May 14th – 18th, 2012

Monday- Hero/ Sports Day
Dress up as your favorite hero, sport, or team.

Tuesday- Multiples Day
Dress like twins, triplets or decide as a class something everyone can wear that’s the same.

Wednesday- Wacky Hair Day

Thursday- Century Day

Dress in any era you’d like 1800’s, 1930’s, 1950’s

Friday- Blue/Silver BCS Spirit Wear

**Use your imagination and be creative but do keep in mind the BCS dress codes still need to be followed.**


 
A handful of students are missing one or two assignments, so be sure to check in!
 
Here are some notes from class today to help organize the drafting of your paragraphs.

PATH


Purpose
Audience
Topic
Hook

QUESTIONS TO ASK
  1. How will you organize your info?
  2. Does your info need to be linear?
  3. What do you want people to first experience when they come to your website?

 
Let's celebrate a job well done.
 
Please make an effort to attend tonight's Association Meeting.  This is where teacher salaries and other issues are voted on.  If we don't have a quorum, we can't vote.  Thanks in advance for trying to make it.
 
 
This week is going to be a huge opportunity for those students who are behind on their website research to get caught back up.  

The schedule for our research project is broken into three weeks.  One for research, one for writing, and one for web design.  This week, we are moving on to the writing section of the project, but some students aren't finished with the research phase yet.  The good news is that since we have SATs this week, we will have less homework than normal so students will have more time to do catch-up research at home.  Also, we won't be working on our website every day, so if students are behind they have extra out of class days to catch back up without getting behind as fast in class.

To know if your child might need a little nudge at home, just ask to see their gathered information so far.  You can also look at the mid-research reflection blog post and ask them how each of the items on that list is coming along.
 
The purpose of the SATs is to give the school information on how we are doing and to help each students wee areas of strength and areas for goals.  It is not something that goes on the report card, but each student should certainly do their best.

Make sure your kids come to school with:
- a good night's sleep 
- a healthy snack 
- a few sharp number 2 pencils 
- a book to read if they finish early
- a calculator
- a ruler with inch and centimeter markings
 
Thinking about the information you've gathered so far, how are you doing?  Parents, you might want to check in with your child and ask them about these things as well.

SCOPE
- statistics (numbers that prove something)
- comparisons
- stories
- predictions
- expert testimony

COMPLETE PICTURE
- how bad the problem is
- what the solution is
- how to take action
BOTH SIDES OF THE BRAIN
- logical (statistics, arguments, facts)
- emotional (stories)




VARIETY OF SOURCES
- internet and books
- local experts and personal interviews
 
BCS will be hosting an internet safety class for parents Tuesday, May 1st.