Brain Week Thursday
Today was the day that the students were able to slice & dice and discover what makes a sheep’s brain work. Thank you for the many many parents that volunteered their time and put up with the smell. The children were full of stories to share and excitement as they told me what they learned from the experience. Please make sure to ask them what they learned from today’s adventures.
In the morning we reviewed our weekly spiraling math work, reviewed the chapter 1 book test and reviewed the weekly vocabulary.
After lunch we went 100% Tech Thursday. Students had time to:
- Take any AR test for books they have recently completed
- Students were to put in 30 minutes of www.Scootpad.com
- Students then signed into their Spelling and Vocabulary Review & Practice
- **I am on a 30 day trial, along with the class, and students are allowed to practice and learn BOTH their vocabulary words and spelling words for the week. They also have an app. for tablets and smartphones (both Android & Apple).
- Students then signed into Discovery Education we tested out if we could all stream a movie on our 24 individual chromebooks and what was the video quality like. Students were able to be extremely successful.
- Finally since most of the class had not yet set up their Class Dojo student account I gave them the last 5 to 8 minutes to do that. That will allow the students to change their avatar and also see the points they are earning.
FYI -- I do have your son/daughter’s photos if they took them at registration. I’ll send them home tomorrow.
Lawrence Livermore Field Trip:
The field trip on the 3rd w/ just our class has been officially cancelled.
We are going to have 1/3rd of the class attend on the
September 29th
October 1st and
October 2nd
Therefore 8 students will go on each day. We would require two drivers per day. If you can assist with driving please complete this quick survey:
- Remember copy of the recent driver’s licence.
- Copy of your insurance verifying you have enough insurance coverage
- Ideally your proof of points or “good driver” status supplied by your friendly insurance provider (allegedly DMV will supply it as well)
Kind regards,
Mr. Hubbard
***Long quote this week out of respect to the PBS special on the Roosevelts and one of my alltime favorite quotes!!****
“In the battle of life, it is not the critic who counts; not the one who points out how the strong stumbled, or where the doer of a deed could have done better.
The credit belongs to those who are actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is not effort without error and shortcoming; who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, spend themselves in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if they fail, at least fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who have tasted neither victory nor defeat.”
- Theodore Roosevelt
Homework for the week:
Books for your student or the class:
One-Time Class Activation Code: HH4V4
We’re closing the sale window on Friday.
Math
page 22-23 set a,b,c,d,e,and f all due Friday
Chapter 1 test on Friday
Read 30 minutes every night
Bring the day planner back signed as proof that you read
Vocab
Vocab test on Friday
Free-Write due Friday
20 minutes of uninterrupted writing (w/ parent signature) or 1 full page written/typed out (no larger than 14 font)
Topic? “Let me describe how I choose a ……….”
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