I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend!

It’s a short week so we will need to remain focused, work quickly, and efficiently.

Tuesday: MLA formatting – in text parenthesis/citations, plagiarism workshop and quiz; review of sentence types, comma splices, run-on sentences; simple and complex sentences. Computer Lab – work on revisions from last week and develop your works cited page. Jnr. Girls Basketball after school

Wednesday: Band practice; Gym – fitness testing; Computer Lab (with support from Ms. March); Jnr. Boys’ Basketball

Thursday: Mounting Heritage Fair boards; develop artifacts if needed (you may also need to do this at home); Band/Music appreciation; computer Lab

Friday: Earth Day- yard/community clean up; Complete mounting of Heritage Fair Boards; Computer Lab; Gym

This link from Purple Math provides written and video explanations to help you review for this unit on converting between fractions, decimals and percentages. 🙂

http://www.purplemath.com/modules/percents.htm

Today we are celebrating Global Autism Awareness Day at MKES – wear your blue to show your support!

Monday: NSL in the NSL room; English: the use of satire in the play Legally Blond – satire and stereotypes; Computer Lab: working on using your research collected last week to develop your draft for your Heritage Fair — draft due Friday; Mathematics – those in the band who are part of Brass working with Ms. Letiec for Kiwanis prep; Drum Group/Gym with Ms. M’s 3/4s — Jillian teaching “Captain’s Coming” and Josh/Joe/Bryden — teaching “Prison Ball.”

Tuesday: NSL in NSL room; Math; eat before we leave for Twin Lakes at 10:45; return from school at 3:15; students who are not up to date will remain in Ms. Letiec’s classroom to get caught up

Wednesday: Fitness testing; Circle with Kendra; Computer Lab

Thursday: Band/Music Appreciation; make sure you have research printed to work on your Heritage Fair draft; Art — Acorn Art due tomorrow at the latest — orders must go home on Friday

Friday: Virtue Response due; Spelling tests; Computer Lab; Gym

Just a reminder to wear something blue tomorrow to show your support for Autism Awareness day!!