- Thank you parents for attending our student conference celebration! What a delight it was to hear students sharing this goals, growth, and successes from our fourth grade year! Our kids have worked hard this and are ready for fifth grade. Thank you also for supporting our class this year with your help, kind words, and donations.
- End of the year party: Wednesday, May 28th. Students will bring a sack lunch, beach towel, and out door equipment (Frisbee, soccer balls, footballs, etc.) Please no bats. We will have a picnic in the park gazebo.
- Field Day: This coming Tuesday, May 20th. We will be outside all day. Students need a good nights sleep, eat a healthy breakfast, bring and water bottle, and sun block and hat.
- Solar Ovens: Friday, May 23rd. If you volunteered to donate an item or help assemble ovens, we will combine all three science classes together in the library at 10:30.
- Report Cards: will come home in Friday, May 23rd's Friday folder.
Social Studies: DUE MONDAY, May 19th
History Assessment Name_____________
Teacher_____________
Directions: Use the information in your notebook, what you remember from class discussion and videos, and apply your schema to the task below. I will be looking for specific details and strong description in your response.
Scenario: While on a field trip to the History Museum you 'accidentally' wander away from your group and discover an old, dusty door tucked away at the end of a long, dark hallway. Of course you are curious and open it to have a look, despite the clearly printed sign that says KEEP OUT. Little do you know it’s actually a time machine portal and now you are hurtling through time! After tumbling and twirling back in time, you land with a thud and discover you have landed in historic Colorado in the 1880s. You are the oldest child in a pioneer family that has recently homesteaded in one of the three regions of Colorado. Write a diary entry, describing in detail, your day from sun up to bedtime. You will receive extra credit for mentioning what other family members are doing during the day as well. This is your opportunity to apply what you’ve learned and use your amazing writing skills to ‘knock my socks off!’ I can’t wait to read your diary entries.
Use the back of this page to plan you diary entry. What thinking map would work well for this task?
Lastly, on a separate sheet of paper, write two-four sentences describing how your life is similar and different from an 1800s pioneer child settling in Colorado.
Note: You may hand write your diary entry and reflection sentences on notebook paper and staple them to this page, or you may type and print your diary entry and attach it to this page.
