new and notes 10/11/06

Farm Field Trips:: The Schedule Thus Far

Star Route Farm - Friday, Oct 6th
Macabe, Stephen and Michael
Faculty Chaperone: Suzette Duncan
Driver: Mark Camps

Chileno Family Ranch - Tuesday, Oct 10th
Arom, Aiden and Chloe
Faculty Chaperone: Suzette Duncan
Driver: Jennie Kidder

Ceja Vineyards - Wednesday, Oct 11th (NEW DATE!!)
Alex and Jose
Faculty Chaperone: Kathryn Lee
Driver: Kathryn Lee and TBA

Knoll Farm - Wednesday, Oct 11th
Xan and René
Faculty Chaperone: Kristin Stringfield
Driver: a parent from 6k and Brad Marshland

McCormick Organic Sheep Ranch - Thursday, Oct 12th
Eden, Jennie and Alison
Faculty Chaperone: Kathryn Lee
Driver: Kathryn Lee and TBA

Lunny Ranch/Drake's Bay Oyster Farm -Friday, Oct 13th
Jasper and David
Faculty Chaperone: Kristin Stringfield
Driver: TBA

Sunol Agpark - Friday, Oct 13th
Zoe, Mae and Angela
Faculty Chaperone: Jonathan Cohen
Driver: Johnathan and TBA

Eco Village - Tuesday, Oct 17th or Friday, Oct 20th
Sylvia and Shannon
Faculty Chaperone: Suzette Duncan
Driver: TBA

Please contact me immediately if you would like to participate in one of our upcoming farm visits.

Please return permission slips as soon as possible.

All you need for the trips are:
lunch
writing folder
writing notebook
a pencil
some clothes you don't mind getting dirty in

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.

and for Thursday SMJ pg 42 and for Friday pgs 43-45


Humanities: Reread Farmfolks handout. Write selected questions in your writer's notebook with space for answers, due the day of your Farm Field Trip.

Grammar:

French:

Spanish:

Science: Questions on nutrition.


Tech:

Thanks to Stephen for submitting a picture of the week. We have a baby picture coming soon.
I wonder who it is? I wonder who will guess? We are coming to the end of our first writing cycle. Students are typing up their final drafts and working on editing techniques. I can't wait to get your final drafts so that I can put together our first publication of class writing. What should we name our magazine? I'm looking forward to your suggestions.