Hey 401 Kids...

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Click around to find out
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Let me know if it is
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appropriate
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Keep this as a resource since we may have to do a
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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!

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