HW - Wednesday, 12/10

PARENTS:

• Ruskin Leadership's Warm Coat Drive is underway!  Please bring in any coats you would like to donate to needy families.  Ruskin will be collecting and donating them.
• Ruskin PTA's Food Drive is also underway. There is a bin in front of the office. Food items needed:
• Tuna; canned meat; meals in a can; peanut butter in plastic jars; canned vegetables (low salt); low sugar cereals; 100% fruit juices in single serving boxes; canned fruit packed in juice; frozen turkeys
• THANK YOU to the parents who helped lead student groups:
• Anji's mom, Clarrisa's mom, Eloisa's mom, E. Conlon's dad, Han Yu's mom and Megan's dad
• HUGE THANK YOU to the parents who taught student learning centers:
• E. Conlon's mom, E. Tran's dad, Fiona's mom, Francesco's mom
• Free $5 Book "coupon" for the December Scholastic Book Order is due no later than this Thursday so we can have the books arrive no later than the following Thursday.
• Next Friday is a minimum day (1:00 p.m. dismissal) and our class party. Sign-ups will be sent in the Wednesday Folder.
• We started our Cinderella study yesterday. Students will be reading and comparing/contrasting different types of Cinderella stories with each other. Next step, is study the elements of a Cinderella story. Last step, is write their own and produce their own book. This should take until late January to complete.
• We're only missing SEVEN Emergency Kits. Please turn your child's in ASAP.

1.  RuskinFIT (Physical Exercise) - 60 minutes
2.  Reading Is Cool - 30 minutes
Reading Goal of the Month:  Most Pages Read
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  January 6 ...Receive a Prize!
Remember: Read your Accelerated Reader Book (selected with your ZPD in mind) and take the Quiz in class.
3.  Reading Comprehension:  none
4.  Wordly Wise Lesson 12e
Words: 2) separate; 4) request; 5) amiable; 9) caress; 10) clutch... Now find the other three!
- Wordly Wise L12 Test on Friday
5.  Math
- TEXTBOOK page none
- WORKBOOK pages none

6.  Scholastic News - none

LINK for Debate / Sticky Situation paper

7.  Science - Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge packet

8.  History - none