Thursday, March 31, 2011

ELA: Expository Writing

Due: Friday

Math: HW#11

Due: Friday

Begin studying for our Unit 5 assessment scheduled for a week from tomorrow. There is a lot of vocabulary and concepts related to geometry and measurement in this unit!

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

ELA: Review Synonyms, Antonyms, Word Meanings, etc

Due: Thursday

Math: HW#11; Don't forget to bring in your box for Friday's lesson!

Due: Friday

PE News- Coach Eddie shared with me that our 5th graders just finished their 2nd pre-assessment in preparation for the Fitness Test in May. He sees a lot of growth in each of you, which is also validated by the progress shown on the recent evaluation. Way to go and KEEP MOVING!

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

ELA: Choosing Specific Words

Due: Wednesday

Math: HW#10; Bring in a box no longer than 1ft on any side.

Due: Wednesday

For review:

2+1 Math Rocks video on perimeter and surface area link (we watched it in class)

http://two-plus-one.webs.com/apps/videos/videos/show/10135433-perimeter-amp-area

Science: End-of-Unit Assessment; HW#10; HW#9 is your Study Guide (It was corrected and given back to you today for you to use tonight)

Due: Wednesday

Social Studies: Begin working on the draft of your Colonial Letter; Lorena went over the specifics in class today.

Due: Final Draft will be due April 8

Fitness test is just around the corner. Don't forget to incorporate your daily exercise into your routines and document it on your log! This counts towards your PE grade.

Yearbook order forms went out today. Be sure to order your copy now!

Garage-o-rama is this weekend. Drop off dates are this Wednesday-Friday.

The Los Angeles Drama Club is Performing in the Shakespeare Youth Festival. Many of your classmates will be performing this Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $10.00. Check out the website for specific plays and times: www.LosAngelesDramaClub.com

Monday, March 28, 2011

ELA:Reading Comprehension

Due: Tuesday

Math: All call for rectangular prisms! We need boxes of all sizes (ok, no larger than 1ft on any side) for our surface area and volume lessons. Space is limited in our classroom, so please adhere to the size requirement. BUT, if someone has a super large box (big enough to fit me inside), email me. I would like one of a larger size.

HW#9

Due: Tuesday

Science: HW#9 is in preparation for Wednesday's test.

Due: Tuesday

LETTER FROM DOLORES

Dear Parent or Guardian:

There has been an additional case of pertussis (whooping cough) at Larchmont Charter School in 5^th grade. Your child may have been exposed. We have been in consultation with the County of Los Angeles Public Health Office and want to communicate with you right away.

Pertussis can spread through the air when people cough. It often starts like a common cold which gets worse over 1-2 weeks. People with pertussis have coughing spells that may last several seconds. As they catch their breath at the end of each coughing spell, they may gasp loudly (“whoop”) and vomit or choke.

The vaccine usually protects against pertussis, but sometimes even immunized children and adults can get pertussis. Pertussis is treated with antibiotics. Antibiotics can also prevent the spread of pertussis to others. Please confirm with your physician that your and your child’s pertussis vaccine is up to date.

The Public Health Department is working closely with our school in monitoring all students for additional pertussis cases.

Activities being implemented to help stop the spread of pertussis in school include:

- The exclusion of all confirmed pertussis cases from school until they have taken the first five days of the antibiotic.

- The request that antibiotics be taken by all babies, children, and adults living in households with someone who has pertussis.

If you or your child begin to have a cough in the next 3 weeks, please be seen by your doctor or clinic right away and take this notice with you; also contact Daniel Bellosillo, Public Health Nurse (323) 769-7813 or Acacia Blanc, PHNS, at (323)769-7891. You may also call Dr. Shobita Rajagopalan of the LA County Public Health Department at (323)769-7920 if you have any further questions. If your child has a confirmed case of whooping cough, please notify the school immediately.

Sincerely,

Dolores Patton

Head of School

Thursday HW update

Hi,
There was no HW from us today - there was supposed to be writing, but nobody copied it. Free day! Do your PE exercises and have some fun. (Or maybe research your storm!)
Thanks

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Today, students presented their Unit 4 Playground Projects to Dolores, our Head of School. It was great to see them excited to share their work and design ideas.

Our field trip yesterday was a success (all students were returned to parents at the end of the day). One of our biggest fears around field trips is losing students and then having to explain it to the parent, even though this has not happened to us yet. The content presented covered many of the concepts learned in the Water Planet Science Unit. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. Griffith Observatory does a nice job providing plenty of staff to keep the kids moving and engaged.

