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Iditarod Standings as of Sunday, March 14, 2010
1st: Lance Mackay
2nd: Jeff King
3rd: Hugh Neff
4th: Hans Gatt
5th: Mitch Seavey
6th: John Baker
7th:Sebastian Schnuelle
8th: Ken Anderson
9th: Gerry Willomitzer
10th: Ramey Smyth

Lance Mackay is the leader and only about 250 miles out of Nome, Alaska. We should have a winner in about 2 more days.
Housekeeping:
March 17, 2010: Visiting Author from 10:15 to 11:00 in the cafeteria
Friday, March 19, 2010: Research Reports due
Monday-Friday this week: Water Cycle Presentations
Saturday, March 20, 2010: Beginning of Spring Break
Monday, March 29, 2010: Back from Spring Break

Our Genre study this week is a comparison story between two fairy tales. We will be learning about the elements in a fairy tale and also discussing similis and pronouns.
Spelling list focuses on the soft C sound:
face
city
pencil
place
center
dance
race
circle
nice
once
princess
circus
chase
size
silence
excitement

Math:
More practice on multiplication. We start 8's and 7's this week. We want to get them all learned before we take the ISAT's in April.

A good site for ISAT practice is prepdog.com
We talked about this site at each Parent Teacher Conference.

Women in History:
This week we will continue our study of Women in History. We have already learned about several.

Question of the Week:
Where does the Iditarod Race start and end?
About how many miles is it?