We will miss you, Joycelyn!

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

And so do the Boys...

* Room 401 News *

March Announcements:

Calendar
14 Fri. Report Cards Sent Home
17 Mon. Charlotte’s Birthday!
21 Fri. Good Friday - No School!
24-28 Spring break – No School!
31 Mon. Back to School
Cesar Chavez Day!

*Report Cards were sent home today.
Please make sure you review the grades and comments with your child.
Keep the PINK portion only. Sign and return by Monday! Thank you!

Last Week’s Spotlight: Cynthia
This Week’s Spotlight: Who is Left?

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, Teresa (and twin brothers!),
Joycelyn, Kevin, Felix, Welcome Johanan! Bryan, Jake and
Andrew T. are back…regularly?!

After the contribution to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society toward
the Leadership Penny Drive, I promised an ice-cream party. I hope
you didn’t get sick eating too much frozen diary & gummies.
Thank you for the donations! You Rock!

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)

Thank you for wishing me a wonderful birthday on Wednesday!
I hope you liked the treats…though some were complaining!

Dates to Remember:

‡ Monday, March 17
* Spelling Pre-Test #24
*Research Project Begins
*Charlotte’s B-day!!!!
*St. Patrick’s Day

‡ Tuesday, March 18
*P.E. (1:55-2:55)
*9:30 Assembly

‡ Wednesday, March 19
*Computer (10:30-11:20)
*Spelling Test #24
*Geography Country Cap Quiz 8! (Make-up!)
*Early Dismissal

‡ Thursday, March 20
*Science with Mr. D (9:30-10:20)
*401 Track! (8:00-8:15am)
*Math Chapter 16 Test
*Unit 4, Lesson 4 Quiz
*Variety Show! 8:30/9:30
*Early Dismissal!!!!!!

‡ Friday, March 21
*NO SCHOOL ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!

Bee's Words

“A true genius rearranges old material in a way never seen before.”

~Carol Fenner’s Yolanda’s Genius

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“A true genius sees life filled with hope, and rearranges old material in a way that makes the world come alive.”

~Veda Bee & Miss Lou

Deborah

Hi! My name is Deborah. I like playing badminton.
One of my favorite hobbies are reading. I am in Ms.
Lou's class in Forest Park Elementary. I have a little
brother named Zachary. My favorite color is sky blue.
My best friends are Katherine Cui and Cynthia Kuo.
Ms. Lou is AWESOME!

Ashank

Hi my name is Ashank ,
I live in Fremont,CA and study at Forest park elementary school . I believe 401 rules!!
I hold a group of 4 , Osi, Andrew Tan , Bryan Sun , and Felix .
Overall I like living organisms , and like to read and like to write and conduct experiments with my concocting brain . Very recently, I stood first in the 2007 Fremont Unified School District Science fair.
I'm very proud of my accomplishments and my future and plan to accomplish all of my goals in my life.

Katherine C.

Hi everybody! Um, I don't really know what to write now, so let me tell you some of my favorite hobbies. First of all, I like to swim but isn't really fast as my age, I also learn Chinese Folk Dancing. Good Bye for mow because I need to rush back to my seat to write my final draft of my Revolutionary War story. Good Bye! ( i really like sitting in the teacher's seat and typing whatever i want to.)

Phani

My name is Phani. My hobbies are swimming, running, golf,drawing...oh no! The bell! I must head off to lunch now, but will continue later.

Jake

Hi! I'm Jake. I'm 11 years old and live with my mom and dad.
My sister is 19 and goes to college. I like to play basketball
(sports in general), skateboard, and play all kinds of games. I like to
hangout with my friends and try to make new friends. I am very loyal
and stick to my friends at almost all costs. I try to be as kind as I can.
My friends are most of the boys in my class. I go to Forest Park
Elementary School. I try to always be as helpful as I can. I am a straight
A student and in GATE. I get pretty good scores on my tests,
and on the STAR. I am a strong boy physically and at writing and other
school subjects. I always try my best to stay calm, unless people do
something that enrages me. That is how I am.

