Wednesday, 5/28
MA: Fractions to decimals w/s.
SCI: Test Monday on ecology vocabulary and tidal Zonation packet.
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Tuesday, 5/27 We had a great day at Biddeford Pool!
LA: Rough drafts of 5 par. essay due Wednesday.
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IMPORTANT REMINDER ABOUT TUESDAY, 5/27:
Field work at Biddeford Pool, the day after Memorial Day, the holiday (no school Monday, 5/26).
BRING: 1) An extra set of clothes, in case you get wet. EXTRA SHOES.
2) Rain/wind jacket. Watch the weather forecast* for rain.
3) Lunch, unless you normally get a school lunch.
4) Your ALMOST-EMPTY backpack, in which you’ll carry your extra clothes & shoes and lunch.
5) Pair of “dish gloves” 6) Sunscreen
WEAR: 1) CLOSED shoes that will not be slippery and that can get wet.
2) Layers of clothes, to remove if it’s too warm or to add if it’s chilly.
Permission slips go home Tuesday, 5/20.
* Weather.com: http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/04102
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Homework
Wednesday, 5/22
MA: Make a rectangle on provided graph paper. Color in as follows:
1/3 blue, 1/3 yellow, 1/6 red, 1/6 green
LA: Rough drafts of 5 par. essay due Wednesday (Monday is a holiday, Tuesday is a field trip.)
SCI: Finish definitions.
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Tuesday, 5/20 & Wednesday, 5/21
LA: Work 25 minutes on 5 par. essay.
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Monday, 5/19
MA: Test tomorrow. Do review sheet of 11 problems.
LA: Keep working on your rough drafts of 5 par. essay.
SCI: Ecology word search.
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Wednesday, 5/14 & Thursday, 5/15
MA: Lesson 7
LA: We’re all in different stages of 5 par. essay.
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Monday, 5/12
MA: 7-2 (this side, evens only), multiplying Fractions by a whole number. Reverse side, do all.
LA: 1st chapter w/s of book club book should be done.
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Wednesday & Thursday, 5/7 & 5/8
MA: Matching w/s with mixed and whole numbers.
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Tuesday, 5/6
LA: Spelling test on Wednesday/Thursday (your long block).
MA: Fractions/Prob solving packet due Wednesday/Thursday (your long block).
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FIELD TRIP TO IDENTIFY INVASIVE SPECIES TOMORROW, UNTIL LUNCH TIME. PLEASE WEAR CLOSED SHOES AND LONG PANTS. BRING A JACKET OR SWEATSHIRT, AS WELL!
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Monday, 5/5
LA: Spelling test on Wednesday/Thursday (your long block).
MA: Fractions/Prob solving packet due Wednesday/Thursday (your long block).
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Thursday, 5/1
LA: Quiz Friday: simple, compound and complex sentences.
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Tuesday, 4/29 & Wednesday, 4/30
MA: “Donut” fractions worksheets.
LA: “Unit 22″ w/s, reverse side. Finish “Your Turn” sentences.
Study for spelling pre-test Thursday. Actual test on Friday.
Fr/Sp Zack: Test Thursday, 5/1, on numbers 0-31, weather, seasons, etc.
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Monday, 4/28
MA: 5-5 w/s; evens only. Show your work.
LA: Finish the sentence combinations on Combined Sentence exercise.
Fr/Sp Zack: Test Thursday, 5/1, on numbers 0-31, weather, seasons, etc.
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Monday, 4/14; Tuesday, 4/15; Wednesday, 4/16
LA: Study for spelling test Wednesday. Stories due Wednesday.
Reading journals due Thursday, 4/17. READ EVERY NIGHT for at least 20 minutes.
SS: Study for Europe map test Friday.
Fr/Sp Zack: May 1: test over 0-31, weather, seasons, months, days & dates.
