- No school or child care Wednesday, Nov. 23 through Friday, Nov. 25 for the Thanksgiving holiday.
- Save the date for the Winter Holiday Concert our class will be performing in on Wednesday, December 14, 6:00-8:00 pm, Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda, Berkeley.
Spelling homework due tomorrow.
Fourth grade math due tomorrow.
Blue Group Homework: Revisiting Pictographs
Purple Group Homework:
1. Finish the Peanut count sheet and Interesting plot sheet if you did not complete these in class.
2. Please choose one of these options:
- Option 1: Factor practice sheet
- Option 2: Calculate sheet (you may use a calculator, but explain your thinking)
Write about which shape box would be best for shipping the product - long and skinny, cubical, etc. Why?
Art Appreciation
This morning Strawberry students contemplated a painting by Salvador Dali, "The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory." Students recorded notes about what they could "see," what the painting made them "think," and what it made them "wonder" about. We will find opportunities to view other artists, works by poets and more.
Math
4th Grade Blue Group: In class the blue group students are creating double bar graphs. They began by analyzing the appropriate scale to use to represent the data provided. This became increasingly challenging as the data set grew in size and did not fit a uniform pattern in each category. Tomorrow we we share graphs, and determine which scales chosen successfully represent the data.
Blue Group Homework: Revisiting Pictographs
4th Grade Purple Group: Today's question: How can we collect and keep track of data from 2 groups to answer a question? Students started collecting data from fourth graders and in some cases Kindergartners and first graders using the questions they settled on Thursday. They also completed work in the activity books graphing and interpreting graphs, and some continued fraction work with Show Me One Half. See homework above.
5th Grade Math: Fifth graders drew rectangular prisms that could fit 12 of another rectangular prism. They had constructed prisms with grid paper last week, and this led to today's question of how one would ship a given number of smaller boxes in a larger box. For tonight's homework, they will write about which shape box would be best for shipping the product - long and skinny, cubical, etc. Why?
Social Rules--What's Happening?
From Kate Klaire
In Sweet Briar Creek, Strawberry Creek, and Cerrito Creek we are thinking about the big stuff of friendships and what it’s like to make new friends. This is poignant as we h
ave been inviting a few new friends into our TBS community. Conversations have been insightful and generative. Here are some of the big ideas and thoughts about what to try with new friends - Remember who I am, Feel out the situation, Introduce myself, Old friends introduce you to someone you think they might like, Noticing common interests or something you like and going over to meet them, Be helpful, Be myself, and, If I keep trust with my friends, we will be able to do more things together. These are a few conversation starters you can have with your child about friendships. It is great to have you participating from home, so we can build common language and social skills with our kids.
