- NO Community Lunch on Friday, so be sure to pack a lunch that day. Please let us know if you are willing to organize future events.
- Halloween parade on Monday, Oct. 31 at 8:45 a.m.
- Study your "My List" words for the spelling quiz tomorrow, and finish defining your 4 vocabulary words from the "Challenge List." The handout can be downloaded here.
- 4th grade math blue group (Jeff & Stephen) homework:
Option 1: Unit 2, page 1
Option 2: Unit 2, page 2
Due tomorrow.
4th grade math purple group (Sima) homework
Option 1: Unit 2, page 3
Option 2: Word problem handout
Due tomorrow. - 5th grade math packet can be downloaded here.
- Fort Ross Costumes: Don't forget the dress rehearsal is November 8!
Fourth graders worked in two half-groups today, looking at the shape of data, by organizing it and finding landmarks like the maximum, minimum, range, and mode. Students shared the graphs they brought from home, and talked about how graphs are used to answer questions and make decisions. The blue group with Jeff and Stephen made line plots of the number of family members in students' families, and discussed how to find the median. The purple group with Sima made tally charts of the raisin data from Monday. Then they started working on the question: What is the difference in height between fourth graders and first graders? Amalia pointed out that we would need to measure the height of many fourth graders and first graders, since there is such a big range in heights in one grade. Students measured their own heights in inches, and then we visited the Blackberry Creek class and measured the heights of first graders there.
Fort Ross:
The gardeners and the hunters met today to make their preparations for the trip to Fort Ross. Students continued their study of Fort Ross history and are now in the throws of developing a profile for the Fort Ross character they will role play. This is a tricky task, as we have little information about these real people. Students are making inferences based on the historical background shared in class and in readings. The study of Native Californians and the Missions ties directly into this process.
