October Newsletter 09

NOVEMBER 2009

Room 13 Newsletter

Garden Gate Elementary

Thanksgiving means exciting activities ahead! Thanksgiving is fast approaching, and that means two special days are just around the corner. The two days before Thanksgiving break will be full of fun and educational activities for all of fifth grade. Monday will be Native American Day. All fifth graders will rotate through craft stations in the GLC which teaches them about the crafts and lifestyles of Native Americans - just in time for

the Thanksgiving holiday. Tuesday will be Math Day. Each fifth grade teacher will teach a different math lesson with a fun twist. Students will have the chance to rotate through each of the fifth grade classrooms for a one-hour lesson. This enables our students to become comfortable will all of the teachers before the allimportant Science Camp excursion takes place.

November Schedule 11/2 Healthy Kids Survey 11/11 Veteran’s Day (No School) 11 11/25-11/27 Thanksgiving

Enrichment rotation We are moving into our 50 states and capitals unit! We will be memorizing all 50 states, moving through them region by region (east to west) through songs, mnemonics, projects and flash cards. Quizzes will build upon each other, each new quiz including the states and capitals of the last. Visit the Enrichment page of my website for the Animaniacs song and lyrics! 

Garden Gate Elementary

BIRTHDAY: 11/19 Vibhav

THANK YOU, VOLUNTEERS! Thank you to those parents who chip in their valuable time to make Room 13 function smoothly. Suchi: SPECTRA Art teacher Manasi & Sumathi: Project Cornerstone teachers Ashley Chen: Room Parent Jee Hyun Hahm: Book Orders Prabha: 5th grade aid, copier Tjas & Bala: Traffic Volunteers Alicia: Copier, laminator Our many graders: Manasi, Perumal,

Radhika,

Lavenya,

Suchi,

Nivedita, Alicia, Anuradha, Anjali, Hardeep, Anupriya, Sunita, Aruna, Raji OUR LIBRARY

Students are continuing to QuickTimeª and a enjoy Room 13’s library decompressor are needed to seeandthis picture. are working on maintaining its proper organization and care.