WEEK 5

Weekly Quote
A real friend is someone who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
-- Anonymous

Weekly Riddle

Horse Race

"Times are hard in a small rural town, business is slowing and people are moving out. It so happens that there are two horse-dealerships in town. Unfortunately there's only enough people to support one of the dealerships. So the two owners meet and decide that one of them must leave town. Since neither of them want to leave they devise a competition to see who gets to stay. It is decided that they will race their horses across town. Now they don't want to damage their horses, so they change the race rule so that whoever's horse crosses the finish post LAST wins the race and gets to stay in town. So the next day they set off. Both are ambling along, taking rests and getting nowhere nearer to finishing. After a few hours a wise old man tells them to dismount and gives them some advice. After which the two sprint back to the horses, get on and gallop towards the finish line. Assuming that the race rules were not changed - what advice did the old man give them ?"

Class Update
This week I have moved the Science test on Electricity and Magnetism from Tuesday to Thursday to give us more time to review together. This weekend I contacted Mas Hashimoto and he will be giving our class a slide show about his experience during World War II as a Japanese American. This will take place on Friday, September 21st at 10:15 a.m. and all parents are invited to attend this meaningful presentation. Mas is a retired teacher from Watsonville who taught over 35 years.
Our class will be finishing Sadako this week and students will be able to take an Accelerated Reader Quiz

Accelerated Reading Scale
75 points and above = A+ (and a certificate of achievement)
30 Points and above = A
25-29 Points = B
19-24 points = C
18 - below = D
Homework Monday
Reading-Ch. 7 + Summary
Math - Finish L21
Spelling - p. 41 + 43
Science - Test on Thursday
Please return the field trip permission form.

Homework Tuesday
Reading-20/4/1
Math - Finish L22
Spelling - Due Friday
Science - Study for test on Thursday
Please return the field trip permission form + $5

Homework Wednesday
Reading-20/4/1
Math - Finish L24
Spelling - Due Friday
Science - Study for test on tomorrow + Finish Science Packet pages
Please return the field trip permission form + $5