Schedule Reminders
Today:
 Testing… a lot of it
Monday:
 Friday Folders are due
 Old Yeller
 No A-Z until 2017 
Wednesday:
 Grandparents’ Day performance: 1:30 and 6:30p.m.
Friday:
 Dictation 14
 Vocab QUIZ (Cougars)
 Spell test (Cougars)
Classroom Stuff
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Print off our homework page. There’s an A.T. and tickets
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Please send skating money in ASAP.
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waiting for you.
We will be watching Old Yeller on Monday… yep, that
one. The one where everyone makes it to the end but
the title character. Let me know if your child does not
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need to see it.
Please send in $2.00 for the pizza party on December 22
if you have not. Your child may bring a beverage and a
snack for him/herself. You may also bring in treats for
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dessert. We have 28 kids in the class.
Kids will be able to purchase books at the Book Fair on
Monday.
Homework with Parents: Part I, Deep Thoughts:
Parents, if you and your child were “superheroes”, who would be the
leader and who would be the sidekick? Why?
BONUS: What would be your names (e.g. Batman and Robin)?
Part II, Lesson 57: - Students, use the bag of marbles
to solve the problems on the back.
1.
2.
3.
What is the probability of picking a pink marble?
What is the probability of picking a blue marble?
What is the probability of picking a yellow marble?
Dec. 9, 2016
Anthony is a bright young fellow. He’s a great
problem-solver, and he’s always thinking of
something clever and witty. It seems like there is no
question he can’t answer. Did I mention that he’s
also easy to pal around with? Well, he is. He
somehow always manages to make those around
him feel better and smile with his humor. So if
you’re looking for a good pal, Anthony’s your man.
Thanks, Anthony.
Yahoo! KaYla is the new queen!
Vinny, the old king, was dethroned this week.
This morning as all of us casually came strolling into the classroom
with our jammies on, and in walked Vinny… in his swimsuit. He had
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us protested loudly against this insane idea. A couple of us even threw
some spare tomatoes at him.
King Vinny didn’t like that. He blew the whistle around his neck and
called silence into the room. We got quiet, and he continued. “Now, I
understand some of you are upset because of the temperature. Don’t
worry. Your fearless king has solved that problem. I am bringing this
portable heater with us.”
This was about the time we realized Vinny had completely lost his
mind.
He was going to electrocute himself.
Nevertheless, we all hopped on the bus to see what was going to
happen next.
When we got to the beach, Vinny surprised us. He actually had a
1,500-foot-long extension cord that he plugged in, and he carried the
portable heater with him to the lakefront. As Vinny was walking
towards the water with his inflatable duck around his waist and the
space heater in his other hand he screamed, “Last one in the lake is a
rotten egg!” Then he made a mad dash for the water while the rest of us
stood there both literally and figuratively frozen in time.
The last thing we saw as Vinny ran into the water with the heater
was a bolt of lightning as Vinny sizzled in the cold lake and his crown
flying off his head right onto Kayla’s.
It turns out Vinny was wrong about the last one in the lake being a
rotten egg.
It was the first one in... and it was him.
Trust us. You could smell the burning.
Child’s name: _____________ Parent’s Signature: ________________________________