news and notes 10/24/06

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 Wednesday, Red Paint plan. Answer due Monday, 10/30.

Humanities:

Grammar: *Nouns, due Tuesday 10/31.

French:

Spanish: Study for test.

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: Scholastic Book Orders, due Monday 10/30.


Notes

Kids looked a little tired today, like maybe they stayed up late and enjoyed a 3 day weekend. We are still having trouble with homework. Ony about 1/2 the class turned in their grammar homework. I'm worried that this is continuing. We will have to carve out some time this week or next to talk about how to make this better. Today, I saw 6s a little bit more than I usually do on Tuesdays. I subbed for Jonathan in Science and taught a lesson on nutrition. It's been a year since I've taught sixth grade science, but I really enjoyed doing it today.

Joke of the Day

A passenger in a taxi leaned over to ask the driver a question and tapped him on the shoulder. The driver screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus, drove up over the curb, and stopped just inches from a large plate glass window.

For a few moments everything was silent in the cab, and then the still shaking driver said, "I'm sorry but you scared the daylights out of me."

The frightened passenger apologized to the driver and said he didn't realize a mere tap on the shoulder could frighten him so much.

The driver replied, "No, no, I'm sorry, it's entirely my fault. Today is my first day driving a cab. I've been driving a hearse for the last 25 years."