Newsletter: Week 27 of 37

Cupcake Geology Science Lab!

March 30 - April 3, 2015

   I hope everyone had a wonderful Spring Break! Thankfully I'm feeling much better and had a nice break to get healthy. We begin the third trimester this week. Make it a great week, everyone!

Upcoming Events

• Mar 30 - Third Trimester Begins
• Apr 03 - First Friday Spirit Day! Show WHCS School Spirit! 
• Apr 03 - Report Cards emailed to families
• Apr 14 - Spring Musical After School EXTENDED Rehearsal (3-5pm)
• Apr 17 - No School (STApp Day)
• Apr 21 - Spring Musical After School Rehearsal (3-4pm)
• Apr 22 - Spring Musical (7:00pm, Auditorium)
• [more] - click to view calendar

Curriculum and Exams

• Bible - Lesson 15: Ruth | Verse: Ruth 1:16 | Lesson & Verse Quiz Thursday
• Math - Chapter 7 (cont.)
• Science - Finish Rocks & Minerals Unit | Rock Collections due Tuesday! (details below) | Unit Test Friday
• Social Studies [Mrs. Proulx] - Finish Ancient Rome Unit
• Reading - Fables Unit (cont.) | Read aloud (cont.): The Invisible Girls by Sarah Thebarge (my friend!)
• Writing - Student Fables | Student tweets @MrRiedl5th
• Spelling - Integrating Wired For Reading with Sitton curriculum (cont.) | Weekly quizzes
• Grammar - Adjectives Unit (cont.)
• Other - None

Rock Collection Project

Our science lab instructor, Mrs. Swain, assigned the students a Rock Collection Project, which is due on the morning of Tuesday, March 31st, after Spring Break. Each student should collect at least 8 different rocks or minerals in order to identify them. The students must NOT know the type of rock or mineral collected (it would defeat the purpose of attempting to identify it in Science Lab). Please use an ordinary egg carton to collect them, numbering the carton spots #1-8 for the rocks or minerals to be placed in. If anyone has extra egg cartons at their house, please bring them in for students who do not have one to use for collecting. This has already been explained to the students in class. Thank you, and please direct any questions to Mr. Riedl or Mrs. Swain.

Measures of Academic Progress (MAP)

Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) for the Spring sessions begin the week of April 20th. To ensure results that accurately reflect student knowledge, it is important that each student has plenty of rest, has a good breakfast, and does not have interruptions (i.e., doctor appointments) scheduled during the time of their tests. Stay tuned for the specific dates/times that our class is scheduled. More details to come next week.

Person of the Week

Jonah Sears!

Other School-wide Events

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Teacher Contact

Mr. Riedl | www.riedlteach.com | 503-609-0109 | aaron.riedl@whcs.org
Mrs. Proulx | visit her website | 503-977-5488 | sylvia.proulx@whcs.org