Room 7 (Period Lang) Assignments
- Instructors
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- 2013-2014 School Year
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- 6th Grade
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The Language Arts Program is based on the California State Common Core Standards in both depth and breadth. Structure and elements of language include: plot-hill summary, poetry, literary devices, the study of genre, literary analysis with historical context, vocabulary development with etymology, spelling, grammar and punctuation, and writing (essays) for multiple purposes. Students are assigned at least 4 novels throughout the year with an emphasis on theme and tone. Expository documents and texts will be integrated with Social Studies and Science curriculum. An essay will be assigned for each novel. Accelerated Reading points are assigned for each novel as well. Grades are based on tests and quizzes-both in comprehension and language structure, reading, essays, and participation.
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Language Arts poetry project: last day to turn in your biography report on how the life of your poet and the works of your poet intertwined and affected society. Remember to state their passions, interests, writing styles, and awards. May 27, 2014 will be the last day I will accept this project due to grading deadlines. All presentations will commence on May 27, 2014. No extra credit will be given. The presentations will be based on a lottery system.
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Language Arts. Poetry Project: poster, biography, and response to poetry due Monday.
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Language Arts. Reaction to poetry paper. MLA poetic devices
poster and life/art biography is due on Monday. We will begin our presentations next week. you will get extra points for going first.
Social Studies. Pgs 384&385 answer questions in spiral
Pre-Alg. CB 1-4 complete resource page also if you don't have the resource page, create a chart in your notebook.
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Language Arts rewrite your reaction paper for poetry. Make sure the last paragraph has your own reaction to the poem.
Pre-Alg. 8-4. GS 41-51 EC 52
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Dear Parents, This week we had an overwhelming number of interruptions with students being pulled out in the middle of tests, lessons, projects, etc at the last minute. This is extremely distracting and consumes valuable lesson time for all students. I'm more than happy to prepare your child to leave at a certain time if I'm informed in the morning or the night before. I understand schedules, but I can help to minimize the lost learning time if we remember to communicate with each other in advance. Thank you, and have a wonderful Mother's Day.
Language Arts. e action paper for poetry. Use the notes and example I out on the board to write your reaction to your poem. Use the three LD you chose last week, MLA format, universal message in the intro, one paragraph for each LD, your response in the final paragraph. Due Monday. art imitates life biography due next Friday.
Pre-Alg 9-3 GS 29-39
SStudies RSG 11-4 we already read the Persian War so you don't have to do that.
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Language Arts Poem response & Biography You've written your intro to biography, now examine the life of the poet and write how the early years influenced his/her writing.
Pre-Algebra We have already finish 8-2 GS 11-23 in class, now complete 24-28 for homework.
Social St. We will correct this in class tomorrow.
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Language Arts Cite an example in life that applies to the moral you learned reading the fable.
**** Bring a set of watercolors tomorrow for the art lesson.
Pre-Algebra 8-1 GS 10-15
Science Chapter B test Finish responding to the essays in Part D & E. You must show proof of your answer. I don't want an answer from the book, you need to think about it. Have parents sign your test and review if < 73%.
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Per-Alg GS 3 & MG 4
Science 9-3 Finish lesson
Language Arts "The Ant and the Grasshopper" finish analyzing the fable to share your thoughts.
In a field one summer's day a grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. A group of ants walked by, grunting as they struggled to carry plump kernels of corn.
"Where are you going with those heavy things?" asked the grasshopper.
Without stopping, the first ant replied, "To our ant hill. This is the third kernel I've delivered today."
"Why not come and sing with me," teased the grasshopper, "instead of working so hard?"
"We are helping to store food for the winter," said the ant, "and think you should do the same."
"Winter is far away and it is a glorious day to play," sang the grasshopper.
But the ants went on their way and continued their hard work.
The weather soon turned cold. All the food lying in the field was covered with a thick white blanket of snow that even the grasshopper could not dig through. Soon the grasshopper found itself dying of hunger.
He staggered to the ants' hill and saw them handing out corn from the stores they had collected in the summer. He begged them for something to eat.
"What!" cried the ants in surprise, "haven't you stored anything away for the winter? What in the world were you doing all last summer?"
"I didn't have time to store any food," complained the grasshopper; "I was so busy playing music that before I knew it the summer was gone."
The ants shook their heads in disgust, turned their backs on the grasshopper and went on with their work.
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Language Arts: Choose three literary devices in your poem, and write one paragraph about how that device affects the tone and contributes to the meaning of the theme and meaning of the poem.
Pre-Algebra 7-8. Classwork CT 112 & 113 all, 114 B, 115-117 last problem only
HW CT 118-126. 118, 119, 121, 122 all 120, 123, 124 C only.
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LA: Bring your annotated poem tomorrow. Find out why the poet wrote it, when it was written, literary devices, the meaning of the poem, tone, and meaning of the words in the poem.
Pre-Alg 7-7 CT 97-104
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LA: Bring your poems, intro, and your life/art timeline
Pre-Alg 7-6 CT 82, 83, 84d, 85-87
Science 9-2 NB SQ3R outline quiz tomorrow
Social St. 11-2 RSG
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Language Arts: Bring in an important quote from your author. Make a timeline how Art imitates Life using a T chart.
Write a grabber intro sentence about your author.
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Science 9-1 Outline Quiz tomorrow/notes only
Social Studies 11-1 quiz, no notes
Make up work. Final day for work to be credited to grades.
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Language Arts You will have a 30-minute quick write on your poet and the ways that the following aspects of life influenced his or her writings: childhood, family, society, and other people. Be prepared to use only your notecards. If you would like to pre-write it tonight, that is fine.
Science 9-1 Finish NB, outline, and SQ3R including EQ and Review.
Pre-Alg 7-4 CT 59-64 & CT 66
Social St: 11-1 quiz tomorrow. This is not war.
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Language Arts. Poetry Project. By now you should know your poet inside and out. You should be able to write about his/her almost from your memory. Please have at LEAST forty index cards with important information on them. I may quiz you on your author on Thursday. This should have been done over the holiday Since nothing else was assigned. Find a famous quote from your author.
You will exchange notes tomorrow. Please don't say you don't have them.
Social Studies: 11-1. RSG & SQ3R write essential questions.
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Language Arts:
Dear Room 7 Families:
April is National Poetry Month! We are excited that our poetry project is under way, a favorite project among the students from past years. This week, each student received one of the 22 English or American poets we will be studying for our Survey of Poetry Project, along with a poetry project guide. This week, during Spring Break, I want the students to meet their new friends (the poets) by reading the poetry books they have received. The poetry books contain the life of the poets, many of the most famous poems, and a synopsis of the poem and vocabulary each contains. The students will read the books, go on the internet for more research, and make note cards containing the facts listed on their project guides. I want them to get to know their poets intimately, so they will also have to research the societies in which they lived at the time they were alive. Any pictures or references must be cites on the index cards and labeled under one of the categories. I will not accept biography reports or pictures unless they are cited.
