Weekly Blog 10/30/19

      This week in circle, we asked the question "What would you like to have?" but there was a twist. The person in front of you says what you have to give up for it. Some people just said "You have to give up potatoes." I don't think that's that bad if you got a mansion for it. There's not that much stuff you can give up that's actually bad. It's pretty much just limbs.

      In science, we have been reading a book called “Solving Dissolving” By Tessaly Jean, and Emily Gibson.  

     In language arts this past week, we have read Follow the Water by, , and wrote a sequel to it. “On the shuttle there wasn’t much to do. I was just so scared that nana was going to die before I get there. I hope not but Buddy’s grandpa lasted a hole year. I can’t wait to see her face her beautiful smile a hug that I will hold on to for forever. 

The food on the shuttle was even worse then the food on mars. It was dried spinach hard and disgusting. Also, I barley had any dessert only like two jars of dried ice cream,” 

 In math we have been working on rates and ratios the past week or two. 

Tips: 

• You can use equivalent ratios and rates, including unit rates, to compare ratios and to solve problems. 
• You can use what you know about equivalent ratios and operations with fractions to write a ratio of fractions as a unit rate. 

Remember, fractions=ratios! 

Interview With Mrs. Camile

(Ms. Camile is the teacher that owns Dumbledore) 

Q: What do you teach? 

A: “I teach resource. If a student needs extra help or maybe has trouble focusing, Ms. Camile’s room is a good quiet place to work.” 

Q: Why do you bring Dumbledore to school? 

A: “Dumbledore is a therapy dog. If a student is upset, Dumbledore helps people relax and is a good distraction from a problem.” 

Q: What do you like most about teaching? 

A: “Getting to know kids.” 

Q: What do you like least about teaching? 

A: “All the planning and thinking of stuff to do.” 

Q: Do you work with any other teachers? 

A: “Pretty much all of the 4th and 5th grade teachers. Ms. Yelana works with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade. I also work with Mr. Brett and Ms. Heidi.” 

Q: When do you feel very stressed at school? 

A: “If there is a student with big problem and is not simply solved.” 

Weekly Blog 10/23/19

      This week in circle, we asked the question "What would be one feature of your dream house, and why?" Most people said more than one thing, which made it a lot slower. A lot slower. The other question was "Who would you want to be in 5 years, and why?" There were some interesting answers to that question. Elijah answered "I would like to just be the nice kid," and I thought that was really cool. Ben answered " I would like to be a famous YouTuber at that age." That's nice.

Science
We started chapter 2 of Modeling Matter. Investigating dissolving and solubility. We have used the Amplify simulator to look at how some molecules are attracted to other molecules and some are not.


Math Class

Vocabulary 

• Proportion: an equation stating that two ratios are equal 
• Constant of Proportionality: an equivalent fraction 
• Dollars per hour: dollars/hour(that was meant to be a fraction) 

DIVERSITY IN LITERATURE TALK – TONIGHT!

Join us on Tonight, October 17th from 7 – 8:30pm in the library for our first Race & Equity Parent Education night. Cascadia’s Librarian, Merrick Bodmer, will be presenting on Diversity in Children’s Literature, and how parents can stay connected with their kids through books. You’ll gain tips on how to help kids be critical readers, what questions to ask to start conversations, share strategies with other parents and receive resources on further learning including recommended book lists. Childcare for school-aged children will be available.

Halloween is Coming Up!

Message from the principal:

Halloween Costumes: With Halloween or other fall festivities approaching, Cascadia’s Race & Equity Team and the Department of Racial Equity Advancement wants to remind our community to be mindful of religious, cultural and ethnic differences. This is also a reminder for everyone that costuming in the form of ethnic and cultural clothing may have religious or spiritual significance and should not be worn if it is not within your own culture.  Cultural appropriation perpetuates inaccurate stereotypes about People of Color.  The stereotypes can create hostile and uncomfortable conditions for our diverse communities.  While appreciation of food, cultural experiences and language are acceptable, appropriating clothing that is not representative of an individual’s self-identity is often times inaccurate and harmful.  

For more information related to this topic the Department of Racial Equity Advancement offers some resources:

• YouTube:  My Culture is NOT a Costume
• USA Today: Halloween & Cultural Appropriation
• Huffington Post: Cultural Appropriation: What You Need to Know
• The Conversation: University of California: When Borrowing Becomes Exploitation
• New York Times:  Is Cultural Appropriation Always Wrong?

