Weekly News: Week 26

This week was the last week of the 2nd trimester! We're already 2/3 of the way done with 5th grade. Wow! We finished up Module 4 in math and took the test on Friday, learned about the Lincoln Assassination to showcase our nonfiction reading and writing skills, as well as watched our Colony Videos in Social Studies! It was amazing to see how creative everyone was.

If you would like to view the class's videos, please check out our playlist HERE.

We have two big field trips to end our 5th grade year: the annual A's Game and Pool Day. The A's Game will be on Wednesday, April 19th and Pool Day is on Wednesday, May 31st. A $12 cash donation will help pay for parking and admission for the events.


UPCOMING EVENTS:

• Monday, March 5th
• First day of 3rd Trimester
• Friday, March 10th
• 2nd Trimester Report Cards go home
• No weekly progress report
• $12 cash donation for A's Game/Pool Day

Weekly News: Week 25

This week students turned in their Historical Reports and also gave speeches on their topics. It was wonderful to hear all of them becoming experts on their topics!

We've also been hard at work on our Colony Travel Videos! Students are being very creative as they think of the best way to get their ideas across. Videos are due Tuesday, Feb 28th. They need to be uploaded to YouTube or emailed to me. Once all the videos are in I will send out the link to the playlist so everyone can enjoy them!

Upcoming Events:

• Monday, Feb 27th
• BYOD- last day for videos
• Tuesday, Feb 28th
• Colony videos uploaded and ready to go
• Friday, March 3rd
• Module 4 Math Test

*** 2nd Trimester Report Cards go home Friday, March 10th. 

Weekly News: Week 23

Wow! Outdoor Ed was amazing! We have been talking non-stop since we got back about all the wonderful things we experienced. Tidepools, puppet shows, elephant seals, and the Redwoods all led to experiences we will never forget. It may have rained pretty much the entire time we were there, but it gave us a lot of amazing experiences! We will never forget the trek at Ano Nuevo to see the elephant seals and walking through mud and puddles. Once we embraced our wet feet, there was no stopping us!

Thank you to all our wonderful chaperones who helped make this trip possible! Thank you Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Lai, Ms. Bellare, Mrs. Khansa, Mr. Talbot, Mr. Yalamanchi, Mr. Bollu, and Mr. Chen! You are all amazing for joining us on this trip!

More pictures will be posted soon... don't forget to check out our photo site HERE, to see photos as they are added!


Thursday and Friday were pretty mellow days. We were all pretty tired, but we learned about our Colony Video Project & we started a new class novel, Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. We also started to write a free verse poem about our Outdoor Ed experience. Today we tried the Marshmallow Challenge and realized it's much harder to work together and build a free-standing tower than we originally thought.

 


Upcoming:

• Monday, Feb 13th
• No School
• Tuesday, Feb 14th
• Valentine Exchange... please bring a valentine for every classmate if you plan on bringing in Valentines
• Friday, Feb 17th
• Minimum Day 8:15-12:30

BYOD DAYS

As we are working on our colony videos students are allowed to bring in their devices on the following days: Wed 2/15; Thurs 2/16; Tues 2/21; Thurs 2/23; Fri 2/24