HW - Tuesday, 10/21

PARENTS:  

• Tomorrow (IF they arrive today): We will have a Harvest of the Month tasting of Fancy Zucchini from Watsonville's Lakeside Organic Farms (http://www.lakesideorganic.com). NOTE: If your child is allergic to zucchini please let me know ASAP. (This is separate from the Taste Testing grant which will hopefully commence early next week, as I am missing about 50% of the class's pink consent forms.)
• This Thursday's Spirit Day is "Think Pink" in support of "Stand Up To Cancer" (http://www.standup2cancer.org). The day is to increase the general awareness of cancer, support those who are fighting it or survived it, and honor those who have lost their lives to cancer. Students are encouraged to wear pink to school on Thursday.
• Ruskin's Walk-A-Thon has been moved to Oct. 27.  Sponsor forms were in the Wednesday Folders.  Please ask others to help Ruskin!
• We will be participating in California Agriculture activities from now until May. Please see the letter that went home today about our first Taste Test: APPLES!

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  November 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:  Uneasy Homecoming
4.  Wordly Wise 7c-d
- Wordly Wise L7 Test on FRIDAY

5.  Math   [We are skipping Topic 5]
- TEXTBOOK pages  138-139 #7-36 ODDS
- WORKBOOK pages  NONE
- 3 Enrichment sheets which were started in  class today
- Topic 4 Test TOMORROW
6.  Scholastic News - NO HW today but October 20 issue will be done mostly in class this week. Due Friday will be Page 8, Sticky Situation, and Debate.
7.  Science pgs. NONE
8.  History 
California Indian Projects due November 3, 2014. See info sheet for details.


NOTES:

• Box Tops are still be collected! Send them in!
• We're only missing EIGHT Emergency Kits. Please turn your child's in ASAP.

HW - Monday, 10/20

PARENTS:  

• This Thursday's Spirit Day is "Think Pink" in support of "Stand Up To Cancer" (http://www.standup2cancer.org). The day is to increase the general awareness of cancer, support those who are fighting it or survived it, and honor those who have lost their lives to cancer. Students are encouraged to wear pink to school on Thursday.
• Ruskin's Walk-A-Thon has been moved to Oct. 27.  Sponsor forms were in the Wednesday Folders.  Please ask others to help Ruskin!
• We will be participating in California Agriculture activities from now until May. Please see the letter that went home today about our first Taste Test: APPLES!

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  November 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:  The Old House
4.  Wordly Wise 7a-b
- Wordly Wise L7 Test on FRIDAY

5.  Math   [We are skipping Topic 5]
- TEXTBOOK pages  112-115 (from Friday); 136-137
- WORKBOOK pages  61-64 (from Friday); 75-76
- Topic 4 Test on Wednesday
6.  Scholastic News - Not Yet
7.  Science pgs. Chapter 2, Lesson 1
8.  History 
California Indian Projects due November 3, 2014. See info sheet for details.
9.  Grammar Worksheet (Editing sentences)
- Grammar Quiz on Friday 


NOTES:

• Box Tops are still be collected! Send them in!
• We're only missing EIGHT Emergency Kits. Please turn your child's in ASAP.

HW - Wednesday, 10/15

PARENTS:  

• Tomorrow is the Great California Shake Out (http://www.shakeout.org/california/). It will be observed district-wide. Ruskin will have theirs at 9:05 a.m.
• LAST UPDATE RE: NEW TenMarks ASSIGNMENTS - Students may do ALL of the multiplication lessons. They may even try the easier division lessons. If they are having difficulty, they should watch the videos and consider 
• Ruskin's Walk-A-Thon has been moved to Oct. 27.  Sponsor forms were in the Wednesday Folders.  Please ask others to help Ruskin!

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  November 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 #  31/32 
4.  Wordly Wise 6e (due Friday)
- Wordly Wise L6 Test on FRIDAY

5.  Math
- TEXTBOOK pages  104-105 ALL (#7-20 Estimate for Odds only); 106-107 #9-28 ODDS
- WORKBOOK pages  59-60 ODDS
- Topic 4 Quiz on Friday
6.  Scholastic News - Not Yet
7.  Science pgs. NONE
8.  History 
California Indian Projects due November 3, 2014. See info sheet for details.
9.  Grammar Worksheet (Plural Possessive Nouns); Writing Application sentences go into your journal
- Grammar Quiz on Friday
10. Harris Burdick stories (final draft) due Friday. Must be neatly written or typed.

NOTES:

• Box Tops are still be collected! Send them in!
• We're only missing NINE Emergency Kits. Please turn your child's in ASAP.

Tomorrow is Picture Day

For tomorrow's Picture Day, our class's time is scheduled for 10:25 a.m., which is after recess. Please let your child know that if s/he is dressed nicely, s/he probably shouldn't engage in a potentially sweaty and/or dirty activity during morning recess!

Keep up the good work with TenMarks and Sumdog

TenMarks:

-  Looks like more students need to be taking TenMarks (18 students have not worked on it). I know who you are! ;)
-  The assignment problems are being answered correctly at a very good percentage.
-  Two students this week scored less than 75% and did not use the videos for assistance. Please make sure to WATCH THE VIDEOS when you are struggling! They help!

Weekly TenMarks Report for Mr. Amutan's Class

Total students in Mr. Amutan's Class: 34

Students who worked on TenMarks: 15

Assignments

Total assignment problems attempted: 1080

Assignment problems answered correctly: 969

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Sumdog:

-  GREAT JOB TO MR. AMUTAN'S STUDENTS! We placed 13th in the National Sumdog contest that ended on Friday, 10/9! You all really poured in a lot of effort! Kudos!

13th

Mr. Amutan, Ruskin Elementary School

California

685

- Among classes in California, our class placed 5th! Again, GREAT JOB!

1st	5th grade, Shasta Lake School	California	884
2nd	Darren McDonald, P. A. Walsh STEAM Academy	California	747
3rd	Rubio 5th Grade 2014, Flowery	California	720
4th	5th 2014-15, Rio Hondo	California	695
5th	Mr. Amutan, Ruskin Elementary School	California	685

- A NEW National Sumdog Contest has begun and will run until 10/16.  Start playing now!

Fall Is Finally Here at Ruskin

Now, let's hope the heat goes away and the cooler temps replace it!

Seniors in HS Applying to Colleges

If you know of anyone interested in applying to Marquette University (my alm mater!) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, I can endorse their application which covers the application fee. LMK as it is a very easy process.

Marquette has many quality programs (i.e., physical therapy) and colleges (i.e., engineering, nursing, business; for post-grad, law school).

Check them out at  www.mu.edu

Here's the link the alumni association emailed me. It has the information I will need about the applicant: http://www.marquette.edu/alumni/about-admissions.php