news and notes 9/19/06

Homework

Reading and Writing: 15 Minutes of each daily.

Writing notebooks will be collected on
Mondays for Table 5
Tuesdays for Table 1
Wednesdays for Table 2
Thursdays for Table 3
and Fridays for Table 4.

Bring your reading book Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Math: 5 minutes of math facts practice daily.
Estimation, due every Thursday.
Stumper (optional), due whenever you get unstumped.
Problem Solving, due every Monday.
NEW ONGOING MATH ASSIGNMENTS - look for interesting graphs

and for Wednesday, pgs 10-12, NIM strategies, and how to improve studying math facts.

Humanities: Migrant Farmer article, highlighting and questions, due next Monday 9/25

French: Unit Packet 1, ex. 1-7 due Thursday (9/21). Also, finish the comic.

Spanish: Study Flashcards and correct sentences.

Science: Earth the whole, due Friday, 9/22

Tech: Survey, due Tuesday, 9/26.

Other: Your completed Homework Plan, due tomorrow.
Project Time materials for Thursday.
Scholastic Book Orders due Monday 9/25.

Tuesday is a little sad for me because we only have something like an hour together. Nevertheless, I was glad that we made some decisions about how to use the library space during reading time. I also really enjoyed your comments about reading books again. You can get so much from reading a book again when you are a little older and understand a little more. It's also wonderful to read a book that you love to find more to admire. You guys are right on. Thanks for your thoughtful comments. We've spent a lot of time talking about homework procedures in the last week or so. I have to admit I've been very worried about it, but you guys are stepping up. I was really pleased how many people handed in their work and how many talked to me to let me know they did not have their homework. Way to go 6S!