Since poetry is a universal emotion, the goal is for the students to identify with the historical era, the social and political environment, and the personal aspects of the poets. They do not need to write the biography, however, this is a great time for them to invest in preparation. They may choose a poem and look up the vocabulary, meaning, and literary devices that contribute to the tone of the poem, but I would like to read the poem with them BEFORE they memorize it. The poem must contain at least 28 lines. If the lines are only 4 words long, then the poem has to be over 36 lines. The students have the opportunity to combine, art, social studies, literature, and public speaking within this project. As they learn about their authors, they should be envisioning how the author would portray himself or herself, on the poster, to the audience. Encourage your children to let their imaginations run wild on the poster. Please check to see everything that must be on the poster is present and well planned before you allow your children to complete the poster. I am attaching various resources below just in case you have questions or misplace project papers.
Links to check out: www.poetryfoundation.org/
Happy Spring Break and Happy Easter!
Leslie Novalis
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Students, you are taking the SBAC on Monday when we return. Please get plenty of sleep on Sunday, and bring your headsets.
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Language Arts "The Brook" by Alfred Lord Tennyson there are no questions. LD, rhyming pattern, meaning, point of view Tomorrow you're getting a poetry book so bring either a JUMBO Ziploc (not large) or $0.50. I can't let you have a book without a JUMBO bag.
Pre-Algebra RS 23, 25-30 31EC
Social Studies: Chapter 10 War! flashcards. sign test
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Pre-Alg 6-10 RS 115-121
Language Arts "Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Lord Tennyson annotate & do pg 74.
Social St. 10-3 SQ3R outline and be prepared to take the quiz.
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Language Arts "You are Old Father William" by Lewis Carroll answer questions
vocabulary words
3.5.7 Simple Interest IP #1-8 Make corrections for WS Only those who got < 35/41 need to do this
Social Studies 10-3 RSG annotate and justify answers, ask questions
look up words you don't know. Parent sign quiz.
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Language Arts "Dust of Snow" by Robert Frost Read the poem, identify the theme, tone, literary devices, rhyming pattern, etc. Annotate along the side of the poem to discover the meaning of the poem. Write what you think the poet is trying to say when he uses the bird in the story. What does a crow or raven symbolize? Answer the questions on pg 59
MONDAY IS THE LAST DAY TO TURN IN YOUR ROBOT STORY TO BE GRADED. THE SCORES WILL BE POSTED NEXT WEEK. MLA TYPED.
Pre-Alg Simple interest 3.5.7 PLEASE write the proportions and equations and sentences. Each one will be counted off.
Social Studies 10-2 SQ3R the lesson making an outline. Answer the review and essential questions. EC Research 2014 dates for Greek Easter & Passover cite the websites or Almanac publisher and date where you found the information. Test over this lesson on Monday. You might want to use flash cards to study if you have a game or some where else to go. Please get work signed
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Social Studies 10-2 RSG annotate
Pre-Alg % decrease CGP review of discounts 3.5.6 WS practice set up proportions, label, and solve equation- Express your answer in sentence format.
Language Arts "Free As...." annotate poem, identify the literary devices, analyze the poem. Why is it called "Free as.." What image does this title conjure up in your mind? Define any words you don't know-vocabulary- answer the questions on the back. Reread thinking about the author's message. What message is she trying to convey in the tone and theme.
Write your reaction to the poem in your purple spiral. Be prepared to read it in class.
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Language Arts "Two Crows" poem Read the poem, annotate identifying the literary devices, the tone (justify your choice) and the end rhyming pattern. answer the questions on pg 113.
Math 6 7.3.3 CGP WS BE CAREFUL TO GET ALL YOUR POINTS
Science Review corrections, and have your parents sign.
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Language Rewrite make corrections on your essays unroll owing the MLA model for thesis, 5 paragraphs, se entrenches 3, 5,5,5,3 structure. Please proofread for syntax, spelling and grammar mistakes. Please bullet and outline before you begin. This is the final write and grade.
science. Make corrections on quiz & have parents sign
Math 6. Angle pairs WS 7.2.2.
Next Wednesday and Thursday we will have student-led parent conferences from 1-4:30 both days. I have already met with some of you individually with your children, so you don't have to attend again so soon. For those of you whose children are getting good grades, and are achieving their goals, a meeting may not be necessary either. I'm mostly concerned with conferencing with parents whose children are not meeting academic and/or citizenship goals for sixth grade.
Next year your children will be expected to perform at the California Common Core Standards level for 7th grade, which are based on meeting the levels set for the previous grades 1-6. Any deficiencies in these levels will affect your child's performance in the coming year. There are still nine weeks let, so the help your children receive from you and me can be the deciding factor for success.
Times begin every 15 minutes beginning on Wednesday, March 26 from 1:30 4:15PM
Thursday, March 27 from 1:00 - 4:15 PM. Please email me and I will let you know if the time you have chosen is available.
I look forward to seeing you next week,
Leslie Novalis
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Parents: Please email for a conference time. See yesterday's homework for more details.
Good Luck to our Mt SAC runners tomorrow!
Language Arts write thesis statement for Origins and Impacts essay
Math 6 7.4.3 IP 1-9 create a triangle, measure and calculate the volume and surface area, and write the formulas and calculations on the prism.
Social Studies "Sal e no Mobarak" Happy Persian New Year! Try out your egg. 8-4 SQ3R & Review
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Language Arts Correct story, remember, dialogue must advance the plot and show the qualities of the characters. There MUST be a plot, climax, and solution. The story can't suddenly go from a hot day to night without some transition or purpose. Plot hill for Robot fantasy story
Math 6 Make 7.4.2 WS corrections w/parent signing 7.4.2 TB GP & IP for anyone who got 11 or less on the WS
Science Corrections on 8-1 parents sign., quiz tomorrow, can use outline.
Soc. ST. 8-4 RSG only annotate and cite examples from the text (RSG) e.g Par #... to defend answers. This is the only new assignment today.
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Language Arts rewrite your story from pg 19 for the CC prompt.
Math 6 7.4.2 WS calculate volume of rectangular prisms
Science 8-1 SQ3R NB and review. Make sure to included bout line in your notes.
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Language Arts. If you got an essay returned, you have 3 days to make your corrections, paying close attention to cite sources, e's is statement, organization for topic sentences and supporting evidence.
Pre-Alg ch 7 CT 36, 38, 40, (41read and take notes) and 42. Correct ch 5 final and feet parent signature you have until Thursday to turn in your corrections.
Social Studies 8-3 study for tau is tomorrow. Be prepared to compare and contrast the two empires.
Math 6 make corrections to surface and volume of your cereal box.
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Language Arts. If you got an essay returned, you have 3 days to make your corrections, paying close attention to cite sources, e's is statement, organization for topic sentences and supporting evidence.
Pre-Alg ch 7 CT 36, 38, 40, (41read and take notes) and 42. Correct ch 5 final and feet parent signature you have until Thursday to turn in your corrections.
Social Studies 8-3 study for tau is tomorrow. Be prepared to compare and contrast the two empires.
Math 6 make corrections to surface and volume of your cereal box.
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Language Arts. Read Common Core writing handbook pages 18-23. Page 19 write an exposition (characters, setting,conflict) for the story, then complete pg 19 in pencil.
in your purple book, write dialogue that show how the characters interact or the qualities of the characters eg personality, concerns, gentle. Defiant, worried,
Remember, SHOW ME, DON'T TELL ME. Show me fear or worry or desire, or betrayal, or hope, etc; don't tell me.