ELA: Writing HW

Due: Friday

Math: HW#6 & 7 (any unfinished classwork from earlier this week too)

Due: Friday

HW and Observatory Tuesday

Tuesday HW:
Adverbs
Math #5
PE

Field Trip tomorrow. Bus will leave promptly at 8:30. Students who are tardy will be placed in another class for the time we are at the field trip. We will not be stopping at the gift shop or anywhere the kids will need money. Please leave all money and other valuables at home. We will not eat there because of the weather, but we will eat lunch late when we get back. Please eat a big breakfast so you will last!!

Friday, March 18, 2011

The fifth grade classes would like to thank the Patrick family for purchasing the new lunch bins for all of our lunches. Hopefully those pesky squirrels will keep their sharp teeth away from them! They have been known to chew through plastic to get to those yummy sandwiches and sushi.

ELA: Students should take the opportunity to reread their Newbery book at this time. As book reviewers, they are looking for specific examples and being familiar with the details of the plot, characters, and setting will help students answer the questions for this project.

Math: HW#4 is to finish estimating all of your angles on your Crazy Quilt square, if you do not finish in class. The second thing is to organize the information from HW#1 & HW#2 onto a study guide to present to the class for Monday's Math warm-up.

Science: HW#7

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, March 17, 2011

ELA: Paraphrasing HW

Due: Friday

Math: U5 HW#3 (from yesterday)

Due: Friday

PE: Logs are a daily assignment. Very few students turn them in at the end of the two week period. Please be sure to take responsibility for doing your PE HW.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

ELA: Sentence Work

Due: Thursday

Math: U5 HW#3; Remember to look over corrected HW and begin studying for the unit quiz and/or assessment, even if they are weeks away.

For the Love of Learning

Hi there,
We have a new addition to our team - Matt! He is a student teacher who is finishing up his credentialing process at USC. He will be with us for 10 weeks, and will be teaching many lessons in all our classes. Monday he sent home an "authorization and release" form so that he may record his lessons to work with his professor to improve his teaching. He will be videotaping lessons from time to time to watch himself, not the students. The recordings will not be used for any other purpose besides helping Matt become a better teacher. All student teachers are required to record their lessons, this is part of becoming a teacher. (You should see ours!) If you are uncomfortable signing the form, we will move your child out of view of the camera.
Thanks!

Tuesday, March 14, 2011

ELA: Homophones and Antonyms HW; be sure to look up words' meanings to ensure accuracy

Due: Wednesday

Math: Unit 5 HW#2

Due: Wednesday

Students were given several resources and tools for our new unit of study on geometry and measurement. It is important that they begin to familiarize themselves with the unit vocabulary and read through the unit resource packet beyond what is assigned for HW. There are extra problems in the Check for Understanding boxes that can be used as additional practice.

Social Studies: Map of Europe

Due: Wednesday

Jog-a-thon envelopes can still be turned in. We are striving for 100% participation for all students!

*Sandra's class is taking a class photo on Thursday for the yearbook. We are hoping to be a field of green, since it is our class color.

Wednesday, March 10, 2011

ELA: Prepositional Phrases

Due: Thursday

*Bring in your Newbery book if you do not have a copy in class. It will help with classwork for the project.

Jog-a-thon- bring in those pledge envelopes. The office will be collecting them on Friday.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Congratulations to our fabulous Rachel Green for receiving the 2011 Bravo Award for exemplary education in the arts!

ELA: Word Analysis/Vocabulary HW

Due: Wednesday

*Don't forget to bring in your jog-a-thon pledges after you collect them.

We started the Newbery project today in class. Here is a link to help you look up the year your book won the award:

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal.cfm

Monday HW 3/7 and other news...

Hi there,
Today for HW they have an ELA sheet called "Cause and Effect: The Apple Picking Trip" and PE. Also, work reports are going home today. If it says "work report" on their work reports, it's because they didn't hand in the previous one. Please be sure to take the time to sign the work report. If there are any mistakes (which happens!), just let us know and we'll fix them. The TAs work so hard to get these work reports done. We really appreciate their diligence.
Happy conference week!
If you still haven't signed up for a conference, please email the teacher to set one up. The sign ups are no longer in the office.
Thanks

Yay Jogathon, Yay no HW!

The Jogathon was impressive today...the kids were amazing out there!
No homework Friday.
Have a great weekend!!
Thanks for everything.

HW Thursday 3/3 & Report Cards

Hi there,
Tonight's ELA HW is to do the Farside HW about George Washington. This exercise is good inferring practice. Science Water Planet #5 is due tomorrow as well. It's about Uneven Heating. Ask your children how wind is caused!
Also, report cards are being sent home today. Please sign up for conferences in the office. Conferences are next week. Dismissal is at 12:30 all week.
Tomorrow is the Jog-a-thon! Please dress appropriately. If you would like to sign out your child before carpool, please make sure I've signed you out on my class list.
Thanks!