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Cook’s Surf Report

acook@mbusd.org Week of 9/11-9/15 mrsamycook.weebly.com
Student Council: What We’re Learning:
Calling all 4th and 5th Grade Reading Workshop: This week, we will finish reading our first
Panthers interested in running core literature book called The Tale of Despereaux. This is
for student council! We are the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with
excited for YOU to represent music, stories, and a princess named Pea.
our school! There will be a Writing Workshop: : This week, we will continue our writing
mandatory informational workshop unit called The Arc of the Story: Writing Realistic
meeting in the cafeteria on Fiction. The first bend entails generating ideas in our
September 28th, from 2:45- notebooks by observing the world around us and creating
3:15. During the meeting we will stories we wish existed.
review all guidelines, positions, due Math: Chapter 2 Multiply by 1-Digit Numbers- Students will
dates, and procedures. Speeches develop understanding and fluency with multi-digit
and elections will be held in the multiplication, and developing understanding of dividing to
cafeteria on October 6th at find quotients involving multidigit dividends.
9:30. Please hold all of your Science: Different sense receptors are specialized for
questions until the informational
particular kinds of information, which may then be
meeting.
processed and integrated by an animal’s brain, with some
Wednesdays)
information stored as memories.
PTA & MBEF:
Social Studies: Students will learn about World Geography
Our class is at 30% participation.
and discover how California fits into our big world.
Together we are Pacific strong!
We appreciate any donations Mark Your Calendars:
that you can give during these ü Monday, September 25th- Local Holiday; No School
tough times. Our schools need it ü Friday, September 29th- Movie Night
more than ever. Click here to ü Tuesday, October 3rd- Picture Day
join: Join PTA Here MBEF ü Friday, October 13th- Staff Development; No School
Suggested Donations Per Child: •
PTA $415 • MBEF $2000 • Spelling Connections 3: Wordly Wise 2:
Minimum donation $15 Join MBEF 1. aim
here . I am a bit competitive, 2. holiday 1. affect
and I would love to be one of 3. vapor 2. calculate
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the first teachers to reach 100%
membership participation in the
4. station 3. climate Tes
5. able
PTA! :-)
6. crayon 4. column
Upcoming Quizzes/Tests: 7. flavor 5. decay
Spelling unit 3
Grammar unit 3
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8. tornado 6. exceed
9. brain
10. anyway
7. forbid
Panther PRIDE Recognition:
Zane 8/30 11. remain 8. grove
Julia 9/6 12. favor 9. limb
Big Kahuna: 13. rail
Test 9/15 10. mammoth
Savita 14. grayest
September Birthdays: 15. trailer 11. mature
Devin 9/4 16. lady 12. permit
Thea 9/7 17. nation 13. resist
Savita 9/14 18. relay
Alexis 9/21 19. fail 14. scorch
20. radio 15. tower