Global Horizons: Fifth Grade- Foxworth & Bosch

Just a quick reminder that students have an early release day tomorrow. Students will be dismissed from school at 11:40.
Mr. B.

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Due to the unscheduled evacuation on Friday and the students not being able to get their bags and materials to study over the weekend, I am rescheduling the Social Studies test for Thursday 3/29/07.
Topics to be covered on this test include:

Expanding Overseas
The Progressive Movement

Mr. B.

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There will be a math test on Friday 3/30/07.
The topics to be covered on the test will include:

Equivalent Fractions
Comparing Fractions
Ordering Fractions
Simplest Form

Mr. B.

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Today the students received their report cards for the 3rd Nine Weeks and their take-home folders. Both of these things should be signed and returned no later than Thursday of this week. Please be aware that any student that still owes lunch money or school fees had their report card held until these are paid.
Mr. [...]

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We have finished up our reading and discussion on the U.S. expanding overseas and the Progressive Movement. Today the students began working on their study guides on these two lessons and the test for these lessons will be next Tuesday 3/27/07.
Mr. B.

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The last day to turn in the permission slips and the $2 for the field trip to see the LHS Drama students perform Aesop’s Fables on Thursday, March 22nd is tomorrow 3/16/07.
Mr. B.

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It finally began to feel like winter today!  At recess time the wind chill was 31 degrees,
so we were required to have indoor recess.  Today after reviewing spelling words and the reading response journals from last night, we had a lesson about distinguishing between fact and opinion.  An important skill for information literacy is the [...]

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Everyone came in wide awake today, which is unusual for a Monday!  We began with a conversation about the value of Web 2.0 tools and the way they enable us to communicate interactively with people around the world.  This morning I received comments posted on my personal learning blog from a teacher in Norway inquiring about [...]

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Announcement: Tuesday, Sept. 5, is the final day for the Fundraiser to be returned.
Save the Date: PTO Meeting with Jim Trelease, author, who will speak about “What turns kids on to reading?” Supper will be at 5:30 and the meeting will begin at 6:30. We are fortunate to have this fantastic [...]

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Parent Orientation will be held on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 6.  Two sessions will be held.  The first will be from 2:00-2:45, and it will be repeated from 3:00-3:45.  We’re looking forward to meeting you!

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