HW - Thursday, 1/23

1.  RuskinFIT (Physical Exercise) - 60 minutes
2.  Ruskin Reads - 30 minutes
Reading Goal of the Month:  Most PAGES 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 February  3 ...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.  Spelling Activities Two activities due Friday / Spelling Test tomorrow
5.  Wordly Wise 14e / Lesson 14 Test tomorrow
6.  LA Workbook pgs. 219-223

7.  Math
-- TEXTBOOK pages 220-221
-- WORKBOOK pages 127-130
-- Topic 8 Math Test Tomorrow
** Practice Sumdog.com OR Tenmarks.com for 15 minutes **
8.  History pgs. NONE
-- Scholastic News [Read it; Do Map Quiz; Debate (Choose a side, write a paragraph); Sticky Situation (Write a paragraph); Complete back page] DUE FRIDAY
9.  Science pgs. NONE

HAVE YOU STARTED WRITING YOUR CINDERELLA STORY?!?!

IF NOT...

START IT TODAY!!!

NOTES:

• Tomorrow is the Winter Concert in the Multi: 3rd graders @ 6:30 p.m.; 4th and 5th @ 7:00 p.m. Click here for more information.
• Cinderella Story instructions went home last week. They should be working on their stories. Books to be distributed after their story gets approved by me.
• Place your yearbook orders online.  Last chance to order them is March 1, 2014.
• http://www.betteryearbookpublishing.com/login/signin_parents.htm
• USER ID: ruskin  / PASSWORD: roadrunner
• "Pennies for Patients" - Please continue to collect pennies and coins for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. If you can, please consider taking the box to work, your social events, etc. not only to fundraise but to raise the awareness of leukemia and lymphoma. For more info, please click here.
• Congratulations to Aaditya, our December San Jose Sharks "Reading Is Cool" Top Reader! He received a medal and a $5 Jamba Juice gift card for his effort!

This is pretty cool: Disney's Frozen - "Let It Go" in 25 languages

This reminds me a lot of the great finale from Les Miserables: The Dream Cast in Concert, a production to celebrate its 10th Anniversary concert:

Encore #2: "Do You Hear the People Sing?" followed by "One Day More"

A little trivia related to Les Miserables:

• Colm Wilkinson, who is thought of as the quintessential Jean Valjean, appears as the Bishop in the 2012 movie version of Les Miserables.
• Lea Salonga, who plays Eponine in the 10th Anniversary performance, was the singing voice behind Jasmine in Disney's Aladdin and Mulan in Disney's Mulan and Mulan II. She later played Fantine in the 25th Anniversary performance of Les Miserables.
• Judy Kuhn, who portrays Cossette in the 10th Anniversary performance, was the singing voice behind Pocahontas in Disney's Pocahontas and Pocahontas II and Princess Ting-Ting in Mulan II.

ENJOY!

HW - Wednesday, 1/22

1.  RuskinFIT (Physical Exercise) - 60 minutes
2.  Ruskin Reads - 30 minutes
Reading Goal of the Month:  Most PAGES 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 February  3 ...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.  Spelling Activities Two activities due Friday
5.  Wordly Wise 14c-d / Start 14e as they will "only have" one day left to do it
6.  LA Workbook pgs. 214-218

7.  Math
-- TEXTBOOK pages 218-219
-- WORKBOOK pages 123-126
-- Topic 8 Math Test (Friday, 1/24)
** Practice Sumdog.com OR Tenmarks.com for 15 minutes **
8.  History pgs. NONE
-- Scholastic News [Read it; Do Map Quiz; Debate (Choose a side, write a paragraph); Sticky Situation (Write a paragraph); Complete back page] DUE FRIDAY
9.  Science pgs. 168-171

HAVE YOU STARTED WRITING YOUR CINDERELLA STORY?!?!

IF NOT...

START IT TODAY!!!

