We've Got Talent!

A Week in Review

April 29-May 3

Dear Families of Room 210,

What a wonderful beginning to May! The weather is beautiful and so much was accomplished this week! On Friday, we wrapped up the week with the School Talent Show. I was so proud to see so many of our students participating and having a wonderful time displaying their many talents! Please read below to see what else we’ve been up to! J

Virtue Awards

Declan gets this week’s virtue shout-out for showing SERVICE and DILIGENCE. Declan helped keep our classroom library cleaned and organized, as well as receiving a perfect score (100%) on his math test!

Angela gets this week’s virtue shout-out for FRIENDLINESS. She is a kind and thoughtful friend to her classmates. Thank you for promoting a positive classroom, Angela!

 

 

READING

This week, we began reading Crash by Jerry Spinelli. This book aligns with our anti-bullying curriculum, Steps to Respect. It is also the play we are going to see on May 14th at the Seattle Children's Theater. As we read, students are given higher level thinking questions to guide them in analyzing and discussing the book. While some parts are humorous, it is a book that deals with the serious issue of bullying.

WRITING

Our writing this week integrated with our reading. We practiced reading questions carefully to ensure we understood their meaning. Then we practiced using the question as a sentence starter to ensure we're answering the question and we challenged ourselves to use meaningful details from the text, Crash, as evidence in supporting our thinking. Using evidence and key details from the text is an important skill students need.

 

MATH

This week in Math we wrapped up Unit 8: Algebra, Functions, and Graphs! All week we have been practicing and studying hard! Parents, thank you for helping your child prepare for their test this week. We already dove right in to Unit 9: Multiplication and Division with Fractions, starting with multiplying a whole number by a fraction. 

SCIENCE

Our isopods are here! Students have been informally observing them, we will start our first investigation with isopods next week! We have continued to monitor and adjust our terrariums, while keeping meticulous notes in our science journals.

 

SOCIAL STUDIES

Loyalist or Patriot? Families met to decide whether or not they wanted to stay loyal to Britain or claim their independence. The result left our class almost split down the middle! Students completed their Struggle for Independence Assessment and we move forward into the Revolution!

 

 

MSP

This week students watched video tutorials on how to utilize tools and how to take the MSP practice tests on the computer. The more they familiarize themselves with the tools and format of the tests, the better they will do come test-days!

 

Another successful week of learning and fun is done! Thank you for all of your help preparing your child for this week’s assessments and ensuring their success! Please enjoy the sunshine this weekend, you deserve it!

Have a wonderful weekend J

~Mrs. Hatlestad

Upcoming Events:

03-May- Talent Show-6pm

13-MSP MATH

14-May-Crash Field trip at SCT

15-May-MSP READING

20-May-MSP SCIENCE

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

19-June-Last Day of School