Winterhaven School 5th Grade Student Web Page (1.6)
Calendar/Upcoming Events:
November
No school due to end of first quarter teacher planning day, November 6
No school- Veterans’ Day, November 11
OMSI field trip- November 20 (subject to approval)
Conferences, after school on November 23 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. & all day on November 24 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m..
No School- Thanksgiving, November 25-27
Wish List: We have an ongoing need for disinfectant wipes to keep our desks clean and hand sanitizer.
Classroom topics for week beginning October 19, 2009:
Systems Thinking: We will be discussing the concepts interdependence and delay and archetypes Tragedy of the Commons and Limits to Growth/Success
Math: Investigation 1: Statistics, collecting and looking at data through line plots and bar graphs
Humanities: autobiographies- completing our rough drafts and beginning our revisions
Science: designing an investigation with catapults.
Japanese: Lesson 6 and lessons 1-5 review from text, practice song ue o muite arukou and hiragana song
Homework:
Math: page 21, 2-12 required, 26-28 extra credit. Due Tuesday, October 20
page 20, problem 1.5, A-F required. Due Friday, October 23
Humanities: Spelling take home task #5, due Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Letter from the Lorax, due Thursday, October 22, 2009
Japanese: New vocabulary from lesson 6 of our text, plus 10 words from past tests will be included on the quiz. がんばってね！
ひらがな六：
• てがみ
• おんがく
• かぎ
• たまご
• にほんご
• あさごはん
• ふじさん
• みず
• ちず
• かぞく
Practice for Friday’s test!
Systems Thinking: Bring in an article, object, or idea to put on the Thinking wall, due weekly