WEEK OF 11/8/10
WEDNESDAY IS A LATE START DAY
THURSDAY - NO SCHOOL
PARENTS IF YOUR CHILD IS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH MATH HOMEWORK LOG ON TO www.glencoe.com

SPELLING/VOCABULARY
#9

• cue- signal to speak or act
• truth – something factual
• fruit – edible part of plant
• youth – not very old
• due – expected to arrive
• sue – undertake legal proceedings
• mood – state of mind
• dewdrop – drop of water
• suitcase – container for belongings during travel
• bedroom – room for sleeping
• toothache – pain in tooth
• teaspoon – small spoon
• juice – liquid from fruit or vegetables
• pure – not mixed
• rude – ill-mannered
• unit – one person, thing, or group
• deduce – reach conclusion
• computer – electronic data processor
• situation – state of affairs
• ruin – broken remains



READING & LANGUAGE:
Monday - Spelling/Vocabulary
Learning the main idea HW: Make fryer models for spelling/voc words
Tuesday:Taking notes while you read - fill out Main Idea models HW: Spellling words and definitions 5x each.
Wednesday: Part 2
Thursday: No School
Friday: Quiz on Wartime Mistakes, Peacetime Apologies

MATH BOOK 2:
Monday: Absolute value HW: Worksheet
Tuesday: Comparing and ordering Integers HW page 22-23
Wednesday: Coordinate Plane HW pages 24-25
Thursday: NO SCHOOL
Friday: Adding Integers

MATH BOOK !:
Monday: Algebra Functions HW Worksheet
Tuesday: Bar and Line graphs HW: pages 21-22
Wednesday: Interpret Line Graphs HW:pages 23-24
Thursday: NO SCHOOL
Friday: Stem and Leaf Plots

History: This week we are learning about Sumer

Science:
We will be doing Investigation #6

WEEK OF 11/1/10
READING:
SPELLING/VOCABULARY #8

• steamboat – steam-powered boat
• stagecoach – large horse-drawn coach
• oatmeal – breakfast cereal
• snowflake – crystal of snow
• tiptoe – walk with heels raised
• rainbow – multicolored arc in sky
• blindfold – bandage tied over eyes
• roast – cook in oven
• zone – separate area with particular area
• rote - repetition
• gnome – tiny supernatural being
• scold – tell somebody off
• code – system of letters, numbers, or symbols
• soul - feelings
• tadpole – frog or toad larva
• close - near
• heroic - courageous
• remote – far away
• shoulder – place where arm attaches to trunk
• zero - nothing

MONDAY: Fryer models for spelling/voc.
TUESDAY: Reading circles
WEDNESDAY: Plot bell
THURSDAY: Reading circles
FRIDAY: Spelling/vocabulary test

LANGUAGE:
MONDAY:coding
TUESDAY: Writing sentences using phrases
WEDNESDAY: writing summary paragraphs
THURSDAY: Sentences
FRIDAY: coding

MATH BOOK 2
MONDAY: Algebra Properties
TUESDAY: Algebra: Arithmetic Sequences
WEDNESDAY:Algebra: Arithmetic part 2
THURSDAY: REVIEW FOR TEST - Order of operations, algebra expressions,Exponents,Square Roots,Arithmetic Sequence
FRIDAY: TEST

MATH BOOK 1
MONDAY: Order of operations
TUESDAY:Algebra Variables and Expressions
WEDNESDAY: Part 2
THURSDAY: Review for test
FRIDAY: TEST

SCIENCE 7
We will be finishing lab 5 this week. On Thursday we will review and Friday will be the test.

SOCIAL STUDIES

This week we will be finishing up Hunters and Gathers, and starting Mesopotamia.

