Friday, October 30, 2009

"These plans are based on the best prediction of what we hope to accomplish for this week. Please note, that these plans will vary from time to time because of various interruptions (fire drills, assemblies, etc.) and that we want to make sure students master material, before we move on to new concepts."

Thursday, October 29, 2009

WEEK OF 11/2/09

Language Arts:
Monday:SSR - Commas, semicolons, and colons - Go to the Library

Tuesday:SSR - Review commas, semicolons, and colons - Reread "Do or Die"

Wednesday: 2 hour late start/ bowling

Thursday: SSR - Quiz on commas, semicolons, and colons

Friday:SSR - Vocabulary activity Study for vocabulary test next Friday!

Math Book 2:

Monday: Students will learn the Distributive Property 3.6 Goal #1. Homework: page 144 #7-14

Tuesday: Students will understand the Distributive Property 3.6 Goal #2 Algebra and Variables . Homework: pages 144-145 # 15-22 and 28-31

Wednesday: 2 hour late start/ bowling

Thursday: Students will complete Lab 3.7 Investigating Division of Fractions. Homework: page 149 #6-14

Friday: Students will learn to dividing fractions and mixed numbers 3.7
STUDY FOR CHAPTER 3 TEST ON TUESDAY

Math Book 1:

Monday: Students will learn to rounding decimals 3.6. Homework: pages 140-141 # 11-20 and 33-39

Tuesday: Students will learn the concept of powers and exponents . 3.7 Goal 1- Using exponents to write powers - Homework: page 146 #7-20

Wednesday: 2 hour late start/ bowling

Thursday: Students will learn powers and exponents. goal 2 - Evaluating Expressions - Homework: page 147 # 33-48

Friday: Students will learn to use decimals, fractions, and percents. 3.8 - Homework: pages 150-151 #6-15
STUDY FOR CHAPTER 3 TEST ON TUESDAY!

History:
Note: New vocabulary words will be added beginning second quarter.

Monday: We will be discussing Sumerian supernatural explanations for natural phenomena. Students will write their own explanations in a supernatural way for volcanoes, flooding and earthquakes.

Tuesday: We will discuss how a life in a society is formed by their belief systems and rituals. This speaks to the beginnings of theocracies. Students will answer the question in fifty words or more, “Why were priest-kings important to Mesopotamian cultures”? There will also be a test on the power point terms.

Wednesday: Students will fill in a map on the mid east using a desk map and a visual presentation.

Thursday: Students will complete a word search on places in the mid east.

Friday: Students will watch a video on the mid east.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Week of 10/26/09

Language Arts:
Monday: SSR 10-15 minutes - Test on capital letters - write "Suspense Story" plot

Tuesday:SSR 10-15 minutes - DON'T FORGET AR POINTS ARE DUE NEXT WEEK! Learn how to use commas. Homework: Finish p.15-16. Read "Do or Die" for purpose.

Wednesday:SSR 10-15 minutes - Learn to use semicolons and colons. Homework: Finish the worksheet. Continue reading for purpose.

Thursday:SSR 10-15 minutes - Review commas, semicolons, and colons. Continue reading for purpose.

Friday:SSR 10-15 minutes - comma, semicolon, colon quiz. Students will take comprehension test on "Do or Die".

Math Book 2:
Monday: Students will add and subtract fractions. Homework: pages 128-129 #14-25

Tuesday: Students will be able to add mixed numbers. Homework: pages 132-133 #15-37 odd

Wednesday: Review for mid chapter quiz

Thursday: Mid chapter quiz

Friday: Students will be able to multiply fractions and mixed numbers.

Math Book 1:
Monday: Students will be able to represent decimals using a number line and set models. Homework: pages 126-127 #6-18

Tuesday: Students will be able to rewrite decimals as fractions and percents. Homework: pages 129-130 # 19-20, 25-33odd, 41-44

Wednesday: Review for mid chapter quiz

Thursday: Quiz

Friday: Students will be able to compare and order decimals.

History/Geography:
Monday- Ice Age. Large game died out. Hunting became critical. Define the following words: temperature, glacier, Greenland, inter glacial, ice sheet, glaciation, glacial deposits

Tuesday- Locate Current Ice Sheets. Define Antarctica, southern hemisphere, desert, antarctic circle, magnetic pole, ice shelf. Apply five themes.

Wednesday- New Stone Age. Define: farming, herding, division of labor, artisans, pottery, Catel Huyuk, bartering

Thursday- River Valley Civilizations. Define: Asia, Tigris, Euphrates, theocracy, Nile, Mesopotamia, Yellow River, Huang River.

Friday- Geography of Mesopotamia. Define: Red Sea, city-state, new stone age, Sumer, Mediterranean Sea, Akkad, Black Sea

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Week of 10/19/09

Language Arts:
Monday: Run on sentences
HIB assembly

Tuesday: Run on sentences
Suspense story web- On your web put "suspense" in center and web 25 scary
sounds, places, and things.

Wednesday: Advisory - Students will review uppercase letters. Review worksheet are due Thursday.

Thursday: Correct uppercase worksheets - Students will complete end punctuation and abbreviations worksheet. Students will complete the worksheets for homework. We will be reading Fables.

Friday: We will review uppercase, end punctuation, and abbreviations worksheet. There will be a quiz on Monday. We will be reading "Aesop's Fables" for comprehension


Math Book 1:
Monday:Students will learn base 5 numbers - Homework: Chapter 2 Review Test

Tuesday: Go over Review Test

Wednesday: Chapter 2 Test

Thursday: Student will explore decimal representation. HW page 114-115 #10-30 even.

Friday: Students will learn to use the metric system.


Math Book 2:
Monday: Students will learn how to write fractions as decimals. - Homework: Chapter 2 Review Test
Tuesday: Go over Review Test

Wednesday: Chapter 2 Test

Thursday: Students will learn to find the least common multiple of numbers. Homework pages 16-17 #12-22 even

Friday: Students will learn to write mixed numbers and improper fractions.


History:
Monday: Archaeology Power Point - Students will write definitions on page 19 of your notebook.

Tuesday: Lucy Power Point - Write definitions on page 19 of your notebook. Answer questions at
the end of the Power Point.

Wednesday: On page 23 of your notebook write: How would my life be different if there were no stores, central heating, carpenters, craftsmen and technology beyond the use of stones and sticks?

Thursday: The Neolithic Age.

Friday: Video on the Stone Age/Neolithic Age