Dear Families, 

Here is some of what Rm 24 has been up to:

Math

For math, we’ve been doing a bit of a multiplication and division workshop – practicing efficient and effective strategies to work toward memorization. We’ve continued our independent work in the Learn and Practice books. Homework can be continued in the Success books which remain at home. They are welcome/encouraged to tear out any completed pages and turn them into me.

Writing

For writing, we have been practicing the skill of “showing, not telling” with our words. Instead of just reporting on events, we’ve been practicing using descriptive language to paint pictures of scenes for our readers. Daily prompts alternate between narrative, opinion, and informative. Inspired by the love of our daily read aloud of Wayside School, the students are writing their own “Sideways Stories from Room 24.” I’ve asked them to bring their journals home daily to work on these for homework. Ask them to share them with you!

ELA/Science

The ELA unit on the human body continues as we learn about cells, tissue, and body systems. The focus is on thinking critically, reading, and writing about our findings. Also for Science, we will begin our unit on the lifecycle of a butterfly and after spring break, we’ll observe real caterpillars as they progress through the cycle into Painted Lady butterflies. The unit will conclude with setting them free in the wildlands with Farmer Adam where there are plants that Painted Ladies make their habitats. 

Feel free to reach out with any questions:

c.victoria@lausd.net

Dear families,

We have begun Module 10 of CKLA Knowledge, focused on the Human Body.

Last week, we supplemented this with Bill Nye's related video on the topic, and students wrote about what they read. 

For math, students are working in the LEARN books. Most have shared that they know some or all of their times tables, so I've given them the 3rd grade FLUENCY books, as well, and have been teaching them the multiplication tricks that I teach my tutoring students. They are picking them up QUICKLY!

Inspired by their command of multiplication, their work with place value, and the social studies unit on goods and consumers, today, we started a project where students are working collaboratively in pairs/groups to create, market, and sell a product. 

1. Each group decides on a product. They discuss where the materials would come from in the real workd and who is involved in the entire lifecycle of the product.

2. Who will be your consumers, and how will you add value to their lives?

3. On a piece of posterboard, place a prototype (or representation of a prototype), a company logo, and an advertisement. 

4. Your product must cost $10 and be shipped in packages of 10. Each package of 10 will go into a shipping create that holds 10 sets of 10 (so 100). 

5. Choose from 4-9 stores that will submit orders for the product. I will give students various additional  quantities that they will need to fill over the course of multiple days. 

6. Students will have to figure out how many products to produce of each size and version and how many to ship out to the various stores  -- and, of course, the amount of money owed.

For science, Ms. Lima and I connected. She's also interested in the butterfly kit. There are Foss lessons and a garden tie-in.

For writing, I'm having the students write to a prompt in their journals. We've been focused on creating paragraphs, following a particular format. I'd like to move into CKLA's research writing unit. I'm confirming with Ms. Lima where her class is with that. 

Mr. V

 

What's Coming Up the Week of March 17, 2025

OPEN HOUSE Tuesday, March 18 5-7pm. Music, pizza, book fair 5-7; class visits 5:30-6:30

OLSAT Test Wednesday, March 19. Ms. Lima to proctor

Health - One lesson per day from The Great Body Shop

Math - Eureka lessons involving place value; multi-digit addition and subtraction with regrouping; multiplication and division; fractions; area, perimeter and arrays

CKLA - Fighting (and Saving) for a Cause - both Globally and Locally; the Solar System

Writing - Polishing their opinion writing about topics of personal interest (e.g., the best pet, the best video game, the best boardgame, the best holiday, the benefits of recycling aluminum cans and responses to Hey, Little Ant). 

iReady/IXL - Students work on their personalized learning in MyPath. Once they top out at Grade 8, they are allowed to move from iReady to IXL to meet their LAUSD-required quota of weekly minutes

Social Studies Alive! - TBD

FOSS Science - Light and Sound

Discovery Science - App in Schoology

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) - Conversation starters during Breakfast and Daily Council

Physical Education (PE) -- Daily during the last half hour. Walking, running (with pacing), skipping, stretching, calisthenics, jump rope, cultural dances, Fitness Test practice and organized games such as kickball, basketball, flag football, soccer and pickleball with rules and etiquette.

Chess w/Jonney Machtig -- Moving from basic opening skills to ultimately competing in tournaments

Library w/Ms. Barbara -- check out a book to read during Sustained Silent Reading or to share with a friend or sibling

STEAM Studio w/Francesca and Gela -- Positive and negative space

Outdoor Education in the Garden w/Adam -- working on the Spring Harvest and preparing for the Theodore Payne Native Garden Tour

Theater w/Bryan -- TBD

Homework

If you have questions, comments, or cool ideas, please email Dr. K andrea.kittelson1@lausd.net

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What's Coming Up the Week of March 10, 2025

OLSAT Practice Test Tuesday, March 11, 2025. Ms. Lima to proctor

Health - One lesson per day from The Great Body Shop, Grade 2 and 3

Math - Continuing with area, perimeter and arrays

CKLA - Fighting (and Saving) for a Cause - both Globally and Locally; the Solar System

Writing - Continuing with opinion writing about topics of personal interest (e.g., the best pet, the best video game, the best boardgame, the best holiday, the benefits of recycling aluminum cans and responses to Hey, Little Ant). Also, starting "Where I'm From" poems...

iReady/IXL - Students work on their personalized learning in MyPath. Once they top out at Grade 8, they are allowed to move from iReady to IXL to meet their LAUSD-required quota of weekly minutes

Social Studies Alive! - My Community as it relates to California Communities. What makes a community? Who leads? How does one participate? At Walgrove? In Venice? In Los Angeles? In CA? Also: Women's history and Native American history, especially the Tataviam and Chumash people

FOSS Science - Light and Sound

Discovery Science - App in Schoology

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) - Conversation starters during Breakfast and Daily Council

Physical Education (PE) -- Daily during the last half hour. Walking, running (with pacing), skipping, stretching, calisthenics, jump rope, cultural dances, Fitness Test practice and organized games such as kickball, basketball, flag football, soccer and pickleball with rules and etiquette.

Chess w/Jonney Machtig -- Moving from basic opening skills to ultimately competing in tournaments

Library w/Ms. Barbara -- check out a book to read during Sustained Silent Reading or to share with a friend or sibling

STEAM Studio w/Francesca and Gela -- Light and shadow; opaque, transparent, transluscent, reflection, refraction, etc as they finish up the kaleidoscope project

Outdoor Education in the Garden w/Adam -- working on the Spring Harvest and preparing for the Theodore Payne Native Garden Tour

Theater w/Bryan -- Developing the voice-body connection and building character

Homework

If you have questions, comments, or cool ideas, please email both Scott LeWinter scl2698@lausd.net and Dr. K andrea.kittelson1@lausd.net

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