Room 20 Classroom Notes October 28-November 1

I hope you are all well! Students were given last Friday as their last day working on their "Create-A-State" maps. We still have several students who are not finished. They must come in early or stay late and come to homework club on Wednesday to finish these beautiful maps. I will email or call if you have not arranged with me for your child to finish up (you may choose before/after school at one half hour each- whatever time is best for you). Alternately, they can be taken home, but BE CAREFUL! Check in with your child to see what way they would like to finish it up. We continue creating our state flags and our digital travel brochures. We will continue working on a planet research project. Groups will be researching one of the eight planets in our solar system. We start Technology with Mr. Jamesbarry. We will be working on many exciting projects, including tie-ins to classroom curriculum. We also start a research/art project based on illuminated manuscript, origins of letters, and the evolution of a letter throughout history. We did not start this project last week due to working on maps. I still have stragglers for camp confirmation documentation. Please make sure you send it in signed. We have parent volunteers moving the ball forward with fundraising and other camp logistics and we need everyone to turn in all documents, such as camp confirmations. We finish up our personal narrative writing pieces and move into imaginative writing the first full week of November. This will be our second significant piece, aside from weekly essays. The weekly essays have been fun to read. We are such a diverse and interesting group! Thank you for supporting your child's role in the play with Michael. Conferences are coming quickly! I'm very excited to see you all!

New Art Project: History of a Letter

Illuminated Manuscript Project:

1. Sketch an illuminated letter.

2. Find the origin of the letter and write where it comes from and when it started being used.

3. Show a visual timeline of how the letter has changed over its lifespan from the beginning to today.

4. Final copy of illuminated letter with color pencil or marker.

LINK TO MY PRESENTATION: https://docs.google.com/a/lewiselementary.org/presentation/d/1cK_E25ZofaJEbx--_WP5YWb6BQ5VehLnqrS4T7lpcRk/edit?usp=sharing 

How to Summarize

Your paragraph must have:

Immigration Game

http://www.tenement.org/ 

You need Flash 8 for this game. Click on PLAY and then IMMIGRATION GAME. You will then "become" an immigrant in tenement housing from 1880-1926. 23 million of you went through Ellis Island during this time!

Starting Division

Room 20 Classroom Notes October 21-25

Good Week! Please be sure to note two special days ahead of us: Tuesday, October 29th we will go on a walking field trip to Johnson Creek. If you would like to go with us, please contact me immediately. We will depart at 12:20 and get back by 2:15. Also, our CLASS PLAY will be at Wednesday, October 30th. SOS!!!! Support our students!! Students must arrive by 6:00 for the PERFORMANCE starting at 6:30. Please support our classroom! The kids have really worked hard over these past weeks. Also, please help them with their lines at home! Be sure to practice spelling throughout the week via the spelling city link on marchyok.blogspot.com. We are working hard on our Create-A-State project. Students are creating their own states, preparing a trifold display with map, flag, and brochure and will eventually have a showing for the entire fifth grade. I want students to find pictures at home or print out at home images that are similar to the cities, landforms, and plant/animal life found in their state. So, if you have a desert, find a picture of a desert. Big city? Find an image of a big city! You may bring them in now or closer to finishing. We would like to be done with this project by the end of October. While we have been working on this project, we have been listening to the audiobook, "Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief." Make sure to study multiplication facts and the fifty states and capitals! This week, my notes are short and sweet! Contact me if you need to at: mmarchyok@pps.net.

Reading Buddies!!!!