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Wednesday, 4/9 & Thursday, 4/10
LA: Study for spelling test. Stories due Friday. Reading journals due Thursday, 4/17. READ EVERY NIGHT for at least 20 minutes.
Fr/SP Zack: Study for upcoming test: weather, seasons, months, days, dates, etc.
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Tuesday, 4/8
MA: Fraction w/s
LA: Self-edit or finish story.
SCI: Read article on Nile perch.
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Thursday, 4/3
MA: Fractions w/s.
LA: Spelling test tomorrow or Monday.
SS: Review your notes.
SCI: Animal adaptation project due Friday. Finish carbon cycle picture.
Fr/Sp Zack: Test 4/8: Seasons, months, days.
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Wednesday, 4/2
LA: Finish “writing in a box” exercise.
SS: Review your notes.
SCI: Animal adaptation project due Friday.
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Monday, 3/31
MA: Mixed numbers improper fractions w/s.
LA: Writing exercises. Have Ms McCoy’s paper signed.
SCI: TEST tomorrow.
SP/Estevez: See staff.portlandschools.org/estevj/site/homework6th.html
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Monday, 3/24
MA: 3 problem w/s.
LA: Write new spelling words. Pre-test tomorrow. Real test at end of week.
Spanish/Estevez: Study for the test “Jugar”. Research country recipe. See
staff.portlandschools.org/estevj/site/homework6th.html
Sp/Fr Zack: #s 0-31: Oral quiz Tues, 3/25.
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Wednesday, 3/19 & Thursday, 3/20
MA: 5-2 w/s (fractions)
LA: Sentence identification w/s. Spelling test Friday. Poetry jam on Friday, too.
SS: 10 items must be added, daily, to large Europe map. All countries must be added by April 1. Label countries with ALL UPPER CASE lettering, but written small and neatly. AFTER labeling each day, you may color in the countries, lightly, with different colored pencils.
Fr/Sp Zack: #s 0-31: Oral quiz Tues, 3/25. Extra credit due Friday.
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Tuesday, 3/18
MA: GCF 5-1 w/s; evens on 1st side; pick 4 on the reverse side.
LA: Work on your poems – due Friday.
Fr/Sp Zack: Say #s 0-31 ten times. Oral quiz Tues, 3/25. Memorize spelling 0-20.
Extra credit due Friday.
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Monday, 3/17
LA: Pre-test tomorrow, vocabulary #10. Use poetry web for your poem.
Poetry Jam is on Friday.
MA: Pick 6 of the problems on “Finding a pattern”.
SCI: Seq. 3,4,5: complete classification w/s. Seq 4 also: Finish lab report.
Fr/Sp Zack: Say #s 0-31 ten times. Oral quiz Tues, 3/25. Memorize spelling 0-20.
Extra credit due Friday.
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MEAs next week. Please get LOTS of sleep each night and EAT a great breakfast.
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Thursday, 2/28
MA: 5-6 w/s evens.
SS: 2-4 w/s mean, median, mode
SCI: Study the 1st 5 natural resources terms for quiz.
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Wednesday, 2/27
MA: 4-3 w/s. Show your work!
LA: Final drafts of 2 Seedfolks paragraphs due Friday, typed OR written in ink. Keep all drafts and Venn diagram.
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Tuesday, 2/26
See Monday!
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Monday, 2/25
LA: Final drafts of 2 Seedfolks paragraphs due Friday, typed OR written in ink. Keep all drafts and Venn diagram.
SS: Classroom activity using Maine Gazeteers can be worked on at home, if you have one, but it is not required homework.
Fr/SP Zack: Examen Friday, 2/29. 3 sheets of food vocabulary and cafe vocabulary (spelling, translation, m/f, accents). Know how to have a conversation in a cafe.
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Thursday, 2/14
LA: Start your first 2 paragraphs of Seedfolks chararcters, based on your fabulous notes from Venn diagrams.
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Tuesday, 2/12
MA: A choice: either 1-2 or 1-6.
