Binder Set Up

Binders should be set up at home and be ready for a teacher check on Thursday morning.  Please have the dividers labeled with the following titles.

French or Spanish
Math
Science
L.A.
G.S.
Technology
Wellness
CSL
Art/Music

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Scholastic Online Ordering

Hello Parents,

If you plan on ordering books through Scholastic, consider ordering online.  Every time you order online, the class can choose a $3 book for free!  Students should have brought home an order form with instructions on how to order online.  If your son/daughter did not, please let me know, and I’ll be glad to send home another one.  Scholastic changed their format a bit.  Please let me know if you are having an issue ordering online.  Thank you!

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Welcome to 5th Grade!

I hope you all had a wonderful summer.  Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Quinn, and I are looking forward to working with you this school year.  It should be fun and educational.  Below is a link to some books that you may find interesting.

http://www.nextreads.com/v.aspx?SI=447525&E=constantlycurious@hotmail.com&S=413&N=307723&ID=288442&NL=10911

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Please Vote!!!

Follow the link to vote on the 5th grade inventor videos.

Survey

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Missing Assignments

All missing assignments must be submitted by Thursday, June 17.  If a student needs an extra copy of an assignment, they must see me during a recess to get it.

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Maniac Magee Audio Download

If you have a public library card, you should be able to download an audio copy of Maniac Magee to use for 14 days.  Follow this link and search for it.

NOBLE Digital Catalog

Please let me know if you have any problems with it.

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Rube Goldberg

Here are some of the site we visited in class today. The first is the video we watched and the others are the virtual machines that you can experiment with. I look forward to your feedback.

The Best Rube Goldberg Ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RouXygRcRC4

http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/goldburgertogo/

http://fantasticcontraption.com/login

http://puzzling.caret.cam.ac.uk/game.php?game=roller

http://www.tryengineering.org/play.php

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Calling All Actors and Actresses

Erik Rodenhiser is casting a show for kids at The Griffen Theatre on April 14th 15th 16th from 3:30-5:30pm. Show is called Mysterious Manor. I need 22 kids. Rehearsals start after April vacation. Mon, Wed, Fri, 330-530pm
7 week rehearsal, shows on Saturday and Sunday, June 12th and 13th
Synopsis: A group of people are invited to a mysterious manor where a magic potion brings storybook characters to life with funny results. (Some roles may require singing, depending on cast.)
All parts are great, including: Alice in Wonderland, The Little Mermaid, The Big Bad Wolf, Snow White, Barbie, Prince Charming and more.
Contact Erik Rodenhiser at 978 317 1169 to schedule an audition, or email griffentheatre@gmail.com

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Web Sites for Inventors

Apgar, Virginia

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_12.html
http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/CP/
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/physicians/p/virginia_apgar.htm
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1704.html

Carver, George Washington
http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventors/a/GWC.htm
http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/gwc/bio.html
http://www.biography.com/articles/George-Washington-Carver-9240299

Cocerell, Christopher

http://www.hovercraft-museum.org/cockerell.html
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/cockerell.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/kids/science/az_hovercraft.shtm

Eastman, George
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/corp/historyOfKodak/eastmanTheMan.jhtml
http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventors/ss/George_Eastman.htm

Kwolek, Stephanie
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/kwolek.htm
http://www.chemheritage.org/classroom/chemach/plastics/kwolek.html
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blkevlar.htm

Lamarr, Hedy
http://www.inventions.org/culture/female/lamarr.html
http://www.radio-electronics.com/info/radio_history/gtnames/hedy_lamarr.php

Maiman, Theodore

http://inventors.about.com/od/lstartinventions/a/laser.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/11/obituaries/11maiman.html
http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Theodore_H._Maiman
http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Theodore_Maiman_and_the_Laser
http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/education/tutorials/pioneers/maiman.html

Paul, Les
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/les-paul-passes-away-at-94-813/
http://www.lespaulonline.com/bio.html
http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/lespaul/biography

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