The document provides a weekly update for a 5th grade PYP class. It discusses upcoming events like an exhibition informational evening and math summative. It provides details on continuing a novel study and student portfolios. It also shares updates on exhibition project work and notes support from older students. A calendar of upcoming weeks is included.

1. Class
Update:
Week
of
March
2nd
(week
9,
term
2)
Spedding
Grade
5
PYP
The
International
School
of
Monterey
From
MSped’s
SEM
class
on
Friday:
Using
alginate
to
create
hand
and
foot
molds,
with
5th
graders
assisting
younger
students.
Good
morning!
I
received
an
email
from
a
parent
who
was
not
able
to
see
term
2
grades
on
PowerSchool.
If
you’re
having
a
similar
problem,
or
have
discovered
a
workaround,
please
let
me
know.
I’ll
check
with
our
PowerSchool
guru,
Karen
Kushel,
about
it
first
thing
in
the
morning.
Here’s
what’s
happening
around
the
classroom
this
week:
The
Exhibition
Many
thanks
to
all
of
you
who
were
able
to
attend
our
Exhibition
informational
evening
last
Thursday.
There
was
quite
a
nice
turnout.
We
hope
it
was
helpful.
You’ll
find
a
link
to
our
GooglePresentation
on
the
Exhibition
website
here.
If
you
have
any
questions
about
the
Exhibition,
or
would
like
to
see
something
on
the
website
that’s
seems
to
be
missing,
please
let
me
know.
We
depend
on
your
feedback.
We
now
enter
week
3
of
the
Exhibition,
and
it
is
now
time
for
teams
to
arrange
contacts
in
the
community.
Teams
are
reminded
that
a
formal
field
trip
permission
form
must
be
drawn
up
and
signed
by
all
parents
of
students
going
off
campus.
Advanced
notice
is
REQUIRED.
While
teams
are
welcome
to
use
my
fancy-­‐schmancy
lavalier
microphone,
I
will
be
sending
my
video
camera
off
for
repairs,
and
it
will
not
be
available
for
at
least
a
couple
of
weeks.

2. Parents
are
welcome
and
encouraged
to
track
their
child’s
Exhibition
progress
by
monitoring
their
entries
into
Running
Records,
and
by
asking
questions
and
expecting
thoughtful,
knowledgeable,
and
specific
responses.
Parents
are
strongly
encouraged
to
question,
cheer,
poke
and
prod,
and
offer
suggestions/guidance
as
helpful.
However,
students
must
remain
the
center
of
gravity,
assuming
FULL
responsibility
for
the
quality
of
their
team
collaboration
and
individual
learning,
demonstrating
the
attributes
and
attitudes
of
the
PYP.
6th
graders
Marco,
Niamh,
Alex
and
Keita
help
Jason
and
Ashley
to
understand
the
details
of
desalination
based
on
their
exceptional
work
last
year.
Math
Summative
Tomorrow
Students
are
reminded
to
look
over
the
Unit
7
Review
and
their
Math
Journal
pages
in
advance
of
the
summative
tomorrow.
The
summative
will
focus
on
exponents,
order
of
operations
(PEMDAS),
drawing
and
interpreting
line
graphs,
and
operations
with
positive
and
negative
numbers.
Looking
ahead,
Unit
8
begins
with
a
review
of
adding
and
subtracting
mixed
numbers,
then
moves
to
the
multiplication
and
division
of
fractions,
and
finding
percents
of
a
number
(problems
which
involve
finding
discounts
like
you’ve
seen
in
the
math
boxes).
FLUSH
Much
to
he
kids’
delight,
we
will
continue
reading
Carl
Hiaasen’s
novel
Flush
in
earnest
next
week.
The
challenge
will
be
to
restrain
students
from
reading
the
book
overnight.
For
those
of
you
who
are
loving
the
book
thus
far,
I
suggest
you
consider
digging
into
one
of
his
other
very
popular
children’s
books.
See
Amazon
for
a
list,
several
of
which
we
have
in
our
classroom
library.

3.
Note
Carl
Hiaasen’s
interview
on
60
Minutes.
Student
Portfolios
The
kids’
portfolios
are
now
organized
and
up-­‐to-­‐date
<insert
cross-­‐fingers>.
Next
week
I’ll
be
asking
students
to
share
the
portfolios
with
you
at
home.
Wow,
wasn’t
the
trip
to
the
Symphony
fun!
It
was
fun
even
before
we
left
the
classroom!
Below
Ashley
and
James
are
interviewed
by
KSBW.
Sadly,
being
without
a
television,
I
never
saw
the
segment
aired.
If
you
happen
to
have
recorded
it,
I’d
love
to
have
a
copy.

4. The
Calendar
MARCH
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
2
ExhibitionProject
Week3
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
ExhibitionProject
Week4
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
ExhibitionProject
Week5
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Spring
Break
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Here
we
see
Chris
experimenting
with
his
new
idea
for
creating
custom
shoes
from
bubble
gum
molds.
I’ll
let
Chris
explain
the
rest.