thursday
**a nightly vocab practice was also assigned on https://www.spellingcity.com/TeacherHubbard/
Test is on Friday
Tissues, Organs and Systems -- nonfiction reading and writing is due on Thursday.
Narrative Notes -- Students received grades on their notes last week. Those earning less than 80% need to rewatch and add details to their notes.
Throughout the week we will be working on writing a narrative. Could be homework dependent on how much student is able to complete while in class.
Our Living Constitution
Four questions and one short essay question. Due on Friday
The assignment is given on https://www.chalkup.co/dash
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