Happy Post Thanksgiving!!
We only have 10 school days until we take off for camp therefore today was jammed packed.
Camp information? Did you misplace the packing list? Are you a chaperone and misplaced your packing list? Click here for all of your parent information. Click here for the chaperone information.
If you want to send well wishes and encouragement to your son or daughter as they are away at camp, here is the mailing address: You can send them mid to late next week and they will be waiting for them on their first evening.
YMCA at Camp Arroyo
FBO: Child’s Name (Hubbard’s class)
5555 Arroyo Rd,
Livermore, CA 94550
Ms. Mitchell has officially moved onto her next big adventure. Since September 1st our class has been lucky to have Ms. Mitchell student teaching and helping w/ our class. She completed her two weeks of complete solo teaching right before Thanksgiving. We are hoping give her a surprise party on Thursday of this week. I have covertly worked out the details with Mrs. Cartmell since Ms. Mitchell is subbing for her this week.
Your son/daughter will be making a thank you and a “words of advice” letter for her that they can give to her on Thursday. I’m also hoping to give her a Golden Apple gift card , possibly have a sweet treat on Thursday afternoon and a final Ms. Mitchell circle-time. If you would like to pitch in for the gift card that would be highly appreciated, however as we head into the holiday season there is definitely no obligation. You can either send it in an envelope to my attention or use paypal
Math:
We are heading into the homestretch with many of our math chapters. As you recall we are snaking our way into each of the five chapters. In many cases the chapters are just about over. Prior to the Thanksgiving break, I explained to the students that I would be assigning specific skills that students must master related to the chapters that are ending. Therefore students will literally have www.ixl.com homework over the upcoming weeks. Students should be using graph paper and pencil when completing 95% of their IXL work. From working with students, the ones that experience the biggest frustrations and slowest to master skills are the ones that guess and don’t use paper.
Vocab this week is fun: All the words came from other languages and cultures. We had a talk why this makes learning English and spelling it correctly so challenging.
Next week throughout the United States they are having an Hour of Code week as a way to inspire and encourage our students to evolve from just being consumers of technology to the creators of technology. This is a matter important to both boys and girls, however they are definitely hoping to increase the number of female coders within the industry and girls showing the desire could very well earn scholarships and other financial incentives that will lessen the cost of college.
Needless to say next week we will be dedicating an hour a day towards having the students discover some of the various websites that are out there related to self-directed learning & coding.
Something related, I have been asked by numerous parents about a Chromebook as a gift for their 5th grader. Before you read anything below, please note you must have a wireless signal. Without internet connectivity the Chromebook is really nothing but a glorified paperweight.
Here are the ways that you as a parent can make the chromebook as safe as possible. Specifically in this article read through the safety tools on the right hand side. You can create their @gmail.com account as a supervised user through your account. Also note that if they use the @dublinusd.net account there already are limitations put on in regards to use of the app store, chrome store and no ability to use the chat function.
Kind regards,
Mr. Hubbard
Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.
- Aristotle
Homework for the week:
Math
360-361 1-14 Chapter 15 review due Tuesday
Chapter 16 test will be on Wednesday.
IXL skills are due and 100 points earned by Wednesday: (students were given 45 minutes to work on this Monday)
CCSS.Math.Content.5.G.A.1 (e.g., x-axis and x-coordinate, y-axis and y-coordinate).
CCSS.Math.Content.5.G.A.2.
CCSS.Math.Content.5.OA.B.3 e.
268-269 1-12 all chapter 11 lesson 7 due Thursday
216-217 1-32 all chapter 9 lesson 7 due Friday
Review and correct prior test due on Friday.
Friday -- 2 week test based upon chapter 9, 10, 11, 15 and 16
Free Write due on Friday:
“You are a turkey that survived Thanksgiving, tell us how you stayed alive”
Vocab work page 33 due Tuesday; page 34 due Wednesday and page 35 due Thursday
Ms. Mitchell letter due on Thursday morning.
- Thank you her for 2 months with us
- Based upon your six years of being a student, give her advice to be a successful teacher
- Share out one favorite memory
Pen Pal Letters -- due on Friday
More details to come.
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