news and notes 1/28/09

Upcoming Events:
2/2 NO SCHOOL for Report Writing Day

Homework:
Humanities-
Note-taking, due 2/10

Reading-
Reading Buddies Monday and Thursday

Math-
All math due 1/30

World Language- due 1/28
Danielle - finish cartoon
Nathalie - 18 pts worth of sentences
Fatima- pg 90 and find cognates
Reva - questions on p 114

Science - Finish ratios, due 1/27
Read tension and compression packet, due 1/29

Other-
Bring $1 for bake sale
Test corrections, due 2/3

Notes:
What a great day in 6S! We did good work during research, moved forward on our essays and got inspired by the question "Is the community a utopia?" while planning for a debate next week. It was nice to see how thoughtful 6S is about our book. We've got some great ideas about the community.

Joke:

A motorist, after being bogged down in a muddy road, paid a passing farmer five dollars to pull him out with his tractor.
After he was back on dry ground he said to the farmer, "At those prices, I should think you would be pulling people out of the mud night and day."
"Can't", replied the farmer. "At night I haul water for the hole."

news and notes 1/27/09

Upcoming Events:
2/2 NO SCHOOL for Report Writing Day

Homework:
Humanities-
Note-taking, due 2/10

Reading-
Reading Buddies Monday and Thursday

Math-
All math due 1/30

World Language- due 1/28
Danielle - Write ten adverb sentences
Nathalie - Write sentences about the character
Fatima- Read pg 88 and 89, do pg89 a and b
Reva - Read page 114

Science - Finish ratios, due 1/27
Read tension and compression packet, due 1/29

Other-
Bring $2 for bracelet

Notes:
Good work today researching! I was really impressed with the excellent focus that everyone brought to their research today. Everyone was engaged and ready to work. Already, I'm hearing interesting facts about each civilization. I can't wait to see what happens when you finish your research and begin museum displays.

Joke:

Q. What did baby corn say to mama corn?
A. Where's popcorn?

news and notes 1/21

Upcoming Events:
1/19 NO SCHOOL for MLK Day

Homework:
Humanities-
Set up note taking sheets, due 1/22
Finish Map before Quiz, due 1/23

Reading-
Reading Buddies Monday and Thursday

Math-
All math due 1/23

World Language- due 1/23
Danielle - Nothing
Nathalie - Do exercises 8.9.10.11
Fatima- Do packet
Reva - Nothing

Other-
Bring $2 for bracelet

Notes:
We are starting our big project...

Joke:

When the waitress in a New York City restaurant brought him the soup of the day, the Englishman was a bit dismayed.
"Good heavens," he said, "what is this?"
"It's bean soup," she replied.
"I don't care what it's been," he replied. "What is it now?"

news and ntoes 1/16/09

Upcoming Events:
1/19 NO SCHOOL for MLK Day

Homework:
Humanities-
Finish Map before Quiz, due 1/23

Reading-
Reading Buddies Monday and Thursday

Math-


World Language- due 1/21
Danielle - Dialogue test
Nathalie- Finish Dialogue
Fatima- Read 86, do 87 a&b
Reva - Read 56, do 57 a

Other-
Bring $2 for bracelet
Keep track of work, due 1/20

Notes:
Happy Friday!!!

Joke:
A dog was chasing a neighboring cat around the block. The dog soon had the cat flattened. What did the cat say...?

Me-Owww!!!

news and notes 1/15/09

Upcoming Events:
1/19 NO SCHOOL for MLK Day

Homework:
Humanities-
Do worksheet and flashcards, 1/16

Reading-
Reading Buddies Monday and Thursday

Math-


World Language- due 1/16
Danielle - Test
Nathalie-Memorize yellow sheet
Fatima- nothing
Reva -study for test

Other-
Bring $2 for bracelet
Keep track of work, due 1/20

Notes:
Today we talked about a difficult incident of name calling at our school. 6S did a great job of expressing the complex feelings they had as well as asking some difficult questions about how to talk about racial difference. I was really proud of our class today.

Joke:
A young child walked up to her mother and stared at her hair. As mother scrubbed on the dishes, the girl cleared her throat and sweetly asked; "Why do you have some grey strands in your hair?"
The mother paused and looked at her daughter. "Every time you disobey, I get one strand of grey hair. If you want me to stay pretty, you better obey."
The mother quickly returned to her task of washing dishes. The little girl stood there thinking. She cleared her throat again. "Mother?" She sweetly asked again.
"Yes?" Her Mother replied. "Why is Grandma's hair all grey?"

news and notes 1/13/09

Upcoming Events:
Pizza Day tomorrow

Homework:
Humanities-
Do worksheet and flashcards, 1/16

Reading-
Reading Buddies Monday and Thursday

Math-
SMJ 147, due 1/14

World Language- due 1/14
Danielle and Nathalie-Practice 5 words, memorize 5 more
Fatima- Study 80, due 81 A & B
Reva - Study for the -ser quiz

Other-
Bring $2 for bracelet
Keep track of work, due 1/20

Notes:
Nice job recognizing the kindnesses that you do for one another!

Joke:
Q: How many ears did Davy Crockett have?
A: His left ear, his right ear, and his wild frontier.

news and notes 1/9/09

Upcoming Events:
1/8 Visit from 1st grade buddies

Homework:
Humanities-
Read article, take notes, decide on name and age, due tomorrow
Finish letter from Iraq, due 1/12

Math-
Math Packet, due Friday

World Language-
Nathalie-Do as much of the orange packet as you can
Fatima- Answer question D, pg 75
Reva - Finish Mis Vacaciones

Notes:
Wow! Diligent workers are we in 6S. Students are working hard to get their hands-on activities done for Thursday. I can't wait to see how they turn out.

Joke:
One day a little girl came home from school, and said to her mother, "Mommy, today in school I was punished for something that I didn't do."
The mother exclaimed, "But that's terrible! I'm going to have a talk with your teacher about this ... by the way, what was it that you didn't do?"
The little girl replied, "My homework."

news and notes 1/5/08

Welcome back!!

Homework will be posted tomorrow. Hope you had a great break!