HW - Wednesday, 4/16

1.  RuskinFIT (Physical Exercise) - 60 minutes
2.  Ruskin Reads - 30 minutes
Reading Goal of the Month:  Most Books Read 
(You MUST complete a book within your reading range a.k.a. ZPD!)
Keep track of the books you read daily by writing them down on the Reading Log, get your parent or guardian to initial, total your pages read, and turn it in  May  2 ...Receive a Prize!
Remember: Read your Accelerated Reader Book (selected with your ZPD in mind) and take the Quiz in class.
3.  Reading Comprehension  "Tomaso the Hero" (Due tomorrow)
--  Parents, please make sure they are writing with more substance. I have seen many one to two sentence responses (for what should be at least a one paragraph response)
4.  Spelling Activities NONE this week
5.  Language Arts
-  LA Workbook pages NONE
-  Letter to the Author FINAL DRAFT due TOMORROW. Envelopes will be done in class tomorrow. PARENTS, please help your child find the author's address; if you can't, use the publisher's address (usually found on the backside of the title page).
6.  Worldly Wise DONE FOR THE YEAR!
7.  Math

-- TEXTBOOK pages 376-379
-- WORKBOOK pages 205-210
** Practice Sumdog.com OR Tenmarks.com for 15 minutes **
-- Topic 15 Math Test Tomorrow
8.  History pgs. NONE
9.  Science pgs. NONE
10.  Scholastic News  NONE

NOTES:

• We finished the story about Lou Gehrig and are watching the movie, The Pride of the Yankees, in class.  Using the movie, we will work on Facts and Opinions.  For more about the movie, please read the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) synopsis: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035211/ 
• Science Fair Projects are mandatory and will be due on Tuesday, May 6. They will get the information after an assembly this week.  You can always download them from Ruskin's Science Lab page (Click Here).
• The Display Board Ticket form can be found on the last page of the Science Fair packet.  You can also click here.
• May 2 (4 - 8 p.m.): Family Fun Night
• We are collecting $5 donations for the classroom basket. Theme TBD. Thank you to the parents who contributed so far to the basket.
• May 8 (6 - 7:30 p.m.): Open House
• Congratulations to Rachael, our San Jose Sharks Reading Is Cool Reader of the Month for March!