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Homework tonight is a grammar page of commas.  We practiced in class at the end of the day. 

We used geometric shapes to discuss probability and learned about cultural holidays in social studies. 

We have two new members of the "Masters of Multiplication" club.  Congratulations to Sam and Nathan!

Posted by: MrSalzano at May 31, 2006 14:34 | link | comments |

Homework tonight is spelling practice.  This week's bonus words are:  appendicitis, considerate, and extension. 

We're learning about chance and probability in math and learned about parallel circuits in science.  We need some more work on the circuits, so we'll come back to them on Thursday. 

We have about one week left on our multiplication facts, so ask your child which ones he/she needs to practice.  Jacob became our first "Master of Multiplication" today.  Congratulations, Jacob! 

Posted by: MrSalzano at May 30, 2006 14:38 | link | comments |

Homework tonight is spelling practice. 

I sent home the last book order of the year.  It will be due by June 1. 

We still need to talk about the field trip!

 

Posted by: MrSalzano at May 25, 2006 14:42 | link | comments |

No homework tonight, except practicing multiplication facts.  Your child should know which number fact he/she needs to study. 

Don't forget tomorrow is our Spring Concert at 8:30. 

See you there.

Posted by: MrSalzano at May 24, 2006 14:37 | link | comments |

Homework tonight is spelling practice.  The bonus words this week are:  bargain, chrysalis, and emotion.

We had a good time finding the mean, median, and mode of our waist to floor measurements this morning.  We also learned about latitude and longitude.  Ask your child about them.

Have a good night.

Posted by: MrSalzano at May 22, 2006 14:45 | link | comments |

No homework tonight except for those who haven't given their biography reports yet.  We've been hearing some great reports.  Thanks for all your hard work at home. 

We did to talk about the field trip.  I'll be calling some of you next week.

Posted by: MrSalzano at May 18, 2006 14:45 | link | comments |

Homework tonight is a science page.  Will the light bulb light?

In math we continued to practice finding the mean and median.  We foudn the mean and median of our class's armspan today.  Ask your child how we did it.

In science we discovered where a hidden wire was located.  Ask how we did that.

We heard the first four biography reports today and am glad to report that we're off to a great start.  The students had a lot of details and spoke in loud, clear voices.

More reports tomorrow!

Posted by: MrSalzano at May 17, 2006 14:38 | link | comments |

Homework tonight is to practice biography reports.  We let several students make a practice run today and they sounded pretty good.  There were some good details and organization.  Remember the reports start on Wednesday and your child should know when he/she is scheduled to present (a schedule went home on Friday).

Don't forget tomorrow at 8:30 is the Track Meet.  Our nurse sent out an email reminding everyone to get well hydrated tonight in preparation for the high temperatures.  Unfortunately I won't be there, but Mrs. Owens will be rooting on our team. 

I'll see you on Wednesday.

Posted by: MrSalzano at May 15, 2006 14:42 | link | comments |

I'm running late, so tonight's homework is spelling practice. 

Look for the biography presentation schedules tomorrow.

Posted by: MrSalzano at May 11, 2006 14:44 | link | comments |

Homework tonight is a grammar page practicing conjunctions. 

We worked on how to begin our biography reports today in class.  Ask your child what he/she came up with and see if he/she is becoming an "expert" on his/her famous person. 

Ask your child how we learned which object has the most volume this morning.  How did we now the baseball has more volume than the tennis ball?

Have a good evening.

Posted by: MrSalzano at May 10, 2006 14:48 | link | comments |

Homework tonight is to work on biography reports.  Your child should have a number of notes now and should be about ready to assemble them into a report.  Tomorrow we'll learn how to begin our reports. 

Don't forget field trip permission slips should be turned in by Friday. 

Posted by: MrSalzano at May 09, 2006 14:40 | link | comments |

Homework tonight is spelling practice. 

We started the Gates-MacGinitie testing today and will conclude tomorrow. 

How are those biography reports coming along?  I'll send home a schedule on Friday for next week's presentations (let me know if you have a day and time that works best for you).

Enjoy your evening. 

Posted by: MrSalzano at May 08, 2006 14:49 | link | comments |

Tonight's homework is to get started on the biography report.  You'll notice a note went home tonight explaining the report.  Before your chld left from school today, he/she set up his/her notebook to take notes.  The homework assignment is to write three notes under one or several of the headings.  The rest of the week we'll be reading and taking notes in class.

The students also visited the EDITH house today with the fireman and have a badge and a brochure. 

We started a new chapter on math dealing with measuring and took a comprehension test in reading. 

Who's going to go tonight on Idol?

Posted by: MrSalzano at May 03, 2006 14:44 | link | comments |

Homework tonight is a grammar page of objects. 

Ask your child who he/she is doing their biography report about and look for a letter tomorrow explaining the whole thing.  It will require some time at home in preparation for the final oral presentation.  Look for the letter tomorrow.

Ask your child how we lit a light bulb today with a d-cell, two wires, and a light bulb.  Do they remember which one is the source?  the receiver?  What's a circuit?

Should I barbecue tonight or tomorrow night?

Posted by: MrSalzano at May 02, 2006 14:37 | link | comments |

Homework tonight is a spelling page.  The bonus words for this week:  voluntary, weatherproof, and wheeze.

Beside the homework page three other pages went home:  a field trip letter, field trip permission form, and information about the science fair.  If you would like to come with us on the field trip please let me know as soon as possible since we have limited space. 

We practiced positive and negative numbers in math, read about producers in social studies, read the latest TFK magazine, and took our spelling pretest.  We had a nice Monday even those we missed the weekend.

Have a good night.

Posted by: MrSalzano at May 01, 2006 14:40 | link | comments (2) |