news and notes 3/29/07

This week:
3/27 Tuesday Reading Buddies Resumes√

Next week:
Poetry Month begins

Homework

Writing: Write 15 minutes 3 nights a week. (Tonight write more about the poem sparks!)

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: Finish Skellig. Come prepared to talk about a theory, due Friday 3/30

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, SMJ 216 (every other), and SL 6.3

Humanities: * If you forgot your research binder today bring in what you'd like me to save and your empty binder, due tomorrow

Grammar:

French: Finish and color book, due Friday 3/30

Spanish: Food you want and 3 sentences, due Friday 3/30

Science: Moon Project, due 4/23

Tech:

Other: Book orders, due 4/1.

Notes

It's been hard getting back into the swing of things after the excitement of the museum and the intense work of research that led up to it. Still 6S is returning to it's routines. I'm really excited about our study of poetry. I am having fun trying to remember all the poems I memorized in high school and college. As I've been trying to emphasis all week, we are going to enjoy creating and reading poetry. I hope that even those who feel that this is a painful unit, will come away thinking about it positively.

Joke of the Day

"You have been in Rome?"
"Yes"
"Did you visit The Coliseum.”
"Yes"
"and ?"
"It will be splendid when it is finished"

Hot Chocolate

Zoe is responsible for Hot Chocolate 4/3/07.