Weekly overview

Science: In science we are doing stream tables. We are doing many different interesting experiments. Some pictures you can see the evidence of a river.

Reading: In reading we are using what we learned to write an essay.

Book reviews

Name: Rowan
Book: Animal Farm
Author: George Orwell
Rating: Five stars
Animal Farm is a story about farm animals rebelling against the farm owner and taking the farm for themselves. At first they have complete freedom. But what was at first their noble leader becomes more of a dictator.

Name: Amelia F.
Book: Breakaway
Author: Alex Morgan
Rating: Four and a half stars
The setting is no one place but Alex, the main character, is mostly on the soccer field. One of the main events so far is Alex winning the U-20 cup. Alex was also able to score a goal in the U-20 world cup! She says in the book that, "Making that goal was one of he best feelings of my life"

Name:Paige
Book: Flush
Author: Carl Hiaasen
Rating: Four stars
The main character in this book is named Noah. His dad thinks that a gambling boat is dumping its holding tank into the ocean, so he sinks the boat. he goes to jail for it. Noah proves that his dad is right with the help of his sister Abby.

Parent teacher conferences the week of Thanksgiving

Here is the link to the signup genius that will allow you to schedule conferences.

Update

IslandWood:

Islandwood was so much fun! We had many amazing adventures! We hiked to the harbor, explored the canopy, learned about ecosystems and got up close and personal with some banana slugs. We also got to hike in the dark, letting our leader guide the way with just their voice. Thank you for your support of this program.

Math:

We are finishing up our first unit on Integers. They are going to be working on their projects and correcting their tests next week. On Friday you will be getting a packet that shows their progress in this content area.

Reading:

We are also wrapping up our first reading unit. Students have shown amazing growth in letting the story guide how they respond, exploring big ideas linked to small details, connecting story elements and analyzing author craft. We will be sending their journals home next week so you can look at their progress before we start our Science Fiction unit.

Language Arts

Today we had rehearsal for Shakespeare. We have also done much writing in our reading class. Including; journaling about the reading we are doing on our own.

Science

We have begun using our stream tables to model streams. Students are getting dirty watching as the rain creates erosion and making great observations of what happens as it rains down on our land masses. 

More pictures

More pictures

Islandwood update.

Greetings from Islandwood.

We are having a fantastic time. So many great experiences and activities I can't even count.  From the floating classroom to the suspension bridge to the harbor to the living machine. These kids are having an amazing time.

They are also doing a great deal of bonding and getting to know each other. I have seen some interactions that a week ago I would not have thought possible. Supporting each other in ways that make me proud.

I know that your kids are going to have many stories when they get home and it will be hard for them to contain their excitement. They may also be exhausted because there has been very little time during the day that they are not engaged and involved in some pretty awesome stuff.

Hope all is good back on the main land
Josh

Red Panda Report!

      SS (Social Studies): This week in social studies we finished our maps that we were making of imaginary worlds. We hung them up outside of the classroom for parents to look at during Curriculum Night!
      Reading: This week in reading we read February Tale and then discussed it. We made
 character maps and timelines about it. We also learned skills for writing about reading!
      Science: This week in science we learned about the layers of earth and took Cornell notes. We also recorded the growth of our plants which were going through the "Water Cycles" that we made out of cups, soil, and most importantly, water!
      Theater: This week in theater we memorized the second half of Puck's speech and we did AUDITIONS! The auditions were for parts in A Midsummer Nights Dream!                       
      Other: This week we came up with a team name: the Red Pandas! We also went to an Islandwood presentation where we learned a lot and people from Islandwood came and answered questions from us!
      

Greeting Room S306 Families!

I am Thea Galante, mother of Reed Galante, and will be one of your Room Parents supporting Mr. Hill for this school year.  If anyone else would like to be a Room Parent along with me, please step up!  There is a Room Parent orientation Monday, 10/05, at 9:45am in the overflow lunchroom (cafeteria).  If you are not sure, come along and hear all about it!

S306 will always be grateful for parent volunteers and donations (food, craft supplies, etc) around classroom events, parties, Colonial Days, etc.  Be on the look out for a Sign Up Genius a few times during the year. 

"Thank you" to all the parents who were able to attend curriculum night and filled out the info sheet I passed around.  I will use the information to create a Shutterfly S306 homeroom class site.  Only members can access it, so shared class pictures and other personal info to help communication, like email addresses and phone numbers, are protected.  It is a great place to store pictures throughout the year from various activities (field trips, parties, classroom events, etc) for possible use in the yearbook and 5th grade graduation events.  You will find a calendar which will generate email reminders (occasionally!) for important dates (picture day, test dates, field trips, class parties, performances, etc).

If you were unable to attend or the sheet did not reach you, please email me:

Parent name(s)
Email address(es)
Phone numbers - indicate if OK to text - Yes or No
Can you help with classroom activities - Yes or No
Can we add you to the Shutterfly site - Yes or No
OK to share photos of your student on the Shutterfly site - Yes or No

I hope to have the site live by the end of this weekend.  You will receive an email from Shutterfly inviting you to join the site.  You can always opt out later if you find the reminders are not useful or just one parent wants to receive emails.  Let me know!   Hopefully this will help keep everyone "in the loop" of Cascadia and S306 activities!  Thanks, Thea

Email contact: ptgwhiz@aol.com
Cell: 206-295-3486 

Red Panda Reading Reviews

Tour the Natural World in a Single Tower
Author: Corrinne Iozzio
By: Yoshi Takeno
      The article is set in a tower, that is 2,067-ft. You start on the bottom layer(the Ocean) and wind your way up through the tower. People who live in cities are 40% more likely to develop mood disorders, a walk in nature can change that.
       It should have more paragraphs and a better desription of the setting and the people who designed it.