News 11/16-11/20

Dates to Remember:

• 7/8 Field trip to SJSU - November 17
• AdV Parent Information Meeting - November 18 @ 4:00 p.m.
• Turkey Trot will be held in PE on Thursday, November 19th - Invite your parents to sign up to help during this event using this link http://goo.gl/qxDSx0

Classroom News

No Birdbrain Readings this week!

5, 6 and 7 Science: Project blogs are due Sunday Nov 29. This gives you this whole week as well as the break week to complete them.

Cumulative XP:

Cumulative Gold:

3644 5th grade

1000 6th grade

2204 7th grade

5^th Science

Interdependence of organisms: We are drafting our Letters to Mr. Cuttatree. These have to be mailed before Thanksgiving so make sure you complete yours by Nov. 20. Make sure you bring all your information on Thursday, as you will create Organism cards to mount in our giant food web.
Project due: Nov 20

6^th Science

Severe Weather. We will put final touches on your Ad campaign for the Safest Place in America. Be creative with your Ads; remember you must convince us that your decision is based on hard evidence. Project due Nov. 18

^7th Science

Human Body Redesign - Your redesigns are board games should be well under way to completion. You will have this week to finish. Project due Nov 18.


^8th Engineering

This week you will continue to work on your entries for  Exploravision,  Lexus Eco Challenge, or DuPont challenge. This is the last classroom week before entries are due. We will be submitting the day you come back from break. Make sure you are complying with each of your competitions (down to format, spacing and font size). Entries Due: Nov 30