Hello Everyone,
I hope you enjoyed the 3-day Valentine's Day weekend.
Mountain Science Fair- Wednesday, March 4th:
I hope you enjoyed the 3-day Valentine's Day weekend.
Mountain Science Fair- Wednesday, March 4th:
Our science fair is rapidly approaching. All students in grades 4-6 are required to complete science fair projects at home. Refer to the clear guidelines and timelines your child brought home in the science fair packet. Please help support your child with this project. It is a wonderful opportunity for learning how to complete a very detailed experiment.
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/ and SC County Science Fair Link provide helpful resources for project planning. Please contact me with any questions.
Seymour Center--Friday, March 13th
Upcoming Dates:
Symphony violinist classroom visit-- Tuesday 9:15-10:15
Symphony violinist classroom visit-- Tuesday 9:15-10:15
Mountain Science Fair-- Wednesday, March 4th
SC County Science Fair--Saturday, March 14
Symphony performance at the Civic--Thursday, March 5th Seymour Center--Friday, March 13th
Winter Report Cards go home--Monday, March 16th
Important field trip dates: We will be sending home permission /driver/chaperone slips on Tuesday with your child. **Please look for them in your child's orange folder. We always appreciate our parent volunteers. Please let us know if you would like to drive/chaperone on either one of these field trips.
Symphony Youth Concert at the Civic--Thursday, March 5th at 9:30-10:15. They will allow 2 chaperones in the venue with the teacher. That said, we still need volunteers to transport all the kiddos. Drivers will need to drop off their car loads at 9:15 and pick up their car loads at 10:15. Return by 11:00 for math.
Seymour Center--Friday, March 13th, at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center from 9:00-10:40. Return by 11:00 for Math.
IMPORTANT: UCSC requires parking permits. All drivers will need to enter a parking code and their license plate number into one of the parking machines in the Seymour Center parking lot to have their parking validated during your field trip. The parking code for your class is SM3331. Please see attached document with instructions.
**Just a reminder that the Seymour Center allows exactly 4 adult chaperones, in addition to the teacher in our classroom during the one-hour Discovery lab. This is to ensure the best possible learning environment for all students. The other chaperones (and we can rotate) will need to visit the exhibit or grab a cup of coffee off site and meet us back at the facility for the rest of the tour at 10:00.
Curriculum Updates: February
SC Symphony: daily musical compositions are introduced and enjoyed every morning. Our violinist visits this week in preparation for our symphony experience next month.
Mindfulness: best practices in mindfulness are being incorporated in our classroom this year.
Harmony: best practices school-wide curriculum for building a strong social-emotional community within our classrooms.
AR Reading: Accelerated Reader continues to be an important part of our reading program. Students should be reading informational AR books on the weather they are studying as well as any other nonfiction books they are interested in. You can still use the AR book find link to see if a book has a quiz associated with it. Quizzing on them within 24 hours of finishing a book is a part of the classroom. It is critical to support your child in book selection (many books are in our school and classroom libraries), although you and your child may need to expand your horizons by going to some of our community libraries to find more informational books. Students have a goal of 14.5 points for the second trimester. On average, your child should be reading anywhere from 3-5 books a Trimester--more if they are shorter informational books. That said, help your child select books that are on their reading level (their latest DRA2 level), and have high interest for them. This will allow them to accomplish reading books from start to finish successfully.
**Keep Practicing: times tables should be rehearsed and memorized.
Science: Foss module "Energy." This includes magnets, electricity, and circuits.
Social Studies: Missions
Writing: informational reports on weather will begin.
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.
Important field trip dates: We will be sending home permission /driver/chaperone slips on Tuesday with your child. **Please look for them in your child's orange folder. We always appreciate our parent volunteers. Please let us know if you would like to drive/chaperone on either one of these field trips.
Symphony Youth Concert at the Civic--Thursday, March 5th at 9:30-10:15. They will allow 2 chaperones in the venue with the teacher. That said, we still need volunteers to transport all the kiddos. Drivers will need to drop off their car loads at 9:15 and pick up their car loads at 10:15. Return by 11:00 for math.
Seymour Center--Friday, March 13th, at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center from 9:00-10:40. Return by 11:00 for Math.
IMPORTANT: UCSC requires parking permits. All drivers will need to enter a parking code and their license plate number into one of the parking machines in the Seymour Center parking lot to have their parking validated during your field trip. The parking code for your class is SM3331. Please see attached document with instructions.
**Just a reminder that the Seymour Center allows exactly 4 adult chaperones, in addition to the teacher in our classroom during the one-hour Discovery lab. This is to ensure the best possible learning environment for all students. The other chaperones (and we can rotate) will need to visit the exhibit or grab a cup of coffee off site and meet us back at the facility for the rest of the tour at 10:00.
Typing Club
Typing practice!! typingclub.com
We will be typing in class each week.
Curriculum Updates: February
ELA: Lucy Calkins, Everything Weather
SC Symphony: daily musical compositions are introduced and enjoyed every morning. Our violinist visits this week in preparation for our symphony experience next month.
Mindfulness: best practices in mindfulness are being incorporated in our classroom this year.
Harmony: best practices school-wide curriculum for building a strong social-emotional community within our classrooms.
AR Reading: Accelerated Reader continues to be an important part of our reading program. Students should be reading informational AR books on the weather they are studying as well as any other nonfiction books they are interested in. You can still use the AR book find link to see if a book has a quiz associated with it. Quizzing on them within 24 hours of finishing a book is a part of the classroom. It is critical to support your child in book selection (many books are in our school and classroom libraries), although you and your child may need to expand your horizons by going to some of our community libraries to find more informational books. Students have a goal of 14.5 points for the second trimester. On average, your child should be reading anywhere from 3-5 books a Trimester--more if they are shorter informational books. That said, help your child select books that are on their reading level (their latest DRA2 level), and have high interest for them. This will allow them to accomplish reading books from start to finish successfully.
Math: we will be studying multiplying fractions. 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.
**Keep Practicing: times tables should be rehearsed and memorized.
Science: Foss module "Energy." This includes magnets, electricity, and circuits.
Social Studies: Missions
Writing: informational reports on weather will begin.
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.
Warmly,
Mrs. Young