WEEK OF 10/25/10
REMEMBER FRIDAY IS THE HEALTH FAIR AND FUN RUN
PLEDGES ARE DUE WEDNESDAY THE MONEY WILL BE COLLECTED THE FOLLOWING WEEK

READING:
Monday: Spelling words, Reading circles (Green and Blue groups take book test) (Orange and Pink Groups write summary paragraph on what they have read) - HW do frayer models
Tesday: Read "All Summer in a Day" fill out sequence graphic organizer.
Wednesday:Reading Circles
Thursday: Finish "All Summer in a Day" and graphic organizer
Friday: Spelling/Vocabulary Test

LANGUAGE:
Every day students start class with a DOL
This week we will be working on conjunctions and Interjections

MATH BOOK 1
Monday: Quiz
Tuesday: Powers and Exponents
Wednesday: Order of Operations
Thursday: Review Powers and Exponents, and Order of Operations
Friday: Quiz

MATH BOOK 2:
Monday: Rounding decimals
Tuesday: Estimating sums and differences
Wednesday: Adding and Subtracting Decimals
Thursday: Review
Friday: Quiz

HISTORY:
We will be working on CH 3 Hunters and Gathers

SCIENCE:
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday:Lab Investigation 5 "Seeds of Life"

WEEK OF 6/7/10

THE WORLD'S FAIR IS ON TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2010, FROM 5-7PM.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE, THE STUDENTS WORKED SO HARD ON THEIR PROJECTS.

ALL TEXT BOOKS ARE DUE ON FRIDAY.

STUDENTS WILL BE DOING ORAL REPORTS ON THEIR COUNTRY THIS WEEK.

IN LANGUAGE ARTS WE WILL BE FINISHING THE ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS.

IN MATH STUDENTS WILL BE DOING ACCELERATED MATH.

WEEK OF 6/1/10

Language Arts:
Map testing Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
Friday: Feedback on Country Reports.

Math Book 2:
Tuesday: 10.4 Finding Patterns in a Coordinate Plane - HW Page 494-495 7-23
Wednesday:Review Ch 10 Lessons 1-4
Thursday: Quiz Ch 10 lessons 1-4
Friday: Accelerated Math

Math Book 1:
Tuesday: Lab 10.4 Investigating the Area of a Triangle Finish for HW
Wednesday:10.4 Finding the area of a Triangle HW - 7-12
Thursday:10.4 Continued HW 495-496 13-19
Friday:Accelerated Math

History:
Country Boards

WEEK OF 5/24/10

Spelling/Vocabulary
• Approximate
• Diameter
• Percent
• Ratio
• Event
• Pi
• Circumference
• Probability
• Prism
• Solution

Language Arts and History:
We will be working on the Worlds Fair Projects all week.

Math Book 1:
Monday: 10.3 Learning how to use parallelograms - HW pages 488-489 # 7-24
Tuesday: 10.4 Lab investigating the area of a triangle finish for homework.
Wednesday: 10.4 Finding the area of a triangle - HW Page 494 #7-12
Thursday: Accelerated Math

Math Book 2:
Monday: 10.4 Patterns in a coordinate plane - HW 494-495 #7-14
Tuesday: 10.4 Day 2 - HW 494-495 #15-22
Wednesday: Page 497 Mid-Chapter assessment
Thursday: Accelerated Math

WEEK OF 5/10/10
NO SPELLING OR VOCABULARY THIS WEEK
STUDENTS WILL BE TESTING ON WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY
PROGRESS REPORTS GO HOME ON TUESDAY!!!!! PLEASE ASK YOUR CHILD FOR THEM!!!
PLEASE GO OVER THE WORLDS FAIR REQUIREMENTS PACKET WITH YOUR CHILD, AND SIGN THE FRONT PAGE ( IT IS WORTH 10 POINTS).

READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS:
WE WILL BE DOING DOL EVERY DAY.
WE WILL BE WORKING ON THE WRITTEN REPORT FOR THE WORLDS FAIR.

MATH BOOKS 1 & 2:
WE WILL BE DOING ACCELERATED MATH ALL WEEK.

HISTORY:
WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT INDIA.