Monday, October 24
Mr. Hagstrom attends District Literacy Training and Class has a substitute teacher.
Tuesday, October 25
Science Focus Block (2 periods and replaces mathematics today):
Students read the life cycle of Brassica plant and draw its life cycle and relate the drawing to our science readings on cotyledons, photosynthesis, producers and consumers, and the food chain.
Students take detailed notes of experiment plan.
Students & Teacher discuss Brassica plant thinning options for plant growth experiment, the requirement of meeting Control conditions for the experiment, observing, recording data accurately, drawing, measuring and labeling plants, and writing supportive observations.
Students compare our plant growth to typical growth under control conditions.
Students are encouraged to decide if they will snip or pull out excess plants, draw and measure cuttings & extracted plants, keep samples in their journal, and speculate on the causes of any stunted, slow, injured, or non-growth of plants and seeds.
Language Arts
Students and Teacher reread "Oranges," and discuss the tension point of barter with shopkeeper, and the symbolism or representation of the orange as fire in the main characters hands.
Student written poem responses are shared and evaluated for positive and unique contributions to the class understanding of the poem and/or poetry.
Students and teacher discuss the power of poetry as a concentrated and potent form of expression and how it can share qualities of personal narrative, and be a genre for capturing and sharing memories and emotions.
Teacher Introduces and Reads aloud, "Something to Remember Me By." Discussion is centered around the 4 memory related texts we've read this year: Jorge Manuel Guillermo Jose, The Lotus Seed, and "Oranges."
Wonder Read Aloud
Computer
Students complete their Reading Response for the week ending October 23.
Students watch and complete Brainpop Computer activities on photosynthesis
Integrated Science/Literacy
Adison and Madison present their PowerPoint Presentation on Rats.
Homework:
No math assigned; students may elect to work ahead on math problems in packet
Book Report Final Check No. 3 on Wednesday; the report is due Friday, but students are encouraged to turn-in a completed report on Thursday.
Friday, October 28
Book Report Due
Fall Festival!
YaY! Class Party for the last 1:15 hours of the day.
Students may dress into their costumes during the 1:40 recess prior to the party. Costume rules include: No gore, no masks, no sharps or weapons, and no head coverings that obscure the visibility of the face (No hoodies with heads deeply recessed). Essentially we all need to be safely recognizable.
The party will have healthy snacks, some games like bingo with small prizes, and a treat decoration station.
Students will have packed up prior to the party and students will be able to leave at their regular scheduled times. Volunteer parents and the students they care for generally stay on a bit for final tidying up.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
