Buddy Balloons!

As tempting as it was, I thank everyone for following rules. Comment
about your buddy balloon, or should I say, balloon buddy. How did you
do? Did you make it to the finals, or did you get soaked? If you left the
field dry, perhaps you played too safe?

Thanks for the encouragements and for NOT throwing them at me.

Finalists

Oh yeah...Xuankang is on fire! Will Bryan drop his balloon? Who is Char
cheering for. Teresa and Phani watch in anticipation. Who will win?

Nameless Furry Fruits!

This is a photo taken from Thailand, yes...Bryan, that's your country.
Can anyone figure out what these two fruits are? First students to
find out will get 5 points extra credit for each fruit!

(One fruit per student, so don't guess both and ruin the chances for
your classmates... :)


Good luck and no cheating!

I love fruit!
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Great job on the correct answer, Ashank and Charlotte!
You two are our fruit whizzes!

The fruit on the left is called a mangosteen. And the hairy,
scary fruit on the right is called a rambutan, or in Costa Rica
they are called mamos chinos.

Click on the name of that fruit in this posting to find out more.

Task III: Food Glorious Food!

A. Find 2 websites filled with recipes from your culture.

B. Choose one recipe that has link to history or culture. Explain
its cultural significance. Why do they eat this? When? How?

C. List your country's top spices, roots or sauces. Is this
common with American foods?

D. How do people in your country dine? Sitting on the floor? With
their hands? With chopsticks? Family-style or individual dishes
like in America? How many meals a day?

E. Write about the overall opinion of your country's foods
compared with American food. For example: Is it healther?
Spicier? Would you eat it daily? Why or why not? Is food
always available? Abundant or limited? Do you depend on
other countries for food source, or do you export to others?

http://www.time.com

Task II: Facts & Current Events

A: Find 3 different websites (Internet sources) to help you
for research. Site your sources in the proper format.

B: From all three sites, give the most accurate following
information about your country.

1. Population

2. Climate (Dry? Wet? Cold? Give weather and temperatures.)

3. Food (What is a typical meal?)

4. Economy (Find out what G.D.P. stands for and where
they fall in terms of power and money!)

5. Resources (For example: Do they grow corn? Produce
Oil? Corn? Rice? Fish?

6. Current relationship with U.S.A. (Good? Bad? Trade agreement?
War? Does America depend on your country for resources, or do
they depend on the U.S.A.?)

7. Find one current article in the news written about your country.
(It can be from a popular news site, magazine or newspaper cut out
(but make sure you bring the hard copy to school if you cut it out!)
Site properly and summarize in a few sentences. No plagiarism!

8. Read a friend’s comment and give him/her a compliment.

Task I: Country Capitals & Why-Abouts

A. Introduce your country and its capital in the appropriate way.

B. State specifically why you chose this particular country and where
it is geographically located in relation to where you live.

C. Write a few sentences about how Americans view your country.
What kind of perceptions do we have, or what are some stereotypes
we believe are true about your country.
For example: Do Americans visit your country
for vacation and touring, or do we fear your country due
to its chaotic political situation? Peaceful or violent? Fun
or scary? Would you like to visit? When? Why? To live?

D. From research online, or by speaking with people whom
have visited, are those American perceptions true or false?

Grammar, spelling and punctuation counts.

Good luck!

Miss L_ _

Warning!

Remember to read all posts.

Wishes are granted to those

commenting on the correct

posting.

Congratulations!

Thanks for visiting. Please read all the postings below before
you choose. Choose wisely. You are destined to that country
for the rest of this school year.

Good luck, my brave warrior.

Thank you for reading.

Always...
Miss Lou

Global Project: Day 1

Welcome to this global community! This is a place where students from Room 401 will be posting knowledge about their country. The main purpose for these discussions is to enrich our understanding of different countries in the world, to share what we have been researching and have an opportunity to ask any questions to fulfill our curiosity.

Our Country Project goals are:

To explore, understand and share the present and look into the future of the each of our assigned country in a geographical, political, historical, cultural, perhaps religious way.

To learn about each assigned country’s people, historical sights, foods, celebrations and climate.

To compare and contrast the difference between each country, explore similarities, and understand their development.

