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Bill Nye link:
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These topics looked good. DVD's are $29.95 a piece.

 * Life Cycles
 * The Sun
 * Earth's Crust
 * Measurement
 * Moon
 * Rocks and Soil
 * Water Cycle,
 * Populations
 * Food Web
 * Do it Yourself Science
 * Phases of Matter

Ideas or Questions and the date

 * XOXOXOXOXOXO Valentines Day Morning Math Problems** (Will print them when I get to school!)Karencita

Website to print problems:

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/TCR/3351_29.pdf

Valentine’s Day Math 1. Melanie has purchased five special valentines that she wants to give to her close friends and family. The cards cost $1.25, $1.75, $2.00, $1.65, and $2.50. She also plans to give away two boxes of candy: one costs $6.95 and the other costs $3.50. a. How much money will Melanie spend for Valentine’s Day? b. Melanie has $25.00 in her piggy bank at home and $100.00 in the bank. Will she __ need to take some money out of the bank? If so, how much? __ c. If Melanie doesn’t need to remove money from her bank account, how much __ money will she have left in her piggy bank? __ d. How much money will Melanie have left after Valentine’s Day? 2. There are 30 students in Mrs. Miller’s sixth-grade class. There are 10 girls. Each child puts his/her name on a slip of paper and puts it in a Valentine’s box. Two names will be drawn from the box and each child will receive a box of candy. a. What is the probability that a boy’s name will be drawn from the box first? __ (Give a fraction, a ratio, and a percentage.) ___ b. Assuming that the first name selected is the most probable sex, what is the probability that a girl’s name will be selected the second time? (Give a fraction, a ratio, and a percentage.)

3. Philip has a limited supply of red construction paper at home, and he is supposed to cover a shoebox (including the top) and have a one-inch overlap inside the top and bottom of the box. The shoebox is six inches wide, 12 inches long, and 4 inches high. The top is half aninch high. a. How much paper (in square inches) will it take to cover the box (outer surfaces __ and overlap area)? ___ b. Philip has 4 sheets (8 1⁄2”x 11”) of red construction paper. Does he have enough to cover the box? c. If so, how much extra paper does he have?_ __ d. If not, how much more paper does he need? __ Valentine’s Day Math Answer Key 1. a. $19.60 b. no c. yes—$5.40 d. $105.40 2. a. 2/3; 2:1; 67% b. 10/29; 10:19; 34.5% 3. a. 396 sq. inches c. no answer required b. no d. 22 square inches

[] I also included, BOOSTER Fractions, onto the 5th grade website in addition to what was there. So there are three interactive websites on the student's page for fractions and number lines now. [] I've got some ideas. What do you think about these? Vanessa 11/14
 * Number Lines and Fractions -**
 * Daily Math Brains-**

Lesson plans are up for LA for Unit 10 which continues poetry study. ...Mary
 * 11/7/10**
 * I went ahead and TWEKEd the lesson plans for science and made examples, stuff for the week. Were we ever able to get our hands on Karen's powerpoint??--Karencita**

I will pick up the supplies.---Mary
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Math plans are up, we have review, benchmark, and then multiplication review.
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 * I posted the Language Arts lesson plans. Mrs. Cavett just needs to work on the word study part and then it is ready.**
 * Margarita**

Also, what about a blow dryer and a toaster for heat/thermal energy? Sounds good! Thank you... I'll ask around for a heating pad also. Vanessa

Happy Sunday all--- Just a thought....for the lab tuesday...since im not sure we can get our hands on a heat lamp...im thinking a heating pad would work....im just going to bring one and the groups can take turns with it....it gets to a safe heat too...

see yall manana Karencita

Mary -

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**A Brief Introduction to Insect Metamorphosis**

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**Examples of Insects That Undergo Incomplete Metamorphosis**

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I think the Constitution Today looks great! Let's do it! dB

Take a look at these Constitution Day resources from Scholastic. We could use them next Friday in Language Arts. MC

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=381

[] - Who can figure out how this works?! : ) 8/17

9/7 Language arts plans are posted but need TEKs added. (couldn't get into ARRC from home...frustrating) Margarita and Mary will add them and repost. Also, we will go over plans on Thursday. Meanwhile, question to discuss: Do we want specific reading homework that focuses on the weekly skill and/or strategy? Did not specify small group lessons in plans since this will vary but ideas besides leveled readers and guided reading: self selected sustained reading and reader response, workstations that came with reading adoption (they look good), vocabulary activities to go with word walls, Language support cards that also came with adoption, etext so students can listen and reread the stories from the week (really cool), "familiar read" book basket