Four Legged Heroes: Togo & Balto

Iditarod Webquest

Grade 5: Here is a webquest for the Iditarod.

• When and why did the Iditarod start?
• What is the starting date this year?
• I met a famous Ititarod musher when I was in Alaska. See if you can figure out who she is. hints: She was born in Minnesota and move to Alaska at age 17 by herself.

http://library.thinkquest.org/11313/Iditarod/
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/iditarod/historic/index.asp?article=historic_iditarod
http://www.iditarod.com/

Study Is. Winners this week

Grade 4:
Most items completed: Allison
Highest score: Jesse

Grade 5:
Most items completed: Shane
Highest score: Kevin

Grade 5 wins this week for the highest GPA: 74.6% (grade 4 had 71%)

HW week of Nov 29-Dec 3

Grade 5: Tuck Everlasting
Mon: 23 and 24 read and summarize nightly
Tues 25
Wed: Epilogue
Thurs: complete Webquest on the Iditarod

NEW Study Is. assignments posted for both classes
Games: Bowling, Curcuit Master and Ski JumpGrade 4: Catwings
Mon: chapter 1 read and summarize nightly
Tues: chapter 2
Wed: chapter 3
Thurs: chapter 4
***see post about Youtube videos and sites to visit to learn more about puffins (our Trophies story of the week is Nights of the Pufflings)
Mrs. Kennedy

Grade 4 Nights of the Pufflings

We will be reading Nights of the Pufflings this week.
Here are some websites to visit and a Youtube video that goes along nicely with our story.
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/4th/ela/old/trophy_inter/4-vocquizzes/book2/pufflins.htm
http://www.quia.com/cm/17005.html?AP_rand=1752226364
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade4/skill15/pufling.html

Iceland Puffins

After school extra help in ELA and Math for the next two weeks (Nov 29 and 30 and Dec 6 and 7) has been cancelled. It will resume the week of Dec 13. Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Melanson