*Room 401 News*

March Announcements:

Calendar
7 Fri. End of 2nd Trimester
13 Thurs. Tim’s Birthday!
14 Fri. Report Cards Sent Home
17 Mon. Charlotte’s Birthday!
21 Fri. Good Friday - No School
24-28 Spring break – No School

Last Week’s Spotlight: Deborah
This Week’s Spotlight: Guess Who?

401 Track meets every Friday morning at 8. Come join us!
A Fabulous turn out this week! Thanks for joining us and enjoying breakfast respectfully. Yum, yum...
Athletes of the Week: Daniel, Felix, Tim, Charlotte, Alyssa, Teresa, Osi, Andrew T., Joycelyn, Jake, Jordan, Saurabh (and sister!)

The District Writing Assessment: Terrific job on the challenging genre: Response to Literature. Though we respond to stories, paragraphs and literature books, we have never done a formal essay on this genre. In 10 years, Fremont Unified School District has never given this topic…but we did it! Congratulations for completing a difficult task. (Grr…6th graders got Persuasive! But who says that Life is Fair? Good luck next year on getting an easier genre. But you did VERY well for a hard assignment.)

What’s happening in 401?
Writing: Now that the District Writing is over, we can write other more interesting stories. However, our focus is on the tedious Practice Standardized tests. Ugh.
Science: The unit C7 test is finally done. Our next unit (D8) is on Physical Science: Elements & their combination. What are atoms, matter, protons and neutrons? What are electrons?!? If they are not magnets, why do they have positive and negative energies? Help!
Reading Language Arts: Unit 4 has begun and we are studying about the history of our United States of America.
Math: Find the factors for this number: 678498. How do you do it? What is this number divisible by?


Dates to Remember:

‡ Monday, March 10
* Spelling Pre-Test #23
*Fantasy/Fiction Writing!

‡ Tuesday, March 11
*P.E. (1:55-2:55)
* Practice Test ELA II
*Math-A-Thon 1:15-1:45 (in pairs)

‡ Wednesday, March 12
*Computer (10:30-11:20)
*Geography Country Cap Quiz 9!
* Practice Test Math III & IV
*Guess Who? Birthday

‡ Thursday, March 13
*Science with Mr. D (9:30-10:20)
*Unit 4, Lesson 3 Quiz
*Social Studies Unit Test
* Practice Test Science III & IV
*Tim’s Birthday

‡ Friday, March 14
*401 Track! (8:00-8:15am)
*Spelling Test #23
*Math Chapter 16 Test
*Practice Test Discussion
*Report Cards Sent Home

Bee's Words of Wisdom

Once upon a time, children used to read more. They played more songs, listened to more music, connected and conversed more genuinely with humans and animals, and with the sun; thus, children thought more for themselves and had a greater imagination and a closer relationship with nature – all before the evil intrusion of television, video games and YouTube.

~Veda Bee & Miss Lou

Jason

Hi! my name is Jason and I am a very addicted gamer .
My favorite subject in school is mathematics and it is a
myth that sometimes people say that Chinese people are math
experts. Also by the way, my "addicting" game that I play is
Maplestory. Miss Lou is my teacher and she is nice in some
ways and mean in some ways but if we're talking about that,
then she is nice almost all of the time. My best friend(s)
are Samuel and Daniel but mostly I can't decide who is a better
friend. My mom takes me on vacations almost 1-3 times to different
place every year. It is really amusing going to
fun places with my mom. Some fun times I had going on vacation
was when I went to Florida on one trip and we went to Disney world,
Miami, and I even took a cruise ship to the Bahama Islands. But
that was only ONE trip.
I even went to Yellowstone National Park and when we came back,
I missed all my friends on the tour bus, (the rest of the 'names'
I list will be weird (maybe even funny)) the bus driver, and even
the bus! I've been to Disneyland 15 times that my mom says
that she will never take me there again... and I've even been
to Yosemity National Park at least 13 times. Even my mom says she
knows the route of the inside of Yosemity like the back of her hands!
*.* < WOW I think that my family is a really
great family despite of my very rude/mean father, I am having a
very amazing life having to go on vacation, and playing with my
2 little siblings. =D

*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.