A Week in Review
May 13-May 17
Dear
Families in Room 210,
Two down, one to go! This week, we completed our first two MSP
tests (Math and Reading). Thank you for helping your child prepare this week! We take our
final MSP (Science) on Monday! Students should get plenty of sleep, eat a
healthy breakfast and bring a snack to school. The test will begin promptly at
8:15am.
On Tuesday we went to the Seattle Children’s Theater to see Crash.
It was a great show put on by a talented cast. Students enjoyed seeing their
performance and the Stage Manager personally said that the kids were the smartest, most responsive, and best
audience so far!
Virtue Awards:
Jack Don. has earned a Virtue Award for demonstrating the virtues of enthusiasm and diligence. Jack is ecstatic about the 5th grade play, he's working hard to learn his lines, and willing to help others learn theirs. Thank you Jack!
Jack Don. has earned a Virtue Award for demonstrating the virtues of enthusiasm and diligence. Jack is ecstatic about the 5th grade play, he's working hard to learn his lines, and willing to help others learn theirs. Thank you Jack!
MATH:
This week we continued Unit 9: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions. We learned how to cross
simplify fractions before multiplying, this important step makes the fraction
equation easier to solve. We learned that you can’t always cross simplify and
how to continue solving a problem when this is the case (that stumped some of
us).
SOCIAL STUDIES/COMPUTER
LAB:
We put the finishing touches on our “Colonial Boston: The Struggle
for Independence” slide show. Students wrote a short narration describing their
StoryPath character and the reasons they were a loyalist or patriot. Then they recorded their lines. The
amazing Ms. Benay put the show together adding: their narrations to their pictures, background music, slide
transitions, and then burned a copy for our class to watch. We will celebrate our
hard work next week by watching the show. THANK YOU MS. BENAY!
SCIENCE:
We studied water tolerance with the UW students back to video tape our lesson and record our thinking. Students planted barley, pea, corn, and radish into four containers. We created four different environments for our plants: dry, moist, wet, and very wet. We added no water to the “dry” and “moist” containers and we added 40 mL of water to the “wet” container and 80 mL to the “very wet” container. Next week, the UW will be back to video tape and record our observations as we study which is the best environment for these plants.
WRITING:
We continued drafting our persuasive
essays this week. Students are focused on building strong arguments and writing
rebuttals in order to produce a well-written persuasive piece. We analyzed the
actual assessment rubric to determine what areas we need to focus on in our
practice essays and we used a self-editing checklist to ensure we had all of the
elements of a persuasive essay included (sound reasons, supporting details,
rebuttal statements, and a call to action).
I am continually impressed with our students hard work and focus
during the MSP. They are taking it seriously, trying their best, and really
making a conscientious effort to “show what they know”. I appreciate and admire
their dedication to their learning.
~Mrs. Hatlestad
Upcoming Events:
20-May-MSP
SCIENCE
20-May-Band &
Orchestra Concert (1:30 assembly; 7:30 pm concert)
22-May-Garbology
Pacific Science Center (in our classroom)
27-May-No School
in observance of Memorial Day
07-June-Medina Elementary Family Night at Safeco Field
12-June 5th Grade Play (tentative date, time to be determined)
12-June 5th Grade Play (tentative date, time to be determined)
19-June-5th Grade GRADUATION and Last Day of School
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