1.5: October 3-7

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Fifth Grade Winterhaven

Volunteer Opportunities click here
DRIVERS NEEDED! (Sign up under volunteer opportunities, fill out driver form and required volunteer background form and turn into office by Wednesday, October 5)
Important Dates:
10.7 Japanese Garden Field Trip (9:30-12:00)
10.14 No School- Statewide Inservice
10.19 Two Hour Late Opening
10.21 Bull Run Watershed Field Trip (9:00-2:45)

This week in…
Humanities/Science:
Lorax Design Project-

Monday- complete story boards integrating three permaculture principles and three habits of a systems thinker. One connection circle, one causal loop, and one BOTG is required to communicate your design proposal
Tuesday- begin final design proposals
Wednesday- Complete final project design proposals
Thursday- Group project presentations

Omnivores Dilemma:
9- My Fast Food Meal
10- Big Organic
11- More Big Organic
Ecology
Continue milkweed bug observations and building terrestrial habitats
Math
Bits and Pieces: Understanding Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages
2.1- Equivalent Fractions and Equal Shares
2.2- Finding Equivalent Fractions
2.3- Comparing Fractions to Benchmarks
2.4- Fractions Between Fractions
2.5- Naming Fractions
にほんご　nihongo
あいうえお、かきくけこ
さしすせそ、たちうてと
なにぬねの、はひふへほ
まみむめも、や　ゆ　よ　(review)
らりるれろ、わ　　　を　ん