 As you consider a school costume, please consider if the costume is modeling "appropriation" or "appreciation."

In addition, please do not wear masks, face coverings or carry weapons. Weapons include guns, swords, staffs or anything that is used as a weapon. If a costume or a part of a costume becomes a distraction in school the teacher may ask for it to be removed. If a costume contains blood or gore please leave that for Halloween evening. We have students of various ages and many costumes can be quite scary for them. Please also remember to adhere to the new SPS dress code policy. Link to article containing policy. 

Hill/Brown

We are also looking for a few parents to volunteer with the 5th grade celebration. Needed; decorations, snacks, crafts and craft coordinators, cleanup help and just a few extra adults. Let us know if you are available.

Weekly Update 10/9

      In Shakespeare we're learning blocking, where we find out what part of the stage we're supposed to be on. We also learned a new song called "Good Vibrations". In gym we did curl ups and the PACER. We also did sit and reach. In circle, we're answering questions like "what are you looking forward to?" and "what do you wish you were better at?" Jobs are doing well. The classroom is so much cleaner since the custodians started working, and the posters look awesome. Everybody's doing what they need to do and that's great.

In Shakespeare we blocked the prologue, Act One Scene One, and Act One Scene Two. We also started blocking Act Five Scene One. 

LA in Mr. Browns class 10.9.19

This week in Language Arts we have been putting together our Poetry Anthology’s, a collection of our favorite 8 poems that we wrote. Included are: 1 Seasons Poem, 1 Ode, 1 Fog Poem Revision, 1 Haiku, 1 Tanka, 1 Verb Poem, 1 Concrete Poem and 1 extra poem of our choice. We also learned how to revise and edit our poetry and include sensory details, figurative language and original lines. It is due on Monday. We did 1 more type of poem that is not included in the Anthology, namely Blackout Poetry (mentioned in last week’s blog), which we taped on the front of our Writing Journals.  

Weekly Update 10/2/19

      This week we started Inktober in Mr. Brown's class. We're drawing all types of stuff, from apples to zebras. We're also doing circle, were we answer questions and we don't get interrupted (sometimes). In circle we discussed what super power we want, and what we would sacrifice to have that power.

Math Class               oct. 2        

In math we have been working on adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing integers.  When you don’t finish  something in class, it’s usually going to be homework. 

Here is a key that you may or may not already have in your notes: 

+(×)+=+ 

+(×)-(=)- 

-(×)-(=)+ 

Shakespeare:

We are learning the song “Surfin’ Safari” and practicing the beginning and end poses .

LA in Mr. Browns class 10.2.2019 

This week in Mr. Browns class we have been busy with poetry. We started off the week with Haiku’s and Tanka’s, and are now doing concrete poems. We have also started INKTOBER, where we try to draw every day to a prompt. So far, the prompts have been Slice, Ring and Mindless. Last week on Friday, Ms. Savage came to sub, and we did something called Blackout Poetry, where we each took a page from a book or newspaper, and artistically scribbled out everything except the words we wanted for the actual poem. It is the perfect combination of art and poetry! 

Science and Stuff Nobody Really Knows  10/2/19 

Mixtures… how do we separate them? Do we SMASH them? Do we just puuuuuuulllllllllll them apart? 

If you don’t know anything about this topic then read the rest of this! 

Mixtures 

 Did you know that milk may seem like a singular molecule, but really it is a mix of several molecules like…sugar, water, protein and fat molecules(unless your drinking soy, goat, etc.). 

Blood is another mixture! It’s made of plasma(the liquid part of blood) and the rest is the solid part of blood. Plasma has a property that allows it to stay liquid with room temperature. 

They pull blood apart by using something called centrifuges. The machine spins really fast. Then at the end the solid blood parts are at the bottom. The plasma stays at the top. 

Here is a diagram: P.S. read the poetry article. 

    GLASS 

G Plasma L 

A Plasma S 

S Plasma G 

G Plasma L 

A Plasma S 

S Solid      G 

L Blood     A 

S Parts      S 

   GLASS  

When scientists find really old food etc. and they want to spell it they usually use something called gas chromatography.