Hello Everyone,

I hope you all enjoyed the weekend in whatever way you and your family celebrate this time of year.

Important dates:
Seymour Center Field Trip Tuesday, May 7th, from 8:15am - 11am at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center. Please let us know if you would like to drive/chaperone for our last field trip of the year. We always appreciate our parent volunteers. 

Curriculum Updates: April

ELA: Lucy Calkin's WWII historical fiction book clubs continue. Our reading log homework will change to reading logs that allow your child to track the time spent reading in class and at home and to log page numbers. Reading homework this term will be from the Lucy Calkin's unit. Your child will choose from age appropriate informational texts and historical fiction novels in class on the WWII era. We have a number in class, but additional books may be needed to keep your child in books on the subject as they finish one and need additional books to build background knowledge. You may need to help your child find some appropriate texts at your local library. We will also use the Mt. School library to broaden our search for appropriate informational texts on the subject. AR book find link. **Please note: Students have new goals of 16.5 points for the last trimester. 

    

Math: 4th grade decimals. 5th grade decimals. Please check your child's planner for specific page numbers. We will continue to review these concepts. POM solving and presentations (problem of the month) and number talks continue. Silicon Valley Math Initiative (SVMI) MARS tasks continue all year.

Science: Foss module "Energy." This includes magnets, electricity, and circuits wrap up and the start of the "Environments" module.

Social Studies: Age appropriate WWII background to accompany Lucy Calkin's historical fiction book clubs.

Writing: summary, narrative and informational essays, poetry.

Grammar: Study of various grammar: prepositions, nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives and adjective clauses. Shades of meaning vocabulary, capitalization, quotation marks, citing evidence within texts.  Figurative language: simile, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia, metaphor, homophones.

CAASPP preparation: it's that time of year again, and we are beginning our test preparation practice in class. I will also send home some hard copy test prep practice for homework in the coming weeks. This will allow students to practice and build knowledge and stamina for these end-of-the-year assessments. As it gets closer, we will send out a snack schedule. Testing will begin in May for the intermediate grades.

Warmly,

Mrs. Young

Hello Everyone,

I hope everyone has enjoyed their spring break! We have some new things on the horizon as we head into the last trimester of our year together including new reading goals of 16.5, a new unit of study on the WWII era, CAASPP preparation, poetry, etc.

Important dates:
Elkhorn Slough Field Trip this coming Thursday April 11th. We need drivers/chaperones. I am sorry for the short notice. The Elkhorn Slough folks had to move our field trip forward! If you can help us, please let us know. It's a 40 minute drive, and our departure time is 8:15. Students need a snack and lunch to take with them to the estuary. We will depart at 12:30 and head back to school.

Curriculum Updates: April

ELA: Lucy Calkin's WWII historical fiction book clubs. Our reading log homework will change to reading logs that allow your child to track the time spent reading in class and at home and to log page numbers. Reading homework this term will be from the Lucy Calkin's unit. Your child will choose from informational texts and historical fiction novels in class on the WWII era. We have a number in class, but additional books may be needed to keep your child in books on the subject as they finish one and need additional books to build background knowledge. You may need to help your child find some appropriate texts at your local library. We will also use the Mt. School library to broaden our search for appropriate informational texts on the subject. AR book find link. **Please note: Students have new goals of 16.5 points for the last trimester. 

    

Math: 4th grade decimals. 5th grade ratio. Please check your child's planner for specific page numbers. We will continue to review these concepts. POM solving and presentations (problem of the month) continue. Silicon Valley Math Initiative (SVMI) MARS tasks continue all year.

Science: Foss module "Energy." This includes magnets, electricity, and circuits wrap up and the start of the "Environments" module.

Social Studies: WWII background to accompany Lucy Clakin's historical fiction book clubs.

Writing: summary, narrative and informational essays.

Grammar: Study of various grammar: prepositions, nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives and adjective clauses. Shades of meaning vocabulary, capitalization, quotation marks, citing evidence within texts.  Figurative language: simile, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia, metaphor, homophones.

Warmly,

Mrs. Young