Student's Schedule
7:30-8:15 Science
8:15- 9:00 Enrichment
9:00-10:30 Math
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10:30-12:40 Language Arts
12:40-1:20 Lunch/Recess
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1:26-2:21 Social Studies
2:21-2:41 Fine Arts
1:26-2:41 Monday: Fine Arts

Notes from Mr. Dietrich

November's character trait is self-discipline… pass it on!

- Please remember that dates and plans should be considered tentative… things change!

- If you have any questions, comments, concerns, I can always be reached at aaron.dietrich@stpsb.org

Proposed Schedule for this Week

Science:
-The class will be continuing with, and expanding upon, our research on forms of energy and how they transform.
-Students will be discussing and looking for different transformations of energy that occur in their everyday lives.
-We will be watching one or two videos of "Rube Goldberg Contraptions," which are series of energy transformations that end up accomplishing a very basic task.
-Students will be working with their table groups to begin designing, gathering materials for, and planning their own Rube Goldberg contraptions that they will build after the Thanksgiving break.
-At the end of the week, the class will be doing some research and experimentation with cranberries and measuring their freshness.
-Check the homework board every day for assignments!
-Review vocabulary, worksheets, and notes nightly!

Math:
-The students will be continuing to work with graphs, and especially coordinate and line graphs. This will include using the data in a graph to find the mean, median, and mode of the data.
-Students will be reading and working out of both the textbook and the "Data about Us" booklets to research and then practice working with coordinate graphs and line graphs.
-For practice with the coordinate plane and graphs, students will be working with their peers to gather data from the class to create such graphs.
-Students will also work with a partner to interpret information shown in a coordinate graph, and then answer a set of questions on that data.
-Later in the week we will do a bit of review of graphs, and then work through a set of situation problems to review PACE, division, multiplication, etc.
-Check the homework board every day for assignments!
-Review vocabulary, worksheets, and notes nightly!

Social Studies:
-The class will be continuing our unit on Ancient China, and will be watching a United Streaming video and reading from the textbook.
-We will be learning about Confucius and some of his ideas, and will be interpreting and discussing some of those.
-In the middle of the week, the students will have the opportunity to try and use chopsticks, and also sample a bit of Chinese food and drink.
-Later in the week the students will choose between one of a few Chinese historical figures, and will then create an informative poster on one of them.
-Check the homework board every day for assignments!
-Review vocabulary, worksheets, and notes nightly!

Important Dates

Wednesday, Nov. 18th
Bank Day
Week of Nov. 23rd

Thanksgiving Vacation
Saturday, Dec. 9th
PBS Sponored
Parent's Shopping Morning
9am till noon
Week of Dec. 7th
Food Drive
Wednesday, Dec. 9th
Bank Day
Sicily's Pizza Night
Friday, Dec. 11th
Student of the Month Breakfast 8am
Food Drive Collection
Tuesday, Dec. 15th
PTA meeting, Band/Chorus Christmas Concert 6:30pm
Friday, Dec. 18th
End of the 9 weeks
Half day of school for students
Dec. 19th-Jan. 3rd
Holidays
Monday, Jan. 4th
School Re-opens

STPSB Calendar 2009-2010 School Year