LA: Venn diagram of 2 Seedfolks’ characters.
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Monday, 2/11
MA: Problem #21, show work for parts A & B.
LA: Read last 2 chapters, “Amir” & “Florence”. SPELLING TEST tomorrow.
SCI: Volcanoes TEST tomorrow.
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Friday, 2/8
LA: 1) Read next 2 chapters of Seedfolks: through “Nora” & “Maricela”. Quiz next class.
2) 20 word vocabulary list: re-write in cursive and do definitions on the back. Due Tuesday, & spelling test Tuesday.
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Wednesday, 2/6
LA: 1) Read next 2 chapters of Seedfolks: through “Sae Young” & “Curtis”. Quiz next class.
2) 20 word vocabulary list: re-write in cursive and do definitions on the back. Due Friday.
MA: Finish problem solving w/s.
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Tuesday, 2/5
LA: 1) Read next 2 chapters of Seedfolks: through “Sam” & “Virgil”. Quiz tomorrow.
2) 20 word vocabulary list: re-write in cursive and do definitions on the back.
MA: Finish problem solving w/s; do a chart for the football question.
SCI: Mtns. of Fire volcano w/s. Test next Tuesday.
Monday, 2/4
LA: Read Seedfolks through “Gonzalo” and “Leona”. Quiz tomorrow.
SS: Complete or re-do the questions you missed on the map skills packet from Friday.
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Friday, 2/1
LA: Read Seedfolks through p 12. Do vocabulary w/s.
SS: Map Master skills.
SCI: Volcanoes, in order from lowest elevation to highest.
Spanish/Estevez: Test Monday! See his web site:
http://staff.portlandschools.org/index.php?dir=estevj%2F
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Thursday, 1/31 GOOD JOB on your math tests today!
LA: 1) Finish writing all paragraphs for the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.
2) Reading Journals (RJs): Read 30 minutes every night. First RJ entry was due today.
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Wednesday, 1/30
MA: 2-8 w/s. Math test (Seq 2 & 4 only tomorrow).
LA: 1) Finish writing paragraphs for the exposition, rising action, climax.
2) Reading Journals (RJs): Read 30 minutes every night. First RJ entry is due Thursday.
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Tuesday, 1/29
MA: 2-8 w/s. TEST next class: Exponents & standard form, Order of Ops and Solving word problems.
LA: 1) Finish writing paragraphs for the section your class was assigned.
2) READING Journals: Read 30 minutes every night. First RJ entry is due next class.
3) Antonyms, Association and Classifying w/s (back side of last night’s assignment).
SS: Finish key terms and Questions on p 32.
SCI: “Volcanoes and the Power of 3″: read and answer questions on last page.
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Monday, 1/28
MA: Skill 10, & study for quiz Wed/Thursday
LA: Finish preposition w/s. Spelling pre-test tomorrow
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Thursday, 1/24
MA: Order of Ops w/s
LA: Study for your spelling test.
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Wednesday, 1/23
MA: Correct 1-3
SCI & SS: Study for tests tomorrow.
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Thursday, 1/17
LA: Plot structure w/s
SCI: Finish worksheets.
SS: Work on study guide.
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Tuesday, 1/15
MA: Order of Operations problems.
LA: Verb w/s. Spelling words in cursive.
SS: Finish questions sections 1 & 2; and 5 Themes of Geogprahy.
SCI: Finish definitions w/s OR tectonic plates, faults with diagrams (depending on what seq. you are in).
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Thursday, 1/10
LA: Verb w/s Spelling test Friday/Monday.
MA: w/s 1-5 & 4 word problems on the back.
SS: Finish questions and vocabulary.
SCI: “The layered earth” w/s
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Wednesday, 1/9
MA: Problem solving (2 problems)
LA: Spelling words’ paragraph.
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Thursday, 1/3
MA: w/s 2-8.
LA: Book club assignment due Monday.
SCI: Complete map of Continental Drift theory.
