Weekly Updates 6/8-6/12

NEWS/EVENTS

• 3-509 is leading the farm stand from 8:00-8:30 this Wednesday June 10th! Students interested in participating should arrive within this time frame on Wednesday. This is our last farm stand day of the year.
• On Wednesday we are also harvesting some plants from 9:00-9:30. If you are interested in joining us, send me an email! We would love a volunteer or two to join us.
• Tomorrow is a half day. Dismissal is at 11:50 am.
• This Friday is Family Friday, but the theme is Enrichment Celebrations. Parents will visit enrichment clusters students have attended for the past 10 weeks.
• Because of the 5th grade graduation on June 18th, we know have a tentative end of the year class party scheduled for Wednesday June 17th. I will confirm this as soon as possible. We would love to gather as a group (parents and students) once last time before the end of the year.
• Next Monday June 15th is a half day.
• On Monday June 22nd the entire grade is going to Prospect Park in Brooklyn for a Picnic. Permission slips will be distributed this week.

Homework:

1) Monday: Read and jot for 30 minutes. Reading response due Friday. "Which Shape?" math activity, cut out words.

Ambitious: Sort 42

Humble: Sort 35

Determined: Sort 30

Courageous: Sort 19

2) Tuesday: Read and jot for 30 minutes, "Score it" math activity, reading response due Friday. Farm stand tomorrow from 8-8:30!

3) Wednesday: Read and jot for 30 minutes, "Quadrilateral Riddles" math activity, reading response due Friday. 

4) Thursday: Read and jot for 30 minutes, reading response due Friday. Field day is tomorrow!

CURRICULUM

Reading: This week in Social Issues book clubs students are identifying obstacles and issues students face, and are looking at crucial scenes and consider what they teach us.

Writing: This week we are diving into Fairy Tale adaptations! After familiarizing ourselves with the original version of Cinderella, we will spend then upcoming days looking at adaptations, older student examples, and various digital versions of the tale before we start our own.

Math: This week we are continuing to study different shapes, and are sorting them by sides, angles, and other attributes. 

Social Studies: We are visiting Folk Tales around the world centers.