news and notes 2/2/07

Next week is a very, very, very busy week:
2/5 Sylvia, Jennie and Suzette go to Tapscott @ 2:00 pm
2/7 Math conference, St. Mary's College
2/8 Admissions Activity Day
2/9 Farm Celebration

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 at least the next 3 weeks we wili only have Reading Buddies on Thursdays, so that you will have lots of class time for research.

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 Friday, SL 4.10, late homework.

Humanities: Research on life in Ancient Greece, 15 minutes every weeknight.

Grammar:

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

Spanish:

Science:

Tech: Scan flashdrives @ home, due Tuesday 2/6.

Other: Math conference permission slips.

Notes

There's still a lot research to do. Monday is the day your Phase I research should be complete. Work during the weekend, but take lots of breaks. You brain doesn't function very well doing the same thing for more than 30 minutes at a time.


Joke of the Day

Knock Knock
Who's there?
Alex
Alex who?
Alexplain later, now let me in.

Hot Chocolate

Xan is responsible for Hot Chocolate 2/8/07.