Fr/Sp Zack-Farrell: 1/11: dictee/dictado of 1st page food vocab.
1/18: Quiz over 2nd page food vocab.
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Thursday, 12/13
MA: 2-25
LA: Book club assignments
FR/SP Zack: Don’t forget Euros
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Wednesday, 12/12
LA: Book club reading!
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Thursday, 12/6
MA: 1-6 both sides
SCI: Finish rocks w/s
LA: Work for 20 min. on 5 paragraph essay.
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Wednesday, 12/5
MA: 3-8, 3-9 evens skill 10 (finish).
LA: Rough draft of business proposal due Thursday. Book club assignments due 12/10.
SS: Seq. 1, 3, 5: Read and complete questions for section 2.
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Tuesday, 12/4
MA: w/s 1-7
LA: Rough draft of business proposal due Thursday.
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Thursday, 11/29
MA: 5-2 Critical Thinking due tomorrow
LA: w/s on Vision, Mission, Pitch
SCI: Fossils w/s
Fr/Sp Zack: Quiz Tuesday, 12/4 – vocab, spelling, translations, Masc./Fem.
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Wednesday, 11/28
MA: 5-2 Critical Thinking
LA: w/s on Vision, Mission, Pitch
SCI: Fossils w/s
Fr/Sp Zack: Article, w/s
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Tuesday, 11/27
MA: 2-20, 2-22 (rounding & place value; comparing decimals).
LA: Business plan graphic organizer: make notes in the 3 middle boxes – Vision, Mission, Pitch – so you you can be ready to start paragraphs tomorrow.
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Monday, 11/26
MA: 3-2,3-3 evens only
LA: Finish Zinkoff w/s. Bring LOSER books in to pass in.
SCI: Seq. 3 – First draft of rock cycle drawing.
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Tuesday, 11/27
LA: Notes for 3 middle paragraphs on graphic organizer of business proposal.
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Thursday, 11/15
MA: 3-1, both sides. Notebooks checked and graded Monday.
LA: Finish Zinkoff character map.
SCI: Mineral w/s #2
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Wednesday, 11/14
MA: w/s 3-6. Be sure to use a separate piece of lined or graph paper, lining up your decimals and showing your work. Notebooks checked and graded Monday.
LA: Study vocab for quiz tomorrow:
Money, budget, government, spending, savings, interest, profit, entrepreneur
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Tuesday, 11/13
MA: Correct 3-5 and do “bargain hunt” problems.
LA: Finish business proposal graphic organizer; Finish Loser. Vocabulary test Thursday.
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Wednesday, 11/7
MA: Wksht 3-5
LA: Ch 26/27: 1 prediction, question and connection
SCI: Digging Deeper w/s
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Monday, 11/5
MA: Packet 3-1
LA: Read ch. 23: 1 prediction, question and connection
SCI: Complete vocabulary descriptions & drawings. Study for Minerals test on Friday.
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Friday, Thursday, 11/1
MA: Strike It Rich w/s
LA: Read ch 20: 1 prediction, question and connection
SCI: Mystery Mineral w/s, and Mineral w/s if not yet completed.
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Wednesday, 10/31
No New HW
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Monday, 10/29 & Tuesday, 10/30
MA: Crossword
LA: Read ch 18; finish worksheet
SCI: Mineral Quiz Show w/s
SS: Finish Sales Tax if not yet completed.
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Friday, 10/26
LA: Finish ch 17 and make a connection & prediction; also, ask a question.
MUSIC: Listen carefully to 3 radio commercials. Write down the ads’ catchy phrases; note what kind of music is used in them.
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Thursday, 10/25
SCI: Test tomorrow. Study all of your handouts!
LA: Read ch. 16. Finish Zinkoff picture.
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Wednesday, 10/24
MA: Divisibility 5-1, QUIZ tomorrow.
SCI: Test Friday.
LA: Finish Zinkoff picture.
