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Feb
22
2012

Homework: Feb. 22, 2012

Author: Mr. Arredondo

Reading: Read 25 mins.
Social studies: Study the citizenship questions you were given today ahead of the Ellis Island stations tomorrow afternoon. Remember, with parent permission, you can dress up as an immigrant and even bring in a suitcase with extra clothing, plus stage make-up (again, with parent permission).

Here’s some actual photos that give you costume ideas: Bing image search on Ellis Island immigrants

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Jan
26
2012

Homework: Jan. 26, 2012

Author: Mr. Arredondo

Reading: Read 20 mins.
Social studies: Catch up on pamphlet of Northeast if you are behind

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Mar
18
2011

Homework: Thursday, March 17, 2011

Author: Mr. Arredondo

Reading: Read 20 mins
Soc Studies: Landform dictionary up to valley
Math: Leprechaun vmath sheet
English: The Lucky Poem

Family writing Night Thurs. 3-17-2011 at 7p.m.
Book orders due Fri.
Field trip form and money due Fri. for students and chaperones (Except Anthony. Nice to have you back!)

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Mar
16
2011

Homework: Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Author: Mr. Arredondo

Reading: Read 20 mins.
Social studies: Work on your landform dictionary. You should have this pages done tonight if you didn’t finish the first 3 in class…

Peninsula: a narrow piece of land that sticks out and is surrounded by water on 3 sides
Plain: a large area of flat land and few trees
Plateau: an area of high ground with a flat top
River: A waterform that flows through land and empties into an ocean or lake

Family Writing Night tomorrow night at HCS.
Field trip forms and $10.50 are due Friday. Selected parent chaperones are $7.

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Mar
14
2011

Homework: Monday, March 14, 2011

Author: Mr. Arredondo

Reading: Read 20 minutes
Math: Finish multiplication patterns assignment
Social studies: Catch up on your landform dictionary
Spelling: Find all 28 spelling mistakes and rewrite the paragraph in cursive into your writing journal. Remember, the spelling mistakes come from your Spell Check card.

2 parent chaperones were randomly selected and announced today, based on volunteers who did not attend the swimming field trip. Our 2 chaperones are Mr. Auger and Mrs. Bugg! We’ll need your $7 ticket fee this week. Thanks to everyone that offered to join us. We’ll see you all later this year on the Flume field trip. We’ll also be going to the state house on a different trip.
Thursday HCS is having a Family Writing Night.
March 22 is the Jump Rope for Heart event at 9:35a.m.
See our homework site’s school calendar tab up top for more school events!

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Mar
10
2011

Homework: Thursday, March 10, 2011

Author: Mr. Arredondo

Reading: Read 20+ mins.
Math: Finish multiplication homework (2 by 2)
Social studies: We are working on landform dictionaries. If you are behind on it, finish your cover, beach, and canyon pages tonight.

Field trip permission slips went home today after being left out of the field trip packet from yesterday. See yesterday’s homework post for more information.
Family Writing Night one week from today.
Book orders due next Friday.

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Mar
09
2011

Homework: Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Author: Mr. Arredondo

Reading: Finish classwork stations for The BFG. Read 20 minutes.
Math: Finish division classwork.
Social studies: Finish beach page for landform/waterform dictionary.
Writing: Finish draft 2 of persuasive paper.

Book orders are due next Friday.
Field trip packets were sent home today. Students will be charged $10.50, parent volunteers who are selected will need to pay $7. Checks are accepted but cash is preferred. If you’re a parent who didn’t get to join us on our swimming field trip, send Mr. Arredondo a message on this post, by agenda, by e-mail, or by phone and he will select 2 parent volunteers for the theater performance. The packet seems to be missing an actual parent permission slip sheet so feel free to send in a note or sign the 2nd page of the packet and send that in! =)

Mr. Arredondo made a post this afternoon (posted just before this) to address questions that are coming up about his status next year. You can read the post below or click here.

Update 5:54p.m.: New event added to website calendar–Jump Rope for Heart on March 22nd. Kids will jump rope, parents can join in swinging a rope or jumping along during gym class at 9:35-10:20a.m. Kids will receive a Jump Rope for Heart Collection Envelope. Any students who collect a donation, no matter the size, will receive a new jump rope.

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