Mrs.

Cook’s Surf Report

acook@mbusd.org Week of 5/15-5/19 mrsamycook.weebly.com
Holocaust Museum Field Trip: What We’re Learning:
Wednesday, May 24th all 4th Reading Workshop: This week, we will begin our next core
graders will attend a 2nd field literature book called By the Great Horn Spoon. This
trip. Thank you MBEF who gave adventurous story is set during the California Gold Rush
us a grant so we can go on this which correlates to our social studies curriculum.
wonderful field trip. Writing Workshop: We will review the 3 genres taught in 4th:
Gold Dust or Bust: persuasive, expository, and narrative.
We are so excited to perform Math: Chapter 12- Students will learn metric and customary
for you! I did my best to give all units of measurement.
students a part from their top Science: Students will learn that a great deal of light travels
3 choices. Casting can be through space to Earth from the sun and from distant
extremely difficult. WE have had stars.
lots of conversations around Social Studies: We will continue learning about the GOLD
dealing with adversity and having RUSH! We will discuss the 3 routes to gold and the hardships
a growth mindset. gold seekers faced. Students will choose which route they
Year End Activities: would have taken!
Be sure to mark your calendars!
As you can see, we have a lot of Mark Your Calendars:
activities to wrap up a ü May 15th & 16th- Math SBAC (state) Testing
wonderful school year. We will ü Wednesday, May 24th- Field trip to Holocaust Museum
need lots of volunteers for ü Friday, May 26th- Literacy Bowl
Beach Day, and a SUG will be sent ü Monday, May 29th- Memorial Day; No School
out soon. We have also started ü Monday, June 12th- Walk Through California 8:30-11:00
practicing for our Gold Dust or ü Tuesday, June 13th- Gold Dust or Bust Musical 9:30-10:30
Bust musical. The students are ü Wednesday, June 14th- Beach Day (North side of pier)
excited ü Thursday, June 15th- Last Day of School 12:40 dismissal
SBAC Testing:
SBAC testing will take place Spelling Connections 37: Wordly Wise 17:
Monday and Tuesday. Makeups 1. dining
will be conducted the remainder 2. grabbed 1. apt
of the week. Please ensure your 3. skipping 2. blossom
child gets a good night’s rest the 4. copy
night before testing days. Also, 3. bough
5. copies
please make sure your child has 6. serving 4. content
a hearty breakfast each 5. detest
7. begged
morning!
8. planning 6. dusk T
9. marry
5/ 19 7. extinguish est
Upcoming Quizzes/Tests: 10. marries
T est 5/ 2
Spelling unit 33
Light Reflection
5/19
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11. raising 8. familiar 6
Ch. 12 Math 5/19
12. snapped 9. obtain
13. dragging
Panther Praise Engaged (last week) 14. empty
10. orchard
Sawyer 15. empties 11. practice
Big Kahuna:
16. crumbling 12. prune
17. snagged
Done for the year
18. napping
13. stout
May Birthdays: 14. threadbare
19. pry
Grace 5/13
20. pries 15. wander