G4 Language
This week we will be reading Letters Home from Yosemite, a narrative nonfiction selection. Lisa Halvorsen, the story’s author, has visited more than 40 countries on six continents!
G4 Science
A new video showing the work of decomposers has been posted to the G4 page.
G3 Science
Learning about life cycles is a lot of fun. Watching the real thing in action… even more! Check out the newest video on mrconte.com – Life Cycle of a Dragonfly!
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PARENTS: Free Software
With the price of everything going up, it’s nice to know that you can still get something for nothing. Throughout the year I will periodically post information about free software for students and parents.
The first of these is a free alternative to the very expensive Microsoft Office Suite. This open source alternative, which is available for Windows and Mac, is called Open Office. It can be downloaded from: openoffice.org
Among other things, OpenOffice contains a powerful word processor, and a Power Point alternative. It is easy to learn, and if you’re already using another office software package, you’ll take to OpenOffice straight away. If you already have files from another office package – OpenOffice will likely read them with no difficulty.
( 7 hours ago )
PARENTS: Interim Reports
The weekend your child brought home an Interim Report. This report shows your child’s current Science, Social Studies, Math and Language Arts grades. This information can also be seen on the Progress Book website.
Interims are not final grades. An interim report is merely a snapshot of a particular day within a nine-week term. Good or bad, these scores are not set in stone. There is still time to make a difference – in either direction.
As you review the scores, please keep in mind that grades are very fluid. One assignment or quiz at this point in the grading period can make massive changes to an overall score. As the grading period nears it’s close the grades will become more and more accurate.
( 17 hours ago )