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Monday, 10/22 & Tuesday, 10/23
SCI: Test Friday.
MA: QUIZ Thursday: factors, factor trees, divisibility
LA: Finish Zinkoff picture.
Fr/Sp Zack: Correct tests by Wednesday.
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Friday, 10/19
LA: Finish 1st draft of business thank-you letter.
SCI & MATH: Tests next week, most likely Thursday (MA) & Friday (SCI).
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Thursday, 10/18
LA: Read ch. 15. Collect a Connection, Prediction & Question (“CPQ”) for each. Also, write your FINAL draft of your compare/contrast paragraphs, but only if you have conferenced with Mrs Hatch.
SS: Complete the definitions of feasible, feasibility, feasibleness, feasibly.
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Wednesday, 10/17
MA: Prime factors w/s, both sides
LA: Read ch. 14. Collect a Connection, Prediction & Question (“CPQ”) for each. Also, write your 2nd draft of your compare/contrast paragraphs, if necessary.
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Tuesday, 10/16
MA: Skill 17 w/s, both sides
SCI: Next QUIZ: meteor, meteorite, meteoroid, asteroid, comet
LA: Read ch. 12 & 13. Collect a Connection, Prediction & Question (“CPQ”) for each.
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Monday, 10/15
LA: Seq. 1,2, 4: Finish writing 2 paragraphs: 1 comparing, & 1 contrasting you and Zinkoff. The Self-Edit 1/2 sheet should be completed, as well.
Fr/Sp Zack: TEST Thursday on greetings, translations, spelling, etc. Study 20 min. each night using study method. Practice alphabet 5x.
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Wednesday, 10/10 & Thursday, 10/11
MA: 10 clippings due by Friday.
LA: LOSER w/s ch 8-11 due Friday/Monday (next long class).
SCI: Gravity w/s due and next 5 terms* QUIZ Friday/Monday (next long class).
*astronomical unit, corona, core of sun, sunspot, eclipse
Fr/Sp Zack: Finish w/s on greetings
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BRING IN SIGNED VIDEO FORM PLEASE
Tuesday, 10/9
MA: 10 clippings due
LA: Spelling TEST Wednesday. Read next chapter of LOSER.
SCI: Study for next 5 terms QUIZ: astronomical unit, corona, core of sun, sunspot, eclipse
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Friday, 10/5
SS: Study for Rocky Mtn. states QUIZ.
LA: Spelling TEST next Wednesday.
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Thursday, 10/4
SS: Study for South Central states QUIZ, if you haven’t had it.
MA: Don’t forget your 10 clippings!
LA: Read next chapter in LOSER and bring 1 connection, question and prediction. Spelling TEST next Wednesday.
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Tuesday, 10/2
MA: Consecutive numbers w/s.
LA: Read next chapter. Make 1 connection, 1 prediction and ask a question. Venn diagram finished?
SS: South central region map. Remember: ALL CAPS for states; capitalize 1st letter only for cities. Don’t forget the reverse side with parent/guardian: “diversity” and “inclusion”.
SCI: Earth & Mars w/s. Next 5-term quiz: rotation, nuclear fusion, nebula, terrestrial planets, gas giants.
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Math-a-thon envelopes due tomorrow
Monday, 10/1
MA: “crayons”/”buffalo” worksheet. You’ll need your prime chart.
LA: Read Ch 8 (blks 2 & 4) or ch 9 (blks 1 & 5). Make 1 connection, 1 prediction and ask a question.
SS: Study for North Central states QUIZ.
SCI: Study 5 terms for QUIZ: solar system, asteroid, orbit, light year, white dwarf
Short QUIZZES daily, this week.
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Thursday, 9/27
MA: “Lesson 4″ w/s. QUIZ Friday: factors, primes, composites, multiplication
LA: Read ch. 6, make 3 connections.
SS: Study Southeast region for Quiz tomorrow.
