Week 9

CLASS UPDATE
This week, as you know, students will be dismissed at 12:15 p.m. Conferences start promptly at 12:40 p.m. Please make sure that you arrive on time. Otherwise, your time will be reduced to accommodate all of the other conferences. If we need more time together, we can meet in the upcoming weeks. There will be minimal math and reading this week for homework so students can focus on their new Family Heritage Project and their Milk Carton Book Reports. See you at the conferences!
Mr. Sweet

TOP 10 Signs that your parent/teacher conference is not going well:

10. The teacher asks if your child barks like a dog at home, too.

9. As you arrive, the teacher asks if you can spare a Valium.

8. On behalf of the entire class, the teacher expresses sympathy for your marital problems.

7. The teacher says that you seem very intelligent and asks if your child is adopted.

6. The teacher asks how the snake is doing, and you don't know what she's talking about.

5. The teacher shows you $75 worth of dimes and quarters she found in your son's desk, and you notice how thin the other children are.

4. The teacher encourages your family to take a week-long vacation the week of standardized testing.

3. You spot your missing Weight Watchers records on the bulletin board as a part of the Examples of Graphs display.

2. The teacher has a can of pepper mace stored in a shoulder holster.

1. The teacher tells you that she had hoped your son could be a tree in the school play, but he lacked the necessary acting ability.

WEEKLY RIDDLE
What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor have it,
The rich don't need it, And if you eat it, you'll die?

Homework Monday
Read 20 minutes
Math L45/54
Spelling-Study words for test on Friday
* Remind parents of your conference time
* Work on Milk Carton Book Report
* Begin Family Heritage Project

HOMEWORK TUESDAY
Read 20 min.
Math L46/56
Science-p.25-30 in packet (4 pages)
* Remind parents of your conference time
* Work on Milk Carton Book Report
* Begin Family Heritage Project


HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Read 20 min.
Math L48/58
Science-p.33, 37 & 38
* Extra Credit-Write a news article on the Presidential Debate
* Extra Credit-Write a brief one-page paper on Richie Valens
Choose News Team Article: Sentinel, msn.com, cnn.com, ksbw.com, etc.
DUE MONDAY


HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Read 20 min.
Math L50/60
Science Test next Friday, October 24th
* Extra Credit-Write a news article on the Presidential Debate
* Extra Credit-Write a brief one-page paper on Richie Valens
Choose News Team Article: Sentinel, msn.com, cnn.com, ksbw.com, etc.
DUE MONDAY
News Team Summaries Due Monday