Osi

Hi my name is Osinachi my friends call me Osi i go to Forest Park elementary
school and I'm in 5th grade Miss Lou's class the best 5th grade teacher.my best
friends are Felix, Bryan, Andrew Tan, Samuel, and Jake.

Bryan

Hi everyone, my name is Bryan Sun. I like to swim, play outdoors, and skateboard.I am ranked
12th in the whole United States. My close friends are Andrew, Osi , Felix, and Samuel. I am now in fifth grade and with my most favorite teacher, Miss Lou . I also get really good grade so my family are also really proud of me.


-Bryan

Samuel

Hello! My name is Samuel!!!!! I love to play basketball and it's a fun sport. :) I really care
about my grades because i want to have a BIG paying job when i grow up. My future goals
are to be a professor at Stanford University and a doctor. If i can, i want to be a piano teacher
if i have enough time. Miss Lou is very nice and she is the best teacher ever!!!!! :) Miss Lou's
5th grade class rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Oh yeah...5th Graders Rock!

1. Azik (Moved to North Carolina...We miss you!)
2. Claire
3. Amanda
4. Deborah
5. Ryan (Super Cards!)
6. Vincent (Who also moved :(...)
7. Felix (Go Wolverines!)
8. Katherine C.
9. Andrew (Frogs are cool!)
10. Jordan
11. Tim
12. Teresa
13. Alyssa
14. Kevin (Kai Wen)
15. Cynthia
16. Johanan (Frog City!)
17. Daniel (Tennis Rocks!)
18. Osi (Go Wolverines!)
19. Xuankang
20. Phani (H.S.M. Rox!)
21. Jake (Leadership Rocks!)
22. Samuel (Go Wolverines!)
23. Ashank (Monarch Butterflies Rule!)
24. Bryan (Go Wolverines! And Flying Fish!)
25. Andrew T. (Go Wolverines!)
26. Saurabh (Hi!)
27. Jason
28. Charlotte (High School Musical Rules!)
29. Joycelyn (We miss you!!! Write us!)
30. KatZhu (Leadership Rocks!)

Hip, hip hooray to Ms. Tina!!

Books, books, books galore!

A Great, Big Hug to Ms. Tina for bringing in all those fabulous books
from the Scholastic Fair!

How did you manage to volunteer AND steal,
I mean obtain ALL those books for our classroom?

Dates to Remember:

‡ Monday, February 12th
*NO SCHOOL
*Teacher Work Day :(

‡ Tuesday, February 13th
**Picture Day! (9:30-10:20)
*Geography Country Cap Quiz 2
*Review Narrative Writing

‡ Wednesday, February 14th
*Happy birthday Ramola !
*Science C.3 Test! (and Study Guide)
*Happy Valentine’s Day
*Bring Healthy Snacks!
*Early Dismissal (1:15!)

‡ Thursday, February 15th
* RLA Unit 3, Lesson 6 Quiz

‡ Friday, February 16th
* Math Chapter 9 & 10 Test
*Spelling/Vocabulary Quiz #21
*Narrative Writing Due
*Mr. C’s Birthday!


*Check out Nicole’s latest creation!
Ask her if you want to help and
you can also send her pictures
to post on the website.
Thank you Mr. Hu and Nicole!

www.myschoolrocks.org

Do your parents (and dentist) a favor
and don’t eat too much candy.
~Miss Lou

* Room 401 News! *

Friday, February 9, 2007

February Announcements:

Isn’t it cool???? We have now purchased two adorable young class pets from our class money. Thanks to all our regular Student Store workers for all your help and responsibility. (Alex, Kevin So, Emma and Yanglan! Also to Natasha, Perry, Kenny and Andy.) The rats are absolutely cute and we are in the process of building play runs for them.

We also are planning to have a celebration on Valentine’s Day with healthy snacks (fruit, cereal, popcorn…). Please bring treats in and make sure it is pretty healthy. How about apples, grapes, carrots, bananas, cherries, granola bars, fruit snacks, almonds, cashews, peanuts, oranges, tangerines…what else is healthy? Remember to bring in something nice for your kinder buddy. Maybe a card, a cute valentine, or a flower? We will also be doing an art project with them on that day.

In the Spotlight: Eric

What is happening in 401?

What is happening in 401?

Math-We are now continuing multiplication with Chapter 10: Multiplying with decimals AND 3-digit numbers. We are making accurate estimations.

Literature Circle - Fenner’s, Yolanda’s Genius is now finished. We are working on our group projects.

Sweet Girls

"Let me help you with that, Alvin." Ramola says while they do work.
"I love reading the newspapers!" Sravya said with a willing smile.
"Oh, this is so overwhelming. How are the other guys doing?" Shilpa exclaims.
"Oh, boo-hoo. I am done. What can I do now? Miss Lou, may I help you?"

401 Field Trip

Nicole and Nithya trying to behave on the bus.