SCI: Solar system w/s.
Fr/Sp Zack: Nametag & greetings wordfind due Monday.
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Tuesday, 9/25 & Wednesday, 9/26
MA: c-10/c-15 w/s. QUIZ Friday.
LA: Making Connections w/s. Read ch. 2 & 3 and make 2 connections in each chapter.
SS: No. Central states map. Reverse side: “Collaboration & competition” with parent/guardian. Mid Atlantic states and Southeastern states QUIZZES next.
SCI: Study Earth Science vocabulary for QUIZ tomorrow (some of you had it today).
Fr/Sp, Zack: Oral QUIZ Th/Fri on alphabet.
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Monday, 9/24
SS: Mid Atlantic states QUIZ Tuesday or Wednesday.
LA: Spelling QUIZ Tuesday/Wednesday (words below, on Wednesday)
MA: Evens only of Factors, Primes, Composites w/s
SCI: Study vocab for branches of earth science. QUIZ Thursday.
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Friday, 9/21
SS: No new HW, but make sure all 3 regional maps are complete. Don’t forget the back sides, talking about the Expeditionalty Learning (EL) principles with a parent or guardian.
Mid Atlantic states QUIZ Tuesday or Wednesday.
LA: Spelling QUIZ Tuesday/Wednesday (words below, on Wednesday)
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Thursday, 9/20
MA: 1-1/1-27 worksheet
SS: SE region map; reverse side: EL principles 4 & 5
QUIZ tomorrow on New England states and capitals
SCI: Measurement QUIZ tomorrow. Remember: 1000m=1Km; 10mm=1cm;
100cm=1m; 1000mm=1m
Fr/Sp Zack: Practice alphabet aloud 10 times.
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Wednesday, 9/19 OPEN HOUSE THIS EVENING
LA: Finish 10 sentences OR write a paragraph, using the 10 new vocab words:
admire canyon lemonade method distance swimming modern
comedy husband clumsy
SS: Complete Mid Atlantic states map. Reverse side: Principles of EL, 2 & 3. Discuss with parent/guardian and have them initial. QUIZ Friday on NE states and capitals.
(Next quiz, in a few days, will be on Mid Atlantic states; a quiz for each region will occur every few days.)
SCI: Finish mini-me and color in. QUIZ Friday on measurement.
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Tuesday, 9/18
SS: Mid Atlantic states map. Reverse side: Principles of EL, 2 & 3. Discuss with parent/guardian and have them initial.
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Monday, 9/17
MA: Mixed Facts and GCF w/s
LA: Command and exclamation w/s
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Friday, 9/14
Fix your NE maps as described on Thursday, and don’t forget “Perseverence” on the back side.
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Thursday, 9/13
MA: Prime w/s, both sides
SCI: Seq 3 & 5: “How to find a double decker bus” w/s
SS: 1) New England Region map due Friday:
STATES should be written with UPPER CASE LETTERS.
Capital cities should be written with only the First Letter Capitalized; the rest in lower case.
2) On the back of the NE map, write the definition of PERSEVERENCE in your own words.
THEN, ask a parent, guardian or other homework helper to talk it over with you and initial your work.
LA: Study for spelling quiz, tomorrow. Words:
poetry, beautiful, thirteen, tongue, pieces, neighborhood, thousand, through,
unusual, building, license, remodel, grateful, enemy, instrument, perform,
prefer, judged, adjusted, soldier
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Wednesday, 9/12
MA: “Patterns” w/s
LA: 1) “4 kinds of sentences” w/s and 2) Write a paragraph using 10 vocab words
SCI: Measurement w/s
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Tuesday, 9/11
MA: “Multiply Odd” paper
LA: “Who am I?” paper
SS: List, on lined paper: “Top 10 things I want to know more about”
SCI: Seq 1&4: Cryptic Quiz; measurement worksheet Seq 3 & 5: measurement w/s and measure 6 objects at home in cm
