Homework Assigned 4/11/13 DUE: 4/16/13

1.Reading
□ R.A.H. (every night for 40 minutes)

□ Reading Worksheet: The Petite Picasso

Mrs. Tiano’s Class
□ Reading Worksheet: Trouble on Stage

□ Reading Worksheet: Helping Hands

2. Math
□Work on your Falcon Facts

□Calculating volume (you can use a calculator)

3. Word Work
□ Metaphor Hunt

Homework Assigned on 4/4/13 DUE: 4/9/13

1.Reading
□ R.A.H. (every night for 40 minutes)

□ Reading Worksheet: Art School

Mrs. Tiano’s Class
□ Reading Worksheet: Captain Carlos

□ Reading Worksheet: Determined Skier

2. Math
□Work on your Falcon Facts

□Surface Area of a Rectangular Prism

3. Word Work
□ Pick a section and respond on the Bring It On Home homework (worksheet 31). Write a paragraph.

Important Dates

Mark your calendars for these dates:

Thursday & Friday, April 18^th & 19^th – Human Development Classes (permission forms will be sent home after spring break)

Thursday, April 25^th – April Birthday Party 3:00

Friday, April 26^th – Longhouse Field Trip

Thursday, May 2^nd – Family Fun Night 6:00-8:00

Tuesday, May 7^th – Recognition Night meeting in C1 @ 3:30

Friday, May 31^st – DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE

Monday, May 27^th – Memorial Day Observed (no school)

Wednesday, May 29^th – May Birthday Party at 3:00

Tuesday, June 4^th – Possible field trip to Fisherman’s Bend. I don’t know for sure if we are going, it depends on if I can get a grant for the trip.

Friday, June 7^th – Water Park Field Trip 8:00-3:45

Monday, June 10^th – June Birthday Party and Hawaiian Party from 1:45-3:00

Monday, June 10^th – Recognition Night @ 6:00 in the gym

Tuesday, June 11^th – Last day of school – Field Day

*Details/info about these dates will be sent home when it gets closer to the date.

*If there are any other dates that will pop up on the calendar, I will send out another note/email to families. 

Shamrock Race

Spring Break Homework

The only homework assigned over spring break is RAH minutes (40 minutes a day) and Fast Falcon Facts (5-10 minutes a day). Students can also use links on the blog to practice math facts.

Homework assigned 3/15/198 DUE: 3/19/13

1.Reading
□ R.A.H. (every night for 40 minutes)

□ Reading Worksheet: Jack the Dripper

Mrs. Tiano’s Class
□ Reading Worksheet: Mosh Speaks

□ Reading Worksheet: Slip and Slide

2. Math
□Work on your Falcon Facts

□Area of squares, rectangles, and parallelograms

3. Word Work
□ Metaphor and Simile worksheet 

Science Fair Photos

Homework Assigned 2/21/13 DUE 2/26/13

1. Reading
□ R.A.H. (every night for 30 minutes)
□ Reading worksheet: Muscles in the Wild

Mrs. Tiano’s Class

□Freedom Trail

□Car Wash

2. Math
□Work on your Falcon Facts

3. Word Work
□ No word work this work.

4. Science Fair
□ Be prepared for your project

Homework Assigned 2/7/13 DUE: 2/12/13 (Speeches will be given on the 14th)

1. Reading
□ R.A.H. (every night for 30 minutes)
□ There is no reading worksheet this week. I want students to focus on their R.A.H., science project,  fast falcon facts, speech, and math packet.

2. Math
□ Daily Falcon Facts
□ Decimal Math Packet

3. Word Work
□ Speech - See guidelines below (guidelines were sent home on Thursday)

Name: _____________________

                                                     

~Famous Black American Speech~

Present on Thursday, February 14, 2013.

The basis of your project will be a speech on the famous black American that you have been writing about for your research project. Make sure that you present the key points that are listed below for your speech. You can only use 3 by 5 cards to help assist you during your speech, BUT you cannot read directly from your cards.

Each student should know this information really well, because of the time that we’ve spent on this project in class. Attached is a practice form. For this speech, you DO NOT have to turn in a parent signature form.

Famous Black American:________________________________

v  Introduce the Person

Explain what the person is important in American History:

v  Background Information

1. When were they born?

2. Where did they live? Where did they grow up?

3. Tell something about their family/childhood.

v  Interesting Facts

Here are some ideas…what college did they attend, what job(s) did they have, what did they accomplish in their life?

v  How did this person make a difference in America?

v  What period of history did they live (example: during the Civil War, during the Civil Rights movement, are they still alive today?)

v  What was the struggle during their time?

v  What were they fighting for?

v  How did they help change our country?

v  Why do we remember them?

Homework Assigned 1/31/13 DUE: MARCH 5th!

1. Reading
□ R.A.H. (every night for 30 minutes)
□ There is no reading worksheet this week. I want students to focus on their R.A.H., science project, and fast falcon facts.

