news and notes 2/12/07

This week :
2/13 Rick or Mike will come to us 2º to talk about Peer Mediation, Assembly instead of Electives
2/14 Valentine's Day Brunch and Reading Buddies during 3º and 4º
2/8 Admissions Activity Day, Drama and Music during 5º and 6º
2/9 Electives instead of Assembly

Homework

Writing:

Write 15 minutes 3 nights a week.

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.

* For the next two weeks we will have Reading Buddies on Wednesday

Literature:

Math:

5 minutes of math facts practice daily.
Estimation, due every Thursday.
Stumper (optional), due whenever you get unstumped.
Problem Solving, due every other Monday.

for Tuesday, SL 5.1, SMJ 166-166.

Humanities: Research on life in Ancient Greece, 15 minutes every weeknight.
* Research binder, due Wednesday 2/14.
* Project Plan, due Friday 2/16.

Grammar:

French: Find 20 new words in "Moi, J'aime skier" and translate, due Monday 2/6.

Spanish: Hoja, due Wednesday 2/14.

Science: Sections 1, 2 and 3.

Tech:

Other: *Book orders, due 3/1.

Notes

Students, you have a 2 more days to work on your the research for the Ancient Greek Project. After that, the fun stuff starts - creating your character, writing about their lives, creating museum displays. I am excited to see the final products. I've been learning a lot along with you.

I'm also excited that we will be talking more bullying and teasing. Middle school is one of the hardest times in life when it comes to bullying and teasing. I hope that you'll be able to learn some tools to continue to be caring and empathetic people.


Joke of the Day

A police officer in a small town stopped a motorist who was speeding down Main Street.
"But officer." the man began, "I can explain,".
"Just be quiet," snapped the officer. "I'm going to let you cool your heels in jail until the chief gets back..."
"But officer, I just wanted to say...."
"And I said to keep quiet! You're going to jail!"
A few hours later the officer looked in on his prisoner and said, "Lucky for you that the chief is at his daughter's wedding. He'll be in a good mood when he gets back."
"Don't count on it," answered the fellow in the cell. "I'm the groom."

Hot Chocolate

Xan is responsible for Hot Chocolate 2/14/07.