Literature Circles

If your child is in a literature circle you can expect that to be finished by Friday. We will have our last meetings on Friday, so be sure all assignments are finished in their literature circle notebooks.

Math Test

This Friday will be our math test over unit 5. We will do some review on Thursday and Friday. Don't forget the practice test that is on the right side of this page. Try it out.

Holiday Party

Our class will have a holiday party to celebrate the festive season. The students should bring in some type of snack to share with their classmates. Don't forget we need drinks as well as plates (we have enough cups). This will all happen on Friday afternoon. The students will be given tickets for the week. As long as the students have one ticket left by Friday they are able to attend the party. They will lose tickets by not turning in homework or not being attentive in class. I hope everyone will attend the party!

Sparkle Shop Day (Thursday)

Our class is scheduled to shop at the Sparkle Shop on Thursday. The students will be given about 15-20 minutes to shop for family and friends in the afternoon on Thursday. It has been a couple of years since our school has done the Sparkle Shop. Just to remind parents that the Sparkle Shop is your one stop shop for Christmas gifts for the special people in the kids' lives. Feel free to send in money with your child and they can give it to me until it is time to shop.

Celebrate Success

I recognized these three students:

Jordan - For his willingness to learn and good attitude towards learning.

Sam - For his excellent participation with students in groups and literature circle.

Anna Mc. - For her great job in Math class. Excellent job with showing her work and note taking.

Congratulation to those three students and the others who I didn't recognize, but have done outstanding things in the past three weeks.

Reflections 2010

Here are some of this year's Reflections projects. The theme this year was "Together We Can...".

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A+ Spellers

Shuntaya
Sam
Christian M.
Elisabeth
Zoe
Alex
Tayten
Anna Mo.
Amaya

Great job A+ spellers of the week. Try to make the list again next week and we will see if any of your classmates can join you.

FWCS

Some light reading about our district:

Enrollment
Total students: 31,569
Elementary (PreK-5): 15,499
Middle (6-8): 6,699
High (9-12): 9,371
Performance
Attendance rate (08-09): 95.5%
Graduation rate (08-09): 83.2%
College Attendance Rate (08-09): 79.6%
Composit SAT Scores (08-09): 965

Demographics
African American: 26%
American Indian: 1%
Asian American: 3%
Hispanic: 12%
White: 53%
Multi-racial: 5%
Eligible for free/reduced priced meals: 68%
Languages spoken: 85

Skating Party

There is a skating party on Monday, December 6th. There was a reminder sent home on Friday.

Chapter 5 Math Practice Test

I have updated the chapter practice test link on the right side of the website. Take a look at what the students will be working on for the next couple weeks. Try the test for yourself.

Charity Drive (December 6-10)

This is the overview of each day's charity items. Send in items all week to support the giving season!

Charity drive

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