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Tuesday, February 9, 2010 February 9, 2010

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NOTE: A FIELD TRIP PERMISSION FORM HAS GONE HOME. WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE LIGHTNING THIEF MOVIE ON THE WEDNESDAY AFTER VACATION. PLEASE, WE NEED THE FORMS AND THE MONEY BACK BY THIS FRIDAY. THANK YOU.

SCIENCE: Our bridge building project has begun! Each student has a “Bridge Reflection Journal” which they must be writing in reflecting on this process. For this week (2/8 through 2/14) each student must have three journal entries.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Complete the barter paper as well as the wedding feast and bride gift with 50 fish.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS: We’ll be having a quiz on Origin of Words tomorrow (Wed). Look over the worksheets and work that we have been doing.

Literature

    First period (Lighting Thief): Finish book by end of vacation.
    Second period (Charlotte Doyle):     Finish book by Friday.
    Third period: Nothing
    Fourth period (Lightning Thief): Finish book by end of vacation


MATH: none

WORDLY WISE (see the Wordly Wise Website for word lists and activities):

Monday February 8, 2010 February 8, 2010

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SCIENCE: Our bridge building project has begun! Each student has a “Bridge Reflection Journal” which they must be writing in reflecting on this process. For this week (starting today, 2/3) each student must have two journal entries for any two days between 2/3 and 2/7.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Complete both sides of the Egyptian math paper.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS: We’ll be having a quiz on Origin of Words on Wednesday. Look over the worksheets and work that we have been doing.

Literature

    First period (Lighting Thief): Read up to page 259 (middle of chapter 16) by Tuesday.
    Second period (Charlotte Doyle):     read up to page 186 (end of chapter 20) by Friday.
    Third period: Synonym/Antonym for Wordly Wise Words
    Fourth period (Lightning Thief): Read up to page 259 (middle of chapter 16) by Monday.


MATH: none

WORDLY WISE (see the Wordly Wise Website for word lists and activities):

Learning Center Math: Circumference

Learning Center ELA: The Daily News

Thursday February 4, 2010 February 4, 2010

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SCIENCE: Our bridge building project has begun!  Each student has a “Bridge Reflection Journal” which they must be writing in reflecting on this process.  For this week (starting today, 2/3) each student must have two journal entries for any two days between 2/3 and  2/7.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Nada

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS: Create three new words, with definitions and sentences, and then use those three new words in a paragraph story. These are due on Monday.

Literature

    First period (Lighting Thief): Read up to page 241 (end of chapter 15) by Monday.
    Second period (Charlotte Doyle):     read up to page 158  (end of chapter 17) by Friday.
    Third period (Tuck Everlasting): Nada
    Fourth period (Lightning Thief): Read up to page 241 (end of chapter 15) by Monday.


MATH: none

WORDLY WISE (see the Wordly Wise Website for word lists and activities):

Learning Center Math: Study for Test

Learning Center ELA: Repeated Reading- “Rounding Decimals”

Wednesday February 3, 2010 February 3, 2010

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SCIENCE: Our bridge building project has begun!  Each student has a “Bridge Reflection Journal” which they must be writing in reflecting on this process.  For this week (starting today, 2/3) each student must have two journal entries for any two days between 2/3 and  2/7.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Read notebook pages 12 and 13.  Answer the 7 questions on the backside of the worksheet.  Complete the “Domestic Life, Food”  paper including the table on the bottom of the page.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS: Complete the “Name that Word” sheet for tomorrow.

Literature

    First period (Lighting Thief): Read up to page 196 (end of chapter 12) by Thursday.
    Second period (Charlotte Doyle):     read up to page 141 (end of chapter 15) by Thursday.
    Third period (Tuck Everlasting): Nada
    Fourth period (Lightning Thief): Read up to page 196 (end of chapter 12) by Thursday.


MATH: none

WORDLY WISE (see the Wordly Wise Website for word lists and activities):

Learning Center Math: Study for Test

Learning Center ELA: Repeated Reading- “Rounding Decimals”

Tuesday February 2, 2010 February 2, 2010

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Click on either the photo above or THIS LINK to get to the Three Cups of Tea website.

SCIENCE: Notebook check on Friday, 1/28. Glog is due on Friday, 1/28.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Read notebook page 12 up through marriage and answer the 6 questions on the front side of the worksheet.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS: Finish up the Eponym activity in your writing notebook (invent an object, describe it, name it after yourself and draw it).

Literature

    First period (Lighting Thief): Read up to page 187 (end of chapter 11) by Wednesday.
    Second period (Charlotte Doyle):     read up to page 130 (end of chapter 14) by Wednesday.
    Third period (Tuck Everlasting): Test on Wednesday on Tuck Everlasting.
    Fourth period (Lightning Thief): Read up to page 187 (end of chapter 11) by Wednesday.


MATH: none

WORDLY WISE (see the Wordly Wise Website for word lists and activities):

Learning Center Math: Area / Volume    Review

Learning Center ELA:  Repeated Reading- “Rounding Decimals”

Monday February 1, 2010 February 1, 2010

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Click on either the photo above or THIS LINK to get to the Three Cups of Tea website.

SCIENCE: Notebook check on Friday, 1/28. Glog is due on Friday, 1/28.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Read pages 10 and 11 in your notes on Pharaohs and answer the questions on page 11.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS: Finish up the Eponym activity in your writing notebook (invent an object, describe it, name it after yourself and draw it) and be ready for an open response literature quiz in each class (although third period — Tuck — will have their quiz on Wednesday).

Literature

    First period (Lighting Thief): Read up to page 187 (end of chapter 11) by Wednesday.
    Second period (Charlotte Doyle):     read up to page 130 (end of chapter 14) by Wednesday.
    Third period (Tuck Everlasting): Quiz on Wednesday. Tonight — read through the questions on the study guide.
    Fourth period (Lightning Thief): Read up to page 187 (end of chapter 11) by Wednesday.


MATH: none

WORDLY WISE (see the Wordly Wise Website for word lists and activities):

Learning Center Math: Area / Volume    Review

Learning Center ELA:  Repeated Reading- “Rounding Decimals”