L.A:

NOTE: We are reading The Outsiders in class. For students who missed class or would like to reread chapters, please use the links below to access the full text and audio version. If you use the audio, please remember to follow along with the text. Please DO NOT read ahead.
Link to The Outsiders full text
Link to Chapter 1 audio
Link to Chapter 2 audio
Link to Chapter 3 audio
Link to Chapter 4 audio 
Link to Chapter 5 audio

Math and Science 11.24.14 and 11.25.14

MATH:  
Monday:  Students need to finish 'Reflection #2 (pg. 54) and to spend at least 15 minutes on TTM (making sure to document their work in their math journal) for Tuesday, 11.25.14. 
Tuesday:  Students need to finish 'Additional Practice Packet' for Investigation 2:  Making Sense of Measures of Center and spend at least 30 minutes (this is in addition to the 15 minutes assigned yesterday) on TTM (making sure to document their work in their math journal) for Monday, 11.30.14.

SCIENCE:  
Monday:  Finish reading, highlighting important information, defining vocabulary and answering questions (on a separate piece of paper) from the in class reading 'Cycles of Matter' for Tuesday, 11.25.14
Tuesday:  Finish answering all questions associated with the 'Biodiversity' movie that was shown in class (Bill Nye) for Monday, 11.30.14.
Over Break:  Research various terrarium designs and start coming up with a draft of what you want yours to look like. Look for/collect any necessary material that you will need and bring whatever you'd like to use to school on Monday. 

Language Arts & Social Studies 11/25/14

L.A.:

• Reading Journal check Thursday, Dec. 4.  Read 60 pages, write a one page summary, and correctly list and identify 2 literary devices.  Remember to record your book title and pages read!

S.S.:

• Thinkcerca.com article due Friday, Dec. 5

Language Arts & Social Studies

L.A.& S.S:

No homework - unless you need to put finishing touches on your Greatest Empire project.

Math and Science 11.21.14

MATH:  Students need to make sure they have finished Problem 2.4 (pgs. 40-43) and A.C.E.s 7-12 (pg 46) out of the blue Connected Math book titled DATA DISTRIBUTIONS:  Describing Variability and Comparing Groups, for Monday.  

SCIENCE:  Students will continue presenting their "Ecology" graphic organizers after break.  In the interim, they should be researching terrariums, coming up with their unique design, and gathering materials for construction.  

Math and Science 11.20.14

MATH:  Students need to make sure they have finished Problem 2.3 (pgs. 36-39) and A.C.E.s 4, 5 and 6 (pg 45) out of the blue Connected Math book titled DATA DISTRIBUTIONS:  Describing Variability and Comparing Groups, for tomorrow.  

SCIENCE:  Students continued presenting their "Ecology" graphic organizers to their peers today.  Their increased content knowledge, creative projects and presentations continued to impress the audience.  There was no additional homework assigned tonight.  

Language Arts & Social Studies 11/20/14

L.A.:

• The Outsiders Chapter 4 scavenger hunt due tomorrow.  Want to listen again? Follow this link: http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=kq0JyyW  make sure you follow along with the text: http://www.mrclements.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/S.E.-Hinton-The-Outsiders-Full-Text.pdf 

S.S:

• thinkcerca.com  article with comprehension questions due every Friday
• The Greatest Empire presentations start Monday

Language Arts & Social Studies

L.A.:

• Reading Log check tomorrow
• Character list check tomorrow

S.S.:

• The Greatest Empire presentations start on Monday.  Make sure to do some work on these outside of class.

Math and Science 11.19.14

MATH:  Students need to make sure they have finished Problem 2.2 (pgs. 34-35) and A.C.E.s 3, 14 and 15 (pgs. 44-50) out of the blue Connected Math book titled DATA DISTRIBUTIONS:  Describing Variability and Comparing Groups, for tomorrow.  

SCIENCE:  Students began presenting their fabulous "Ecology" graphic organizers to their peers today.  Their increased content knowledge, creative projects and presentations were impressive.  Hopefully we will finish them up tomorrow.  There is no additional homework for tonight.  

Math and Science 11.18.14

MATH:  Students need to make sure they have finished Problem 2.1 (pgs. 29-31) and A.C.E.s 1, 2 and 17 (pgs. 44-51) out of the blue Connected Math book titled DATA DISTRIBUTIONS:  Describing Variability and Comparing Groups, for tomorrow.  

SCIENCE:  Final draft of "Ecology" graphic organizer is due at the beginning of class Tomorrow, 11.18.14.  Students were given a detailed scoring checklist to double check that they have all components  (they will be sharing their work with their peers)  Tomorrow will be the last of the class time they will be given to work on this project.  Again, some websites that students have found helpful are listed below.

kids.nceas.ucsb.eduslideshare.net/

ecologywww.eoearth.orgeschooltoday.com

http://regentsprep.org/Regents/biology/biology.cfm

www.factmonster.com

a-z-animal.com/reference/habitats

http://www.softschools.com/facts/biomes/

Language Arts - The Outsiders book - full text copy

For your use at home, here is the full text copy of the book:

http://www.mrclements.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/S.E.-Hinton-The-Outsiders-Full-Text.pdf

Language Arts & Social Studies 11/17/14

L.A.:

• The Outsiders Chapter 1 & 2 questions due tomorrow, Tuesday.
• Reading journal check every Thursday.
• The Outsiders character packet check on Thursday.