Let’s begin!

First Come; First Serve

Hey Kids!

What country do you want to explore? All you have to do is COMMENT below and your wish will be granted, or should I say...your country of choice will be assigned to you.

It's first come, first serve.

What are you waiting for? Hurry up!

:(....

Great apologies to Bryan and the other fabulous students of 401.
Miss Lou has been too busy and distracted by the joys of teaching
and life. Unfortunately, this blog has been neglected and has suffered
the consequences...

Please keep reminding me...just not in the middle of teaching.

Thank you!

enjoy this weekend and what a great obstacle you put on for our 2nd grade
buddies. Miss Gilbert and Room 301 had so much fun.

Until the next...

Always,
Miss Lou

May 30, 2008

Room 401 Track
Bring your Track T-Shirts! Thank you Andrew Tan
and Kevin for donating breakfast items. Yum!
Congratulations to Daniel, Tim, Samuel and Andrew T.
for running FIVE laps! Everyone rocks! I am proud of you!

Athletes of the Week: Kat Zhu! Samuel! Linda Horvath!
Deborah, Andrew T., Kevin, Johanan, Osi, Tim, Xuankang,
Felix, Teresa, Alyssa, Charlotte, Daniel, Bryan, Cynthia,
Jordan, Phani, and Jake…Hooray!

Dates to Remember:

‡ Monday, June 2
*Spelling Pre-Test #34

‡ Tuesday, June 3
*P.E. (1:55-2:55)
*Literature Plays Presents

‡ Wednesday, June 4
*9:30 Assembly
*Computer (10:30-11:20)
*Early Release! (1:15)
*International Night (7pm)

‡ Thursday, June 5
*Science with Mr. D (9:30-10:20)
*Unit 5, Lesson 4 Quiz
*International Night (7pm)

‡ Friday, June 6
* 401 Track (8:00!)
*International Night Assembly (9:30)
* Spelling #34 Quiz
*Math Test Chapter 21
*Last formal time with Buddies!

*Room 401 News*

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Thank you to Mr. Lai (Johanan's dad) for taking fabulous
Open House photos of our class. 401 parents rock!

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May Announcements:

Calendar
2 Crazy Hat Day
9 Last Day of STAR!
12-13 STAR Make-Up Day
14 Math Olympiad (6pm)
16 Favorite Person Day
22 Spring Concert
26 No School! Memorial Day
28 Early Release (1:15)
30 Sports Day

Thank you to: Deborah, Saurabh, Amanda, Ryan, Kevin, and their family
for all the delicious treats. It really helped everyone’s brain recover from
filling in those cleverly marked bubbles! And it continues!

Room 401 need healthy snacks:

-fruit, fruits and fruit!
-granola bars or cereal bars
-crackers, goldfish, bread
-juice or bottles of water
-cookies, cereal or anything else
-napkins, mini-Dixie cups

Thank you!

2008 STAR Testing Schedule

Mon. 5/5 Testing! (10:30-12:10)
Tues. 5/6 Testing! (10:30-12:10)
Weds. 5/7 Last Day! (10:30-12:10)

Last Week’s Spotlight: Samuel

Room 401 Track
Athletes of the Week: Phani, Daniel, Felix, Teresa, Osi, Andrew T,
Andrew H, Kevin, Charlotte, Alyssa, Cynthia, Deborah, Jordan, Bryan,
Johanan, and Jake…Wow!!!

Science: We have incredible guest teachers helping our class learn and
answer questions. Thank you to Professor Samuel, Cynthia, Ashank, Osi and Bryan!
You did a fabulous job!
Extra Credit: Remember to research on a chemical compound. (10 points)
Include a page report in your own words. Make sure to cite your sources!
If you have questions, check out the famous work of: Ashank, Claire, Charlotte
and Jason! Great job, kids!

Math: Chapter 18 and finding percent continues…Here is one to try!

Your family takes you to your favorite restaurant. Colorful balloons greet you at the
door with a giant banner. The sign says, “All-You-Can-Eat Special!” Your parents are
starving and decide the whole family will take advantage of this offer.
Adults: $9
Children (Under 12): $5

How much will your meal cost for your whole family? Remember to include the 8.25% tax. Don’t be cheap and forget the 15% tip! (Or did your server deserve 20%?)