Organize the story in your purple spiral using bullets, the same as before, then you write the story on page 23 about Aviva,
e bottom of pg 23 it tells you to write another story, but you will write a fictional narrative about the robot using the information from the SBAC LA performance prompt.
Organize your story using the plot hill, exposition, characters, like before In the purple spiral BEFORE you begin writing your story.
math 6. Cut up a cereal box, calculate the surface area, then calculate the volume. Remember your exponent signs. Bring in the project.
Make corrections or conversions , proportions, equations for any problems you don't know.
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Language Arts City-States essay from yesterday if you didn't finish. I can't print it out, so please do so.
Math 6 CGP 7.2.1 TB GP #1-18 get a protractor
Science ER contacts and location of local shelter
Social Studies 8-3 RSG Qin & Han Dynasty annotate and ask questions.
Make up work needs to be turned in or you will incur a zero.
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Parents: Your child will get extra credit for you attending the Common Core information session at school today at 5:00.
Language Arts Quick write Given what you have learned about the development of ancient city-state civilizations, what do you think happened your city-state since it is no longer there?
Math 6 7.1.3 IP will be corrected tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m.. This is a tutorial for those who got less than 73%. Math corrections.
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Language Arts Earthquake Research Essay MLA format 5 paragraphs
Science Find nearest Earthquake emergency center and get the name of a contact your family will get in touch with during an EQ
Math 6 CGP 7.1.3 WS Area of a Circle write the formulas
Pre-Alg RS 61 Circle Project
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Language Arts Narrowing Down a Resource Topic WS do all but the last writing the questions
Math 6 CGP WS 7.1.2 Formulas
Pre-Alg RS 62, 64-67
Tomorrow we teach subtraction and addition to Ms. Munoz's class.
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Language Arts Write a Procedural Essay on "How To" use the Abacus.
Go on the internet and type in "how to use the abacus" use the Procedural Essay discussed in class in the CC handbook on pages 34 & 35. Type it using MLA (remember, we are practicing our typing for the SBAC next month). On Monday, you will be presenting your Abacus model and teaching someone else in our class. Your partner will be using your Procedural Essay to instruct them on how to use the Abacus you designed and built. How to use an abacus. orion.math.iastate.edu/mathnight/activities/modules/abacus/abhandout.pdf
Math 6 7.1.1 even numbers if you got less than 73%. This also counts if you didn't write out the formulas. No homework if you got 73% or greater. Parent must sign. All students must find a circle, measure the diameter, calculate the circumference and draw the circle and the dimensions.
Science Earthquake home project. Hopefully by now you are almost finished inspecting your home and having your parents sign that you know where the gas, water, and electrical shut off valves are. You have an earthquake safety plan, your house is safe, and you have a safety kit. Please returned your packet completed and signed by parents. This was assigned two weeks ago.
Social Studies: Design and build a Chinese abacus. You need to play with this so you can instruct others how to use it in adding numbers. You will be teaching Mrs. Munoz' class on Thursday during math class. You will be graded on how well you constructed it, how well you can use it, and how well you can teach someone else. This was assigned two weeks ago.
Pre-Algebra RS 41-45
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Language Arts Caste paragraph written with specific facts with complete sentences.
Science Chapter 5 final corrections with page and parent signature.
Social Studies Bhagavad Gita DBQ annotate and write your answers in clear complete sentences. Cite paragraph where you found the answer.
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Language Arts If you haven't turned in your argumentative essays from India or Child Labor; they will not be accepted after Tuesday. Please make your corrections if you got them back. MLA format
Math 6 Only those who need to make corrections on 4.3.1 WS. Please do this well.
Pre-Alg MC 108-119
Science Final on Ch 5 on Tuesday.
Social Studies Packet and Final Test corrections
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Language Arts Rewrite argumentative paragraph using the CC transition words, topic sentence, details and support (no pronouns)
Math 6 CGP 4.4.3 pg 450 1-4 only for those who didn't get 75%
Social Studies Chapter Review corrections & parent signature Final tomorrow
Science: Jose
Pre-Alg MC 98 HW 101-104
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Language Arts Bring in the products that don't use child labor.
Math 6 CGP 4.4.3 Read Ex 1 & 2 and do guided practice using proportions #1-13
Pre-A MC 88-93 EX 94,95
Social Studies study outline for quiz.
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Language Arts. Finish your poster, if you've received your essay back, it's due Monday
Math 6 if you scored < 70% on your homework, do the lesson WS
For extra credit
Pre-Alg. MC 72-81
Science. If you got < 70% on your quiz, make an outline of the lesson
Social Studies if you got < 70% on your quiz, make an outline of the lesson
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Language Arts Child Labor Poster due Child Labor essays were due last Monday, printed and completed using the argumentative format in the CC handbook.
Math 6 CGP 4.4.2 IP # 1-12
Pre-Alg MC 56-68 corrections-due Monday bring in your work early Friday morning if you didn't turn it in today.
Science Plate Boundaries NB and TB pages. We are correcting the NB and review tomorrow and then taking the quiz. Please do your work so you can participate in the pre-quiz discussion.
Social Studies If you failed the quiz today, you must make an outline of the lesson. This is due on Monday.
Parents: New homework consists of 11 problems in Math 6 (they had 30 minutes in class) finishing the poster, and finishing the Science reading and NB for the quiz.
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Math 6 CGP 4.4.1 If you didn't follow the example using the giant one, please redo the homework from yesterday. I'm giving you an extra day to change the format to follow the example.
Language Arts Design a small poster showing a product that was manufactured using all or partial child labor. The poster must have a picture (drawing) of the product. The poster must have the company who makes the product, the country in which the product is made, and the raw resource (cotton, cocoa, minerals, etc) it contains that was farmed or mined using child labor. Cite your facts using a viable resource website containing the www address and the date of the article. *this is only a sketch and the final product will be due on Friday. You will discuss your poster tomorrow in class. Remember, it must be a product from your country. For example, India group cannot submit a Hersey bar.
Pre-Alg MC56-68 show all work.
Social Studies: 7-3 Quiz based on yesterday's lesson and today's correction of essential questions and review homework.
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Math 6 CGP 4.4.1 If you didn't follow the example using the giant one, please redo the homework from yesterday. I'm giving you an extra day to change the format to follow the example.
Language Arts Design a small poster showing a product that was manufactured using all or partial child labor. The poster must have a picture (drawing) of the product. The poster must have the company who makes the product, the country in which the product is made, and the raw resource (cotton, cocoa, minerals, etc) it contains that was farmed or mined using child labor. Cite your facts using a viable resource website containing the www address and the date of the article. *this is only a sketch and the final product will be due on Friday. You will discuss your poster tomorrow in class. Remember, it must be a product from your country. For example, India group cannot submit a Hersey bar. The size can be no larger than 8.5 X 11 in. the size of a copy paper sheet. No lined paper.
Pre-Alg MC56-68 show all work.
Social Studies: 7-3 Quiz based on yesterday's lesson and today's correction of essential questions and review homework.