S.S.

• The Ancient World 2.2 due tomorrow, Tuesday.
• Thinkcerca.com article due Friday.

Math & Science 11.17.14

MATH:  Students need to complete ADDITIONAL PRACTICE page 157-163 for Tuesday 11.18.14 (they were given a substantial amount of time to work on this in class so should not have a lot left to do). 

SCIENCE:  Final draft of "Ecology" graphic organizer due at the beginning of class on Wednesday, 11.18.14 (they will be sharing their work with their peers)  Tomorrow will be the last of the class time they will be given to work on this project.  Again, some websites that students have found helpful are listed below.

kids.nceas.ucsb.eduslideshare.net/

ecologywww.eoearth.orgeschooltoday.com

http://regentsprep.org/Regents/biology/biology.cfm

www.factmonster.com

a-z-animal.com/reference/habitats

http://www.softschools.com/facts/biomes/

Math and Science 11.14.14

MATH:  Students need to complete ADDITIONAL PRACTICE page 156 only for Monday, 11.17.14  

SCIENCE:  Rough draft of "Ecology" graphic organizer due at the beginning of class on Monday, 11.17.14.  Some websites that students have found helpful are listed below.

kids.nceas.ucsb.eduslideshare.net/ecologywww.eoearth.orgeschooltoday.comhttp://regentsprep.org/Regents/biology/biology.cfmwww.factmonster.coma-z-animal.com/reference/habitatshttp://www.softschools.com/facts/biomes/

ENRICHMENT MATH: Students should work on the Practice Test for Chapter 1. We will review in class on Monday. The test is Tuesday.

Language Arts & Social Studies 11/14/14

Language Arts:

• We started reading The Outsiders today.  For those of you who want to listen to chapter 1 again, here is a link: http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=ZnpxREu  For the full text of the book, following this link:  http://www.mrclements.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/S.E.-Hinton-The-Outsiders-Full-Text.pdf  Make sure to follow along in the text.  This will help you see vocabulary words in context, and identify unfamiliar words in print.
  
• Independent reading journals will be checked on Thursday, November 20th.  Read 60 pages, write a one page summary, and identify two literary devices.  

Social Studies:

• Thinkcerca.com article due Friday, November 21.

Math and Science 11.13.14

MATH:  Students need to make sure they have finished Problem 1.4 (pgs. 13-15 and A.C.E.s 12,13 and 19 (pgs. 20-23) out of the blue Connected Math book titled DATA DISTRIBUTIONS:  Describing Variability and Comparing Groups, for tomorrow.  

SCIENCE:  Continue working on "Ecology" brainstorm from science class (final drafts will be due at the beginning of next week).  Some websites that students have found helpful are listed below.

kids.nceas.ucsb.edu
slideshare.net/ecology
www.eoearth.org
eschooltoday.com
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/biology/biology.cfm
www.factmonster.com
a-z-animal.com/reference/habitats
http://www.softschools.com/facts/biomes/

Language Arts & Social Studies 11/13/14

L.A.:

• Classical Roots quizzes tomorrow!  Make sure you study.
• The Outsiders Chapters 1&2 vocabulary webs due tomorrow.

S.S.:

• Thinkcerca.com due every Friday.
• Here are links for the Ziggurat activity we did in class today:

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/architecture/ziggurats.htm

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/ca/books/bkf3/igraphics/AC_03_093_ziggurat/AC_03_093_ziggurat.html

Language Arts & Social Studies - November 12th

L.A.:

• Reading Journal check tomorrow
• Study for Classical Roots quizzes on Friday

S.S.

• Gilgamesh rewrite final draft due tomorrow
• Thinkcerca.com article due on Friday

Math and Science 11.12.14

MATH:  Students need to make sure they have finished Problem 1.3 (pg. 12 and A.C.E.s 3-7 and 18 (pgs. 17-22) out of the blue Connected Math book titled DATA DISTRIBUTIONS:  Describing Variability and Comparing Groups, for tomorrow.  NOTE:  They need to be using the data that was collected and they copied down in class

SCIENCE:  Continue working on "Ecology" brainstorm from science class (at least 20 more minutes of work outside of class is expected)

Math and Science 11.11.14

MATH:  Students need to make sure they have finished Problem 1.2 (pg. 11 and A.C.E.s 8-11 (pgs. 18-19) out of the blue Connected Math book titled DATA DISTRIBUTIONS:  Describing Variability and Comparing Groups, for tomorrow.

SCIENCE:  None

Language Arts & Social Studies 11/11/14

L.A.:

• 1960's webquest due tomorrow.  Don't forget to ask an older adult about the 1960's! 
• Reading Journal check on Thursday.  Read 60 pages, write a one page summary, and list two literary devices.