How many adults in your family? _______
How many children under 12? _________

A)



B)



C)



D)


Amount: $____________

Dates to Remember:

‡ Monday, May 5
* Spelling Pre-Test #31
*Testing Continues…
*BizWorld Continues…

‡ Tuesday, May 6
*P.E. (1:55-2:55)

‡ Wednesday, May 7
*Computer (10:30-11:20)
*Science Chapter 10 Test

‡ Thursday, May 8
*Science with Mr. D (9:30-10:20)
*Last Day of Testing!!! Whoohoo!

‡ Friday, May 9
*Library! (11:20)
*401 Track (8:00!)
*Spelling #31
*Unit 5, Lesson 1
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“Nothing is impossible” (Or how the Chinese say, “Impossible is nothing.”)

“Get plenty of rest and treat yourself to lots of sunshine & ice cream!”

Miss Lou & Veda Bee (“Arf! I prefer bones!”)
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Hey 401 Kids...

Upon research, I found a
fabulous On Nation site
for your project.

Click around to find out
if you CAN, or CANNOT
gain more facts and knowledge
about your state.

Let me know if it is
user-friendly,
informative,
appropriate
or just a waste
of your time and energy.

Keep this as a resource since we may have to do a
country report! That's right! AAaaaH!

Looking forward,
Miss Lou

April Calendar

Calendar

12 Bryan’s Birthday
14-18 Book Fair (Library)
16 Jason’s Birthday
17 F.A.M.E (1:55-2:55)

22 Open House in Room 401
24 NOYCE Math Filming!
27 Xuankang’s Birthday
28 FLEP Meeting
4/28-5/09 Monday STAR Testing

What's up in 401?

Congratulations to Bryan Sun!!! He currently holds the fastest national times in four events for Age 10 in swimming!!! We are very proud of you! Go Olympic champion! Canada 2010! Go Bryan!

Thank you to Mrs. Hernandez for joining us to the Symphony at Fremont Christian. Please come back soon for another!

The Book Fair is coming to town. We will be viewing a DVD in the library on Monday and making a visit on Friday, but you may purchase books before, after and during recess. Help support our library! It will run from April 14th-18th! Buy one; buy all!


Last Week’s Spotlight: Bryan
This Week’s Spotlight: Claire

Science: We have begun Chapter D9 on Chemical Compounds. Students will be getting together to continue their reports. How many elements make your chemical compound? What is it used for and is it toxic?!? Yikes…For extra credit, students will be making a compound project much like what we did for our elements over Spring Break.
Literature Circle: Each of you working hard together on understanding your literature on a deeper level. What is the difference between fiction and literature? Fiction: to entertain, perhaps to inform readers; literature: to entertain and inform in a way that makes an impact on the world in a better way

If you want to be an author, what kind of book/story do you want to write for the world? What kinds of books have you read?

Dates to Remember:

‡ Monday, April 14
* Spelling Pre-Test #28
* Book Fair DVD viewing (1:55-2:15)

‡ Tuesday, April 15
*P.E. (1:55-2:55)
*Miss Lou out (District Scoring)
*Be really kind to Ms. Hirsch
*Send good vibes/energy for your score

‡ Wednesday, April 16
*Computer (10:30-11:20)
*State Report Research cont.
*Miss Lou out (District Scoring)
*Be really kind to Ms. Hirsch (I’m watching!)
*Happy Birthday Jason!!! (I’m thinking of you!)

‡ Thursday, April 17
*Science with Mr. D (9:30-10:20)
*Math Chapter 18 Test
*Unit 4, Lesson 6 Quiz
*F.A.M.E. (1:55-2:55)

‡ Friday, April 18
*401 Track (8:00!)
*Spelling #28

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“You can’t catch me!”

401 Track Team motto. Wear your new bright yellow t-shirts every Monday and come run at 8! Healthy breakfast or monetary donations are welcome!
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* 401 Track T-Shirts Rock! *

Check out the back of our 401 Track t-shirts! Support us!

Our 401 Track T-Shirts are bright yellow for attention and safety. They look fabulous and if only we had them during the FP Dodge Ball semi-final game yesterday. (Maybe we could've won!?! But there is always next year.)

