news and notes 2/26/07 :: Welcome Back!

This week :
2/28 Reading Buddies
3/1 Drama and Music during 5º and 6º, Drama performance 7º Parents are welcome to attend.


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.

* This week we will have Reading Buddies on Wednesday.

* Find five words in your reading for which you'd like to find the etymology.

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 Wednesday, SL 5.4, SMJ 174-178

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

Grammar:

French: * Write 10 new sentences with the prepositions, due 2/28.

Spanish: *Study -ar, dar and estar and write sentences, due 2/28.

Science:

Tech:

Other:
Drama, bring costume and props, due 2/27.
Book orders, due 3/1.

Notes

It was great to see 6S back in class today. We find out about each others' breaks by playing 2 truths and a lie. Our ski racer (Stephen) did not make it to the Junior Olympics, but he did place first in his division. Jenni won her Balladium championship, while Angela unfortunately lost. And Shannon started her own fan club, although it seems extremely hard to become a member.

Students will he working independently on their Ancient Greek projects for the next 23 days. We'll have at least on class period of work a day, but they should continue to work each night at home.

Joke of the Day

How many cups of coffee will this hold?” the man asked as he placed a large thermos on the lunchroom counter.
“Six cups,” advised the waitress.
“Fine,” replied the man. “Give me two cups regular, two cups black, and two with extra cream


Hot Chocolate

Jennie is responsible for Hot Chocolate 2/28/07.