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Thoughts and Notes:

I am looking forward to a great year! My objective is to create the environment that will stimulate curiosity and inspire critical thinking.

Reminders:

The 5^th and 6^th grade students are going on a field trip to Tiger Mountain on Friday, October 10^th from 9:15-2:30 to complement our science units on Environments and Earth Science.  This is a wonderful opportunity and is fully grant funded! We do need chaperones and two permission slips filled out however. If you do not have your volunteer status approved and need to turn in the forms we need to have them filled out right away! (see below)

        The Mountains to Sound Education Program teaches students in King County schools about the challenge of sustaining a healthy, natural environment in balance with the needs of a growing population. Savvy about Soil, Wise about Water explores the connection between soil, water and forests through hands-on experiments. Students will begin to develop an understanding of how soil textures help determine the use of the land.

        If you are available to chaperone, we  will be going on Friday, October 10^th from 9:15-2:30 e-mail me or send back the sign up sheet that went home Friday, September 26th . You will not need to drive, just come along.

        If you do want to go you need to have approved volunteer status, let me know and I will send the forms home or click the link below. you will need to attach a copy of your driver's license.

Important Volunteer Information

All Wednesdays throughout the year are early release days for students. School is dismissed at 2:00 pm

Curriculum Night Power Point here If you have specific questions e-mail me or call.

Other documents

• Homework Policy

• Classroom procedures and policies

• Report card sample

Link for book club orders

www.scholastic.com/parentordering

 Class User Name: mrleahy

Password: books

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Important classroom links:

Link to student folders (for use at school)

Link to the "read only" folder

Link to "Dropbox"

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WASL Information (you can find learning targets, practice tests and general information about the WASL)

New Math WASL vocabulary page

My Pyramid for Kids

For 5th grade health. Go here to learn more about the food pyramid, create your own menues, and to play the blast off game.

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Cool games and fun stuff to check out!

• Lemonade Stand

• game of life a cool simulation applet

• Chess

• Krypto

• Crazy Counting!

• Set (I have a deck in class too!)

• Fun with Geometry Applets (a whole new page!)

• Free Rice vocabulary and math fun!

Menus:

• Shodor menu

• Virtual museum of Math Manipulatives

• NCTM e-examples

• Illuminations Activity search

• Arcytech

• Maths Studio

• Cyber Chase

• mathFROG - Fun Resources & Online Games

• Math Playground (New!)

• Math is Fun

• Center for Technology

• Fun Brain

• Nrich (new)

• BBC

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Student Pages:

• Well, what are you waiting for?