news and notes 10/10/26

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.

for Monday the answer to the Red Paint plan, and Tough Numbers
for Thursday, Cube problem.

Humanities: *Service Learning Assignment #2, Monday 10/30.

Grammar: Nouns, due Tuesday 10/31.

French:

Spanish:

Science: Pay attention to serving sizes. Write down the serving size or two things you eat and note the amount you ate. Sometimes serving sizes are unrealistic, due Monday 10/30.

Tech:

Other: Last chance to submit Scholastic Book Orders, due Monday 10/30.


Notes

Writing workshop was great today. Everyone had something to write. Our guest writers, Jennie, Rene, Angela and Michael also shared their techniques for getting ideas and getting unstuck with the class. Bravo!! We did a lot of talking about how to have good discussions. People did their best to have productive discussion and were so thoughtful about what went great and what did not. Bravo, again!! Have a lovely 3 day weekend.

Joke of the Day

A poet and a scientist were traveling together on a plane. The scientist was bored and said to the poet, "Hey, you, do you want to play a game? I'll ask you a question, and if you get it wrong, you give me $5. Then, you ask me a question, and if I can't answer it, I'll give you $5."
The poet thought about this for a moment, but he decided against it, seeing that the scientist was obviously a very bright man. He politely turned down the scientist's offer.
The scientist, who was really bored, tried again. "Look, I'll ask you a question, and if you can't answer it, you give me $5. Then you ask me a question, and if I can't answer it, I'll give you $50."
The poet agreed. "Okay," the scientist said, "what is the exact distance between the Earth and the Moon?"
The poet, obviously not knowing the answer, didn't stop to think about the scientist's question. He took a $5 bill out of his pocket and handed it to the scientist.
The scientist happily accepted the bill and promptly said, "Okay, now it's your turn."
The poet thought about this for a few minutes, then asked, "All right, what goes up a mountain on three legs, but comes down on four?"
The bright glow quickly vanished from the scientist's face. He thought about this for a long time, taking out his notepad and making numerous calculations. He finally gave up on his notepad and took out his laptop, using his Multimedia Encyclopedia. As the plane was landing the scientist gave up. He reluctantly handed the poet a $50 bill.
The poet accepted it graciously, getting ready to stand up. "Wait!" the scientist shouted, "you can't do this to me! What's the answer?"
The poet looked at the scientist and calmly put a $5 bill into his hand.