Sunday, March 29, 2015

Quarter 4/Week 2

  In Reading, we did Daily 5 Cafe and practiced for Smarter Balanced testing. In Writing, we also practiced for Smarter Balance testing. In Projects, we introduced our new project, "Forces of Nature." This week we are practicing for Smarter Balance tests. We will be working on building stamina for these tests. On Monday, as you all know, we will be going to the park in the afternoon and on Wednesday we will be playing board games and having a nacho bar in the afternoon. Thank you to all who are bringing in items for our fun afternoons. Looking forward to meeting with you all this week for conferences. Please remember, there is no school next week, April 6 - April 9, this is our spring break. Also, please remember to send in earphones for your child, they will need these starting Monday for testing.

                                              Hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend:)

Friday, March 20, 2015

4th Quarter/Week 1


Wow! We had quite the eventful week!! In Reading, we finished up our Mr. Blue Jeans project. The students created some Awesome things! We also took a vocabulary quiz and test. Next week, we will continue on with Daily 5. In 5th grade writing, our time was consumed of Mr. Blue Jeans. In 4th grade writing, we worked on more opinion writing and will continue to do the same next week. These papers are practice for The Smarter Balance test. In Projects, we finished our Organisms and Ecosystems project and created leprechaun traps;)  We picked new tribes and started creating new posters. Next week, we will finish the posters, present, and do a few tribes activities. We will also start our new project, Forces of Nature. If you have not already, please sign up for parent teacher conferences. You should have all gotten an email, if you did not, please let me know. Also, if you need another time that's not listed, I would be happy to set up another time. Also, we are going to start practicing on the computer after Spring Break for Smarter Balance testing. If you have not already done so, please send your child in with a pair of headphones before Spring Break. We will put them in a ziplock bag with your child's name on it and I will keep them for them to ensure they have them for the test. 

I think that's it for now, hope you all have a fantastic weekend;) here are some pics of last week..


Friday, March 13, 2015

Quarter 3/Week 10

   Only one quarter left!! I can't believe how fast time is flying by! In Reading, we finished reading Mr. Blue Jeans. This is a biography about Levi Strauss. We also reviewed for the vocabulary quiz and test. Your child should have came home with notes on both of these so they can study. We will review both quiz and test again in class before they take them. The quiz is on Tuesday and the Test on Thursday.  In between the quiz and test, we are going to design and create our blue jeans products. Students will then sell or barter their items in class just as Levi did. I am very excited for this project:) In 4th and 5th Grade Writing, we worked on Opinion Writing and started practicing for the Smarter Balanced test.  We will continue to practice for the Smarter Balanced tests this coming up week.  In Projects, we continued to observe our terrariums and should have taken them home on Thursday. We created our own garden plans and listened to guest speakers from Lattin Farms. This week we will finish creating our gardens and finish up the Ecosystem and Organisms Project. We will change tribes and do some tribes activites. Students will start their new jobs and we will have a couple more days of auctions.  I will also set up times for parent/teacher conferences. I will set this up on signupgenius.com again, so please be looking for that email sometime within the next week.



I hope you all have a great weekend! 

Friday, March 6, 2015

Quarter 3/Week 9

   I was mistaken, we actually have 10 weeks in the third quarter. This coming up week, will be our last week in Quarter 3. :)
   In Reading, we started reading Mr. Blue Jeans, this is a story about Levi Strauss. It is a short book, we will finish this on Tuesday. We will review for the quiz and test on Wednesday and Thursday. Their quiz will be on Tuesday March 17, and their test will be on Thursday March 19. Our blue jean project will also start on Monday, March 16. If you have blue jean material that your child wants to use they can bring it in. If you don't, that is ok, one of our parents brought in a HUGE bag of blue jeans. Thank you for that donation! :) 
   In both 4th and 5th Grade Writing, we have continued to work on Opinion Writing. We will finish up the papers we are working on this coming week and start practicing for the Smarter Balanced tests. 
   In Projects, we have continued to observe our terrariums. This coming up week, we will start designing our own gardens. On Thursday, we have a guest speaker coming to talk to us from Lattin Farms about growing plants in Northern Nevada. Students will take home their terrariums on this day. Also, they should be studying for their Vocab Test on Tuesday. We will review for this on Monday and Tuesday, but please encourage them to study this weekend. They should all have their vocabulary words in their binders.
   Also, students applied for new jobs, they will find out their new jobs on Monday. Students will be able to job shadow their new jobs this week and start their new jobs the following week. 

I think that is everything...I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!