Updates and announcements
Today is the day of the solar
eclipse! Students are already excited for the learning and experiences they get
to encounter today.
Tutoring starts this week. Here
is the email that was sent out on Friday:
This upcoming week, we will
begin after-school tutoring in math and grammar. This will be grade-level wide,
so students will have an opportunity to attend tutoring sessions led by Mrs.
Lynch, Ms. Canfield, and Ms. Speagle.
Tutoring will happen after
dismissal from 3:05-3:40 pm on Mondays (extra practice in math with Ms.
Canfield) and Tuesdays (grammar with Ms. Speagle), and on Wednesdays (math by
invitation only with Mrs. Lynch) from 2:05-2:40 pm. Students may be picked up promptly
at 2:40 pm on the west side of the building where they typically are picked
up/dropped off. A teacher will walk students down and wait with them. Please
note that students who are not picked up by 2:45/3:45 will go to the office and
need to be picked up there.
I will send out invitations as
needed throughout the year for tutoring sessions, but for most sessions, any
students who are struggling with the material and would like extra teaching
should feel welcome to attend. It will be the student’s responsibility to
report to the tutoring session after school.
We will have MAP testing this Friday.
Please be sure students are well rested and have a good breakfast that morning.
Grades 3-5 Curriculum Night
will be on Wednesday, August 30th. More information to come.
Our week in learning
This week,
students will review nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. They will add
definitions and diagramming guides to their notebooks--for diagramming help, be
sure to have them check out their grammar notes!
In literature, students will complete chapters 3-4 and practice
honing their summarization skills with a focus on crafting good sentences with
appropriate vocabulary words.
In science this week, students will test a hypothesis concerning
gum losing its sweetness the longer it is chewed. They will weigh a piece of
gum using a triple beam balance, then chew the gum for varying amounts of time,
leave it out to dry, and weigh it again to compare how much mass the gum has
lost. Students will create their first lab report based on their findings from
the data.
This week in History, students will learn about ancient Maya
language, religion, culture, and accomplishments. Please note that sections of
this chapter discuss the human sacrifices made by the people of ancient
Meso-America. Please discuss this at home as you see fit. Students will also
discuss the Mayan disappearance through a Socratic discussion, and end the week
with a friendly game of “Pok-ta-pok” outside.
This week in Math, students will divide numbers by multiples of
ten, hundred, and one thousand. The Unit 1 test will take place on Thursday,
August 24th. Weekly Math Groups will begin later in the quarter. Open math
tutoring will start Monday, August 21st, and by invitation only math tutoring
will begin on Wednesday, August 23rd.
