W E e d e it k io 1 3 n

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

News from Miss Cherrys Corner
The Week in Review

We celebrated having read over 200 books in the month of October and are now well on our way toward Novembers goal of reading 225 books: as of Friday, November 9, the class has already nished 43 books. I will continue to donate 8 THB for each book nished; the class has decided to save the donation until they have read enough for a donation of 4,800 THB: a goat from Heifer International. Students are comparing and contrasting dierent types of nonction texts, synthesizing most important ideas in expository nonction, and collecting research as they prepare to write their own feature articles on a nonction topic about which they are passionate! Please ask your child about his or her feature article topic! Students created a terrarium on Wednesday, and after todays observation, realized that some environmental factors are causing mold to grow on some of their sprouts, but were nevertheless excited to see so much life has already sprouted in their mini-environments! Students have been creating and today shared their smart and analytical subtraction projects with each other, demonstrating their thorough understanding of numbers and comfort with using various strategies to subtract. They are adept at working with these very large numbers! Today we talked about what we all have in common. My favorite was that most of us love ice cream, followed closely behind the fact that we all love boks. :)

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Monday
B Day extended evacuation drill

Tuesday
C Day - wear PE clothes!
Early release - 1:00 p.m. dismissal

Wednesday
D Day - return library books!

N ext W eek in P r e v i e w ...

his coming week will see fth-graders doing a lot of critical thinking across all their subject areas. You might just see steam coming out of their ears...

Thursday
E day - wear PE clothes!
MAP meeting for parents 9:00 a.m., ES MPR

to synthesize their research as well as their own prior knowledge to prepare a draft of their feature article. Math - Students will complete the end-of-unit assessment on addition and subtraction of large numbers and they will begin the next investigation into fractions, decimals, and percents! My favorite! Science - Students will continue to observe the changes inside their terrariums while they learn to identify and explain basic plant biology. We will also observe and discuss some dierent types of environments around the world.

Friday
F day
ES Report Cards Sent home

Reading - we will be introduced to another form of nonction reading: the Google Reader! Students will get to know their own Google reader and will have a chance to subscribe to a few blogs that interest them, as another daily reading outlet as 21st-century citizens. Writing - students will conduct some research on their topics of interest for their feature articles, seeking answers to their puzzling research questions. They will begin

Heads up! These dates are coming..

- Friday, November 30: International Day! - Wednesday, December 5: H.M. Kings Birthday: No School