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Language Arts Create a web for your Child Labor company on the why they shouldn't have child labor. Remember, your position is that you want them to stop using child labor, and stop using suppliers that employ child labor. You are the consumer, so you have a voice. Be prepared to bring in your pictures, and be ready to discuss your web with your cohort group (those with your same country).
Math 6 corrections (you can wait until the weekend.) parent signature
Pre-Alg 5-4 MC 42-44 use cups and tiles for all instead of the cover up method, and check your work (points will be given for the check). Correct your team test with explanation of what you did wrong, parent signature.
Science Have parents sign CC rain shadow paper corrections and parent signature
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Language Arts Write an Argumentative Essay using pg 33 of the CC WB This must be written using the notes we discussed in class, unless you have others you want to include. Each topic needs a paragraph-no more than 3 paragraphs for the body.
Math 6 4.3.3 & 4.3.2 corrections and work out problems. Make sure you use a proportion and equation if necessary. If you haven't completed those 2 assignments that were given last week and on Monday, then please have your parents sign your Minder Binders. Parents, please check to see they have more than an answer. All work must be shown.
Pre-Alg. No homework, just make corrections for MC 5-3 show all work.
Social Studies Child Labor please make sure you've answered the questions from last night, finish researching your companies and pictures-current 2012 and 2013 information with website to prove accuracy of information with reputable sources. We will discuss this tomorrow, and you will be graded on your work so far.
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Language Arts Common Core writing pgs 30-32
Pre-Algebra 5-3 MC 25-29
Social Studies. Answer the following Child Labor Questions:
1. What are some of the economic factors that lead to child labor copy your country?
2. What are some of the common denominators that lead to child labor copy your country?
3. Does physical geography contribute to the existence of HCL
4. How do we evaluate economic conditions in a country?
5. What resources/products are grown or mined in your country?
6. What companies your using child labor in your country?
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Language Arts The Giver Answer the question in essay form. Where should society draw the line in the questions of individual freedoms vs public interests? Think about Jonas's community that gave up personal freedoms, love,family bonds, adventure, choices, history, pain, and pleasure in exchange for security, sameness, rituals, family safety, and peace.
Math 6 (4.3.1) GP make corrections if you got < 73% IP #1-27 show all work
Social Studies: 7-1 We had a quiz over this lesson. If you got <73% outline OR reread and take notes on lesson in your spiral and have your parent sign. Please inform them that there were only 21 points, but you could have also answered 10 bonus questions for extra credit. If you failed, you actually missed more than the 21 points. There will be a retake tomorrow morning at 7:30 sharp. No late students will be admitted, so please have your parents drop you off by 7:25.
Pre-Alg MC 3-7.
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Parents, next week is the last week of the semester. Your children will be taking finals in math ad language arts. Please help them by sending them to school well fed and rested. Thank you.
Language Arts Giver questions 1-15 citing examples from the book. This was due on Wednesday, so it should be finished already.)
Make corrections on vocabulary final test. Find the definitions, write the meaning of each word you missed, and write the meaning of the wrong word you chose. Then, write one complex or compound sentence for each of the misused words. If you didn't know any of the words in the Answer choices, then you need to look them all up and do the same. We've been studying these words in depth for more than two weeks, so you should know them. Do this on a separate sheet of paper, and attach it to the test. Have your parents sign when you're finished.
Math 6 4.2.3. WS Finish your scale drawing that you worked on in class everyday, and last week end. Please use your ruler to measure.
Social Studies research. Find chocolate companies who use and don't use child labor. List where they're located because we are going to work in groups on Tuesday.
*essays are due MLA style, no more than 5 paragraphs PRINTED 1.5 spacing with a thesis statement in the last sentence in paragraph 1. please do not send it to me since I have no way of printing it. The essay was due last Monday. No exceptions.
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Language Arts Giver questions 1-15 citing examples from the book.
Math 6 CGP 4.2.3 Scale Drawings GP 7-12 read Example 4
Pre-Algebra chapter 4 test corrections write which number the problem is in the book. Make corrections and write an explanation of why you missed it.
Social Studies. Organize your binder into sections
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Language Arts The Giver answer the "General Essential Questions" worksheet for Fiction only numbers 1-15 on a separate sheet of paper. Skip lines between each answer and incorporate the questions into the answer. Please provide the page and paragraph showing evidence for answer.
Correct vocabulary quiz writing the definition and a new sentence for each word.
There will be a final test over all the SAT words on Thursday.
Math 6 Puzzle Worksheet
Social Studies Chapter 4 final All printed essays are due on my desk tomorrow, no exceptions.
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Vocabulary list #5 write the words and meanings of the derivatives and a sentence to support your meaning. Quiz tomorrow.
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Math 6 bring wallet size picture of face work on your scale
language arts. Giver vocabulary 3 POS word play
pre Alg GC 100, 103-105, 110, 114, 117, 120
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Language Arts. Giver test corrections
Pre-Alg corrections and the 2 problems. Parent's signature
Math 6 Test corrections parent's signature
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I wish all of the families represented in Room 7 a very Merry Christmas and fun-filled holiday. See you in 2014. Ms. Novalis
Due January 6th Math 6 Packet CPM Ch 5 Word Problems Packet Sharpen your skills with this review of word problems. GO: 1-6, 10, 18,19,31,36, 38,41,42, 45, 52, 62, 64, 67-69, 75, 76, 84, 85, 91, 94, 99, 101, 102, 111, 114, 116, 117, 118 New materials: Math graph spirals -if you are running low, this is a good time to buy a few, flashcards, lined loose paper.
Language Arts. The Giver. finish the book. Pay close attention to how the book is changing. Check online for new questions. In the next few chapters, fill in the plot summary, write the e important events, and the determine which important events change Jonas's actions, thoughts, and perceptions towards his family and community? Write the key events on your plot summary.
Analyze why Jonas has to suffer. What new insights does Jonas get as the Giver transfers his memories to Jonas? What does Jonas discover about his dad, and how does that alter Jonas's perception of him? How does Jonas's relationship with Gabriel change? After Jonas receives the memory of war, how does he view his friends child play?
*Key Question: at Christmas time, who was the angel Gabriel, and what was his role in the birth of Christ? Think about this allusion in the story in regards to the baby Gabriel.
Vocabulary flashcards- definitions on one side, parts of speech and syllables on the Back of the card.
The Giver by Lois Lowry Write the definitions on one side & part of speech & syllabicate on the other
Vocabulary The Giver
Ch 1-4
appeal apprehensive enhance observation
bewildered aptitude jeering nuisance
regulate committee affectionate hoard
Ch. 5-9
hasty crescendo anticipation somber
disagree infringed prestige humiliation
throng buoyancy benign unnerving disgrace
Ch. 10-19
assimilate admonition excruciating abrupt
sinuous sparse origin irrational
isolate rage frigid relinquish
ordinary phenomenon diminish anguish
skeptical exhilarating significant accumulate
dumbfounded ominous assuage mutilated
climate fretful shiver seldom
obsolete successor permeated syringe
imploring dejected carnage serene
luminous stunned ecstatic warfare
Chapter 20-23
empower miserable panic emphatic
citizen frequently auditorium grateful
solemn plea glum customary
transmit content habitat shrubbery
exquisite encounter meager glimpse
Pre-Alg. 4-6 GC 65, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73
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The Giver. What rule did Jonas break when his father put Gabriel in his room to spend the night? Why does the Committee only allow two children peer family? How does Gabriel's view of his father change after the twins are born? Compare the views of our society of overpopulation to their community's . How are they similar? In what ways have the citizens exchange freedom for solutions to its community's problems? Why do you think Elsewhere is willing to take the community members after they leave? Note how Jonas's new discoveries are changing his view on what is important in life. there is a saying that "Ignorance is bliss." Is this really true? How has ignorance affected the citizens of the community? How does our own willingness to be ignorant play into the plans of our leaders? How do you know Jonas is beginning to be affected by his new memories? Give examples that demonstrate the development of his critical thinking skills.
