Monday, February 25, 2013

February 25-March 1

Upcoming Events
 February 26,27,28 - Audition for Talent Show
March 1 - Dr. Suess Birthday wear your Dr. Seuss shirt or crazy socks
March 6 - Duds for Dollars
March 11 - SARSEF Science Fair at TCC
March 12 - Pre-pay Spring Pictures

Field Trip March 18
Our class will be going on a field trip March 18 to the University of Arizona as part of our leadership program. Permission forms as well as details will be going home soon.

Homework 
Parents please make sure that you are actively checking your children's homework. We have to many students losing points in the class by just not remembering to turn in or do homework. Students are now earning more and more detention to make up the work they have missed for homework.  Every night students will have three things, Saxon Math Lesson, Reading Log, Spelling. This has never changed throughout the year nor will it change now.

What we are doing...
Math- Decimals/Percents/Fractions, circle measurements
Reading- Hoot! Finishing poetry unit( concrete, limerick, haiku)
Writing- Expressive Writing, writing to entertain
Social Studies - Romulus and Remus the founding of Rome
Science- Scaling Everest, Chocolate plants

Spelling List
aluminum
athlete
blanket
blouse
cafeteria
carburetor
cement
delivery
directory
infinite
janitor
mercury
operation
profit
salmon

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

February 11 -15

Updates
February 14 Valentines Day, Special Duds For Dollars
February 14 -Science Fair Boards Due!!!
February 15- Science Fair Judging in Cafeteria
February 20- Grandparents Day
February 21-22 Rodeo Break

LPA Run, Walk, Ride for Education  March 16 9:45 AM
Please join us at our schools big fundraising event this year. Students received pledge forms yesterday for this event, take your time to donate some money to help out La Paloma as best you can, thank you.

Science Fair
Science fair boards and everything is due this week on THURSDAY FEBRUARY 14TH . Make sure that all the materials as well as your board are brought in on this day. Students grade for science this quarter are highly weighted towards what they did in the science fair.

Progress Reports
Students will be receiving progress reports on Monday and Tuesday make sure that you take the time to see what they have for grades as well as signing their forms to let me know that you have seen them.


What we are doing....
Math- faces, edges, vertex; probability; volume of 3D shapes
Reading- poetry; metaphor, simile,hyperbole,personification, idioms
Writing- Verb tenses, expressive writing
Social Studies- Peloponnesian War, Rosa Parks impact
Science- What's in what we eat

Spelling Words
burial
global
hereditary
identical
nerve
onion
publish
kidney
unwrap
labeled
presence
stomach
religious
knapsack

Monday, February 4, 2013

February 4 2013

Updates 
February 4-8 Love of Reading Week! 
Tuesday - Read in Day, for this day students are allowed to wear their pajamas and bring a pillow/blanket for an afternoon reading party. Students are also encourage to bring in a favorite book or books. 
Wednesday - Book Mark Making Day 
Thursday - Poem in a Pocket Day 
Friday - Character Dress up Day. It must be appropriate. 
February 5 - Data due for Science Fair 
February 6 - Duds for Dollars 
February 8 - Mid-Quarter ends 

Mid Quarter- Progress report grades will be going home next Monday please make sure that you check your students grade and sign the form they bring home. 

Read in Day - Students are allowed and encouraged to wear pajamas (that are school appropriate) to school as well as bring in a pillow or blanket. Because it is a read in day students should be bringing with them a few books that they really enjoy. 

Science Fair- Science fair projects should be about finished. Tomorrow the data for the project will be turned in and Friday the conclusion is due. If your child has not finished these things by those dates they will be losing points on their science grade. Please make sure that their boards are completely done by the 15th! 

Spelling Words 
fresco
immortal
oligarchy
monarchy
democracy
polytheism
republic 
caste
falter
weep
successor 
undertaking
knowledge
conscious