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Have a great summer!

It's been an excellent year. I've really enjoyed the opportunity of getting to know and working with all the creative, diligent, kind, smart kids in this group. I'll miss seeing you all every day! Please email me a schedule of your baseball/ softball/ soccer games (mlbonner@yahoo.com), and I'll come see them if I can. Over the summer, keep your skills sharp and get ready for Mrs. Woodall's class by continuing the D.E.A.R. habit of reading for at least 20 minutes every day. Practice and build your math skills using links like Math Practice Site IXL and Fifth Grade Math I hope you all have a safe, fun summer. See you in August! Sincerely, MB PS: Hello to future 4th grade students who managed to find this blog! How can you get ready for 4th grade? Spend at least 20 minutes reading every day, and practice your addition, subtraction, and multiplication facts until you know them by heart. Flash cards are great for review, and there's a lot of fun math sites on

For Tuesday and the rest of the week:

- Reading: Read chapters 37 through 44 (up to p. 203) in Holes. Write a chapter title for each, and keep track of any new words you find. Finish reading the entire novel if you want, and remember to bring it with you to school on Tuesday. - Field trip on Wednesday to the Stables Gallery to see the Kids' Art Show. - Field Day on Thursday: We'll leave school at about 10:15 and head over to Kit Carson park for Field Day activities. Kids should pack their own lunch that day if they didn't already arrange with Melba to get a sack lunch. Parents may pick students up at the park at 2:00, otherwise pick-up will be at TCS at 2:50 as usual. I'll send home final progress reports on Thursday. Parents, please send in $4 to cover transportation for the Wednesday and Thursday bus trips. - Friday, May 22?: Friday is a partial-day for report card pick-up. Since I'll have already sent home the reports on Thursday, it's not necessary to come to school on Friday. Students

Over the weekend:

- Reading : Read chapters 32 through 36 (up to p. 166) in Holes. Write a chapter title for each, and keep track of any new words you find. Finish reading the entire novel if you want. Be sure to remember to bring it with you to school on Monday.

For Thursday:

-Career Projects: Continue presentations. -Spelling: Written work due. Study for practice quiz.

For Wednesday:

- Career Project presentations begin . Students have an outline of a possible format for their oral presentations. They may follow this outline, or design their own. Some students requested and received a one-day extension, so their projects will now be due on Thursday.

For Tuesday:

-Math: Study Links 9-1 (p. 195) -Career Project: Step 7 (finishing up the posterboard and practicing your presentation.) Due: Wednesday.

Spelling List 5/11/09

1. remedy 2. incarcerate 3. delirious 4. initiate 5. mirage 6. stifling 7. strenuous 8. precarious 9. fate 10. guilty 11. redemption 12. verano (summer) 13. Hace calor. (It’s hot.) 14. A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Borrowed books due this week

-Please return all TCS Library books to school before Friday, May 15 to avoid replacement fines. -Also, please return any books that you borrowed from our classroom library.

Ms. Erin's Spelling List 5/11/09

/e/= ey chim/ney don/key hon/ey mon/ey jer/sey key kid/ney med/ley os/prey pars/ley val/ley vol/ley

Over the weekend:

- Career Project : You should be working on Step 7, gathering your information and pictures, and putting it all together the posterboard. Make the posterboard snazzy, colorful, and full of information about the career.

For Friday:

-Career Projects: Presentations start next week. You should be working on steps 6 and 7. Students may do their presentations early if they're ready. -Spelling: Study for Friday quiz.

Bandelier Field Trip on Wednesday

-Information and permission slips went home with students on Monday. On Wednesday, we'll leave TCS at 8:00 sharp. Please make sure your son or daughter is at school no later than 7:55 a.m. We'll return to school at 5:00 p.m. Please send in the permission slip and payment on Tuesday. -The Wednesday forecast in Los Alamos is for warm, sunny weather with a high temperature of around 80 degrees. Since we'll be outside hiking for most of the day, students should dress for the weather: shorts, a light-colored shirt, sturdy sneakers, hat, and sunglasses. They should bring a small backpack with their own lunch, sunscreen, and a couple of water bottles.

Spelling List 5/4/09

1. Anasazi 2. Ancestral Pueblo 3. cliff dwelling 4. cistern 5. petroglyph 6. kiva 7. sipapu 8. micro-climate 9. excavate 10. archeologist 11. artifact 12. pottery shard 13. escribir (to write) 14. Yo escribo. (I write.) Tu escribes. (You write. - friendly) Usted escribe. (You write. - formal) Ustedes escriben. (You all write.) El/ ella escribe. (He/ she writes.) Ellos escriben. (They write.) Nosotros escribimos. (We write.) 21. The thousand mile journey begins with a single step.