Good week to you! We will have a walking field trip to Reed College's Cooley Art Gallery on Thursday, October 3rd. This means ALL walking field trip forms must be in or your child cannot go. This walking field trip will begin at 9:00 and we will get back to school just before lunchtime. The exhibition is titled, "Will Return," and created by the Reed alumnus Jamie Isenstein. I have already had the opportunity to see it and it is very thought provoking. In class this week, we finish an art piece based on Mike Selznick's cover art for such books as "Frindle," and "The Landry News." We explored contour lines and sketch and color a simple item (nicknack) from my house I brought in for each student. The purpose was to bring it in closely and view/explore from a close perspective; an everyday object such as a pen, tape measure, or night light. They are turning out great! In writing, I had students create a baseline- showing me where they are as a writer. I didn't assist too much and simply wanted a work sample for their portfolio. This week, we will finish them and do some short daily pieces along with assigning our essay of the week to be done at home. In math, we explore variables and find an algebraic equation that might be applied to different patterns. If I know the rule of each pattern, can I show a formula that could explain the nth arrangement? I will also start a math facts process for our class that will practice and keep track of our math facts from 1-12. Please study facts with your child: flash cards, car quizzes, or a quick check! In reading, we will read a tall tale called, "Thunder Rose," and explore cause and effect. We will be starting "Island of the Blue Dolphins," at the end of this week or the beginning of next. In geography, we will study landform names and play a bit of Pictionary to make sure we know the definitions before we start a big project the week of October 1st. In science, we have been learning about the moon and sun. We will be visited by an astronomer on Monday, Kathy Kornei, who will teach a lesson about relative distances in our solar system and classifying galaxies. We will finish off our week with Reed Science starting their first lesson with us. Reed will be focusing mainly on physics and human body systems this semester. Homework for this week due Friday will be 1. The essay of the week (see my blog for details)
2. Math Home Connections #7, #8, and #9
3. nightly reading
4. Moon calendar
We will have a quiz on the western states again this Friday. The week of the 1st of October, we will be studying two regions, The Midwest and the Southern states. I am not distributing materials until September 30th, but if students wish to familiarize themselves with those regions' states and capitals, go for it! Finally, I will be asking students to work on math facts this week at home. They will need home support on this. We will have a quiz once a week and I will provide practice sheets and/or games to help them master 1-12. Yet, this first week, please quiz your child on 2's, 3's, and 4's. If they know them already, up the ante. Thanks to everyone who got their forms in on time. Remember, Camp information documents due next week (week of October 1st).
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