Social Studies News Week of: Mar. 2

Assignments Due This Week:

Mon--Chapter 7 Section 3 Study Guide--we started in class on Friday and it will be due in class on Monday.

Thurs--Our Julius Caesar Trial Simulation will take place today.  Students scripts & Jury Presentations are both due today.  We'll be working on finishing them up in class on Monday and Tuesday.

Science News Week of Feb 23-27

This Week in Science:

This week we studied soil and got to do many labs exploring parts of soil. We also saw some great growth in our Wisconsin Fast Plants that we planted last week.

Assignments Due this week:

• We completed a summary and posted comments about an article we read (all done in class)
• Graph and Conclusion from Percolation Rate Lab-started in class on Friday, finish Monday.

Next Week in Science:

 

Next week we will be Pollinating our Fast Plants to help them grow beautiful flowers. We will finish up exploring soil and start learning more about seed plants.

Assignments Due next week:

• Graph and Conclusion from Percolation Rate Lab-Due Monday
• Article Summary worksheet (Honey Bee article)-Due in class on Wednesday -I will grade whatever they have done at the end of class that day.

Have a great weekend!! -Miss Fraser

Social Studies News Week of 2/23

This week we're starting a project related to our Ancient Rome Unit.  Each student will have a role in our Julius Caesar Trial Simulation Project. We'll be introducing this unit and starting research on Monday.  We'll also be working on this project on Tues., Wed. and Thurs.  There won't be any new assignments this week.  In addition to work on the project, we'll be watching a video on Caesar and going over an assignment from last week.

English Language Arts week of Feb 23-27

Assignments Due this Week:
Daily Homework:  Read nightly (monthly one pager book, quarterly novel, or other book if done with the previous two options)

Monday:  Small group discussion on chapters 15-17 (done in class).  Read Lightning Thief ch.19 and/or Feb. book

Tuesday:  February one pager (in class).  Read Lightning Thief ch. 20 

Wednesday:  Large group discussion on Lightning Thief ch. 18-20 with student-generated questions, Character analysis in small groups (done in class).  Read Lightning Thief ch. 21

Thursday:  Badger exam practice performance task (done in class). Read Lightning Thief ch. 22

Friday:  Practice performance task- writing component, discuss chapters 21-22 (done in class).  Start on March book.

Math News Week of February 23-27

This Week in Math:

In math this week, we will be starting our blueprint projects. Students will begin by designing a blueprint on a piece of graph paper. Once the graph paper blueprint is finished, measured, and labeled, students will then enlarge their blueprint (to scale) onto a piece of large poster board. This week we will be focusing on the graph paper blueprint, which will be due Monday, March 2!

Upcoming Assignments Due:

Due 2/26    Mid Chpt         Pg 466 #1-18       

Due 2/27    Lesson 3A-B    A: Pg 470-473 #1-19 odds, 43-49 odds OR B: Pg 471-473 #9-23 odds, 35, 43-49 odds   

Due 3/2      Lesson 3C        A: Pg 476-479 #1-15 odds, 19, 31 OR B: Pg 477-479 #7-23 odds, 31

Due 3/2      Blueprint         Blueprint (on graph paper)

Science News Week of Feb 16-19

This week in Science:

This week we started our unit on Plants. We planted our own Wisconsin Fast Plants and will be watching them grow over the next month.

Assignments due this week:

No graded assignments. Daily classwork in Plant Journal.

Next week in Science:

Next week we will be doing more labs with Soil and read an article about soil.

Assignments due Next week:

• Article Summary (soil article)-done in class on Tuesday
• Graph and written conclusion from Soil Percolation lab-due Friday 2/27

Math News Week of February 16-19

After wrapping up our algebra units last week, we will be moving on to geometry this week! The due date for our coordinate cities, which we started last week, got pushed back to Wednesday, February 18th. Also, below is the list of upcoming assignment as we begin our geometry units.

