For the week of March 28th - April 1st

Welcome back!  I hope everyone had a wonderful spring break and is ready to hit the ground running.  Grab your day planners.  It is a busy week.  Also, be thinking about your science fair projects.  They will be due Thursday, May 5th.  Info will be coming home later this week and will be posted on the blog.

Monday, March 28th
Math Test Retake

Thursday, March 29th
Spelling Test and Field Trip permission slips DUE!

Friday, April 1st
Field Trip and Report Cards sent home

Monday, April 4th
Opinion Papers Due

Wednesday, April 6th
Reading Calendars Due


Field Trip Info

1. Permission slips are being sent home today.  Please read over them, sign and return no later than this Thursday.  No slips = no trip.   
2. The bus leaves at 8:30am.  
3. Students need to bring a lunch, drinks, and weather appropriate gear.  (lunch is outside)  If your student orders hot lunch, a sack lunch has already been ordered for them. They will still need a water bottle.
4. Students may bring a camera.
5. Chaperons may NOT bring siblings and are responsible for their own transportation, as well as entry fees into the Aquarium.  It is $8.00.  
6. We should arrive back to school right at 3:00pm

Field Trip Schedule

8:30 - Board bus

9:30 - 11:30  Cooking Class

11:30 - 12:20  Lunch/ play time in the park

12:25 - Board bus

1:00 - 2:15 Aquarium Tour

2:15 - Board bus

3:00 - Arrive back at school

Chaperon List 
The parents listed below were the first 6 to sign up.  If you want to come along, please do. Just remember it costs $8.00 to get into the Aquarium.  Cooking school is just for the kids but more adult supervision is always appreciated.

1.  Jill Van Haren
2.  Jenny Kitamura
3. Melissa Ricks
4. Guy Collins
5. Rebecca Siewert
6. Susan Budge

Cooking Class Menu
Click the link below to see all the yummy things we will learn to make!

Menu

Spelling Test 21 - THURSDAY THIS WEEK

1. scene
2. they're
3. through
4. heir
5. clothes
6. byte
7. aloud
8. cruise
9. crews
10. isle
11. principal
12. principle
13. hour
14. knew
15. two
16. write
17. chute
18. reign

RAD

After school RAD practice will start next week.  More info to come.

Math Fractions Practice Test

Click the link below to access the practice test

Practice Test

For the week of March 14th - 18th

Wahoo!  It is the week before Spring Break and the end of 3rd quarter.  If you are curious where your students grades are sitting, please login to Parent Portal.  There is still 5 days to bring grades up.  Please remind your student that EVERY ASSIGNMENT COUNTS.

Monday, March 14th
New TenMarks Math Madness assignments  :)   These are done in class but your student is welcome to work on them at home too.  RAD tryouts are in the Gym from 3:20 - 4:45ish.  Students will need a ride home.  :)

Wednesday, March 16th
I extended the Scholastic book order date until today.  So shop away!


Friday, March 18th
We are done with Enrichment clubs so back to Extemporaneous Speaking!  We will also have Spelling Test #20.  In the afternoon, we will celebrate our class points party.  The class hasn't voted on which type of party we will have yet, so more info will come home later this week.


Spelling Test #20

1. kindness
2. darkness
3. happiness
4. loneliness
5. sadness
6. weakness
7. exactly
8. honestly
9. speedily
10. angrily
11. happily
12. friendly
13. especially
14. teacher
15. actor
16. liar
17. biologist
18. assistant
19. sous chef
20. Pangea

Busy, busy week . . .

There is a lot going on this week.  Grab your calendars :)

Story Book are due this week.  Please do not wait until Wednesday night to edit your student's book.  I have to have everything printed out and ready to ship by Thursday afternoon.

Monday, March 7th
TenMarks Math Madness Contest Starts!  For the next several weeks (March 7th - April 16th) There is a Math contest the class will be participating in.  The Grand Prize, which we are aiming to win, will earn each student in my class an Amazon Fire HD 10 tablet.  If you are interested in hearing more about the contest and helping promote working on math at home, click the link below.

TenMarks Math Madness Contest Rules

Wednesday, March 9th

Reading Calendars and Book Orders Due

Thursday, March 10th

Story books due and Cookie Dough pick up - 1 day only.  We have no where to store the cookie dough that is being delivered.  Please make sure to pick up your orders.

Friday, March 11th
No school

Friday, March 18th

End of 3rd Quarter!!!

Monday, March 21st - Friday, March 25th

Spring Break - Try to squeeze in some TenMarks math.

Friday, April 1

Science Field Trip Day.  The bus leaves school at 8:30ish.  Cooking class from 9:30-11:30 at Sur La Table in the Village.  Picnic lunch in the park behind the Village from 11:30 - 12:30.  Boise Aquarium from 1:00ish - 2:00 ish.  Back to school by 3:05.

Spelling List # 19

1. tried
2. weigh
3. piece
4. receive
5. their
6. fierce
7. neither
8. field
9. receiving
10. trying
11. hurried
12. siege
13. weighs
14. writing
15. tired
16. having
17. planned
18. worries
19. aquarium
20. responsibility 

Today's Math Lab . . .Fractions and Recipes

We have been playing with fractions since Christmas break.  Today, as a class, we altered a recipe, learned to measure and work cooperatively to make a tasty spiced popcorn.  Check out what we did below.