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Cook’s Surf Report

acook@mbusd.org Week of 12/12-12/16 mrsamycook.weebly.com
Parent- Teacher What We’re Learning:
conferences: Reading Workshop: This week, we will continue our Reading Workshop
I’m looking forward to meeting unit called Navigating Nonfiction. The unit includes reading high
with you in January. The week of interest nonfiction books along with reading to learn in a content
1/23 will be minimum days (12:40 area.
dismissal) to provide time to Writing Workshop: This week we will continue our Boxes and Bullets
complete these conferences. I unit: Personal and Persuasive Essays. This unit is designed to help
plan on preparing for the students with the difficult and exhilarating work of learning to
conferences over winter break., so write well within an expository structure.
please complete this survey by Math: Ch. 5 Factors, Multiples, and Patterns- Students will learn
about the relationship between factors and multiples. They will also
12/22. The purpose of this is to give
learn about prime and composite numbers and ways to notice
me insight on the types of topics
patterns with multiples, factors, and prime/composite numbers.
you would like to discuss
Science: Students will learn that Earth’s major systems are the
concerning your child, when we geosphere (solid and molten rock, soil, and sediments), the
meet during our 20 minute hydrosphere (water and ice), the atmosphere (air), and the
conference. biosphere (living things, including humans).
CLICK HERE! Social Studies: Students will become an expert on one California
Beckwith Operation Santa: Native American tribe. Students will create a museum exhibition and
A BIG thank you to all of the Keynote to share their knowledge of their tribes shelter, food,
families who donated to Richstone religion, artistic expression, and other interesting facts. exploring
Operation Santa. If you have not how life differed from region to region.
done so already, please connect
with Kathy Beckwith at 310-339- Mark Your Calendars:
2091 to coordinate dropping off ü Thursday, December 22nd- 4th Grade Winter Sing @ 10:45
your donation to her house by ü 12/23-1/6- Winter Recess
Friday. All items are given to ü Monday, January 16th- No School; Martin Luther King Day
Richstone early next week. ü 1/23-1/27- Parent-Teacher Conferences (12:40 dismissal
Winter Sing: each day except Wednesday, which dismisses at 1:30)
Your child should dress up for
Winter Sing on 12/22. We are calling Spelling Connections 14: Wordly Wise 8:
the dress code “Sunday’s best.” 1. dough
This means students should be 1. ancient
2. know
dressed up! 3. wring 2. century
F & P Assessments:
I was able to complete the
4. castle 3. chamber
5. crumb
assessments with the exception 4. descend
of 1 student who was absent. I will 6. fasten
send your child’s F & P score home 7. knuckle 5. entry
in white envelopes. 8. moisten 6. interior
9. though 7. intrude
Upcoming Quizzes/Tests:
10. knead
Spelling Unit 15 12/16
11. wrinkle 8. locate
Math Ch. 5 12/16
12. known 9. passage
Panther Praise Positive: 13. anchor
Izzy 10. portion
14. wrist
11. precious
12. quarry Test 12/22
Big Kahuna: 15. limb
Mila 16. sword test 12/16
December Birthdays: 17. whistle 13. ramp
Nathaniel 12/13 18. honor
19. doubt 14. spacious
Brynn 12/21
20. knaw 15. surface