Summer Homework

Summer Learning

Families have asked for summer homework/learning opportunities. There are many and we hope students are getting lots of time outdoors, with friends and family, and time to play and relax. Here are a few academic ideas to help keep skills up and ready for an exciting and challenging 5th grade year.

The following skills are important for 5th grade. It's easy to forget them during the summer, so if you have time, you can practice by finding worksheets on www.worksheetworks.com or by working on Khan Academy, MobyMax, or IXL.
Math facts: 50 in 2 1/2 minutes (1's-12's)		Addition and subtraction of fractions with like denominators
Addition facts		Finding equivalent fractions (easy ones like 1/4, 1/2, 1/6)
Subtraction facts		Adding and subtracting with decimals.
Multiplication facts		Compare fractions, decimals and percents
Division facts		Identify 2 and 3 dimensional shapes.
6-digit pencil and paper addition		Be able to locate and place ordered pairs on coordinate grids.
6-digit pencil and paper subtraction		Add and subtract money
2-digit x2-digit multiplication (grid or traditional method)		Measure with metric and standard units.
Long division (standard method)		Find area and perimeter of rectangles.

Technology over the summer

Dear Parents, 

If your child would like to access his/her TypingClub account over the summer, here is a document with instructions on how to access the accounts. I recommend that students cover the keyboard while they are practicing.  

https://goo.gl/ygc2Yt

Happy Summer Keyboarding!

Debra Thomas

Reading

The list of OBOB books has begun to take shape already: http://www.waucomabookstore.com/OBOB-3rd-5th-grade-division

Although OBOB is optional in 5th grade, I recommend that students pick up a couple of the OBOB books to enjoy over the summer. The book list is always a good one! Don’t forget about the 2016 OES Summer Reading Challenge. Log the hours you read for a reward in September!

Create your own book club with friends. Choose a book and get together a couple times to read together or discuss the book.

Continue to reflect on your reading in your reader’s notebook over the summer. We would love for you to show us your progress in September.

Ms. Chris challenge: After you read A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd, if you write a one page (typed, 12 font, single spaced) 5 paragraph literary essay, I will send you a certificate for a free ice cream!

Summer Writing

Journaling or blogging

When you head out on a trip or local adventure, reflect on what you did.

When you read a really good book, invite others to try it out or explore some of the big lessons or questions you find.

Share it with your teacher on google drive or create a blog to share with friends, family and teachers.

Fiction writing

Enjoy writing your own stories. Share your creations with your teacher.

Day in the Woods Part 2

Ever since the success of our Day in the Woods before Spring Break, we have had this event on our class calendar and excitement in our hearts. All day in the woods. We played games, read our books, had snacks, wrote reflections, and looked at signs of nature such as new budding plants, animals tracks, and invasive species. 

Infection Tag in tall grass behind SPARC

Leaf Umbrellas to keep dry in the chapel woods

Field Day

Alas my camera, aka phone, died as soon as field day started.
Thanks to Amy Simpson for these photos!

"The Deal"

Today we looked at our schedule for the next 7.5 days of 4th grade. I made a list of all the things I need the class to do. Together we made a list of all the events happening before the last day. Then we made a list of all the things we wanted to do together. 

With our goals in sight, the class decided we should work and get all the NEED list done first then see how much LIKE/WANT items we can fit into our remaining time. Challenge accepted! They all got right to work!

Update June 6

Happy Monday!

I hope you all had a relaxing and cool weekend. This morning's weekend update was filled with either sports or sleeping!

I will continue to upload pictures from Camp Gray over this week, I promise!
Camp Gray was a wonderful trip and the class really stood up to the challenge of an overnight, the excitement of the coast, and jumped into every activity and experience. It was a fun and exhasting adventure!

Highlights for this week:

No Homework!

Field Day and Day in the Woods this Friday--wear uniforms but loved uniforms that won't mind some mess--long pants and shoes ready for field day as well as a chance of mud!

This week is a big assessment week. We are finishing our end of year math assessment, end of the year reading assessment, writing an essay for 5th grade teachers, working on our blog, and finishing our poetry book. With our extra time, 4th graders will be helping to pack up the room and are helping to decide what we would like to do to wrap up the year together. Each year it looks slightly different and I am excited to see what they come up with!

Have a great week,
Chris

Day 3

Before heading back to campus, 4th graders stopped at Yaquina Head Lighthouse for a hike, some wildlife sightings and lunch!

Spotting a seal who was as interested in us as we were interested in him!!

Back on the bus!

Even more camp photos!

Rachel Taylor has made a photo gallery on Google+
 https://plus.google.com/113703221167553108636/posts/3waYpvXSnFx

Lou Paff, former OES teacher and camp chaperone, made this gallery
https://picasaweb.google.com/102295673315608064011/6294388821947269233

Note from Spanish

¡Hola Amigos de Español 4!

