Results, Breaking News, and Mexican Basket!

Congratulations to the following students who earned one or more Good News tickets for submitting last week's proportional reasoning question:  Isaac, Logan, Justin, Katarina, Andrea, Helena, Connor, Joey, and Kameron.  Please see the solution to the left.  Here is the latest question.  Please submit it by Tuesday April 7.

Sandra wanted to buy a PED that costs $210.  Her mother agreed to pay $5 for every $2 Sandra saved.  How much did each person pay to purchase the personal electronic device?  Justify your thinking.

Did you know that we are collecting donations of theme-related items that will be put into a basket and raffled off at the annual pasta dinner?  This year our class theme is MEXICAN FIESTA! (information was sent home on Friday - check for the blue page stapled to a white page)  We are working on  some brainstorming to help the ideas flow.  I will post the list when it is complete.  Thank you to the two students who already contributed items.  What can you donate?

As of yesterday, all items that need to be signed have finally been returned to the students because all students are finally complete!  Before the March Break the SWYK for unit 7 was returned to the students.  Please make sure they put it in their red duo tang when they return it with a signature.  Last week the following were sent home:  Religion test, gym/dance rubric, book talk rubric, math test.  Yesterday the literacy evaluation was sent home.  Please sign them and return them as soon as possible.  Thank you so much for your patience!  It is interesting for me to note here that part of the problem is that students are missing school when they are not ill.  Education today dictates that not all work can be sent home to be completed.  Anything that is a formal evaluation (for marks) must be done at school so that the teacher gets an authentic mark based on the students' independent work and if assistance is needed, then the teacher knows what help was needed and how much.  As your child(ren) continue to advance in their education, it becomes much more difficult from many perspectives for them to miss school electively.  Please consider scheduling vacations during natural breaks in the school calendar.   Thank you for your consideration.