Wednesday, May 31st

Good Afternoon, Room 36 Families!

Tomorrow is our Spring Concert! If possible, please have your child wear their blue Brentwood Science Magnet t-shirt.  

Homework:
- Read 20 minutes (independent reading at Lexile level)
- MyMath: Chapter 14, Lesson 8
- Close Reading: "Coniferous and Deciduous Trees"

Tuesday, May 30th

Good Afternoon, Room 36 Families!

Coming Up:  Spring Concert on Thursday, June 1st at 9:00, 11:00 and 1:40.  Orchestra Concert on Friday, June 2nd.

Students should wear their their Brentwood T-shirts for the Spring Concert on Thursday.

Homework:
- Read 20 minutes (independent reading at Lexile level)
- MyMath: Chapter 14, Lesson 5 (If you do not have a protractor and/or did not borrow one from me, at least identify "acute" "right" and "obtuse" angles.)
- Close Reading: Star Nosed Mole

Memorial Day Weekend

Don't Forget: It's Memorial Day Weekend. NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY.

Coming Up: Spring Concert on Thursday, June 1st!

We will be performing at 9:00 and 11:00. (They might add a 1:40 performance as well.)

The Orchestra Concert will be on Friday, June 2nd.

See you soon!

Thursday, March 25th

Good Evening, Room 36 Families!

Get ready for our Ecosystem Rap!

 

Homework:
- Read 20 minutes (independent reading at Lexile level)
- MyMath: Chapter 14, Lesson 4
- Reading Comprehension: "Your Average Octopus"

Wednesday, May 24th

Good Afternoon, Room 36 Families!

Don't forget: Monday is Memorial Day! NO SCHOOL.

Homework:
- Read 20 minutes (independent reading at Lexile level)
- MyMath: Chapter 14, Lesson 3 (p. 891-892)
- Close Reading: "Amazing Intelligence"

Tuesday, May 23rd

Good Afternoon, Room 36 Families!

Homework:
- Read 20 minutes (independent reading at Lexile level)
- MyMath: Chapter 14, Lesson 2 (p. 883-884)
- Close Reading: 
- Continue: Memorize verse 3 (boys) or 4 (girls) from the "Ecosystem Rap"

Monday, May 22nd

Good Afternoon, Room 36 Families!

Just a reminder: Please encourage your students to keep the fidget spinners at home. If I see them out during instructional time, I will take them away.  Mr. Abney has asked students not to bring them to school.

The Spring Concert will be on June 1st! Our class will be performing the Ecosystem Rap.  I hope to see you there!

Homework:
- Read 20 minutes (independent reading at Lexile level)
- MyMath: Chapter 13, Lesson 5 (p. 855-856)
- Memorize Verse 3 (boys) or 4 (girls) of rap

Thursday, May 18th

Good Afternoon, Room 36 Families!

Looking ahead: Spring Concert will be on Thursday, June 1st.

Homework: 
- Read 20 minutes (independent reading at Lexile level)
- MyMath: Chapter 13, Lesson 1 (p. 825-830)
- Practice Book: p. 119, 121, 124

Wednesday, May 17th

Good Afternoon, Room 36,

We have begun our unit on the California Gold Rush, and today we started listening to the audio book By the Great Horn Spoon! in class.  Some students borrowed books so that they could read on their own at home,  but because the language is fairly true to the time period (1849) they may need a bit of assistance.

Homework:
- Read 20 minutes (independent reading at Lexile level)
- MyMath: Chapter 10 Review (p. 681-683)

Tuesday, May 16th

Good Afternoon, Room 36 Families!

Homework:
- Read 20 minutes (independent reading at Lexile level)
- MyMath: Chapter 10, Lesson 8 (p. 679-680)
- Close Reading: (#21) "Layers of the Earth"
- IF NECESSARY: Finish letter to Alex from SpaceX

Monday, May 15th

Good Afternoon, Room 36 Families!

Just a reminder: While students may choose to bring toys and art supplies to school in their backpack, these items may not be out during instructional time.  In general it is not a good idea to bring such items to school -- not only because they are a distraction, but because there is always the chance that they could be lost or stolen. (Some items I have had to confiscate this year: Pokemon cards, spinners, fancy pens and pencils, stuffed animals, toy cars, compact mirrors, fashion design kits, lotion, perfume, special animal erasers, rubik's cubes, artistic coloring books, lego people, and more!)

Homework:
- Read 20 minutes (independent reading at Lexile level)
- MyMath: Chapter 10, Lesson 6 (p. 667-668)
- Exercises A, B, C & D from Spider Webs reading

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all of you Remarkable Room 36 Moms!

 

Thursday, May 11th

Looking forward to seeing Room 36 families tonight at Open House!

Congratulations to Engineering Challenge Team #4: ChonTray, Kara, Layla, and Louis! Their team's pod survived the Mars landing, and their rover was able to roll the farthest!  Kudos to Teams #1 (Rayne, Kayla, Paola & Karen) and #2 (Ericka, Promise, Jayden, & Sean) as well.  Their pods also survived, but their rovers did not roll as far.

No Homework!

Wednesday, May 10th

In addition to continuing our Engineering Challenge, Room 36 got to meet with a real Engineer from Space X today!  The kids had some really good, thoughtful questions for him.

Homework:

- Read 20 minutes (independent reading at Lexile level)

- Finish the back of the STEM Challenge worksheet: "Design & Create", "Outcome", and "Evaluate".

Tuesday, May 9th

Room 36 Students started their Engineering Challenge today!

They worked hard!

Homework:
- Read 20 minutes (independent reading at Lexile level)
- Complete "Research" and "Imagine" sections on STEM Challenge worksheet.

Monday, May 8th

Welcome to Engineering Challenge Week!

Room 36 has been divided into eight, four person teams, who will first compete against each other on Wednesday.  After that, the classroom winner goes on to compete against the winners from the other fourth grade rooms!

Today we had our Kick-Off Assembly with Mr. Abney, and began to discuss the Engineering Design Process.

This week is going to be lots of fun!

Homework:
- Read 20 minutes (independent reading at Lexile level)
- Complete the "Challenge" section of your worksheet: What is the challenge you have been asked to address? How will you go about finding a solution? (HINT: the Engineering Design Process!)

Mission Accomplished!

Room 36 students worked incredibly hard on their SBAC tests last week.  They took their time, and did their best work.  That's what it's all about!

Testing Week

Hi, Room 36 Families!

We will be testing all week.  Please make sure your students get a lot of rest -- they are working hard!

No Homework!