news and notes 2/27/07

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.

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
For Thursday, PS and estimation due

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, continue bringing in costume and props, due 3/1.
Book orders, due 3/1.

Notes

6S will be performing at Thursday's assembly. Amy has told me that she loves 6S's energy and enthusiasm for performance. It's too bad that the class has to perform so soon, but they do have the ability to do some great work!! I'm really looking forward to seeing 6S show it's stuff.

On a completely different note, during the break I drove down to Los Angeles on the 5. While driving I listened to an audio tour of the area, which focused on environmental causes and pollution on the 5, as well as the history of farming and development in the area. You can download the tour at www.invisible5.org. It is a fabulous piece of journalism and a call to activism.

Joke of the Day

A gentleman entered a busy florist shop that displayed a large sign that read “Say It with Flowers.”
“Wrap up one rose” he told the florist.
“Only one?” the florist asked.
“Just one,” the customer replied
“I’m a man of few words.”

Hot Chocolate

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