news and note 3/2/07

This week :
3/5 Parent- Teacher Conference
3/9 Parent- Teacher Conference


Homework

Writing: Write 15 minutes 3 nights a week.
* Write about a time you were a bully, ally or bystander in your Let's Get Real folder, due tomorrow.

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.

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, SMJ 184, SL 5.6.

Humanities: Project on life in Ancient Greece, 20 minutes every weeknight.

16 Class periods & 19 days (including weekends and days off) left before the Museum.


Grammar:

French:

Spanish:

Science:

Tech:

Other: Book orders, due 4/1.

Notes

Thanks for working so hard on your self-reflections about the past 2 months. I really appreciated your thoughtfulness. I'm looking forward to sharing your thoughts with your parents during conferences.


WARNING: STUDY TIP
During the long weekend enjoy yourself, and work on your Greek Museum Projects. A great way to do this is to set aside a block of time each day for work. For example, you could decide to do homework from 1-3 pm on Saturday and Sunday. That way, you know exactly when you'll be working and you won't have to worry about it when you are out playing soccer, eating hamburgers with friends and family or just watching TV. The only thing you'll need to do is check the time, to make sure you are at home and ready work when 1pm rolls around. It's a great way to organize your time, so that you can both chill out and get stuff done.

Joke of the Day

This guy wins the lottery and decides to buy the nicest car he could find. He buys a Ferrari. It went 320 mph, had a V-12 engine, and went from 0-60 in 3 seconds. He thought nobody would be able to pass him. He decided to show his car off around town. He approaches a stoplight and at that stoplight came an old guy on a moped. The old guy says, "Nice car you have there can I take a look inside." The man says, "Sure look around all you want." When the old guy came out he said the car was all right. The guy who owned the Ferrari was pissed. His car was more than all right. So he decides to show the old man what his car could do. When the light turned green the man accelerated to 140 mph. just as the guy thought he had lost the old man he saw a black dot in his rear view mirror and it was gaining on him. IT WAS THE OLD GUY ON THE MOPED. The moped past the Ferrari. The guy in the Ferrari was like "no way." He then sped up to 240 mph and dusted the moped. But just as the guy in the Ferrari thought he had it made he saw a black dot in his rear view mirror and it was gaining on him. IT WAS THE OLD GUY ON THE MOPED. The moped passed him again. The guy in the Ferrari was getting mad, how could a moped do this. The guy then said, "that’s it" and floored it. He blazed past the old man going 320 mph. The guy in the Ferrari said " there’s no way he can pass me now. But just as he said that he saw a black dot in his rear view mirror and it was gaining on him. IT WAS THE OLD GUY ON THE MOPED. There was nothing the guy in the Ferrari could do. He was going as fast as he could. But this time the guy on the moped didn't pass him; it hit the back of his car. The guy in the Ferrari stopped immediately and ran to the old man. Amazingly the old man was still alive. The guy asked the old man if there was anything he could do. The old man replied, " Unhook my suspenders off of your rear view mirror.

Hot Chocolate

Stephen is responsible for Hot Chocolate 3/8/07.