WEEK OF 3/1/10
"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."


READING:
Monday: SSR -" Wartime Mistakes, Peacetime Apologies" Graphic organizer
Tuesday: SSR - Read "What A Character"
Wednesday:SSR - Literary Skills Review pages 222-223
Thursday:SSR - Informational Skills Review pages 224-225
Friday:SSR - Collection 3 Short Story: Character introduction 231-235

LANGUAGE ARTS:
Monday:DOL - " Wartime Mistakes, Peacetime Apologies" after you read
Tuesday:DOL - Coding Adverbs
Wednesday:DOL - coding adverbs
Thursday:DOL Coding adverbs
Friday:DOL - Quiz on coding adverbs

MATH BOOK 2:
Monday: Warm up - Simple interest worksheet
Tuesday:Warm up - 7.7 Percent increase and decrease - HW: pages 360-361 # 8-20 & 24-26
Wednesday:Warm up - Review for Chapter 7 Test
Thursday:Warm up - Review for Ch 7 Test
Friday:Warm up - Chapter 7 Test

MATH BOOK 1:
Monday:Warm up - Multiplying fractions worksheet
Tuesday:Warm up - 8.2 Multiplying fractions - HW: pages 378-379 # 6-29 all
Wednesday:Warm up - 8.3 Multiplying mixed numbers - HW: pages 386-387 # 7-20 26, 27
Thursday & Friday: Warm UP - 8.4 Dividing fractions with common denominators


HISTORY:
Monday - Friday: The Rise Of The Roman Republic

WEEK OF 2/22/10

Reading:
Monday: SSR - Graphic organizer for "The Bracelet" due - Complete Reading focus
Tuesday:SSR - Using reading focus write a paragraph that summarizes the plot of "The Bracelet"
Wednesday:SSR - Read an interview with Walter Dean Myers focus on drawing conclusions
Thursday:SSR - Getting ready to read "The Game" focus on drawing conclusions, interpreting, and analyzing.
Friday:SSR - Reading other stories by Walter Dean Myers

Language Arts:
Monday: DOL - Essay rough draft due (50 points)
Tuesday:DOL -Expository Writing
Wednesday:DOL -Expository Writing
Thursday:DOL -Expository Writing
Friday:DOL -Expository Writing

Math Book 1:
Monday: Warm up - 7.5 and 7.6 Subtracting and regrouping mixed numbers
Tuesday:Warm up -7.5 and 7.6 Subtracting and regrouping mixed numbers
Wednesday:Warm up - 7.7 Problem solving with fractions and decimals HW: pages 356-357 #8-15
Thursday:Warm up - Do Chapter review
Friday:Warm up- Correct chapter review CHAPTER 7 TEST on MONDAY!

MathBook2:
Monday: Warm up - Review For Quiz
Tuesday: Quiz CH7 Lessons 1-4
Wednesday:Warm up 7.5 Learn to make circle graphs HW- pages 350-351 # 7-20
Thursday:Warm up Circle graph worksheet
Friday:Warm up7.6 learning to find simple interest

History:
Monday - Friday: Finish Greece and begin Rome

WEEK OF 2/15/10
NO SCHOOL MONDAY

Reading:
Tuesday: SSR - Finish story plot/setting for "All Summer in a Day"
Wednesday: SSR - Get ready to read focusing on setting and conflict
Thursday and Friday: SSR - Read "The Bracelet"

Language:
Tuesday: SLOPPY COPY DUE - DOL - partner edit Sloppy copy
Wednesday: DOL - Continue editing
Thursday and Friday: DOL - coding adverbs

Math Book 2:
Tuesday and Wednesday: Warm up - 7.3 Finding large and small percents HW: to be determined.
Thursday and Friday: Warm up - 7.4 Working with percent equations

Math Book 1:
Tuesday and Wednesday: Warm up - 7.4 Adding and subtracting mixed numbers
Thursday: Review for quiz
Friday: CH7 lessons 1-4 quiz

History:
This week we will be learning the golden age of Athens.

WEEK OF 2/8/10

NO SCHOOL FRIDAY 2/12/10

Reading:
Monday: SSR -Finish "Just Once" - write down spelling words
Tuesday: SSR -Prepare to read "All Summer in a Day" - Purpose: Plot and setting
Wednesday:SSR - Continue "All Summer in a Day"
Thursday:SSR - Finish "All Summer in a Day" Spelling test

Language:
Monday- Friday: DOL Finish and edit sloppy copy
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:

Math Book 1:
Monday: Warm up - 7.2 Finding the least common denominator - HW: pages 324-325 #7-23
Tuesday: Warm up - 7.3 learn to add and subtract fractions - HW: pages 332-333 # 6-25
Wednesday: Warm up - 7.4 adding and subtracting mixed numbers - HW pages 338-339 # 8-32
Thursday: Review for quiz QUIZ TUESDAY

Math Book 2:
Monday: Chapter 6 Test
Tuesday: Warm up - 7.1Learn about percents, fractions, and decimals - HW: pages 324-325 #7-30
Wednesday: Warm up - 7.2Learn to find a percent of a number part 1
Thursday: Warm up - 7.2 learn to find percents of numbers part 2 - HW: Pages 330-331 #7-28


History:
Monday- Thursday: This week we will be learning about the Persian Wars.