Conferences on Thursday and Friday

We look forward to connecting with you later this week to discuss your child’s progress so far this year. We will look at students’ portfolios, give you updates since progress reports in December, and set goals for the remainder of the year. We hope the Friday Folders have given you insight into your child’s academic life these last few weeks – we’ve really enjoyed reading your correspondence with your child and are thoroughly convinced this is a critical link in the formative assessment process. Thanks for bearing with us.

Manifest Destiny

What do you see, think, and wonder about this image of Manifest Destiny? Sam led a great activity on Monday to gather students’ thoughts and had the experience that I often do: students notice things and have insights that we don’t! You can see their thoughts on the chart.

The Oregon Trail

Monday, students learned how to make a quality entry in their Oregon Trail diaries. They also began packing their wagons, which is an activity that involves both group conversation and addition of decimals. You can also see their beautiful diaries below, which they endorsed with authentic quill pens.

Presenting…the GIZMOS!

We are editing a short film of the students presenting last week, and we hope you enjoyed the brochures that came home in their Friday folders. These were a ton of work: collaboration, design, prototyping, modeling, presenting…life skills!

Thank you for the flowers!

We got a huge delivery of flowers this morning, so a special thanks to the Oliais. Thank you ALL of you who have delivered flowers this year. It really makes the classroom beautiful each week.

Homework

Writing: Packing the Wagons in Independence! March 18, 1843. Imagine yourself in a general store, at a blacksmith, at a livery stable, getting all the stuff you need…Paragraph 1: where you are and what you are doing. Paragraph 2: What you did today. Paragraph 3: What are you looking forward to?

Reading: SSR for 20 minutes or more.

Math: 4th grade worksheet, 5th grade packet

Friday Folders: fix what you didn’t over the weekend.

No spelling this week. No Wordly Wise.