 

 

Last week Ms. Thompson's class made a trip to the Spanish Family  Learning Center in Woodburn, where our OES students served as buddies in  the Baby, Toddler, and Preschool rooms. They did a great job helping  with hands--on projects with the little ones. This was an extension of  their classroom studies around el agua (water), and all of our  activities at the Center were directed towards raising awareness of the  value and uses of water. Here is a link for the Facebook page if you  would like to peek at some photos: https://www.facebook.com/oregon.episcopal/posts/10154269665794533

 

 

Next week, Mrs. Thompson's class will have their Spanish Informance in our classroom, here in Scott House Room 38. This will be from 9:40-10:10 am on Thursday, June 9th, and you are welcome to come and join  in the fun!

 

 

Have a wonderful weekend, and may you find the shade!

 

 

Muchas gracias,

 

 

Maestra Kelola McCrary

Day 2

One of our camp leaders, getting a group ready for a full day on the coast exploring wind, water, and waves. One of their challenges was to build a topographical map of Oregon in the sand!

Dissecting squid was a high point and a major challenge for all campers!

Camp Leader Kate takes on a new persona to welcome us in for Eco Jeopardy!

Linnea acting our the water cycle to win "points" for her team at Eco-Jeopardy

After every right answer, "We must dance now"

Every night ended with campfire songs and stories.

Day 1 Camp

Hey Parents,

All is well at Camp Gray!

We stopped for lunch at the beach and then had some free play time.

Then we went to the science center in Newport!

We arrived at camp and met our counsellors!

Had our first interest group then had more free time!

Lined up for dinner!

Played a game and now campfire!

An awesome day 1!!

Weekend Update

One of our last weekend update morning meetings. We realized after this long weekend update that we only have 2 more weekend updates this year! Both happy and sad!

Important Dates:
June 1-3 Camp Grey--4th grade Overnight trip


This week:
We are going to camp!
YEAH!!!!!!!!!

Andy Goldsworthy inspired Assembly

Inspired by the naturalist artist Andy Goldsworthy, the whole Lower School went out into the woods to create some art with natural objects. We tried to create mandalas with items we found on the ground.

First Grade Play

This morning, we were fortunate to be allowed to watch the 1st grade rehearsal for their performance next week (show times are when we are away at camp.)

The first graders have been studying the heart and the connection between the heart, emotions and the brain. It was a beautiful, insightful and funny show that shared their thinking about how these three are connected and work together.

Woodburn Family Center

Today, we returned to the Woodburn Family Center for another morning of service.
We played with and talked to babies, toddlers and preschoolers. We love the kids and their caregivers love the change in routine!

Update May 20

Happy Friday!

Important Dates:
May 23 All camp paperwork is due: Medication form, behavioral form, OMSI health form, optional tee-shit/hoodie order form
May 23-24 Chris is at a full day training with all 3/4/5 grade teachers
May 23 GOBS book collection
May 25 We visit GOBS
May 25 Spanish field trip to Woodburn Family Center
May 30: No School for Memorial Day
June 1-3 Camp Grey--4th grade Overnight trip


This week:
Reading:
We are finishing our book club discussions and Amazon book projects.  In class, we are sharing out some of our book and book club highlights. I am noticing that while students fluency and accuracy in improving, we continue to work on slowing down while reading to discover symbolism and infer meaning beyond the stated actions.


Writing:
This week we are revising and publishing our poetry. This can be tricky since poetry does not follow strict rules, often students want to write it once and then say they are finished and their work is perfect. We are looking at ways to improve our word choice and rhythm.

Math:
Unit 8 assessment review and then start our last unit before the end of the year review. We are reviewing some big topics such as multi digit multiplication, long division, area/perimeter, and fractions/decimals/percentages.

Peace Games:

Next week will be our last week of Peace Games. We are trying to wrap it up before we head to camp.

Bouncy Races!

The Upper School and Dorm program had their weekend of fun. The bouncy races were delivered on Friday so the Lower School could join in the fun!

Book clubs

Chapel

Unicycling

Hello 4th grade parents!

It’s that time again…unicycles! Woohoooo! Your child will be participating in the unicycling unit this Tuesday (5/17) and Thursday (5/19). They will need to bring in their helmet by Tuesday morning and will not be allowed to ride on a unicycle without one. This is only a two day unit, so I hope they will bring their helmets for those days. The helmets will also need to be stored in their classroom and brought to PE each day for sanitary reasons.

The unicycles are a part of another exciting rotation unit where they will also have the opportunity to play Pillo Polo with Coach Corris and Ultimate Frisbee/Ball with Coach Jessica. If you have any questions, please let me know.

These are the students who will be participating this week...

5/17 & 5/19: Gregory Porter Kaan Renee Owen Sophia R.

5/24 & 5/25: Ari Julian  Lahna  Ria  Solomon  Tatum

5/31 & 6/7:  Alex  Anna Arthur  Linnea  Lou Willa

Mount Hood Service Day