Mrs.

Cook’s Surf Report

acook@mbusd.org Week of 10/9-10/13 mrsamycook.weebly.com
Math Test Protocol: What We’re Learning:
Chapter 2 math tests will be sent Reading Workshop: This week, we will continue our unit
home in the white envelopes on
Tuesday. I created a document to
called Interpreting Characters: The Heart of the Story
notify parents of problems missed (fiction). Comprehension strategies will be modeled while I
aligned with the content focus area. I read The Tiger Rising aloud to the class during our mini-
would like all students to correct lessons. Your child needs to have a fiction book at school!
problems missed on the sheet Writing Workshop: This week, we will publish our realistic
attached to the test and turn it in by
Friday. Hopefully, this will help fiction stories and work on editing and revising our
reinforce the intended learning scenes. Realistic fiction stories are due this Thursdsy.
outcome. Math: Chapter 3 Divide by 1-Digit Numbers- Students will
Xtra Math:
develop understanding and fluency with single digit division,
It is highly recommended that your
child is completing a daily session of
and developing understanding of dividing to find quotients
Xtra math. The session takes involving multidigit dividends.
approximately 3-5 minutes. This Science: Students will learn that plants and animals have
should help your child with both internal and external structures that serve various
memorization of facts, which is a skill
functions in growth, survival, behavior, and reproduction.
that is necessary for the level of
math we are doing. We are getting Social Studies: Students will create a presentation about
ready to begin long division with one of the four regions of California.
remainders. Your child can login to
XTRA math through their Clever
account at home. Mark Your Calendars:
Halloween: ü Friday, October 13th- Staff Development; No School
Our annual parade will be on 10/31, on ü Tuesday, October 31st- Halloween Parade @8:30; students will
the upper field. Please remember make salt dough maps of CA
that there are no weapons allowed as
ü Friday, November 10th- Veterans Day; No School
part of your child’s Halloween
costume.
ü 11-20-11/24- Thanksgiving Break
Student Council:
I’m so proud of each and every
Spelling Connections 7: Wordly Wise 4:
student who ran for student council. It
takes a lot of courage to participate, 1. Poet 1. active
and I’m impressed by the determination 2. Coast 2. astound
shown by room 23 students. 3. Pillow
Congratulations to all for participating. 3. attend
4. Hotel
5. Also 4. cherish
Upcoming Quizzes/Tests:
Spelling unit 7 10/12
6. Clothes 5. contract
7. Pony
Plant & Animal Parts 10/12
8. Bold
6. eager
Grammar 7 run-ons 10/12
9. Moment 7. expose
Panther PRIDE “Engaged”
Savita
10. Obey 8. grace
11. Grown
Big Kahuna: 12. Hello 9. impose
Ben 13. Motel 10. modest
October Birthdays: 14. Boast
Jack 10/17
11. parallel
15. Glow
12. paralyze Test 10/20
Julia 10/28
Zane 10/28
16.
17.
Goal
Poem Test 10/12 13. pessimist
18. Shown
19. Hero
14. recite
20. Fold 15. respond