What an amazing day at the beach! It started out drizzly and sprinkling, and ended up being the most beautiful beach day ever. The kids loved the sand and the ocean, and did NOT listen to Ms. Kim and dared to get their feet wet. But no complaints were heard, so all went smoothly!
After many weeks of waiting, the students finally had their chance to harvest the radishes that have been growing on the stoop of the stairwell. Their patience paid off, because the vegetables were delicious! There were a few different kinds of radish planted, but the consensus was that they were all tasty in their own unique way. The kids tasted every part of the radish, including the stems and leaves.
Be generally truthful and dependable
Develop increasing independence
Improve problem-solving skills
Acquire more advanced listening and responding skills
Enjoy organizing and classifying objects and ideas
Be able to read and concentrate for long periods of time
Read complex text fluently and with good comprehension
Research a topic using a variety of sources and use the features of books (e.g., index, glossary, appendix) to find information
Identify conflict, climax and resolution in a story
Write an organized, multi-paragraph composition in sequential order with a central idea
Use problem-solving strategies to solve real-world math problems
Add and subtract fractions and decimals
Identify and describe three-dimensional shapes, and find their volumes and surface areas
Use long division to divide large numbers by multi-digit divisors (86,554 / 392)
There are some very important things that you need to keep in mind when you're on your computer at home.
First, remember never to give out personal information such as your name, home address, school name, or telephone number in a chat room or on bulletin boards. Also, never send a picture of yourself to someone you chat with on the computer without your parent's permission.
Never write to someone who has made you feel uncomfortable or scared.
Do not meet someone or have them visit you without the permission of your parents.
Tell your parents right away if you read anything on the Internet that makes you feel uncomfortable.
Remember that people online may not be who they say they are. Someone who says that "she" is a "12-year-old girl" could really be an older man.
To read more about new privacy rules, visit the Federal Trade Commission's Web site at http://www.fbi.gov/cgi-bin/outside.cgi?http://www.ftc.gov/. There is a special section just for kids.
The students had an amazing field trip to the Academy of Sciences, thanks to Lindzy and the Rock Foundation. We arrived promptly at 9:15 a.m. and entered the Planetarium. The show was incredibly educational, not to mention a wonder to watch! Everyone was quite impressed with the show and the knowledge of the docent leading the lecture. Do not miss it, if you visit the Academy in the future!
The Sutro students all joined together on Thursday to do some jumping for heart! Everyone did a fabulous job, and Room 11 jumped their hearts out. For the speed jumping competition, our very own Jack won his division with 300 jumps per minute! I was impressed with their devotion to the cause. Good job, students!
Our next field trip is to the Academy of Sciences for a special program they have designed and funded just for fourth and fifth graders in San Francisco. Big thanks to Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Fund for Enhancement Museum Visits for Students for making this trip possible."...a Tour of Our Solar System, in which we embark on a trip from planet Earth, navigating into orbit around our star, the Sun. En route, students compare gaseous and rocky planets to moons, asteroids, and stars, ultimately examining what makes a planet a planet (or not) through the eyes of a scientist."
The kids celebrated the Chinese New Year today with our annual Tea House Celebration. This yearly event is widely considered the most delicious school lunch of the year!
Every year, the upper grades in the Unified School District have the opportunity to watch "mini" concerts at various locations around the city. We had a field trip to an AIMS concert at neighboring Laurel School down the street, and it was the first of several we will be watching this year.
Every year, the upper grades travel to the incredible San Francisco Symphony to listen to some classical (and not so classical) music. It's a terrific chance that not a lot of students often get, and we always take advantage of the invitation when it comes. 
The President's Reports are now in and they are amazing! Some of the pictures were inspiring, some were revealing, all were incredible. The oral reports went off without a hitch, although some need to speak up. Little mouse voices don't work well in a class of 33, unfortunately. 
Our fabulous librarian, Ms. Molly, taught the kids a wonderful lesson on vascular plants! They created their own Botany Books, and will continue to add to them as the year progresses. 
We are lucky to have a science-savvy librarian, Ms. Molly, to find us fabulous opportunities in the science world. Today, we actually touched real hearts! 
The great artist Paul Cezanne once said, "A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art." Truer words have rarely been spoken. 
