Homework - 11/23/2012

While there is no new homework after Club Aviva on Friday, here is a repeat of the work due Monday, and also a couple of reminders.

Letters:
1. Read the Newsletter online. We're having trouble getting the email to everyone this week.
2. Library Letter
3. Basketball permission slip

Reminders:
1. You will have a chance to work on your All About Me PowerPoint on MONDAY. If you want to bring pictures on a USB stick, you are welcome to do so. Instructions are at the bottom of this post.
2. We will be measuring angles with a protractor on Monday. I have 17 math sets under my desk. (Maybe some of you have your math set with your supplies in your desk or cubby). If you do not have a protractor at school yet, please know that you will need it next week. As always, it is much easier if you label it with your name (in small letters).

For Monday:
1. Math Textbook p. 131 #1, 2, 5. Workbook p. 48, 49 (all)
2. Symphony writing
3. Novel Study - read p. 29-40 and Making Connections sheet
4. Colour your Reading Power friend
5. Science - Living Things web

How to move files from your computer to your USB stick:
1. Put your USB stick into the USB slots on your computer. (They're rectangular, and are usually on the side of a laptop or the front and back of a desktop box. Sometimes, you even find them on the side of your monitor.)
2. Your computer will probably tell you it is installing your stick. Wait for it to finish. You will get a message that it is ready to use.
3. Use Windows Explorer (or Finder on a Mac) to find the pictures on your computer.
4. For each picture you want, right click and choose copy (NOT cut).
5. On the left side of your Windows Explorer, you probably have a My Computer section, which lists your C, D, E, F etc. drives. For many of you, your USB stick will be the E or F drive. It will be called something like Cruzer, or Mass Storage Device, etc. Double click on it.
6. Right click where the files are listed (maybe a blank white area if there's nothing on the stick already). Choose paste.
7. Repeat until each of the pictures you want is on your USB stick.
8. When you are finished, make sure you eject your USB stick safely... not safely for you, but for the stick. Make sure you close all the windows that are using the USB stick (like Windows Explorer).
9. In the bottom right corner, you will find an icon with an arrow. Right click on it, and you should see the USB stick name. When the option comes up, choose safely eject, or stop. You will get a message saying that your USB stick can be safely removed.
10. Now, just make sure your USB stick makes it into your backpack, and you can have pictures in your PowerPoint!