2. Math
□ Only falcon facts homework this week. I want families to get use to this routine.  

3. Word Work
□ I want students to start prepping their poster board for their science project.  

4. Science

□ Science fair projects: Packets and poster board went home today.  A helpful deadline is listed below:

Thurs. Jan. 31:                                    

*Take home Science Project information.

Mon. Feb. 4:                                        

*RETURN signed assignment notice (see below).

Fri. Feb. 8:                                            

*Have your project IDEA CHOSEN.

Sat. Feb. 9 - Fri. Feb. 15:                   

*GATHER materials, CONDUCT your experiment.

Sat. Feb. 16 – Wed. Feb. 20:            

*COMPLETE your poster.

Thurs. Feb. 21 to Mon. March 4:

*DEVELOP and PRACTICE your speech. Be ready to TEACH your classmates what you’ve learned.

*Fill out the Speech Practice Form.

Tues. March 5:                                    

*BRING your project, display, and Speech Practice Form to school this morning, ready to PRESENT. SMILE and be PROUD as everyone sees your great work!

Wed. March 6:                                    

*Projects will go home today after we “show and tell” our work to the other classes.

Homework Assigned on 1/24/13 DUE:

1. Reading
□ R.A.H. (every night for 30 minutes)

□ A Fitness Challenge
*Mrs. Tiano’s Class:

□   Disappearing Newspapers

□   Whale Watch

2. Math
□ Practice adding fractions page 49

3. Word Work
□ Simile Adjectives

Homework Assigned 1/17/13 DUE: 1/22/13

1. Reading
□ R.A.H. (every night for 30 minutes)
Reading homework is reading the USA Weekly #3 (my reading curriculum for homework grew legs and walked off, but next week we will be back on track). 

2. Math
□ No math homework

3. Word Work
□ Crossword on USA Weekly #3

Homework Assigned 1/11/13 DUE: 1/15/13

1. Reading
□ R.A.H. (every night for 30 minutes)
□ A Big Victory for a Small Army
*Mrs. Tiano’s Class:

□   Sara and Bill
□   Toy in the Sky

2. Math
□ Converting Fraction to Decimals. Complete all 28 problems. Use a calculator (it's on white paper). 

3. Word Work
□ Vocabulary worksheet (you might need a dictionary). 

Winter Break Homework – Assigned 12/17, DUE 1/9/13

You will have three weeks of homework over the break. You will have three reading assignments (oops, they are on white paper this time), you will have one big packet for word work, and you will have math assignments on line.

1. Reading
□ R.A.H. (every night for 30 minutes)
□ Wasteful or Resourceful, Green Roofs, Garden in the Clouds
*Mrs. Tiano’s Class:

□   Niagra Falls, Lucky Boy, Up, Up, and Away

□   More Than Just Worms, Surprise!, The Fishing Trip

2. Math
□ Complete all of your TENMARKS homework on line. 

3. Word Work
□ Work on the packet tilted, “The Gift.” Read the first three pages, do the crossword, compound words, and the write about it. 

No Homework Assigned Yesterday

There is no homework this week. 

Homework for winter break will be sent home on 12/13/12.

Homework Assigned 11/29/12 DUE: 12/4/12

1. Reading
□ R.A.H. (every night for 30 minutes)
□ Green Roofs
*Mrs. Tiano’s Class:

□   Too much Trash

□   Riders in the Wind

2. Math
□  Multiplication Practice (show work on graph paper)
*Mrs. Tiano’s Class:

□   Daily worksheets

3. Word Work
□ No word work this week.  

Thanksgiving Break Homework Assigned 11/16 DUE: 11/27

1. Reading
□ R.A.H. (every night for 30 minutes)
□ A Garden in the Clouds
*Mrs. Tiano’s Class:

□   What’s your name?

□   A Narrow Escape

2. Math
□  Multiplication Practice (show work on graph paper)
*Mrs. Tiano’s Class:

□   Daily worksheets

3. Word Work
□ Write a paper telling me about your Thanksgiving experience. Your paper needs to have a clear beginning, middle, and end. If you don’t want to write about Thanksgiving Day, you can write about another day over the break. You will be graded on organization, capitalization, and end punctuation. 

Homework Assigned 11/8 DUE 11/16

1. Reading
□ R.A.H. (every night for 30 minutes)
□ Looking for Something Green
*Mrs. Tiano’s Class:

□   A Home for the President

□   A Special Helper

2. Math
□  Dividing Fractions (finish what was started in class)
*Mrs. Tiano’s Class:

□   Daily worksheets

3. Word Work
□ Apostrophe worksheet

Aquarium Field Trip Photos

Homework Assigned on 10/25/12 DUE: 10/30/12

1. Reading
□ R.A.H. (every night for 20 minutes)
□ Reading worksheet: The Best Hoofer of All
*Mrs. Tiano’s Class:
□ Robot Commands

□ Good Ideas

2. Math
□ 1 Division Problem. Write out all of your work.
*Mrs. Tiano’s Class:

□   Memorizing 6’s

3. Word Work
□ Practice working on speech.