Upcoming Math Assignments:

Due 2/17    Lesson 1A    A: Pg 443-445 #1-21 odds, 25-31 odds

Due 2/18    Lesson 1B    A: Pg 448-450 #1-9 odds, 13-17 odds, 21, 29-35 odds

Due 2/19    Lesson 1C    A: Pg 453-456 #1-19 odds, 23, 39 OR B: Pg 454-456 #9-27 odds, 33, 39

Due 2/23    Lesson 1E    A: Pg 461-463 #1-23 odds OR B: Pg 461-463 #9-31 odds

Science News Week of Feb 9-13

This Week in Science

This week we learned about sound waves and made lots of noise!! Today, we picked two questions out of five to answer and explain our new knowledge of sound waves.

Assignments Due this week:

• Sound vs. Light venn diagram (to use on sound assessment)-was Due Friday 2/13
• Sound Assessment questions (2)- done in class on Friday 2/13

Next week in Science:

Next week we will be starting our Plants unit. We will get to grow our own Wisconsin Fast Plants throughout the unit and learn all about plants. Next week we will focus on Soil and getting our Fast plants started. Students will receive a Plants Journal on Tuesday, which will contain most of the labs and activities for this unit.

Assignments Due next week:

• We will be observing and measuring our Fast plants every Monday, Wednesday and Friday and writing/drawing in our Plant Journals. 
• Observing Soil lab drawing and conclusion-Due Thursday

English Language Arts Week of February 16-20

Assignments Due this Week:
Daily Homework:  Read nightly (monthly one pager book, quarterly novel, or other book if done with the previous two options)

Monday:  Week 3 paragraph, vocab words 61-70, small group discussion on chapters 9-11 (done in class).  Read Lightning Thief ch.12 and/or Feb. book

Tuesday:  Badger Exam practice performance task (in class).  Read Lightning Thief ch. 13 and/or Feb. book

Wednesday:  Badger Exam practice performance task- day 2, vocab words 71-80 (done in class).  Read Lightning Thief ch. 14 and/or Feb. book

Thursday:  Discuss chapters 12-14, Read SCOPE article "Up From Slavery" and create a "twitter" post about a prompt (done in class). Read Lightning Thief ch. 15 and/or Feb. book

Friday:  No School.  Read Lightning Thief ch. 16-18 before Monday. 

*One Pager day will be February 24th.  Students need to have their February book finished by this date.  

Social Studies Week of 2/16

In Social Studies this week, we're starting our Rome Unit.  Students will get their Greece Unit tests back on Monday (scores are in the portal already.)  The following assignments will be due this week:

Mon--Ch. 7 Sec. 1 (we started this on Fri. 2/13 and will finish it in class on Monday.)  It will be attached in students' SS notebooks--if they don't get it finished, it will need to be completed for homework.)

Wed.--Ch. 7 Sec. 2 Assign. will also be an in class assignment.

Thurs.--Rome Google Map Assign. will be worked on in class.  Any of the 3 assignments that a student doesn't finish in class, should be completed for homework.

English Language Arts February 9-13

Assignments Due this Week:
Daily Homework:  Read nightly (monthly one pager book, quarterly novel, or other book if done with the previous two options)

Monday:  Discuss LT chapters 1-3, Scope article, argument writing plan (done in class).  Read Lightning Thief ch. 5 and/or Feb. book

Tuesday:  LT vocab notes 31-40.  Continue argument plan, write short paper (in class).  Read Lightning Thief ch. 6 and/or Feb. book

Wednesday:  LT vocab notes 41-50.  Discuss ch. 4-6.  Google classroom assignment "meet the monsters".  (done in class).  Read Lightning Thief ch. 7 and/or Feb. book

Thursday:  LT vocab notes 51-60.  Cell phone writing prompt (done in class). Read Lightning Thief ch. 8 and/or Feb. book

Friday:  Discuss ch. 7 & 8.  Week 3 paragraph due (done in class).  Read Lightning Thief ch. 9 and/or Feb book.  Also read ch. 10 & 11 over the weekend. 

Math Update Week of February 9-13

One quick update to the previous math post! Students will also be starting a Coordinate City project on Tuesday. Class time will be given on Tuesday and Wednesday to work on this project. If students don't complete the activity during class, the project will be due Monday, February 16th.

