news and notes 10/16/06

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.

For Tuesday pg 19, Read, discuss and have parents sign Family Letter.

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: * Part of speech, due 10/24.

French:

Spanish:

Science:* Read Chapter 1 and answer questions in complete sentences.

Tech:

We completed our first writing cycle today. We all shared donut holes, juice and fruit, and spent some time hanging out before 4 brave volunteers Stephen, Sylvia, Chloe and Shannon shared their work. I was so amazed by the level of detail and the use of language by our resident authors. I'm looking forward to enjoying the rest of your work. We'll be doing a short writing project before beginning our next cycle about the people and experiences we had at the farms next week.

I heard a silly joke today that I feel I must share:
Q: What do you call a fairy that has not taken a shower?
A: Stinkerbelle.

That's a knee-slapper.