news and notes 1/7/07

Upcoming Events:

1/18 6th grade Assembly on Music, Art Poetry and Civil Rights.

Homework:

Writing: 15 minutes, 4 nights a week. Work on collecting stories for your essay!

Reading Buddies: 20 minutes 4 nights a week + entries in reading log everytime + post-it notes. Use Reading Log 2.0

Math: SMJ 128 and 129

Spanish: Make flashcards, due tomorrow

French: Translate p 81, do exercises 1 and 2 p 82, due tomorrow

Humanities: Letter from Iraq, due Wednesday 1/16


Notes:

The best part of today was the Reading Relay. It seems that everyone found a new book to read and we all got to peruse new books. We'll do one again soon, I promise. I'm also looking forward to our all to brief study of music and the civil rights era. I can't wait to hear your insights.

If you want to "see totally funny random clips of Sophia. and her friend Gina just having fun," check out www.sodafizzle.piczo.com this weekend!

Joke of the Day:

Q. What animal has more lives than a cat?
A. A frog, because he croaks every night.

Hot Choco:
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