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Homework tonight is spelling practice.  Final test is tomorrow. 

Posted by: MrSalzano at April 26, 2007 14:30 | link | comments |

Homework tonight is a math page.  You'll notice that we now know how to use to different types of algorithms to solve multiplication problems. 

The last WASL test on math is tomorrow. 

Posted by: MrSalzano at April 25, 2007 14:46 | link | comments |

Homework tonight is the cursive letters "p" and "a". 

No WASL testing tomorrow.  We'll do our last WASL test on Thursday. 

I'm in the process of lining up a field trip for us on June 8.  We'll be for sure going to the museum to see the T-Rex skeleton and we might be playing a little tennis on the way down.  Look for more details in May and be thinking if you'd like to go with us. 

Posted by: MrSalzano at April 24, 2007 14:46 | link | comments |

Homework tonight is spelling practice.  Here's this week's words:

unlucky
untie
unfold
unwrap
unhappy
unpack
unsafe
undo
repay
rewrite
refill
restart
replay
reread
repaint

Bonus Words:

bludgeon
buffoon
catapult

Don't forget WASL testing resumes tomorrow.  Get a good night's sleep and eat a good breakfast. 

Posted by: MrSalzano at April 23, 2007 14:33 | link | comments |

Enjoy Earth Day this weekend. 

Head over to Home Depot and pick up your free CFL lightbulb! 

Posted by: MrSalzano at April 20, 2007 14:46 | link | comments |

We're done WASLing for the week.  We have one more math and reading test to take next week.

Homework tonight is spelling practice. 

Ask your child what we've been learning about magnets this week.  Do they remember what a temporary magnet is or why the force of magnetism wouldn't go through the filing cabinet to the paper clip on the outside? 

Posted by: MrSalzano at April 19, 2007 14:47 | link | comments |

Homework tonight is the cursive letters "e" and "j". 

The first reading test of the WASL was time-consuming.  We were so tired of reading that we spent the rest of the afternoon doing math. 

Posted by: MrSalzano at April 18, 2007 14:34 | link | comments |

Day one of the WASL test is in the books.  We sailed through the first math test without any problems and the students felt pretty confident afterwards.  We do the first reading test tomorrow at 9:20.

Homework tonight is the cursive letters "i" and "u". 

Posted by: MrSalzano at April 17, 2007 14:40 | link | comments |

Homework tonight is spelling practice.  We will be doing spelling during this WASL week.  The words for this week are:

neck
trick
jacket
bucket
ticket
locker
brick
once
chance
face
since
police
house
erase
chase

Bonus Words:

anxious
assistance
athlete

Please see the note from Mrs. Murray reminding everyone that WASL testing begins tomorrow.  We'll be testing from 9:20-10:50 with a scheduled break in the middle.   After the testing we'll go to either PE or music. 

Thanks to Mrs. Balauro for the fine craft project she lead us in today.  How do you like your flower pot?

Posted by: MrSalzano at April 16, 2007 14:50 | link | comments |

Homework tonight is spelling practice.  We'll take the final test tomorrow morning.  A lot of students struggled to spell "stitches" right today. 

It's true!  Tomorrow our lunch will be provided by the PTO.  Our class was the top seller from the last fund raiser, so they're bringing in pizzas and juice drinks for us.  No need to bring a lunch. 

Posted by: MrSalzano at April 12, 2007 14:44 | link | comments |

Homework tonight is more cursive practice ("k" and "t"). 

We had two assemblies today.  At the first one we watched kids grab money and prizes in the "Money Booth".  One kid grabbed over $50!  The second assembly featured Joel Brantley and his motivational Rock and Roll pre- WASL pep talk.  The students liked singing along to some 50's-60's hits. 

Tomorrow we'll practice for the reading WASL and continue working on multiplication in math.  We also have a coloring contest to finish up and we need to discuss the Charles Lindbergh story. 

Don't forget book orders are due on Friday.

Posted by: MrSalzano at April 11, 2007 14:49 | link | comments |

Homework tonight is something new - practicing the cursive letters "l" and "h".   My goal is to have at least one night of cursive homework through the rest of the year.  Your child also has an alphabet chart that shows the correct form of each letter. 

Fireman Pat came in today and told us all about fire safety in the home and gave us a bunch of free stuff as well.  We started learning about magnetism in science today and discovered that magnets stick to iron. 

We also enjoyed reading about Charles Lindbergh and celebrated Ryan's birthday.

Don't forget tomorrow is a late start. 

Posted by: MrSalzano at April 10, 2007 14:44 | link | comments |

Homework tonight is spelling practice.  This weeks words are:

friends
crackers
miles
inches
marches
brushes
stitches
rushes
fixes
mixes
flies
tries
ladies
parties
pennies

Bonus Words:

unpleasant
vitamins
abrasive

We got back to practicing multiplication today by pretending to make purchases of various quantities and amounts.  We learned a little about city and county government and taxes.  This afternoon we talked about making judgments in our reading and practiced adjectives and adverbs.

I also passed out some book orders and a software catalog that will be due by Friday.  If there are any more Pizza Hut calendars hanging around, be sure to send them in soon. 

Did I tell you that I scheduled a field trip to the MAC on Friday, June 8?  We'll see the T-Rex named Sue and the Campbell House. 

Posted by: MrSalzano at April 09, 2007 14:38 | link | comments |