Hello everyone,

This week's homework assignments, due Monday, February 8:
1. I'd Rather Read log and paragraph
•   This week, students will choose a question to answer about an article in the SuperScience magazine. 40 minutes of reading the magazine can be recorded on the log.

2. Math: Problem solving tasks and practice sheets.
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3. SuperScience magazine: 

• Read the entire magazine and answer the questions on pages 9 and 16. Also, answer the questions in the packet.

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4. Hercules Set quizzes are Friday, 2/5.

Have a great week,
Christina Polay

Happy Monday!

Jump Rope for Heart forms went home today. Create online fundraising pages here. Fundraising will go on for three weeks (January 25 – February 12). During the last week (week of February 8), students will jump rope in P.E. with Coach Diamond. 

Last Friday, we officially began working on our class's news site. More information to come soon - very exciting!

Last week we also started a ten-week partnership with UCLA's Sustainable Youth. Their mission is to expose kids to local and global environmental issues and sustainable practices through hands-on experimentation and demonstration in the classroom. They will visit our classroom every Thursday.

This week's homework assignments, due Monday, February 1:
1. I'd Rather Read log and paragraph
•   Choose a new question to answer. The paragraph should be written about the book you are reading at home. Be sure to include the name of the book and the author in the first sentence, just like we practiced in class.

2. Math: Problem solving task and practice sheets.
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3. California Studies Weekly, Week 11: 

• Follow the directions in the packet. Please bring Week 11 to school each day.

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4. Reading Olympians - Hercules Set: Journal due Monday. Quizzes are Friday, 2/5.

Have a great week,
Christina Polay 

Hello everyone,

I hope you enjoyed the long weekend!

This week's homework, due Monday, January 25:

1. Reading Log (Log only... no paragraph)

2. Math: Problem solving tasks and practice sheet.
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3. Social Studies:

• Study for Wednesday's quiz.
• Reread week 9 of California Studies Weekly and answer questions in the packet.

4. Concrete poem

5. Reading Olympians - Apollo Set: Study for Friday's quizzes.

Have a great week,
Christina Polay