NOTES:

• Tomorrow is the Winter Concert in the Multi: 3rd graders @ 6:30 p.m.; 4th and 5th @ 7:00 p.m. Click here for more information.
• Cinderella Story instructions went home last week. They should be working on their stories. Books to be distributed after their story gets approved by me.
• Place your yearbook orders online.  Last chance to order them is March 1, 2014.
• http://www.betteryearbookpublishing.com/login/signin_parents.htm
• USER ID: ruskin  / PASSWORD: roadrunner
• "Pennies for Patients" - Please continue to collect pennies and coins for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. If you can, please consider taking the box to work, your social events, etc. not only to fundraise but to raise the awareness of leukemia and lymphoma. For more info, please click here.
• Congratulations to Aaditya, our December San Jose Sharks "Reading Is Cool" Top Reader! He received a medal and a $5 Jamba Juice gift card for his effort!

The Kid from Our Scholastic News Issue

Since we don't have a new Scholastic News issue for this week due to the MLK holiday, I did have one saved from earlier in the year.

In this issue, there was a boy in one of the articles who knew how to tickle the ivories at a young age: Ethan Bortnick.

Here's the link to his YouTube channel. Feel free to peruse the videos, especially the ones when he was younger:  http://www.youtube.com/user/ethanbortnick?feature=watch

HW - Tuesday, 1/21

1.  RuskinFIT (Physical Exercise) - 60 minutes
2.  Ruskin Reads - 30 minutes
Reading Goal of the Month:  Most PAGES 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 February  3 ...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.  Spelling Activities Two activities due Friday
5.  Wordly Wise 14a-b
6.  LA Workbook pgs. 211, 213

7.  Math
-- TEXTBOOK pages 214-215; 216-217
-- WORKBOOK pages 121-122
-- Topic 8 Math Test (Friday, 1/24)
** Practice Sumdog.com OR Tenmarks.com for 15 minutes **
8.  History pgs. NONE
-- Scholastic News [Read it; Do Map Quiz; Debate (Choose a side, write a paragraph); Sticky Situation (Write a paragraph); Complete back page] DUE FRIDAY
9.  Science pgs. 160-165

HAVE YOU STARTED WRITING YOUR CINDERELLA STORY?!?!

IF NOT...

START IT TODAY!!!

NOTES:

• Tomorrow is our Code Red Drill. We will practice in the morning and then execute the drill - along with the rest of the school - after the morning recess. It should take about an hour. Please let your child know that their safety is paramount and we must work together as a class - as silently as we can - to create our barricades and wait patiently. A large portion of the day will be dedicated to this as clean up and restoration of the room will be time-consuming.
• Thursday is the Winter Concert in the Multi: 3rd graders @ 6:30 p.m.; 4th and 5th @ 7:00 p.m. Click here for more information.
• Cinderella Story instructions went home last week. They should be working on their stories. Books to be distributed after their story gets approved by me.
• Place your yearbook orders online.  Last chance to order them is March 1, 2014.
• http://www.betteryearbookpublishing.com/login/signin_parents.htm
• USER ID: ruskin  / PASSWORD: roadrunner
• "Pennies for Patients" - Please continue to collect pennies and coins for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. If you can, please consider taking the box to work, your social events, etc. not only to fundraise but to raise the awareness of leukemia and lymphoma. For more info, please click here.
• Congratulations to Aaditya, our December San Jose Sharks "Reading Is Cool" Top Reader! He received a medal and a $5 Jamba Juice gift card for his effort!

Owners Found!

The plate and ladle have been claimed!

Thank you for looking!

Double Coins on Sumdog

For a limited time, Sumdog will be rewarding students double coins for every correct answer.

This special reward period begins on 1/20 and ends on 1/24.

Also, they have released a new app titled, "Sumdog" (how original, huh?). This app replaces their old "Snowball" app and let's you play "Snowball" and, if you have a subscription, "Kiteboarding." They will be using this new app to launch free and subscribed games. The app is FREE, but some games will require a subscription ($6/month, I believe). 

Visit Sumdog.com for more info.