Jonas's society is protected against what evils? Does Jonas view this protection as positive or negative in his utopia? How does Jonas's view of differ from our view of family once he experiencthe grandparents? What new holiday does Jonas experience, and how does this alter his view of family?
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Due january 6th Math 6 Packet CPM Ch 5 Word Problems Packet Sharpen your skills with this review of word problems. GO: 1-6, 10, 18,19,31,36, 38,41,42, 45, 52, 62, 64, 67-69, 75, 76, 84, 85, 91, 94, 99, 101, 102, 111, 114, 116, 117, 118
The following are due tomorrow.
Language Arts The Giver read Ch 10-11 events, summary, and vocab.
Pre-Alg 4-5 GC 54-63
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Parents, Thank you for allowing your children to attend The Christmas Carol. One of the teachers brought in an announcement for the play Cinderella. The other side of the play bill is Sweeny Todd. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PLAY BECAUSE OF THE VIOLENT THEME. This play is for adults only.
Language Arts The Giver Ch 4 Make sure you write vocab cards, list events, and summarize the chapter. There will be a test on chapters 3 & 4 tomorrow. Have your parents sign the 1 & 2 test.
Pre-Algebra 4-4 GC 45-52 Please draw out the terms.
Thank you parents who have returned the Anti-bullying forms today. We almost have 100% of them. This is an important program for your children. The final deadline is tomorrow.
Parents, please sign any tests and discuss the content of them. Tomorrow, we will watch The Christmas Carol movie. Your children's math projects look good enough to eat. The students will be trying them out tomorrow. They are encouraged to bring a bottle of water for the sampling.
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Language Arts The Giver read the first two chapters of the book. Make flashcards of the words on the list and any other word you don't know. Find the one strange that happens to Jonas that makes him feel different than everyone else. Write the summaries for ch. one and two, and the main events.
Math 6 4-11 MP 128 EC 127-134
Math Project:LOL Measure and follow directions:
Take your favorite cookie or candy recipe from scratch (homemade). Cut the recipe half. You may not make brownies, pies, or cakes. You don't have to make enough for the entire class. Bring your project in on Monday. Write down the recipe on an index card. On one half of the card, put the measurements for the entire recipe. On the other half of the card, cut the recipe in half and write down the measurements of the recipe that's been cut in half. On the back of the card, write down the instructions of how to make the recipe.
Pre-Algebra 4-3 GC 28-37
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Thanks to the parents who bought a ticket to the Christmas Carol and accompanied the class. I hope you had a wonderful time. If any parents took pictures of the students, will you please forward them to me so I can post the trip. I'm sorry to have missed seeing all your excited faces. I'm sure you'll tell me all about it tomorrow.
Language Arts Child Labor Project is due tomorrow including pictures. Remember, this is going to be our next bulletin board, so hopefully you typed the report using all your fingers on the keyboard.
Math 6 4-8 MP 93-103 (I hope those were the problems on the board. If there is an extra one in here, don't do it.)
Pre-Algebra finish problems 4, 8, and 27? the problems pertaining to the Target Game. Please make sure all your other work is complete from the work from furlough days. We will be grading all of it tomorrow.
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Dear Parents,
Happy Thanksgiving to you all. The students have a Christmas Carol letter for you to read. Just a reminder that Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday are furlough days, not vacation days.
Language Arts Hazardous Child Labor Project
Math 6. Math review WS., ( 4-7) MP 77-91,
Pre-Alg. GC (4-1). 1-3 & 5-10 (omit #8). (4-2) GC 14-24
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Just a reminder: For anyone who didn't finish the Christmas Carol comprehension questions #s 1-22, these are due Monday. I will be collecting them first thing. Remember, you must have proof with page number (p. ).
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THANK YOU PARENTS FOR YOUR SUPPORT. WE HAVE 100% OF THE MONEY WE NEED FOR THE CHRISTMAS CAROL.. PLEASE ARRIVE BY 8:00 A.M. ON MONDAY DECEMBER 2, 2013. CHILDREN NEED TO BRING A SACK LUNCH ON THAT DAY. THE BUS WILL LEAVE AT 8:30 AND RETURN BY 1:00. LUNCH WILL BE EATEN UPON RETURNING TO SCHOOL.
Language Arts Christmas Carol Final is tomorrow. Please finish answering comprehension questions on a separate sheet of paper. This is a closed book test.
Math 6 4-6 MP 65-74 EC 75. This is a good time to bring up your grade.
Science corrections for NB & Review questions. Have parents sign quiz.
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Language Arts Christmas Carol Stave 5 You should be finishing this today and writing events. We will finish the questions tomorrow; vocabulary also for this chapter.
Math 6 4-5 MP 50-63
Science 4-3 Plate Tectonics quiz tomorrow over vocabulary and concepts. Please review.
Social Studies 4-1 You should have already made your cards for war.
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Dear Parents: ******Please click on to each class and subscribe to each class. The website was changed so now each class much be attached to the email in order to get the updates. Thank you
Wednesday is the last day to turn in the money for Christmas Carol. We are attending the play the day we return, and Mrs. Melgar needs to pay for it.
Language Arts Christmas Carol last section of vocabulary test tomorrow We all need to get 100%. Click and subscribe
Math 6 4-3 MP 24-33 Please check your work. The geometric vocabulary test has been postponed until Wednesday to give you more time to study for the Christmas Carol vocabulary test tomorrow.
I only see 4 parents who have subscribed to this class. Click and subscribe
Pre-Algebra CGP 6.2.3 WS ONLY FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T GET A GOOD GRADE ON THE TEXT. NO HOMEWORK FOR THOSE WHO PASSED. Click and subscribe.
Science Click and subscribe
Social Studies Click and subscribe
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SATURDAY SCHOOL EXTRA CREDIT FOR PRE-ALG For some of you it's mandatory, but all are welcome and all will receive extra credit for attending from 8-10. Questions answered, concepts reviewed, and probability practice in the form of games. See you with your pre-alg and CGP books, pre-alg spiral, and dice. If you don't have any dice, don't worry.
Language Arts due Monday: Stave 4 finish reading all of this stave, list events. You are Scrooge, look at the clues and see what the spirit is trying to convey. What lessons are you expected to learn as Scrooge? Defend your answers. Vocabulary cards for the last group of words Test on Monday. Congratulations to many of you who got 100% on the second test. Yu all did much better on #2.
Science 4-1. Review and make corrections. You need to know these concepts sea floor spreading and continental drift. We need to move on to plate tectonics.
