Week Ending May 4


in room 15, we strive to be focused and relaxed
Weekly Update for the Week Ending
Friday, May 4

Student Treasures:  Something new…
In Monday’s homework folder, you will find an envelope attached to an order form.  This is from a company that I recently read about in a teaching blog.  They create both hardcover and softcover books of student work that can be purchased (or not) by parents.  They do provide one free copy of a hardcover book to the classroom, which is why I opted to try it out.  The books will not be processed without a returned order form from every student.  Please do not feel any obligation to purchase a book, but you DO need to complete the order form and return it to me in the envelope as soon as possible in order for the company to process our project.  I need to mail all student materials and order forms by Thursday at the latest.  Please ask me if you have any questions after you see the information that is included in Monday’s homework folder.  Whether you choose to purchase a book or not, please return form in the envelope as soon as you can.

California Academy of Sciences:  A Wonderful Day
I hope that you heard that we had a great day at the Academy of Sciences.  From the rainforest exhibit, to a remarkable display of gleaming gems, to cute swimming penguins, to petting a real live snake, to an amazing 3D movie students were very busy exploring.  Lunch was fun and active as we ate outside by the fountain between the deYoung and the Academy.  Your children were awesome.  They were curious, courteous and a whole lot of fun!

Makers’ Night
PTA is sponsoring a Makers’ Night on May, 9th.  Please be on the lookout for more information about this from the PTA.

•Thank you for using the sign up genius link (http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c094ba4af28a20-room1 ) to help us out with centers. 

Room 15 has a blog!  Please visit https://focusedandrelaxed.blogspot.com/ to check out our Daily Briefings.  In addition, you will find a collection of the Weekly Updates.

What’s Coming Up:
•We will complete our final drafts of our scientific illustrations.

•We will use our Lucky 7 sheet to craft a paragraph about the

•We will create our final drafts for our Student Treasures book.

•We will continue working on our slides for our rainforest Google Slides project.

•We will continue to build onto our growing rainforest in our classroom.  It’s a jungle in there!


 


CONGRATULATIONS
These students scored as well or better on the
Weekly Math Review
(made up of mixed computation problems) as compared with the previous week.

Due to our field trip on Friday, we skipped a Math Review last week.

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These students completed the optional
HOMEWORK PLUS
last week.
Arden (X2)        Tahlequah (X2)   Joey(X2)    Bethy (X2)         Henry (X2)        Myles (X2)      Zola(X2)   Jasper (X2)       Kaiyan (X2)       Sammy (X2)  Gracelyn(X2)       Colton(X2)                           Sacha(X2)                    Benji              Adelaide     
           
ALL homework, including Homework Plus, should be returned inside the yellow homework folder.
 [ X2 = both Homework Plus options were completed]
 


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