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WELCOME TO MRS. BASALDUA'S 5TH GRADE CLASSWIKI
This technological extension of the classroom is here to help you meet your classroom needs. I am sure that you will find an answer to most any question you may have. And if you don't, please feel free to contact me - Terry Basaldua. I hope you visit often.
November 7, 2008 We are nearly through with Benchmarking for the week. It has been difficult for the kids to sit still and quiet for so long, but they have done a wonderful job of meeting the difficulties of all day testing and will, no doubt, be ready for the real TAKS testing.
Now for some difficult news for me. I will be out of the class room for the most part the next four weeks. Between a few trainings, traveling to Georgia to see our son put on Lieutenant bars, and some major surgery, I am going to be quiet busy. But I will continue to monitor my emails, visit through chat, and keep up with the weekly letters. I have also set up a page for us to visit call Visits with Mrs Basaldua. Check this page often for I will still teach via Wiki. It is also open for you to write to me, letting me know what is going on with your class day.
November 3, 2008 Sinton Elementary is Benchmarking this week. That means that we will be in testing mode Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. On Wednesday, we will be testing Math using a released TAKS test. Thursday, we will be testing Reading, and on Friday, 5th grade will be testing Science. We expect these benchmarks to take all day. Please have your child go to bed early, get a good breakfast, and take any medications necessary. The results of these test will help teachers to make plans that will best help your child. While it is still early in the school year, it is not too soon to think about the first Reading TAKS administration the first week of March.
What a great job our 5th grade team is doing with the 1000 Book Challenge. Remember, our team is composed four classes which are MS Brock, Mrs. Carawan, Mrs. Hiracheta, and Mrs. Basaldua. We read 280 books! Our goal for October was to read 250. Way to go READERS! Be sure to congratulate them when you see them. We still have three months to go to meet the goal of reading 1000 books.
Don't forget to vote for your favorite book at Vote for Books. We'll take a look November 5th to see America's favorite books.
October 10, 2008. !!!BIG NEWS. Most of you have been eagerly anticipating the opening of Literary Chat. Well, it is up and running. To use, click on Literary Chat. A blue box will pop up in a new window. Just type in your first name beginning with a capital for the login. Your password is your initials of your first and last name plus your lunch number. There are no capitals or spaces. Then just click on the "Login" button. Try it to see if yours works. Who knows, you may even find me there! Here is just a friendly reminder. Don't say anything in the chat room that you don't want your folks to know about. I do read all chats, even those I am not a part of, and will tell your folks about anything that is inappropriate.
Parents and Guardians, this is a very safe, self-contained chat room that will not allow anyone in unless I have added his or her name to the chat. NO ONE can be invited and NO ONE outside the chat room can get in contact with your child.
Our kids are off to a flying start with the "1000 Book Challenge." Please encourage your child to read at home and keep a list of book titles to add to the classroom list.
On a personal note, I would like to invite you to the Texas Jazz Festival October 17 - 19 at Heritage Park in Corpus Christi. I plan to be there with some of my family from San Antonio sitting back and enjoy the sounds, food, shopping, and more. Entrance to the festival is free! Tom Braxton will be playing Saturday night from 9:30 to 11:00 PM. Be sure to look for me!
September 27, 2008. October 1 begins a challenge set forth to our students. We have entered the "1000 Book Challenge." The E-Team (Excellent, Enthusiastic, Enjoyable, Energetic, Educated) is comprised of four marvelous classes. Along with Mrs. Basaldua's class of 20 students, we also have joining us are the classes of MS Brock, Mrs. Carawan, and Mrs. Hiracheta. The members of E-Team have between October 1st to January 31st to read 1000 books. If we do, we will qualify for the big prize of 200 books for our library and a book for each student. Books read at home also count, so be sure to keep a track of those and add them to our list! Please support our kids as they are so Excited about this challenge. Please visit 1000 Book Challenge for more information.
Click on the link The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to hear Mrs. Basaldua and Mrs. Garcia read the book to you online. This also counts toward the 1000 Book Challenge!
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