"I know I look good. Now stop staring at me, Miss Lou!" Alvin said with an evil smile.
"Oh great...there she goes again. Stop taking pictures of us. This play is bad enough," grumbles Izabel and Leigh Anne.

Eric enjoying every...

minute he doesn't have to work.

"Let me relax!" he says.

Colin's Tongue

Colin! Are you OK?

Do you still want to be Alvin's brother? Think again...yikes.

Brothers

...or at least that is what Alvin says. Colin? Are you OK with that?

Karyssa Says it All

Karen and Alyssa smiling for the camera and enjoying every moment allowed together.

How do you survive the aching hours apart?

Andy at the Tagboard

"Don't look at me. I said I didn't write the bad words,...and, yeah..."

Where are YOU??

"Can I have this picture for the myschoolrocks.org blog that I set up?" Nicole asks.
"Please go away, Miss Lou. I don't want my picture taken. Ok...I'm just going to ignore her and she will go away," thought Leigh Anne. Yanglan and Margarent ignore Miss Lou too by doing more work and making less eye contact.
Justin, however, is willingly camera friendly. "OK, make this one quick. I have golf and other more exciting things to do with my life," he said. Miss Lou is keeping this one so she can have it autographed by him when he gets rich and famous.
"Hmm, it seems that there are far more interesting things to read in the newspaper than I thought. From now on, I am going to play less videogames and read more. This is soo cool!" Kenny discovers the magic of research and learning more about politics, sports and global tragedies as well as miraculous medical discoveries lately. Soon, he plans to take over the world with his profound intellect and ingenius ideas....but first, Kenny plans to finish 5th grade.

Current Events Research

"How's the stock market doing, I wonder?" Michael reads on and on about what next to invest, but tries to avoid writing the summary.
Colin, Karen, Ramola and Alvin share the space...or are they wandering in space. Hey guys! Wake up and do some work!
"Who me?!?" Katie looks up. "You want to put MY picture on the blog....ugh."
"I am just going to igore Andy and pretend that he doesn't exist. I love being friends with Emma. I am just going to ignore all other distractions. This is comfy!" Nithya thinks to herself while resting on Emma's cozy back. Of course Emma doesn't mind. "I love being friends with you too, Nith!" she responds.

* Room 401 News! *

January Announcements:
Thank you Margaret and her family for donating items to our store! Thank you Yanglan and her family for all the fabulous books for our class library. We are currently reading a LOT and Miss Lou is proud of all your group work this week.

Ms. Liu thanks you for all your thoughtful going-away cards. She loved them!

In the Spotlight: Nicole

What is happening in 401?

Math-Chapter 26 is all about shapes on a deeper and more geometrical level. Know the difference translation, reflection and rotation on a 4-quadrant graph.
RLA-It seems we love making questions with our groups. Excellent job on your critical thinking and intuitive skills! I love that all of you are participating more in class—especially when the students are conducting the discussion. If you send me 5 fun facts about Puerto Rico, I will post them on the blog for EC points!
Science-Unit C, Ch. 1 and 2 will be given together on Tuesday. Study guide is due on that day. We will resume Chapter 3.
Literature Circle: Fenner’s, Yolanda’s Genius
Friday Presents: Persuasive Speeches!

Garden Project Announcements:
*Thank you Dana for bringing in the hoe. We are starting to rid the weeds and pour the soil. Please stay away from those beautifully delicate tulips that are about to bloom!

Self-Discovery Writers: For the next couple of weeks, our group will continue to create their own writing projects on the reoccurring themes in 5th grade.
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Dates to Remember:
‡ Monday, January 29
*Geography Country Cap Quiz 1
*Continue Chapter 26

‡ Tuesday, January 30
*Science Unit C, Chapter 1 & 2

‡ Wednesday, January 31
*8:30 Assembly
*Math Chapter 26 Test
*Minimum Day 1:15 Release

‡ Thursday, February 1
*Unit 3, Lesson 4 Quiz

‡ Friday, February 2
*Spelling/Vocabulary Quiz #19
*Author Purpose Speeches

*Check out Nicole’s latest creation! Ask her if you want to help and you can also send her pictures to post on the website. Thank you Nicole and her dad! www.myschoolrocks.org

Say “hello” to your family from me AND “hello” to your virtual world. ~Miss Lou

If you have any announcements that you would like to add, comment below!

Carol Fenner's "Yolanda's Genius"

"True genius rearranges old material in a way never seen before."

1. Who quoted this saying and what does it mean to you?

2. What conclusion did Yolanda make when she agreed with this quotation?

3. Give examples of genius inventions, well-written books, ideas, conclusions or other modern-day advances that pertain to this quotation?

E-mail or make a comment below. Write your student number if you do not want to include your name.

Our Class Rocks

Unit 3, Lesson 3: The West Side (with Juan Moralez)

Thanks to all the RLA groups for presenting such insightful (and some playful) questions to the class.

Can you remember any questions you might have thought that was thought provoking and connects the the main theme of Heritage?

Extra credit points for typing an answer below under the "Comment" page.

Have Fun!