Thank you to all our amazing athletes this morning. We ran 3 laps around the school hardly panting out of breath, but returned with sweaty, beet red faces for a lovely breakfast of freshly baked cinnamon pastries from my local bakery. Yum! Thank you Cynthia, Kevin and Charlotte for the healthy fruit. See you all next week and don't forget to wear the shirts!

We still meet at 8 every Friday morning, so don’t forget. Thanks Andrew and Claire for your donations for the t-shirts! For all other 401 students, shirts will cost $10, for all other students or adults will be a $15.00 “donation” for our athletes. Buy one, buy for all! Support healthy lifestyle and fun weekly exercise!

Athletes of the Week: Daniel, Felix, Teresa, Osi, Andrew T, Andrew H, Kevin, Charlotte, Alyssa, Cynthia, Deborah, Jordan, Bryan, Johanan

401 News: April 4th Edition

April Announcements:

Spelling Bee! Congratulations to Daniel and Samuel for being a super speller. Daniel stepped in at the last minute to replace Cynthia. Thanks Hero Dan! Dan to the Rescue! Great job to all students who participated in the class bee and the school-wide Spelling Bee.

It’s not too late. Check out the Scripps National Spelling Bee words on the Internet web site to practice for next year. Link onto from our blog. Practice, practice, practice and don’t forget to include Latin root words!

Don’t be too sad, but Miss Lou was asked to score the District Writing Assessments on April 15th & 16th. I will do my best to give you all fours! Shhh! (Just kidding, but I’m sure you all did very well.)

Last Week’s Spotlight: Johanan
This Week’s Spotlight: Bryan (Congrats on Nationals in Pleasanton!)

Room 401 Track still meets at 8 o’clock in the morning, so don’t forget. Invite students from other class to join us! Again, a BIG group of 13 students (plus one parent and one sibling) showed up and to run laps around the school.Thank you 401 Track.

401 T-Shirts will arrive (hopefully) next week. Our slogan is “You Can’t Catch Me!” All athletes will be receiving one to wear each Friday morning. We are asking for $10 donations from anyone. Non-athletes can also have a shirt for a mere $10 fee.

Athletes of the Week: Daniel, Felix, Teresa, Osi, Andrew T, Charlotte, Alyssa, Jake, Deborah, Jordan, Johanan, Kevin, Amanda (& Andrew!)

Remember the STAR Test will be the last week of April. Please be here!

2008 STAR Testing Schedule

Mon. 4/28 Math I (10:30-12:10)
Tues. 4/29 Math II (10:30-12:10)
Wed. 4/30 ELA I (12:55-2:55)

Mon. 5/5 ELA II (10:30-12:10)
Tues. 5/6 Science I (10:30-12:10)
Wed. 5/7 Science II (12:55-2:55)

Science: Chapter D8 will be on Tues. Study over the weekend!

Literature Circle: Each group will be reading a different story for this month. Please work cooperatively together and come up with fascinating questions to challenge your mates!

Math: Chapter 16 Test on Monday! Do you know the difference between a improper fracation and a mixed fraction? Give me three examples to test yourself:

1.
2.
3.

Dates to Remember:

‡ Monday, April 7
* Spelling Pre-Test #27

‡ Tuesday, April 8
*P.E. (1:55-2:55)

‡ Wednesday, April 9
*Computer (10:30-11:20)
*Geography Country Cap Quiz 10!

‡ Thursday, April 10
*Science with Mr. D (9:30-10:20)
*Math Chapter 17 Test
*Unit 4, Lesson 6 Quiz

‡ Friday, April 11
*Spelling #27
*401 Track! (8:00-8:15am)
*Bryan’s Birthday! (April 12th)

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Wolverine Mascot Spells,

“Bee Cool and Don’t be a Drug-Freak!

Calendar

June

June Announcements:

Calendar

9-13 Family Life Education
11 Forest Park Basketball Game
12 Forest Park Baseball Game
16 Volunteer Tea-2pm (Early Dismissal)
17 Field Day (Early Dismissal)
18 Awards Ceremony (8:30)
18 Last Day of School! (1:15pm)

18 Last Day of School!