Social Studies Week of December 15th
Monday-Video Greece/p. 253-254
HW-Ch. 8 Study Guide
Tuesday-Mythology Cards/Work on Scrapbooks
HW-None
Wednesday-CW-Ch. 8 Test/Geography Bee
HW-None
Thursday-CW-Geography Bee
HW-None
Friday-CW-Greek Root Words
HW-Have a Wonder and Safe Break!!!!
Language Arts – Mrs. Hammond – December 15-19
Monday: Continued with speeches in class. Spelling list 16 for the week. No written homework. Homerooms– Remember to bring treats for treat bags for Thursday.
Tuesday: Classes A, B, and C reviewed characterization techniques. Class D continued speeches. No homework.
Wednesday: All classes reviewed characterization and began character map for a Christmas story character. No homework. Last day for grades for 2nd quarter.
Thursday: Complete character map in class. Turn in Spelliing worksheet 16. Class Christmas party today.
Friday: Share character maps in class. Write holiday paragraph in class.
Mrs. Jackson’s Science the Week of December 15th
12/15/08 Monday- Present Biome Projects. Students will conduct “Strange Gravity” demonstration.
HW- None
12/16/08 Tuesday- Start Chapter 8 on the Formation of the Solar System
HW- Complete 8-1 WB pages
12/17/08 Wednesday- Check HW. Start Chapter 8-2 “The Sun” and take a pop quiz.
HW- None
12/18/08 Thursday- Chapter 8 Section 3 “The Earth Takes Shape”
Holiday Party 11:00-12:00 in your homeroom class.
HW- None
12/19/08 Friday- Review Jeopardy
See you January 5th!! Have a happy and safe holiday season!!
Language Arts – Mrs. Hammond – Dec. 8-12
Monday: Class A completed lesson 5 began Wordly Wise Lesson 5 test. All Classes: Speeches will begin on Tuesday. Students have been assigned dates. Each student will submit all information about his or her speech in the 4H folder, along with the final ink copy and index cards the day of the speech. Classes B,C, and D completed Lesson 5, part B and C. Complete for homework if not finished.
Tuesday: Speeches were interrupted by ThinkLink testing. This will make it necessary to push speeches back one day. Library tomorrow! Be prepared to take AR test if you have not done so. Remember, AR tests are due Dec. 12!
Wednesday: Library. Remember to read for 20 minutes every day and record it on your Reading Log.
Thursday: Speeches.
Friday: Speeches. Spelling quiz 15 and worksheet #15 due.
Mrs. Jackson’s Science the week of December 8th-12th
12/08/08 Monday- Climate Change (Chapter 7 Section 3) Check 7-3 WB pages
HW- Test Friday and Biome Boxes due Monday
12/09/08 Tuesday- Chapter 7 Study Guide Check. Chapter 7 Review
HW- Biome Boxes due Monday, Chapter 7 Test Friday
12/10/08- Wednesday- Global Warming Activity and Pop Quiz
HW- None
12/11/08 Thursday- Test Review and Critical Thinking Activity
HW- Chapter 7 Test Tomorrow
12/12/08 Friday- Chapter 7 Test
HW- Biome Box Project due Monday
MATH B AND D–DEC. 8-12
MONDAY 12-8-08 We worked on Lesson 6-2. HW: p. 577 Lesson 6-2-even #’s only.
Tuesday 12-9-08 Finish Classwork-E81 if not finished. We worked on Lesson 6-3-A/S of mixed numbers with borrowing.
WEDNESDAY 12-10-08 A/S mixed numbers cw/hw p. 250-251 (20-58) Much of this was completed during class time. Quiz tomorrow. TEST on Monday on A/S fractions and mixed numbers.
Thursday 12-11-08 We checked and reviewed last night’s homework. We had a quiz. The test has changed from Monday to tomorrow on A/S fractions and mixed numbers. Hw: Study for your test.
Friday 12-12-08 Test today. Be sure you have finished p.253 (4-12).
Have a great weekend.
Math-A and C Dec. 8-12
Monday 12-8-08 We reviewed for our test tomorrow on Lessons 5-1, 5-2, and 5-3. Class C worked and turned in p. 190. Classwork was the worksheet on decimals–finish for homework. STUDY FOR YOUR TEST.
Tuesday 12-9-08 Test Class C- Complete classwork if not finished. P51.
Wednesday 12-10-08 We learned about LCM-Least Common Multiple. cw/hw p. 196-197, A-(5-43) class C (12-43). Quiz tomorrow.
Thursday 12-11-08 We checked and reviewed last night’s work. We had a quiz. No hw.
Friday 12-12-08 Lesson 5-5, comparing and ordering fractions is what we worked on today. Classwork, to finish for homework is P. 604 (1-20) for Class A and Class C (1-30). Be sure to show all work, as we did in class and at the board.
Have a great weekend!
Social Studies Week of December 8th
Monday-CW-Work on Scrapbooks
HW-Read-Ch. 8 S. 2/Quiz on Ch. 8 S. 1 & 2 Wednesday
Tuesday-CW-Review Ch. 8 S. 2/Social Studies Scrapbooks Ch. 4-7 Due
HW-Read Ch. 8 S. 3
Wednesday-Ch. 8 S. 1 & 2 Quiz/Work on Greek Mythology Trading Cards
Thursday-CW-Review Ch. 8 S. 3/Study Island/Mythology Cards
HW-None
Friday-Complete Study Island/Complete Mythology Cards/Begin Study Guide
HW-Complete Ch. 8 Study Guide/Ch. 8 Test Tuesday 12/16
HW-None
Language Arts – Mrs. Hammond – Dec. 1-5
Monday: Spelling 14 worksheet is due Friday before spelling quiz. Homework: Work on speech. Body paragraphs due tomorrow. Create flash cards for new vocabulary list, Wordly Wise lesson 5.
Tuesday: Reviewed new vocabulary words for Lesson 5. Watched video on Perfect Communication. Write introduction and conclusion for speech. Tomorrow is library day. Bring library books and overdue fines. Class A, complete Wordly Wise lesson 5, part A.
Wednesday: Rough draft due tomorrow. Bring a RED PEN! ALL of my pens have been taken! Anyone not prepared for class will receive a conduct mark. We are peer editing tomorrow! Spelling Bee at 8:30 a.m.
Thursday: Peer edited written speeches in classes. Homework: Final ink copy and completed note cards due for check. (These will not be taken up, so you can practice your speech over the weekend.) Speech dates were assigned today for December 9-15 and written in agendas. Remember, Spelling Worksheet 14 due tomorrow, and quiz 14 tomorrow. Class A: WW5, parts D and E1-7.
AR TEST PRINTED FROM THE LIBRARY IS DUE BY DECEMBER 12 FOR A TEST GRADE. NO EXCEPTIONS! THIS MUST BE A BOOK READ DURING THIS QUARTER! NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED!
Friday: Spelling Quiz 14. Read Desolation Canyon in class.