news and notes 11/8/06

Homework

Writing:
Write 15 Minutes 5 nights a week.

*Farmfolks revision due tomorrow. Try to rewrite your piece in the style of a feature article (for those working on a title page) or like Paul Fleischman (for those writing a vignette or small writing).

Reading Buddies:
Read 15 minutes 5 nights a week.

Bring Reading Buddies books and be prepared for Reading Buddies meetings and discussions every Tuesday 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 Thursday SL 2.7, Estimation Exploration right side and test corrections and signatures.

Humanities:

Grammar: Taking a grammar break before the ERBs.

French:

Spanish: Make flashcards.

Science: Read chapter 3 and answer questions at the end of the chapter, due Friday 11/10.

Tech:

Other: Permission slips for Pizza and a Movie, due 11/10. The party is 11/17.
Permission slips for the Rosicrusian Museum due 11/16. The trip is 11/20.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Good luck, thespians!

Notes

We worked hard on revisions to our Farmfolks writing assignments. Students may be asking themselves, "I already wrote this, why do I have to do it again." Revisions are not things that teacher think up simply to torment students or provide homework for the evening. They are a way to take the raw ideas of an original draft in craft them into something beautiful. The strange thing about writing is that it is never done. There are papers and stories I wrote years ago that I would love to rewrite even now. Writing is a process, not a one-shot-deal.


Joke of the Day

How can you tell if you have been spending too much time at home on the Internet?

Your mom emails you a message saying dinner is ready and she uses the address
"mom@home.com."