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Dear parents and students,
The CST is upon us and we must seize the day! We have been working incredibly hard to prepare for this test. This test is of high importance and our Class Goal is to score Advanced both in Language Arts and in Math. We will earn a piñata for perfect attendance throughout the two weeks of testing, and everyone earns a piece of the “CST Party Pass Puzzle” for exhibiting great effort, attendance, and focus during testing. This will be an all-out fun celebration of our hard work complete with food, games, prizes, mural-painting, dancing, music, etc., etc.

This is a class of high expectations. I want you to join me as we embark on an amazing journey of learning and academic accomplishments. Here’s a quick breakdown of our class.

These next few months we will...
Go through 20 Math Topics of our new program Envision Math (Pearson) and take four Quarter Assessments. We will cover several Open Court Units and take five Assessments. We will also prewrite, draft, edit, proofread, and publish (cursive and on Word), four separate Unit Writing Projects. We will utilize all of the depth and complexity icons to discuss our weekly Open Court stories at length, as well as other concepts and ideas found in all of our academic subjects. We will create approximately 20 Power Point presentations on our iBook G4 laptops and save all of our material on USB flash-drives. We will explore our solid Earth (Earth Science) and learn about the land of California (Social Studies). There will be singing, drama, and a great holiday program as well, and much, much more!

Remember to always try your best!!

OUR STUDENTS

Jahzeel
Grecia
Jason
Jessica G.
Alondra
Benjamin
Jessica V.
Brandon
Hailey
Flavio
Omar
Elizabeth
Christopher
Edith
Ramon
Yetzeni
Erik
Leslye
Diana
Laura
Cesar
Jose
Uriel
Brandon
Cindy
Juliana
Matthew
Gabriel

OUR TEAMS
Yellow Team, Red Team, Blue Team, Green Team, Orange Team, Purple Team

OUR NEIGHBORS
Top Floor: Next door - Mr. Alvarez, (Room 26), Mr. Bauman (Room 27 - 4th Grade) and Ms. Drake (Room 25 - 5th Grade)
Bottom Floor: Mrs. Casillas (4th Grade), Mrs. Robrecht (4th Grade), Mrs. Tirado (5th Grade), Mrs. Mangan (4TH & 5TH)

HOMEWORK
Please make sure that you do all of your homework every night of the week, (except for Friday). : )
A - Unfortunately, you will be benched for recess if you do not bring your homework.
B - If it is incomplete you will need to finish it at recess, in the classroom.
You will get notes for your parents for both A or B.

BEHAVIOR
Always remember to follow the Class and Yard Rules.

CLASS RULES
1 - Don't talk when the teacher is talking.
2 - Listen attentively.
3 - Follow directions the first time.
4 - Raise your hands for questions or comments.
5 - Respect other people and their belongings.
6. - Stay on task.

REWARDS
1 - Every Friday we have a… Winning Team. Here's how your team can win:
Members on the winning team...
-Complete their homework every day,
-follow all of our Class Rules consistently,
-remain as "Outstanding Citizens" throughout the week,
-are great listeners, and
-are always on task.
**If your team wins:
1 - your team photo will be on the Internet on this Class Website!
2 - You will each get a prize from the “Prize Box”. 3 - Your team will line up first for lunch/recess for a day. Your names will go first on the Outstanding Citizens Chart. 5 - You will each get a homework pass. 6 - Your team will assign the homework on Thursdays.

OUTSTANDING CITIZENS will get a special slip to collect for Friday prizes and will get to participate in all the SUPER FUN ACTIVITIES.

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES
(C.R. 1 Laura, C.R.2 Jason,
C.R.3 Ramon C.R.4 Leslye)

OPEN COURT THEME
Surviving - Communication
READING SKILLS
Overview: Making Inferences, Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Author’s Point of View

READING STRATEGIES
Overview: Visualize, Predict, Summarize, Clarify

WRITING
The Writing Process Overview: Prewrite – Draft – Edit – Proofread – Publish – multi-paragraph essays - Responding to Literature - Writing Strategies Exercises

MATH
Topics 1-20
SOCIAL STUDIES
"Our California"
The Land of California
SCIENCE
Physical Science

PE
Wednesdays /Thursdays "Sports Day"
Basketball, Softball, Soccer
(Blue Team: "Avatars" vs White Team: "Cookies & Cream")
Stretching, Fundamentals, Conditioning, Game Rules, Skills, Techniques,
Team Work, Season Games, Qualifiers, Playoffs, Final Matches (Championship)

DRAMA CLUB
Dr. Magic - Unit 3 Closing Show
Crew
STAGE MANAGERS – LAURA, ELIZABETH
DOORS/LIGHTS/SEATING/TICKETS – ERIK, BRANDON
HAIR/MAKE UP – JESSICA G, EDITH
PROPS – HAILEY, DIANA, MATHEW
COSTUMES – CINDY, ALONDRA
SCENERY –JAHZEEL, OMAR, SC90989HHIG BENJAMIN, FLAVIO
TECHNOLOGY/SOUND - CHRISTOPHER
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS – YETZENI, LESLYE
Room 28 - Mr. Diaz’s Class
4th Grade

Drama Club 6
Actors
Unit 3 Closer

ROLE/CHARACTER ACTOR
Toro Leslye R-2
Torero Hector P.
Mrs. Hyde Diana
Dr. Jekyll Ramon
Stetho Jacob
Scope Hailey
Dr. Magic Jason
Nurse Grecia
Patient 1 Edith
Patient 2 Hailey
Patient 3 Benjamin
Patient 4 (Lepricon) Juliana
Tourist (AKA Nerd) Jahzeel
Sick Woman Cesar
Girl 1 Hailey
Girl 2 Juliana
Girl 3 Edith
COMEDY CREW – Mathew S. Uriel, Gabriel, Edith, Ramon

• Story Lines
• Mirrors
• Mime
• Improvisation
• Scene
• Unit Openers and Closers
Our Unit 2 Opener (Dreams to Jobs) and Original Skit "Tacos for Money" turned out great. Mr. Laresca (actor and entrepeneur) was our guest speaker and inspired us all with his life story and passion for his craft. Students became Thespians and some even performed well enough (crew/actors) to become Dynamos (DC Steps)!! We also wrote as a class, a Thanksgiving skit, "Grilled Chicken", and perfomed it four times!! We also have a new trainee from Mr. Alvarez's class, Jacob, and we will be interviewing other actors SC aoidjf8and crew members for membership to Drama Club 6.