Math 6 finish MP 10-22 area. review vocab cards -test on Tuesday
Pre-Alg. CGP green book 6.2.3 outcomes GP 1-16. Make chart for 7-16
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I HAVE A FEW STUDENTS LEFT: CHRISTMAS CAROL MONEY
CANNED FOOD DRIVE FOR FRIDAY
Math 6. 4-1. Geometric Shapes. MP 1-9. You have the resources sheet showing flashcards. Cut them out and memorize them.
Pre- Algebra. chapter Review. Go over problems you got wrong. If you don't understand one, write it down in your math book under Chapter 3 Review. Bring the problems and. questions to class on Saturday. With your spiral and book.
Language Arts. Vocab for 34-65 test tomorrow.
Due Monday- Read Stave 4 , write events, make the last flashcards.
Science 4-2 corrections
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Language Arts You have a test over the second 32 words #33-64 on Friday. Study the words. Don't forget to bring your permission slip and money for the Christmas Carol
Science 4-2 Seafloor Spreading SQ3R TB pgs 174-181 NB pg 39-41 Answer Reading Guide questions, and Review questions 1-4 only.
Pre-Alg 3-10 #121-127 (123 a, e, f only)
Penmanship class at 7:30 tomorrow morning- capital letters.
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Pre-Alg. 3-9. MD 104-118. Make math final test corrections
Language Arts. You should have made the flashcards for the first 64 vocabulary words. Read pgs 89-95
have vocabulary test signed.
Friday is the test for the next 32 words
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Pre-Algebra 3-8 MD 93-102. EC 103
Lang. Arts. Christmas Carol finish reading Stave Three, answer the question on the study guide. You don't have to copy the questions, but incorporate the questions into the answer. You made the first 32 vocabulary flashcards a few weeks ago, and were supposed to be studying them. There is a test on the first 32 On Tuesday. Make the next 32 flashcards. This test will be the following Monday. Finish the synonym page for Stave Three. Be ready to explain who the four groups of people are that the Ghost of Christmas Present takes Scrooge to visit, and what the spirit is trying to teach Scrooge through those visits. You should write this down ahead of time in your book. See you on Tuesday. If you have time, and want to read about the next ghost, feel free because we will be going pretty quickly next week.
Please remember to bring your field trip money and your permission slip on Tuesday.
Cursive writing at 7:30 on Tuesday morning. Practice holding your pencil or pen correctly over the weekend. Just in case you left your questions at school, they are attached to the homework page. Check below.
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Math 6 3.1.4 Corrections 3.1.2 WS, show all work
Pre-Alg 3-8 MD 81-90
Science 4-1 Continental Drift SQ3R and review questions all of them
Language Arts Make sure you finished your Quickwrite
Christmas Carol money $12 and permission slip
Homework Club is Tuesday and Thursday 3-4
Students who are not getting a C or better must attend.
Cursive lessons tomorrow morning at 7:30. We will begin with capital letters.
Pre-Alg 3-8 MD 81-90
Science 4-1 Continental Drift SQ3R and review questions all of them
Language Arts Make sure you finished your Quickwrite
Christmas Carol money $12 and permission slip
Homework Club is Tuesday and Thursday 3-4
Students who are not getting a C or better must attend.
Cursive lessons tomorrow morning at 7:30. We will begin with capital letters.
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Language Arts Christmas Carol pgs. pgs 64-73 vocabulary
Quick write paragraph
Pre-Algebra 3-5 MD
Quick write paragraph
Pre-Algebra 3-5 MD
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Language Arts CC Stave 3 vocab 55-63
Pre-Algebra MD 53-65
Math 6 CGP WB pg 67 & 68
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Dear Parents: November is already here and we are quickly approaching our field trip. This year we will be attending The Christmas Carol play on Monday December 2, 2013. The PTO is sponsoring the bus, each student will have to pay $12 for the ticket. As you know, this coincides with the language arts novella we are reading. The play has been such a wonderful experience for our students each year. The money can be turned in no later than November 20th. This is a chance for students to experience London in the 1840s like they never have before.
Pre-algebra 3-4. MD 40-51
Language Arts Christmas Carol Stave 2 finish the vocabulary from pages 41-52 for the Stave. Read the stave. We will discuss it on Monday.
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Language Arts Christmas Carol vocabulary pgs 35-41
Pre-Algebra MD 24-39 EC 36
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Language Arts: Christmas Carol pages 29-34 Highlight and annotate the words that you do not know.
Pre-Algebra: 3-2 MD 12-23
Social studies. Essay corrections finished.
COSTUMES FOR HALLOWEEN AND & $3 for the dance
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Lang Arts: Christmas Carol finish reading Stave one and do vocab
Pre Alg: MD 1-9
Social Studies: type essay make sure you put MLA format 1.5 spacing
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Social Studies complete your 5 paragraph essay on agriculture.
Language CC. Pgs 9-13 write vocab cards or annotate them in your book. Highlight
Math 6 Review quiz PR 69,70 and 72-77
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Dear Parents:
Thank you all for the overwhelmingly positive responses at our first quarter conference. Your children and I are fortunate to have such positive partners who will enable these very bright and serious students to achieve this year's Common Core learning objectives. Just a recap: We are giving our students time to develop and practice their new skills in a student-centered learning environment. We are focusing on the Cycle of Student Learning and Thinking; allowing students to be responsible for acquiring content mastery so they can take their learning to the next level. Students will focus on key ideas developing a deeper understanding of the concepts. The students will begin to use these newly acquired skills to deepen their understanding and reduce their time on task. Have a great weekend.
Sincerely,
Leslie Novalis
Language Arts- Describe Scrooge using the text. Why do you think Dickens describes him in this manner? How does this contribute to your understanding of English businessmen's attitude towards the poor they employ? Make flashcards over the vocabulary words pages 1-8. read ip to page 5-1. Any words you don't know that aren't on our vocab list, look up in the dictionary and be prepared to test on Stave I by the end of this coming week. Cursive writing begins at 7:30 onMonday.
Math 6 PR 36-40-44-48 47 is b,c, e, f
Math 6 3-4.
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Pre Alg FT 108-116
Science make chapter review corrections and have parents sign. Study for the test using your NB, spiral, outline, textbook questions, and science review. The final will count triple the review.
Language Arts. "A Mother's Courage" interview. Determine the common theme in both Passage to Freedom and the interview. Defend your answer using examples from both texts. Write your questions for "A Mother's Courage" interview and include the FACT / OPINION chart. Be ready to participate in a discussion on Monday.
Narrative. Highlight the thesis which is the three topics of the body paragraphs. Make sure you follow the MLA Chinese School model. Check grammar, sentences, and punctuation. These will be read out loud to the class.
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Science 3-4 Conduction, Convection, Radiation Lesson NB, complete the outline we've been using. Make flash cards, answer review questions.
Social Studies Ch 3 Review pg 106-107 Use complete answers and prove your answers from the book with pg & paragraph.
Pre-Alg 2-6 FT 66-69
Language Arts Study for Passage to Freedom vocabulary test.
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Dear Parents:
As you know, Monday is not a holiday, but an unpaid furlough day for teachers. We will be taking our state test in March. To assist your children in preparing for the quickly upcoming event, they will have the regular lessons scheduled for Monday, but they will be doing them at home. Please allow your children ample time to work on their furlough-day home schooling. We will grade all work on Tuesday. Thank you, and have a wonderful weekend.
