Research Project on the Horizon

Cerrito students ordered supplies for the class store today, and boy were they excited. It was good practice adding decimals and calculating sales tax. We also introduced the research project that will occupy much of our time in the remainder of the year. See details below. Homework is way down at the bottom of this […]

MAP Testing tomorrow

Homework: Math: 4th grade measurement activity; 5th graders begin working on stock market entrees (create daily graphs for your stocks using a straight edge) Science: short reading  

Spring Sing – This Thursday!

From Owen Roberts, K-5 Music Teacher This Thursday, April 30 we will gather to sing, dance, and celebrate with your K-5 students. Our Spring Sing this year explores the relationship between music and poetry and features musical interpretations of poems by Shel Silverstein, Maya Angelou, Christina Rossetti, Kevin Henkes, and Olive Wadsworth. The process of preparing for […]

Study dem bones

Hey Cerritans, No math homework, b/c Strawberry will be on a field trip. Read! Your response is due tomorrow, and we expect it to be high quality! Don’t forget to fill in how many pages you read this week. Bring $5-10 for our class store. This should be money you earned from doing chores, etc.! […]

Wagons and more

               Homework: Math – fourth grade packet, page 2; fifth graders do one of your appetizers for the stock market project (you need your stock portfolio to know what they are!) Write: finish your acrostic poem about the rad woman. Type it on google drive. Practice your bones!  Read.

Dance party, stock market, respiration

Homework: Read for 20 minutes. Your response isn’t due until Friday, and each of you has a unique assignment based on what you’re working on as a reader. Language: Wordly Wise, 20 minutes Math: 4th grade packet, first page; 5th graders get on Khan and spend 20 minutes on the topics I have assigned you […]

Step Up Day tomorrow, Silence Friday

Heads up: Tomorrow is Step Up Day, so from 8:45 to 10:00, fifth graders will visit grade 6 and third graders will join Cerrito to see what’s on the horizon for next year. Friday is a day of silence for those who choose to participate. Students supporting different causes will also wear colors to show […]

Exercise and Science

Homework: Math: 4th grade word problems; fifth grade do the three Flickerbill pages (8,9,10) Reading: 20 minutes and a prediction Writing: 20 minutes of poetry in your writers notebook. Use your list of bumpy, smooth, and sharp words to focus your poem. Whatever subject you choose, think, what kinds of words would best suit this […]