Math News Week of February 9-13

This week in Math:

This week we have our Chapter 7 Test on Friday. We have one more new lesson on absolute value Monday, and then will spend time reviewing functions and inequalities for our test.

Upcoming Homework Assignments:

Due 2/10    Lesson 3A-B    Pg 421-422 #1-13 odds, 17-35 odds, 39

Due 2/11    Study Guide    Pg 429-433 #11-25 odds, 29-47 odds

Science News Week of Feb 2-6

This Week in Science:

This week we studied afterimages and the persistence of vision while seeing some really cool things. Then we reviewed for our test that we took today!

Assignments due this week:

• Article Summary (color blindness article)-was due Monday 2/2
• Test-Friday 2/6

Next week in Science:

We will study sound waves and how we hear sound.

Assignments due next week:

• Reading Guide-done in class Monday and Tuesday
• Sound stations packet-done in class Tuesday and Wednesday
• Waves vocabulary concept map-in class on Thursday due Friday
• Writing assessment on Sound waves-in class on Friday.

Lightning Thief Reading Schedule
Students will need to follow this schedule to finish the book on time.  On most days, the reading will need to be done outside of class.  Students also have this information shared with them in google docs.

Thursday, February 5:  Chapter 1 (in class)

Friday, February 6:  Chapter 2

Weekend February 7 & 8:  Chapters 3 & 4

Monday, February 9:  Chapter 5

Tuesday, February 10:  Chapter 6

Wednesday, February 11:  Chapters 7

Thursday, February 12:  Chapter 8

Friday, February 13:  Chapter 9

Weekend February 14 & 15: Chapters 10 & 11

Monday, February 16:  Chapter 12

Tuesday, February 17:  Chapter 13

Wednesday, February 18:  Chapters 14

Thursday, February 19:  Chapter 15

Friday, February 20:  Chapter 16

Weekend February 21 & 22: Chapters 17 & 18

Monday, February 23:  Chapter 19

Tuesday, February 24:  Chapter 20

Wednesday, February 25:  Chapters 21

Thursday, February 26:  Chapter 22

English Language Arts News February 2-6

This week in class we will read a variety of Greek myths, learn vocabulary words, analyze an article, and begin reading The Lightning Thief.

Assignments Due this Week:
Daily Homework:  Read nightly (monthly one pager book, quarterly novel, or other book if done with the previous two options)

Monday:  Mythology stations (done in class)

Tuesday:  Finish mythology stations, learn first 10 vocab terms, learn new one pager expectations

Wednesday:  Read "What is a Myth?" article and create "twitter post" summary, learn next 10 vocab terms (done in class)

Thursday:  Learn next 10 vocab terms, check out Lightning Thief books, listen to audio recording of first chapter

Friday:  Week 2 paragraph due (done in class), Initial reading response/prediction assignment on Google classroom (done in class)

Social Studies week of 2/2

This week in Social Studies we'll be wrapping up our Ancient Greek unit.  We'll be learning more about Alexander the Great and have an assignment on that (Ch. 6 Sec. 5) due on Wednesday.  We'll be working on it in class on Tues. 2/3.

We'll also have a 1 page paper due on Friday about Alexander the Great.  Students will be working on this in class on 2/4 and 2/5.  Students will have a sheet attached into their social studies notebook detailing the assignment.

We're tentatively scheduled to have our Greek unit test next Tuesday.

Math News Week of February 2-6

This week in Math:

In math this week, we will be continuing our algebra unit by learning about inequalities and absolute value.

Upcoming Homework Assignments:

Due 2/3        Lesson 2A-B     A: Pg 398-399 #1-15 odds, 19, 21 OR B: Pg 398-399 #5-21 odds

Due 2/4        Lesson 2C-D    Pg 404-405 #7-19 odds, 25, 27

Due 2/5        Lesson 2E-F     A: Pg 409-411 #1, 3, 7-15 odds, 27-33 odds OR B: Pg 410-411 #7-21 odds, 25

Due 2/6        Lesson 2G        A: Pg 413-415 #1, 3, 7-15 odds, 27-31 odds OR B: Pg 414-415 #11-19 odds, 23-27 odds