Friday 2-5 FT 52-65
Monday FT 70-76
Language Arts:
Friday homework finish narrative type MLA FORMAT use your Personal Narrative worksheet as the beginning start. Proofread, correct, make sure you have three body paragraphs and complete sentences. I have attached a copy of the essay and the format.
Monday "Passage to Freedom" spelling words 5x each for the missed ones. Students read the passage.
Make flash cards for vocabulary. Answer comprehension questions are you read.
Tuesday Bring $1 for Christmas Carol novella.
grammar WS pgs 245 & 246
Social Studies Friday finish 3-3 review questions
Tuesday make war cards
QUARTER GRADES ARE COMING SOON. IF YOU ARE MISSING ASSIGNMENTS, TESTS, OR PROJECTS, PLEASE FINISH THEM OR THEY WILL AFFECT YOUR GRADES.
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Math 6 corrections Benchmark 2
Pre-Alg 2-4 FT 37-51
Punctuation Packet pg. 244
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Energy 3-2. SQ3R ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS AND REVIEW QUESTIONS THERE WILL BE A QUIZ ON MONDAY. NB 3-2 pages
*EXTRA CREDIT* Look at the website for recycling solid waste e.g chemicals, paint, oil, electronics, etc. Find two more Saturday locations that you can deposit your toxic waste. You have two, find two more and write down dates and addresses.
http://www.lacsd.org/solidwaste/swfacilities/recyclecontact/hhw_e_waste
Language Arts Descriptive Language pack 95-100
Math 6 GS 73-83. We did 73 & 74 in class
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Language Arts Hatchet prologue. Summary. Punctuation WS p 241
Pre Alg 2-1 FT 3-7 math correction
social St RSG 23 & 24
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Social studies. read "A Long Dry Spell" Answer questions from the board.
Language Arts Hatchet Ch 19. Events and summary use complete sentences for the summary
Punctuation WS pg 240
Descriptive Language packet pgs 89-94.
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Math 6. Saturday school for those who need help with addition/subtraction and multiplication/division
RMS 7:55 -10:00 a.m. PLEASE BRING INDEX CARDS, A PENCIL A HIGHLIGHTER, PLAYING CARDS, AND A NOTEBOOK. YOU DON'T HAVE YOU WEAR A UNIFORM. PLEASE BE ON TIME AND LET'S HAVE FUN LEARNING MATH.
Language Arts Hatchet 16-18. Events and summary. Please write your thesis statement which includes your three topics for the paragraphs.
Social Studies RSG pgs 19-22
Pre-Alg. Make corrections in red with explanations for chapter 1 team test parent signature.
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Language Arts Read chapter 16 of Hatchet. What major events happen in this chapter? How does Brian resolve these issue? What qualities does he demonstrate?
Narrative: Write the introduction and the thesis statement. The thesis will include the three topics for the following paragraphs.
Math 6 Make corrections from the previous day's HW. GS 48-52.
Social Studies Catal Huyuk pgs 70-71. Answer the questions from the board and the questions on page 71. If you took your RSG home, do pages 19 & 20.
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Math 6 2-5. GC 35, 36, 38 53-58
Make corrections for last lesson.
Language Arts Hatchet Ch 15 write introduction sentence, 4 topic sentences
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Language Arts Hatchet Ch 14 make sure you have the events and the summary for Chs 13 & 14. Quiz tomorrow over both. Punctuation pack pg 239
Science 2-3 SQ3R vocabulary cards, and NB pgs 17-19. quiz tomorrow over the concepts. Make sure you do the review questions for this lesson.
Grade 6 CPM math 2-4 GS 36-44 EC GS 43. Please have parents sign and do corrections for yesterday's work so you know what you're doing when it is time for the test.
Parents: Thank you for your response to Saturday School. Have your students bring a notebook, pencil and index cards to make flashcards If anyone has a deck of playing cards, please bring them. i"ll see you here at 7:55 A.M. in front of the school, not at the side gate.
We are going to be writing our names in Phoenician next week, so please send $1.00 for clay. I've purchased the clay, plates, and writing stylus already for this project.
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Language Arts Chapter 13 Hatchet rewrite your paragraph from ch 10
Have parents sign Ch 11-12 Hatchet test
Math 6 2-3 GS 27-34
Social Studies write the essays for both lessons one and two tests.
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Language Arts Rewrite the Ch 10 RTL paragraph using the thesis statement. DO NOT recopy the bullets into sentences. Give examples to support your statements. Do not say, "In conclusion" at the end or say "the author thinks." Avoid the words " a lot, things, you."
Read Chapter 11 & 12 and list events, vocabulary cards, and write a summary for those two chapters. We will have a test on those on Monday.
Grade 6 CPM GS 17-22. cpm.org student is a reference if you need it.
Pre-Alg Unit 1 final on Monday so review any missed problems.
Dear Parents:
Some of your children need extra help with math facts in: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Next Saturday I am holding a mandatory study session from 8-10 a.m. at school to address these grades 2-4 deficiencies. There is not enough time during the day to teach Pre-Algebra and remediate lower level arithmetic. Thank you for your concern for your children and for your partnering with us. Leslie Novalis
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Language Arts Hatchet Ch 10 except City Boy vs Wilderness WS
Science. NB 1-1 pgs 2-4
Math 6. Have parents sign Rules of Divisibility test. Tomorrow is make up at 7:25
Social St test have parents sign
Clean your orange and dry; cut it in the ho loosing map project
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Language Arts Hatchet ch 10 paragraph Thesis statement, 3 supporting sentences, and what the author is saying. How does this apply? How is he changing?
Science 1-2 read lesson, NB pgs 5-7 study for quiz
Math 6 WS 1-1
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language arts Hatchet ch 11 events and summary
Math 6 Rules of Divisibility find a few numbers and practice for quiz. Write a few numbers for prime factoring using exponents. Teach them to your parents
Social Studies Orange globe. Due
1-2 SQ3R Cornell Notes for lesson do the essential and review questions, study the RSQ pgs 13, 14 for the quiz on Monday. his one will count towards your progress grade.
Pre-Alg. If you have work you haven't finished, Monday is the deadline to turn it in for a good grade.
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Language Arts. Hatchet. Read Ch 10 infer how Brian is changing by seeing how he reacts to his environment, to starvation, to wanting to be rescued, to his fire. List the events and summarize using your inferencing skills. quiz over chapters 9 & 10
Pre-Alg. Have parents review and sign ch 1 HW sheet.
Social St. Have parents review RMS rules pg 7 regarding tardiness. Have them initial and date.
finish reading 1-2. Maps and Globes make vocab flash cards, be ready to answer questions regarding the lesson. RSG pages 13 & 14. You had time to work on this in class, so it shouldn't take too long to finish.
Draw and label continents and oceans of a world map on a naval orange. This is due Monday. Cut at the Pacific Ocean and bring in on Monday. The rounder and bigger it is, the easier to draw. Use a permanent marker.
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Language Arts Read Ch 9 make event chart, write a summary, make flash cards for vocabulary.
