Week of 3-26-12

I will be out of the classroom on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. I have been assigned to be on a WASC team to evaluate another school. I will be back on Friday.

Don't forget--Science Fair is on April 26th. The project is due on that morning!

Social Studies chapter 9 test is next Tuesday, April 3rd.

Next week is Holy Week, starting with Palm Sunday on this coming Sunday. We will be attending confessions sometime this week and will pray the Stations of the Cross on Friday.

We are out of hand sanitizer. If possible, please send in another bottle. Thanks!!

Week of 3/19/12

We are out of hand sanitizer. Donations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

The Scholastic Book Club March flyer went home last Friday. If you want to order, please return the order form with a check made out to Scholastic Book Club (NO CASH) by this Friday, March 23rd. If you want to give online ordering a try (it's really easy and convenient), visit www.scholastic.com/bookclubs and use our activation code: HBT62. Also included was information about Storia, which is Scholastic's e-reader. It is a free application to download, and you can shop Scholastic.com for e-books. It is a great way to take books with you on your laptop and ipad.

Religion chapter 15 test on Friday.

Make sure you are working on your Science Fair project. It is due April 26th. If you need any help or suggestions, please email or come see me.

week of 3-12-12

The Book Fair is under way in our hallway. It will continue until Tuesday. It is a great place to buy books!

The Science Fair will be held on April 26th. Each student needs to contribute a project. Directions and suggestions were handed out in class last week. A student may do an experiment and bring in a tri-fold display board with information (see the handout for suggested layout) OR a student may do a research-type written report and build a model. If you have any questions, please stop by and see me. This is an at-home project.

In Math, we are learning about measurement (chapter 3). Included in measurement are time, inches, feet, yards, miles,ounces, pounds, cups, quarts, pints, gallons, liters, milliliters, centimeters, and meters. A way to help with this tricky unit is to have students tell time on an analog clock, and tell elapsed time--"what time will it be in 30 minute?" or "how much time has passed since 7:45?" Students can help out with measuring when cooking. Simply paying attention to packaging (ounces, liters, pounds) is a good way to make real world connections to this subject.

Lastly, we are down to our last box of Kleenex. Please, if you could help us out, send in a box or two!

Thanks!