This week is the first week with  half days starting on Thursday and Friday  !

Please continue working on Math facts and Reading silently and aloud, this is crucial to your child's maintenance over the summer.

Dismissal is 11:45 on Thursday and Friday.

HAPPY EARTH DAY !

April 22 is Earth Day, a celebration of our amazing planet and chance to learn how we can best care for it. Here are some facts about the history of Earth Day and events marking the occasion this year.

* The first celebration of Earth Day took place on April 22, 1970,  making 2014's observance the 44th anniversary of Earth Day.

* Earth Day was founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson from Wisconsin who wanted to respond to an oil spill off Santa Barbara, California.  President Bill Clinton awarded Sen. Nelson the Presidential Medal of Freedom  in 1995 for his role as Earth Day founder.

* The first Earth Day got a lot of attention when more than 20 million people participated and by the end of 1970, Congress authorized the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

* Although Earth Day originated in the United States, it went global in 1990 with 140 countries participating. In 2000, more than 180 countries participated.

* Chicago made a big splash on Earth Day 2007 with festivities at Lincoln Park Zoo drawing more than 40,000 people, a single-day attendance record.

* In 2009, the United Nations renamed Earth Day and now calls it International Mother Earth Day. That name doesn't appear to be catching in the U.S.

* Earth Day Network members host 10,000 Earth Day events around the world. The theme of the 2014 Earth Day is Green Cities and you can find a listing of events around the world here.

* NASA is paritcipate in Earth Day this year with the agency's #GlobalSelfie event, asking people to take a photo of themselves outside and post it to social media using the hashtag #GlobalSelfie. NASA will use the images to create a mosaic image of Earth -- a new "Blue Marble" built bit by bit with your photos. Get more info on how to participate here.

* The annual Lyrid meteor shower will peak in the early hours of Earth Day but will be visible most of the week, although a bright moon or weather may obscure the view. Still, with 10-20 meteors an hour possible, looks like this year Earth Night could be as exciting as Earth Day.

* Homes and cars account for half of all American greenhouse gas emissions. The Earth Day EnergyCenter can help you develop a plan to reduce that.

To my 4-2 Class, Dynastie and fellow classmates I will be there Wednesday for sure, sorry for missing again. xo

CONGRATULATIONS! ON FINISHING THE READING AND WRITING PSSA! 

Good luck to my former students and classmates on the Writing PSSA tests this week. I am sorry I was out again. I am trying to get back to you. 

Half day today , dismissal 1200 , last day of quarter. 

Hopefully Spring is coming to us for real! 

Well the Crohn's beast has struck again. I am sad that I have missed school.  I wanted to make sure you are aware of the following :

March 12th half day , dismissal 12:00 , Parent Teacher Conferences
March 18th PSSA's begin, please sleep well, eat well, and self talk yourself into doing your best!

Show what you know. You will see division, multiplication and geometry


Please read all you can, study prefixes and suffixes and figure out words you aren't familiar with as you are reading.

Take your time, breathe deeply, and all we can ask is you do YOUR BEST ! We know you have the ability = you have to believe it and do it !

Good Morning !
Happy Monday !
Please return report cards with signature sheets and envelopes.

Also Friday Folders went home with the first set of 3rd quarter grades in them on Friday.  Please return your Friday Folder with a signature as soon as possible.  We will be taking them home again this Friday.

Hope you had a great warm weekend, we are starting the week below 30 degrees again. BRRRRRR!

Keep warm, practice your times tables and division facts and see you soon!

Take Care !

HI,
I hit a snag again with my Crohn's please forgive my absences but please see these youtube videos below to help with the fractions we have been working on.

I know you have a cheat sheet for xtables , use it ...but also pay attention and get used to the multiples (xtable answers) of each number and your FAST DIVISION facts for your numbers will help to memorize too!


remember Disco Dancing for comparing fractions = or not = and greater than and less than

to simplify ..look at the common factors and divide, remember to do the same to the top as you do to the bottom of your fraction...

take a look at these videos for help and check out coolmath4kids games on the internet.

See you all tomorrow :)

REading test on HEAT WAVE
Math quiz on what we have been working on , and Spelling REview packets due tomorrow.

Fractions video after you watch one , look to the right to see others we have covered so far.