Using Said $$

Try using a different word for said. Make your sentences more colorful and spicy!

"Where are you going?" said the teacher.

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Make your magazine shine! Find time to read (online reading counts!).

Be ready for Mexican Lasagna, my treat ;-))

Poem in Your Pocket

Wednesday Night's HW

• HW: Write your poem for "Poem in your Pocket" Day


• Sports Day--wear your favorite sporty outfit or hat


• Continue working on your marvelous magazine

$$ What did you learn about Nigeria and Kenya from the presentations today? $$

Who's the speaker? What are the words being spoken?

HW: ****Math review packet (graphs, multiplication & division).
****Quotaion Marks (use your homework to help write the sentence correctly).

$$ Rewrite the sentence below with correct punctuation and quotation marks. $$

Ms. Rodriguez said I love being a principal at Fitzmorris Elementary because our kids rock!

Quest

Ready to go on a quest? Learn more about the Wonders of the African World.

Begin your Quest/Treasure Hunt for the Magic Calabash (Anansi The Spider will help you!) 

Just CLICK on the underlined words in blue, above.

Follow the link!

Have fun quester... Tell us what you discovered and learned!

Map It!

See you Monday, 4/27, with your signed Friday (Wed) Note and Reading Log. If you didn't turn in the following pages on Wed., they are due Monday morning.

HW: Map It pages; division and multiplication review; and making your magazine a masterpiece. See Mrs. Hovinen's Blog for Magazine Making Tips!! ((Her homework blog is listed on the right side of this page.))

$$$What are you doing to spice up your magazine? Be specific. I want juicy juicy details! $$$

you are right!

Way to go Brooke and Elinka! 

Mt Everest is the tallest mountain, and the Nile is the longest river on earth. 

Read Elina's comment for the measurements.

catch up (ketchup)

Read up on the country you're researching for African studies.

Read some magazines and collect ideas on how YOUR magamzine will look.

$$$What's the longest river in the world?

$$$What's the tallest mountain in the world?

ECOsystem

Decorate your Science/Ecosystem folder cover

SAB Unit 8 pages 1-3

Friday Notes and Reading Logs

Planetarium Field Trip Tomorrow!! $$$$ What does Earth Day mean to you? Why do we celebrate the earth?

Box of Snow

$$$Question: 

• A rectangular prism (without a top), is filling up with snow in your backyard! awesome!
• The shape of the prism: Length= 22in., Width=2in., Height=10in. 
• Its now filled up with snow!
• How much snow is in it? What's the volume?

***Reading Log and Fri. Note due Monday

**Have a super snowy fun and safe weekend!

What will your magazine offer your reader?

Don't forget to try Fernando's Volume video (Garcia's Read-N-Rap). 

Get ahead of the game~~ Post your 3 volume equations ($$) on our Read-N-Rap Blog!

Other: READ**

**Work on "Making a Magazine" ideas**

Online reading counts!

Have you done any online reading lately? What did you read about? Was the information useful? Share some fast facts with us ($$)...

Remember, I2a test in Math is tomorrow. Be ready by being rested.

Kick up the Volume!

Math: DynaMath Volume of rectangular prisms--"Down in the Dumps" p. 6 & 7 (calculator OK for #3-6);

Practice sheets: Words Problems, Adding 2-digit Numbers, Hidden Prize and Line Graphs

Don't be sloth-like---stay caught up!

Quality Counts!

Finish all Incomplete work---Redo work that needs to be redone---Read!

How can you earn $$ tonight?
Answer a previous post on our Homework Hop Blog.

Are you adaptable like Seth the Sloth?

Due Friday------Writing: Choose one of the three prompts. Rememeber your fabulous writing strategies!
Math: SAB 23, 25, 31, 32 & 37 (Unit 7)



Catch up on your reading log~~~~ Don't be a sloth, catch up on your reading log! Click the sloth link for more info on the slowest mammal on Earth.

AFRICA

• What might you have in common with the African people in these pictures? 
  
• How might life be for animals living in the African Savannah regions?  
  
• How is it even harder for a sloth, who lives happily in rain forests, to live in a region like the African Savannah?
  

We're Back!

SAB pages dues tomorrow: 49, 52, & 55 (unit 6) Pages done in class: SAB 20, 21 & 22 (unit 7).

Read; create a hinky pinky riddle in your spare time; find out what you can about Nigeria, Kenya or Egypt...