I hope this first blog post of the year finds you rested, energized, and filled with gratitude for family and friends. Rain makes teaching more challenging, but it was nevertheless a great day of reconnecting and falling into the well-worn routines that we worked so hard to establish in the first months of the year. The new year brings resolutions for many of us, and in the classroom it brings new units of study. In Cerrito, we will study astronomy in science, African American history in cultural studies, including a round of historical fiction literature circles on the topic, and informational writing.

We have two field trips in January, both to deepen our understanding of the African American experience, one to the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco next Thursday, January 12th, and another to the Oakland Museum for the new exhibit chronicling fifty years of the Black Panther party called All Power to the People on 1/25. More to come!

Homework:

Math: 4th graders pages 5 and 6; 5th graders have a POW and should finish their weekly packet.

Write: one to two pages of informational writing on one of your territories in your writer’s notebook.

Reading: SSR as always, for at least twenty minutes

Practice your typing!

Spelling practice on Quizlet