Mrs. Scott

Reading and Writing:  

Number the Stars: 

We are recording dialectical notes on facts and inferences as we read and then discussing these in book clubs. 

Our project with this book will be a Scrapbook Book Report, which the students my choose to work in pairs or independently.  Scrapbook Book Reports are due Tuesday, June 2nd.

Themes we are studying include:  friendship, bravery, man's inhumanity to man, and lost freedoms.  Our class read aloud (teacher reads to class) is The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss.

SSR (silent sustained reading) is a part of every seminar so please remind your youngster to bring their reading log book to class every day.

World Cultures: 

We have begun our Web Quest:  Backpacking Through Europe.  The students will keep an electronic travel journal on 2-3 European countries of their choose and create a Photo Story reflecting what they learned on their trip.

Our warm-ups will continue to focus on political/physical geography, location (latitude/longitude), and regions of Europe. 

Homework Groups:  Please bring reading logs and books to class every day.

Upcoming Events!!

Week of 25-29...

Conferences on Webquest: electronic journal, sources cited, covers

Map Review:  World Religions, London City Map, World Vegetation, Growth of European Railroads, European Climate, European Population, and World Oceans.

Scrapbook Book Report

Writing Portfolio/SS Electronic Portfolio

Final Exam Study Guide due Tuesday, June 2nd.... Please put a rubber band around the cards with your name/seminar on the top card or put them in a plastic baggie with name/seminar.

Classroom Library Books Due!!!

Social Studies Books Due!!

FINALS SCHEDULE

Monday, June 1...7:50-9:50am  Science

Tuesday, June 2...7:50-9:50am Elective B Class

                         9:55am-12:30pm LA/SS w/lunch at 11-

                         11:30

Wednesday, June 3...7:50-9:50 am Math

Guys Write For Guys Read...Jon Scieszka

Knucklehead...Jon Scieszka

Red Ridin' in the Hood and Other Cuentos...Patricia Santos Marcantonio

Seedfolks...Paul Fleischman

Residents of an inner-city neighborhood are united as they gather to cultivate a community garden in a vacant lot.

Dragonwings...Laurence Yep

Moon Shadow was eight years old when he sailed from China to join his father, Windrider, in America.  For years, Windrider had lived in San Francisco and made his living doing laundry.  Father and son had never met.  But over time, Moon Shadow grows to love and respect his father and to believe in his wonderful dream.  And Windrider, with Moon Shadow's help, is willing to endure the mockery of the other Chinese, the poverty, and the separation from his wife and country-even the great earthquake-to make his dream come true.

Special kudos to those who are doing outstanding work on their logs and letters!  Thank you for all of your hard work.  I appreciate you!

Remember, if all students complete their homework, the class earns five minutes free time!!!