S.S.

• Final copy of the Gilgamesh rewrite due Thursday, 11/13.  Make sure you have your rough draft and grade sheet attached.  
• Thinkcerca due Friday, 11/14 

Math & Science 11.10.14

MATH:  Students need to make sure they have finished Problem 1.1 (pg. 8) and A.C.E.s 1,2,14 and 15 (pgs. 16-20) out of the blue Connected Math book titled DATA DISTRIBUTIONS:  Describing Variability and Comparing Groups, for tomorrow.

SCIENCE:  None

Language Arts in class 11/10

Here is a link to the document for the 1960's webquest.

https://docs.google.com/a/fcsuvt.org/document/d/1LCgSb4RKvjakj53PebtDFpgoObhCwfofUDoLgxm9iKM/edit?usp=sharing

Math & Science 11.7.14

MATH:  A 2nd documented 30 minute TTM session is due Monday, 11.10.14 (students who were finished their test, had completed the TTM assignment from last night, AND didn't owe/have to redo any math assignments were given time to complete this assignment in class).

SCIENCE:  Small groups presented their awesome projects on their 'hypothetical' experimental inquiry to the class today.  Observations for Part III of "My Own Science" will be ongoing throughout this week and next.

Math & Science 11.6.14

MATH:  Documented 30 minute TTM session due tomorrow (most students had time to start this in math class and work on it some in science).

SCIENCE:  Parts I and II of "My Own Science" will be collected, at the beginning of class, TOMORROW.  Then, small groups will be presenting their hypothetical experimental inquiry to the class; make sure you practice/memorize your part!!  Observations for Part III of "My Own Science" will be ongoing throughout this week and next.

Language Arts & Social Studies 11/6/14

Language Arts:

• Flash cards for lesson 2 due tomorrow.
• Personification and hyperbole packet due tomorrow.

Social Studies:

• Thinkcerca.com article due tomorrow.

Language Arts & Social Studies 11/5/14

L.A.:

• Reading Journal checks are every Thursday.  Read 60 pages, write a one page summary, and identify two literary devices.
• Classical Roots lesson #2 flashcards due Thursday.
• Personification & hyperbole packet due Friday.

S.S.:

• Sumerian invention article do Thursday.  Use a google template to write your article: https://drive.google.com/a/fcsuvt.org/templates?type=docs&q=newspaper&sort=user&view=public&ddrp=1#
• Thinkcerca.com - read and answer online questions by Friday.

Math & Science 11.5.14

MATH:  Students will continue working on their "UNIT TEST" on tomorrow.   It wouldn't hurt to continue to study/review lessons 1-7 and complete as many of the review/practice problems they didn't get a chance to finish in class.

SCIENCE:  Continued work on "My Own Science"  - Parts I and II will be collected on Friday, 11.7.14, and small groups will be presenting their hypothetical experimental inquiry to the class.  Observations for Part III of "My Own Science" will be ongoing, in class, throughout this week and next.

MATH & SCIENCE 11.4.14

MATH:  Probability "UNIT TEST" tomorrow, 11.5.14 (to best prepare, study lessons 1-7 and complete as many of the review/practice problems you've been working on in class as you can).

SCIENCE:  Continued work on "My Own Science"  - Parts I and II will be collected on Friday, 11.7.14, and small groups will be presenting their hypothetical experimental inquiry to the class.  Observations for Part III of "My Own Science" will be ongoing, in class, throughout this week and next.

Language Arts & Social Studies 11/4/14

Language Arts:

• Quick comma quiz on Wednesday.  Use your comma rules sheet and the practice pages, if you need to study more. 
• Book recommendation due Wednesday. (Many of you finished this paragraph in class.)
• Reading Journal due Thursday. (read 60 pages, write a one page summary, and list two literary devices)
• Flashcards for Classical Roots lesson 2 due Thursday. Write the word on the front.  On the back, list the root, part of speech, and definition.  

Social Studies:

• Sumerian invention article due Thursday.  Many of you finished this in class.  If you don't have a template yet, select one of these:  https://drive.google.com/a/fcsuvt.org/templates?type=docs&q=newspaper&sort=user&view=public&ddrp=1#
• Thinkcerca.com article due Friday.
• Encourage your parents to take you with them to Collins Perley when they VOTE today!! 

Language Arts & Social Studies 11/3/14

Language Arts:

• Quick comma quiz on Wednesday.  Use your comma rules sheet and the practice pages, if you need to study more. 
• Book recommendation due Wednesday.
• Reading Journal due Thursday. (read 60 pages, write a one page summary, and list two literary devices)

Social Studies:

• Sumerian invention article due Thursday.
• Thinkcerca.com article due Friday.

Math & Science 11.3.14

MATH:  Probability "UNIT TEST" Wednesday, 11.5.14 (study lessons 1-7 and complete as many of the review/practice problems you've been working on in class as you can).

SCIENCE:  Continued work on "My Own Science"  - Parts I and II (due no later than Friday, 11.7.14).