College Trivia

1 1.    Which college has the world’s largest contiguous college campus, spanning more than 27,000 acres of woodlands, meadows and streams. There are 47 primary buildings on campus, including 15 classroom facilities and 10 residence halls?

  2.    What college did George Washington Carver attend and graduate from?

  3.    Which college mascot is the Polar Bear?

  4.   Which college began in 1910 as a teacher training college and has Falcons as its mascot?

  5.    What Jesuit Catholic college is located in Cleveland Ohio?

  6.    What University is known as the first medical research University?

A Few Reminders

*Friday is a SOAR day in specials. Please be sure that your child brings his or her tennis shoes, because they will be needed!

*Daylight Savings time ends on Sunday November, 2nd. Don't forget to "Fall Back!" This is also a great time to change the batteries on your smoke alarms!

*Also, Tuesday, November 4th is a Holiday for students and a training day for teachers. I know the kids will be THRILLED!

*The Fall Dance has been moved to February. It was a Big Shanty tradition, so I am sad to hear this. I will see you there in February, though!

*Picture Retake day will be November 6th.

Explorer Journal

Social Studies: 
I have decided to extend the deadline for the Explorer's Journal project for Gordon's homeroom to Wednesday, October 29th.

The journals of Mr. Desin's homeroom will be due on Friday, October 31st.

Reading:
We are continuing to read our fiction chapter books. This week, we are focusing on comparing perspectives of characters in our books.

Mini Bites:
We are going to work on Research and Writing Mini Bites for the 2nd 9 weeks to help us with revising and editing.

Explorer Journal

Social Studies and Language Arts: 

     

     For the past few weeks, we have been gathering information about explorers. Students are completing journal entries about an explorer they have chosen. Students are asked to write from the perspective of an explorer to complete four narrative journal entries. These will be due on Tuesday, October 28th. Please see your child's Social Studies folder to view the checklist and expectations for this project.

SS4H2.a

Describe the reasons for, obstacles to, and accomplishments of the Spanish, French, and English explorations of John Cabot, Vasco Nunez Balboa, Juan Ponce de Leon, Christopher Columbus, Henry Hudson, and Jacques Cartier.

     In reading, we are reading fiction chapter books. We have been discussing setting,  character, and plot. We will continue reading these chapter books over the next few weeks and begin main idea and summarizing. I am enjoying the higher level conversations we are having while discussing these books together.