*Room 401 News *

March Announcements:

Calendar
4 Tues. District Writing Assess.
7 Fri. End of 2nd Trimester
21 Fri. Good Friday - No School
24-28 Spring break – No School

The District Writing Assessment is next week! For our last persuasive topic, students wrote with effective opinions, organization, and used creative as well as mature language to convince readers to listen with open minds. Fabulous pieces on “Should Forest Park School Enforce Uniforms?”- Come read them! Currently, we are publishing an expository piece on, “The Dangers of Smoking: Can we convince smokers to stop?” Read and learn what we have to say!

Next week, Room 401 students will begin our two-week practice for the California Standards Test. I know it may not be the MOST exciting activity to look forward to; however, it will help you to score high and feel confident when the test arrives.

Practice Test Schedule
Wed. 5 ELA I
Thurs. 6 Math I & II
Fri. 7 Science I & II

Tues. 11 ELA II
Wed. 12 Math III & IV
Thurs. 13 Science I & II
Fri. 14 Make-Up & Review

*Thank you to Mrs. Horvath or more accurantly, Mrs. Aeschbacher for teaching us all about “Schweiz” or Switzerland’s geography, history and language! We loved learning about the spoken Swiss German dialect. My only complaint…Why can’t you come back?!? Please, please….please!!! Danken.

Thank you for all those students that brought donations for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. In our class alone, we raised almost one hundred dollars! Yeah!

Room 401 Track still meets at 8 o’clock in the morning, so don’t forget. Invite students from other class to join us!
Athletes of the Week: Daniel, Andrew, Charlotte, Alyssa, Joycelyn, Osi, Felix and Kevin


This week’s Spotlight:
Last Week’s Spotlight: Xuankang

What’s happening in 401?
Writing: Your writing piece brought tears to my eyes and I’m amazed at your abilities to write such brilliant expository and persuasive speeches. You will all do VERY well on the test next week!

Thank you Mrs. Aeschbaker!

Translate Swiss German:

A: Gruezi!

B: Huh? Oh…Gruezi, I guess…

A: Was ist das?

B: Uh…I think…Das ist Milch.

A: Good job! Ist das eine kreditkarte?

B: Nein! Das ist eine kase. Duh!

A: Nein, nein! Das ist eine kuh...mooo!

B: Grr…danken for teaching me. Give me schocolate now.

A: Here. Great job. Oh, and by the way…Die kreditkarte iste van der Bank.

B: Oh yeah? Well,…I have something to add to that! Das ist eine Uhr! So there!

A: I give up! I can’t teach you anything…

Dates to Remember

‡ Monday, March 3
* Spelling Pre-Test #22
*Last Day to Practice Writing!!! (Pray for a topic you are confident about…any?)

‡ Tuesday, March 4
*P.E. (1:55-2:55)
*District Writing Assessment!

‡ Wednesday, March 5
*Computer (10:30-11:20)
*Geography Country Cap Quiz 8!
*Practice Test ELA I

‡ Thursday, March 6
*Science with Mr. D (9:30-10:20)
*Unit 4, Lesson 2 Quiz
*Social Studies Unit Test
*Practice Test Math I & II

‡ Friday, March 7
*401 Track! (8:00-8:15am)
*Spelling Test #22
*Math Chapter 15 Test
*Science Practice Test I & II

“Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno.”

~Switzerland Motto

*Room 401 News! *

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

February Announcements:

Happy Birthday, Ashank! Thanks for the delicious cupcakes…have fun!!!

There seems to be an abundant amount of absences lately due to varying illnesses, family emergencies, appointments of sort, and such. Please make sure the office is aware of your excuse and let me know when you are ready to retake tests. Show me your completed homework, so you earn the credit for missing assignments! Most importantly, take care of your body, mind and soul so your physical body can be here at school…ready and willing to learn!

Keep bringing in your “unused” and generously donated pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters…and all generous monetary contributions to our Room 401 box. Thank you to all whom made extra effort to collect money from your neighbors, parents, parents’ co-workers, under your couches, car seats, behind your furniture….etc. Be creative! Our box is heavy with money to save lives! And remember: The GROUP that raises the most money will get an ice cream party at lunch with Miss Lou! Get creative!!! Did you make a box for your parents to bring to work, or neighbors/friends to fill?

Go Wolverines! It is sad to finally arrive at this point of the year when all the basketball games have finished its last victorious play. Fantastic players bounced from court to court, basket to basket in sweaty jerseys to play their best.

Forest Park Basketball Game Schedule:

No more games…. :(....

Keep practicing and until next year, young fans! Or at recess, I suppose.

This week’s Spotlight: Xuankang
Last Week’s Spotlight: Kat Zhu

What’s happening in 401?

Writing: Excellent job writing persuasive essays on soda and vending machines for schools. I always love brainstorming with all of you to learn ideas. Please make sure you give those respect letters to the person you addressed your feelings to. They are beautiful!