Math 6 Write flash cards for Rules of Divisibility, answer H4-2 WS Be prepared to take a quiz.
Math 6 Write flash cards for Rules of Divisibility, answer H4-2 WS Be prepared to take a quiz.
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Social Studies 1-1 TextBook pg 12 write questions on one side and answers on the other #3-7. I nosh WB pg 2
Language Arts Choose a topic for your narrative about yourself. Write the topic and give three bullets for the main paragraphs you're going to write about. See example of Chinese School if you have questions.
Hatchet. ch 7 & 8. Events and Summaries write one for each chapter. You had time in class to finish at least one of these. Make sure your vocab is done for each.
Math 6. Have parents sign your measurement test. Make corrections for the test.
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Language Arts. Hatchet Ch 10 except WS
Science 1-1 NB pgs 2-4
Math 6 Rules of Divisibility retake tomorrow at 7:25
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Science. Rewrite #s5&6 for "Cerro Grande" article in complete paragraphs citing examples from the text.
Have parents sign your WS paper
Language Arts teach parents how to write a narrative essay using the "Chinese School" essay and our narrative graphic organizer. Parents will not actually write an essay, but you should be able to explain to your parents the use of the Thesis sentence, the transition sentences, the topic and supporting sentences, and the conclusion. They need to write in your minder binder that you explained the importance of each part.
Pre-Alg lesson 1-9. GO 79-85. 86 is extra credit.
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Language Arts make vocabulary corrections & have parents sign
Math 6 measurement quiz on Monday to cover all review measurement cards. If you're having difficulty with understanding the measurements, look at juice and milk cartons, rulers, butter boxes, measuring cups etc to get a visual instead of just memorizing. remember, these are thirds grade measurements, but we will need to use them is year to solve math problems.
Pre-algebra GO 70-78. use the resource page. Do not do the one GO 88 on the back of the resource page since it is not in this lesson.
Make up vocabulary quiz will be on Thursday morning at 7:25.
Please remember book covers this weekend. Some parents got them at Dollar Tree. also some don't have a piece of felt to use on the white boards,
Have a great weekend.
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Math 6. If you had to retake the measurement test, have parent sign & write corrections 10 times each.
Lang Arts. Read Hatchet Anthology TB &answer comprehension questions in complete sentences.
Science. read article, answer questions and your own questions..
Pre-Alg. GO 63-69 (64 & 65 read only and answer any questions on that,but don't copy toolkit.) Show all work.
PARENTS, SOME STUDENTS STILL NEED BOOK COVERS. STUDENTS CAN'T TAKE BOOKS HOME UNLESS THEY ARE COVERED. PLEASE GET JUMBO COVERS (DOLLAR TREE). THANK YOU ALL FOR BRINGING YOUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL ON TIME, CHECKING THEIR HOMEWORK, AND FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT WITH SUPPLIES. YOU ARE THE BEST PARTNERS YOUR CHILDREN AND I COULD HAVE.
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Language Arts. Read Hatchet Ch 6 make event notes.
WS quiz vocab test tomorrow & Ch 5 & 6 comp test
Spelling retake test is at 3:00-3:15
Math measurement test retake 7:25 am
Pre-Alg GO 60-62
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Lang Arts. Write a five-sentence summary for chapter 5 of Hatchet . Use the notes we took in class, and your novel.
Spelling: write corrections 5 times on back of test. Have parents sign test. If you got < 70%, you need to retake the test Thursday morning at 7:30.
Pre-Alg. Remember to have your parents sign your homework page after you complete and grade homework. 1-5. GO 40-51 EC GO 52. We have worked on this set of problems for 2 days in class, so you shouldn't have too many problems to finish at home.
Basic Math. Make corrections on third grade math measurement quiz. Have parents sign your test. Write each conversion 5 times, on the back of the test, before your parent signs.
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Dear Parents, we are off to an exciting year with our new novel and Pre-Algebra problems. BACK TO SCHOOL IS TOMORROW FROM 5-7. AS PARTNERS OF YOUR CHILD'S EDUCATION, come find out about our class, plans we have for the year, how you can help your child succeed, and get a head start on signing up for conferences that will be held in October. PLEASE COME WITH YOUR CHILD ONLY
Classroom space is limited and this is a special evening for Room 7 educational partners. We will begin at 5:00 p.m. In Room 7. I look forward to working with you both as your child's third educational partner.
Language Arts Hatchet Ch 5. read the chapter and complete the Description chart for literary devices. You should have simile, personification, metaphor, foreshadowing. Give at least on example for each citing text & page reference and explain what the author is saying. Use your infer ending skill we discussed today.
Pre-Algebra. 1-3. GO 22-24. flash card measurement quiz tomorrow.
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Language Arts. Hatchet ch4 make vocab flash card, Read "What is Description language" pgs 81-83 Tomorrow is a comprehension quiz over chapters 1-4.
Pre-Alg 1-2 GO 9-11 & GO 13-16 make 6 flash cards
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Language Arts. reread ch 2 & 3 of Hatchet to ensure you have answered the questions correctly on pg 21 worksheet. You will need at least 3 of 4 passages from these chapters. Please bring your spiral notebook so you don't get behind.
Pre-Alg. Please bring your spiral 8 1/2 x 11 graph notebooks (2) for your math classes. They can be different colors, but they need to be spiral graph paper booklets.
GO 1-6 Most of you finished this during class time.
Parents,
Back to School night is Thursday from 5:00 - 7:00. Please arrive on time since Mr. Alvidrez and PE will be addressing the incoming sixth grade class at 5:00. Next, you will come to Room 7 for a presentation. Because of limited space, we are asking that you come with only the child that is in the class. I look forward to meeting all of you on Thursday at 5:00. See you then, Leslie Novalis
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Hatchet read Ch 2-3. complete the Imagery page for Ch 1-3.
Foreshadowing worksheet for Chapters 1-2
Make vocabulary cards for ch 1-3
Answer questions that were on the board.
Why doesn't. Brian turn the plane around?
why doesn't Brian call for help on the radio?
Why doesn't Brian put the plane on auto pilot?
Don't fill out the Plot-hill Summary
PLEASE GET YOUR BOOK COVERS. THET DON'T HAVE TO BE COLOR CODED, BUT PLEASE LABEL THEM. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BUY THEM, BROWN PAPER GROCERY BAGS WORK. WELL.
social St. Review RMS Rules page 5 have parents initial
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Social St: Please review page 4 of your Minder Binder with your parents and have them I Italy on the bottom of the page that you discussed the RMS Rules and codes.
Please initial the Minder Binder after your parents subscribe to the website. If you don't have Internet, then please write a note in the Minder Binder.
Book covers can been purchased or made out of paper grocery sacks. You need either 4 "jumbo" stretch covers or 4 paper bags. Books will remain in the classroom until they are covered. If you're using paper bags, your child may take home one each night to cover.
Language Arts. Hatchet, ch 1. come prepared to discuss the chapter and the characters.
Due:
Assignment
Pre-Algebra GO 4 Mathography You may type it, print it, or use cursive.
Social Studies Read the Classroom Policies Page sent home, and have parent sign the bottom. Review the supply list with your parents.
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Language Arts Hatchet novel OPTIONAL to read the first 10 pages.