- Mid term reports were sent home in friday folder. Parents, please sign and have your son/daughter return them on Monday. I look forward to discussing these with you at conferences this next week.
- Fall Party: has been changed to Monday, October 31. Mrs. Ranta has volunteered to be our classroom liaison! She will be calling parents that indicated that they could help with our party.
- Parent-Teacher Conferences are October 12, 13. Confirmation Notes were sent home in the last Friday Folder. If there’s a conflict with your time, please call me as soon as possible.
- Our “Reading Basket” for the spaghetti dinner is filling up with wonderful items. Thank you to all who donated the awesome reading items! Some ideas for this basket are books, journals, book marks, magazines and lights. We will continue to collect these items to promote 6th grade and their efforts at outdoor lab.
- Spaghetti Dinner/Silent Auction date is October 21st from 5:30-8:30 p.m.
- Early Release Day, October 26th, 1:10 dismissal due to a teacher staff development day.
- Thank you for helping your son/daughter study their multiplication facts! Many students are lacking knowledge of their multiplication facts! Without this basic knowledge of facts, students may fall behind in math this year. 10 or 15 minutes a night of studying multiplication facts or first thing in the morning will promote this essential learning and pave the way for future math assignments.
- I’m proud our fourth grade class! They continue to amaze me with their fantastic writing! Please be sure to ask them about their “Slice of Life” stories. Once revision is complete, they will publish their writing. The first rough draft was due Friday, October 7th.
Social Studies Review Sheet for the final Economics: Opportunity Cost and Choice unit
These are some of the concepts I might ask about on the quiz.
ü Tell the difference between a good and a service. Be able to give an example of each.
ü Know the two types of goods, durable and non-durable and be able to give an example of each
ü The concept of opportunity cost
ü How do you know when you have made a good decision financial or otherwise, give three examples
ü How do I know when I have made a bad decision, financial or otherwise, give three examples
ü Know the difference between a resource and a good, be able to give an example
ü Know the two types of resources, renewable and non-renewable and be able to give examples
ü Know and be able to recall the definition of: economy, opportunity cost, risk, incentive, financial risk
ü Be able to talk about the economy of resources, economy of time, and economy of behavior in reference to the basic definition of economy…making the most of what you have and not wasting your resources
Social Studies Review Sheet for the final Economics: Opportunity Cost and Choice unit
These are some of the concepts I might ask about on the quiz.
ü Tell the difference between a good and a service. Be able to give an example of each.
ü Know the two types of goods, durable and non-durable and be able to give an example of each
ü The concept of opportunity cost
ü How do you know when you have made a good decision financial or otherwise, give three examples
ü How do I know when I have made a bad decision, financial or otherwise, give three examples
ü Know the difference between a resource and a good, be able to give an example
ü Know the two types of resources, renewable and non-renewable and be able to give examples
ü Know and be able to recall the definition of: economy, opportunity cost, risk, incentive, financial risk
ü Be able to talk about the economy of resources, economy of time, and economy of behavior in reference to the basic definition of economy…making the most of what you have and not wasting your resources
2. Please read the following text on Fingerprints and complete the diagram as instructed.
3. Here’s an “ap-peel-ing” contest, and a fun and creative way to celebrate October’s top holiday. First, design a costume for either a real or plastic banana. Use a variety of materials, such as paper, cloth, paint, glue, markers, glitter, yarn, or whatever. Create a setting and a nameplate for your banana. Bring your completed project to school on October 31st. We will have a “parade” of costumed bananas and a panel of judges will choose the four “top bananas”. Awards will be given for the Top Banana, Scariest Banana, Most Creative Banana, and Funniest Banana.
For a language arts connection, each student will write a story featuring their banana as the main character. This project will be completed at home as homework. The afternoon of the 31st, we will share our stories while we enjoy banana splits (with new bananas of course!).
Attached you will find a rubric that will be used to grade you project.
Reminders:
· The paper should be typed in 12 point, Times New Roman Font.
· The paper should be a minimum of 1 page typed, double spaced.
4. Please click on the site below and play the math game. You will need a sheet of notebook paper to work each problem. Please work through at least ten problems.
