King George, a Math Test, and the Noise Guy!

A Week in Review

February 24 - 28

 

Dear Families in Room 210,

 

We've had a fabulous week! Our students got right back to work after our week long mid-winter break and they've been busy! Here is all that we've accomplished this week:

 

Virtue Awards:

Danny has earned a Virtue Award for demonstrating the virtues of COURTESY and RESPECT. Danny is always polite, respectful, and helpful. His positive attitude and helpful nature make our classroom a better place.

 

 

Reading:

Our main selection in Journeys this week was Can't You Make Them Behave King George? by Jean Fritz. This text aligned perfectly with our focus in Social Studies, so through this story, students gained more background knowledge of the tensions between the Great Britain and the American Colonies. Our target skill was using fact and opinion and our target strategy was questioning.

 

 

 

 

 

Writing:

Students worked this week on verb tenses. We worked to identify and understand simple verb tenses in writing and speaking.

 

Math:

We wrapped up Unit 6: Volume, Capacity, and Weight this week. Students took the end-of-unit assessment on today and earlier in the week they worked on studying the passage of time, understanding Fahrenheit and Celsius, and practicing their metric and customary unit of measures conversions.

 

 

 

Science:

Ms. Keenan and our students worked with three salt solutions. Students had to write a procedure in order to determine how much salt was in each container, without using evaporation.

 

Social Studies:

Chapter 11: To Declare Independence or Not is our current focus. Students were put into cooperative groups of 4. Each group was assigned a famous Patriot or Loyalist from 1775 and they are researching their assigned historical figure. Their research will be used during a debate on whether or not the colonies should declare independence or not.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for another productive week! Yesterday, we spent our afternoon with Charlie Williams, "The Noise Guy" as he tried out his new audio book with our students. He was fantastic and really brought to life for students the meaning of onomatopoeia!

 

I hope you have a fabulous weekend!

 

Go Seahawks!

~Mrs. Hatlestad

Upcoming Events:

12 Mar - BSD West Zone Concert @Bellevue High School, 6pm

14 Mar - No School, Secondary Professional Development Day (Elem. non-paid)

7-11 Apr - No School, Spring Break

23 May - No School, 1/2 day paid Professional Day

26 May - No School in observance of Memorial Day

23 June - Last Day of School (unless additional snow days occur)

Happy Valentine's Day!

A Week in Review

February 10 - 14

 

 

Dear Families Room 210,

 

Happy Valentine's Day! We had a terrific day full of friendship, laughter, and of course learning! Yesterday, we had a presenter from the Beecher's Flagship Foundation visit our classroom. She led students through a series of activities designed to teach them how to be "food detectives" when label reading. We also worked together to make a big pot of homemade chili. Students should have brought the recipe home to you!

 

Here is what we've been up to this week:

 

 

Virtue Awards:

Nate has earned a Virtue Award for demonstrating the virtues of joyfulness and friendliness. Nate is friendly and kind to everyone he meets! His joyfulness is infectious and brightens our classroom!

 

Reading:

In Journey's this week our main selection was Dangerous Crossings by Stephen Krensky. This historical fiction story was set during the Revolutionary War and was centered around John Quincy Adams. Our target skill was cause and effect and our target strategy was visualize.

 

 

 

Writing:

For grammar this week, we worked on subject and object pronouns. We reviewed how subject pronouns are the subject of a sentence, while object pronouns are the "who" or "what" receiving the action in a sentence. 

 

 

 

Math:

We worked on deepening our understanding of volume, weight, and capacity. Students explored the relationship among metric and customary units of capacity and weight. We also solved problems involving metric and customary measures of capacity and weight.

 

 

 

Science:

Students investigated Kelsey Creek and selected three spots where they think the source of pollution might be coming from. They also sampled Kool-Aid in order to experience concentration and dilution first hand.

 

 

 

Social Studies:

We wrapped up Chapter 10 Growing Tensions between Britain and the Colonies. Students took their end-of-chapter assessment today! I'm so proud of their focus and hard work!

 

 

 

I hope that you have wonderful mid-winter break! May it be full of family fun and relaxation!

 

Go Seahawks!

~Mrs. Hatlestad

Upcoming Events:

14 Feb - International School Lottery Application Due

17-21 Feb - No School, Mid-Winter Break

14 Mar - No School, Secondary Professional Development Day (Elem. non-paid)

7-11 Apr - No School, Spring Break

23 May - No School, 1/2 day paid Professional Day

26 May - No School in observance of Memorial Day

23 June - Last Day of School (unless additional snow days occur)

Auction Weekend!

A Week in Review

February 3 - 7

 

 

 

Dear Families in Room 210,

 

What an amazing week and not just because the Seahawks won the Super Bowl! We've been busy working, learning, and laughing in Room 210 this week. Here is what we've been up to:

 

Virtue Awards:

Emily has earned a Virtues Award for demonstrating the virtues of respect and responsibility. Emily is always respectful and follows directions. She has 100% of her class work and homework completed. Keep up the great work!

 

 

 

Reading:

Our main selection in Journeys this week was Don Quixote and the Windmills by Eric A. Kimmel. The story was humorous fiction and had us so curious about how it ends (since Journeys only gives excerpts of texts) that I bought it on Amazon and we are eagerly awaiting its arrival so we can finish it! Our target skill was understanding characters and our target strategy was questioning.

 

 

 

 

 

Writing:

In writing this week, we worked on our Social Studies letter, as well as writing our Coming to America story. We focused on thoroughly developing our paragraphs and using details and examples to elaborate on our ideas.

 

Math:

We finished Unit 5 Addition and Subtraction with Fractions and have moved into Unit 6 Volume, Capacity, and Weight. Our first lesson focused on how to find the volume of a rectangular prism and students learned the formula (l x w x h = v).

 

 

 

 

 

Science:

In Science with Ms. Keenan, students learned that a mixture is a combination of two or more materials stirred together. They worked in their science groups to separate a mixture. They also worked to separate a solution, while learning that a solution is a special mixture formed when a material dissolves in water. 

 

Social Studies:

What a fun (and frustrating!) lesson for the students this week. We started Chapter 10 Growing Tension Between Britain and the Colonies. In order to simulate these "growing tensions" for students, I had students "plan" their Valentine's Day party - with NO limits. They were so excited!! Then a PTA memo was delivered and many rules and restrictions were put into place, taking away the ideas they had planned. This fake party planning activity was designed to show students how after the French and Indian War, Britain started passing more taxes and laws in the colonies. The colonists felt frustrated because they weren't enjoying the liberties they had previously been given, nor did they have representation in Parliament when these laws were being passed. 

 

 

What a wonderful week of learning! I hope to see you at the auction tomorrow evening. Enjoy this sunny (brrrrr) weather!

 

 

Go Seahawks!

~Mrs. Hatlestad

Upcoming Events:

10 Feb - Big Picture School Information Night

14 Feb - International School Lottery Application Due

17-21 Feb - No School, Mid-Winter Break

14 Mar - No School, Secondary Professional Development Day (Elem. non-paid)

7-11 Apr - No School, Spring Break

23 May - No School, 1/2 day paid Professional Day

26 May - No School in observance of Memorial Day

23June - Last Day of School (unless additional snow days occur)