Science: Unit C7 is fascinating as the textbook has been updated since last year. The up-to-date knowledge about dwarf planets, the nuclear fusion as well as scary things such as “sunspots” are still being researched and updating today. Keep knowledge expanding. What can you find online to share with the class?

Talking: You are respectable and hard working students; I appreciate every one of you. I appreciate the respect all of you have given as well as earned as a class. Please continue to be courteous and let’s resume the name-calling, (and the candy stealing…ahem! Did you find a way to pay her back?!? Grrr…No, I didn’t forget.)

Dates to Remember:

‡ Monday, February 25
*YES, school on a Monday? Weird
* Spelling Pre-Test #21
*Happy Birthday, Ashank! (24th)

‡ Tuesday, February 26
*P.E. (1:55-2:55)

‡ Wednesday, February 27
*Assembly at 9:30
*Computer (10:30-11:20)
*Geography Country Cap Quiz 7!
*Early Dismissal (1:15!)

‡ Thursday, February 28
*Science with Mr. D (9:30-10:20)
*Unit 3, Lesson 6 Quiz
*Science Chapter C7 Test

‡ Friday, February 29! (Leap Year!)
*401 Track! (8:00-8:15am)
*Spelling Test #21
*Math Chapter 15 Test

Veda Bee's Words of Wisdom

Name-calling can be fun when I find fault in others,
but it sucks when it happens to me. No one is perfect. Not even me. I suppose I will focus instead on mastering the art of Zen, caring and kindness. And food and sleep.

Omm, Dudes.

~Veda Bee

(Thanks Coach for this Photo!)

Dear Room 401 Kids,

So I tried to upgrade to another blog site since I've been using this for over 3 years; however, it turns out that I like this better after experimenting around. Blogspot allows me to upload pictures faster...even though it does not have sound. Who needs it when we talk all day anyway?

I hope you like it and I will do my very best to update all the original info for this year.

Thanks for your patience and send me something to upload!

Miss Lou

Alyssa

Hello! :) My name is Alyssa. I am 10 years old and in Miss Lou's fifth grade class at Forest Park. I was born in Banton Rouge, Louisiana on August 12 1997. I enjoy swimming and ice skating.My favorite color is purple and I have a 4 year old little sister named Bella. My favorite show is Hannah Montana and my favorite movie is High School Musical 2. My favorite snacks are chips and my favorite drink is Coca Cola. Forest Park RULES!!!!! ;) Bye bye!

Felix

I don't know what to write.

Jordan

Hi. I'm Jordan Hernandez! Right now, I'm 10 right now. My Favorite sport is soccer and I love video games. My favorite subject is math I don't have time to type right now so this is it!!!!!

Charlotte

Hi! I'm Charlotte. I'm in Miss Lou's fifth grade class I go to Forest Park Elementary.
I enjoy swimming and ice-skating. I like the color pink, I was born in New York
but then I moved to Massachusetts my best friend is Yesenia. I like to watch
Hannah Montana and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and my favorite movie is
High School Musical 2. I play the violin and I speak Chinese.
My parents are from Shanghai, China.

KatZhu

hi my name is Katherine but my teacher calls me Katzhu. I am pretty tall for my age
and have short black hair. I love a T.V show named Naruto. My Favorite peeps are
Gaara-kun and Sakura-Chan. I love to swimmingand playing tennis. My classmates
call me Piggy Piggy Moo Moo because my last name sounds like pig but my last name
is not pig!!! My favorite songs are Miracle and Bad Boy by Cascada. My teacher is very
nice and smart. I am happy to be her class.

Claire

Hi,my name is Claire. I have so many things to share.
My favorite hobbies are playing wallball and reading.
My favorite subject is math. My favorite teacher is Miss Lou.
She is the best!!!!! ^^

Xuankang

people think I'm a class clown, but I'm just a normal kid. People think I'm funny
and blah blah blah!-_- It's not like I want to, I can't help it. I get in trouble when i
try to act funny, so DON'T THINK I'M A CLASS CLOWN. IT'S HOAX.......=(

Johanan

Hi. I am Johanan, and I enjoy drawing. I do not enjoy telling
my personal information.

Cynthia

Hi! I'm a student in Miss Lou's fifth grade class. I enjoy dancing, swimming, and playing
tennis. I also like to read in my free time. My best friends are Katherine and Deborah.
Being in Miss Lou's class is very fun and I always have a great time learning and spending
time with my classmates.

AZT 12

Hello! My name is Andrew. I have many good friends. I love to play basketball, football, and many other sports. I go to Forest Park Elementary. My magnificent teacher is Ms. Lou. I am in my school basketball team, and I'm in GATE. I am also very athletic. My most favorite subjects are math, science, and P.E. My motto is "Failure is not an option".

Tim

Hi, my name is Tim. I am a student in Miss Lou's class.
My hobbies include reading and building with lego bricks.

Have fun reading this blog!