Mr. Lawslo's Blog

Spelling: Quiz on Lessons 15–16

Information Skills: Using a Time Line

Comprehension: The Story of a Daydreamer, Part 1

Criterion:

Due Friday: Principal (Due Feb. 26)

New: Playing Games (Due Mar. 5)

Science:

Assignment: Science Pre-Test

Grammar: Pronouns: Singular, Plural, and Possessive

Language Arts: Research - 01 - Brainstorming Ancient Egypt

Math Facts: 19. Review: +, -

Science:

Assignment: Pseudoscience (Due Thursday)

Information Skills: Quiz on Lessons 8 through 10

Vocabulary: Tough Times

Science:

Assignment: 01 - Everyday Science - Discovering the Scientific Method (Due Monday)

Grammar: Quiz on Lessons 1–2

Language Arts: Research - 02 - Exploring Encyclopedias

Math Facts: 20. Multiplication by 0, 1

Science:

Assignment Due: Pseudoscience

Comprehension: The Story of a Daydreamer, Part 2

Writing Due: Principal

Health: Student Presentations

2^nd Year

Spelling: Suffixes That Begin with Consonants

Information Skills: Using a Time Line

Criterion:

Due Friday: School in Summer (Due Feb. 26)

New: Person to Remember (Due Mar. 5)

Science:

Assignment: Science Pre-Test

Grammar: Pronouns: Singular, Plural, and Possessive

Language Arts: Complex Sentences - 1 - Simple Sentences and Verbal Phrases

Vocabulary: Moving On

Math Facts: 19. Review: +, -

Science:

Assignment: 04 – Pseudoscience (Due Thursday)

Information Skills: Quiz on Lessons 8 through 10

Science:

Assignment: Metric Mania (Due Monday)

Grammar: Quiz on Lessons 1–2

Language Arts: Complex Sentences - 2 - Infinitives

Comprehension: Gettysburg: Part 1

Math Facts: 20. Multiplication by 0, 1

Science:

Assignment Due: 04 – Pseudoscience

Writing Due: School in Summer

Health: Student Presentations

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Weekly Schedule: February 15 - 19

1^st Year

President’s Day

Spelling: Homophones 2

Language Arts: Writing - 13 - Writing to a Pen Pal

Comprehension: People Who Make a Difference Quiz

Criterion:

Due Friday: Make a Change (Feb. 19)

New: Principal (Due Feb. 26)

Math Facts: 17. Subtraction Review 1

Social Studies:

Assignment: 67 - Mexican War

Assignment Due: America under Polk

Grammar: Nouns: Singular, Plural, and Possessive

Information Skills: Developing Outlines

Social Studies:

Assignment: 73 - America under Pierce and Buchanan - 1853-1860 - The Kansas Nebraska Act

Assignment Due: Mexican War

Vocabulary: Partners and Poems

Math Facts: 18. Subtraction Review 2

Social Studies:

Assignment: 76 - Civil War - A Nation Divided

Assignment Due: America under Pierce

Writing Due: Make a Change (Feb. 19)

Health: Work on Student Presentations

2^nd Year

President’s Day

Spelling: Suffixes That Begin with Vowels

Language Arts: Simple Sentences - 3 - Simple Sentence Variations

Criterion:

Due Friday: Rain Forest (Due Feb 19)

New: School in Summer (Due Feb. 26)

Math Facts: 17. Subtraction Review 1

Social Studies:

Assignment: 62 - Economics - Needs and Wants - Quiz

Assignment Due: Producing

Grammar: Nouns: Singular, Plural, and Possessive

Information Skills: Developing Outlines

Vocabulary: Pleasing Your Parents

Social Studies:

Assignment: 63 - Economics - Consuming

Assignment Due: Needs and Wants

Math Facts: 18. Subtraction Review 2

Social Studies:

Assignment: 64 - Economics – Money - Quiz

Assignment Due: Consuming

Social Studies:

Assignment Due: Money

Comprehension: Frederick Douglass: Part 2

Writing Due: Rain Forest (Due Feb 19)

Health: Work on Student Presentations

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

The Fourth Dimension!?!

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Castle Project

Due Friday!

Weekly Schedule: February 8 - 12

1^st Year

Spelling: Homophones 1

Information Skills: Investigation: To Buy or Not to Buy

Vocabulary: Pretest on Student Life Vocabulary

Criterion:

Due Friday: Getting Taller (Due Feb. 12)

New: Make a Change (Feb. 19)

Social Studies:

Assignment: 62 - Native America - Removal

Assignment Due: Native America - Conflict

Language Arts: Writing - 11 - Analyzing Moby Dick

Comprehension: Fascinating Facts about Einstein, Part 2

Math Facts: 15. Subtraction of 8, 9

Social Studies:

Assignment: 63 - America under Van Buren, Harrison and Tyler - 1837-1844 -The Panic of 1837 / Quiz

Assignment Due: Native America - Removal

Grammar: Pretest on Usage

Information Skills: Taking Notes

Social Studies:

Assignment: 64 - Living History - Living During the Industrial Revolution

Assignment Due: America under Van Buren

Language Arts: Writing - 12 - My Galapagos Excursion

Vocabulary: Old Friends, New Friends

Math Facts: 16. Subtraction of 10

Social Studies:

Assignment: 65 - America under Polk, Taylor, and Fillmore 1845-1852 - The Oregon Treaty / Quiz

Assignment Due: Living During the Industrial Revolution

Writing Due: Getting Taller (Due Feb. 12)

Health: What to Do About Anger (A Sunburst Title)

2^nd Year

Spelling: Plural Endings

Information Skills: Investigation: To Buy or Not to Buy

Comprehension: The Eagle That Went to War, P2

Language Arts: Interjections, Conjunctions, Prepositions - 3 – Prepositions - Quiz

Criterion:

Due Friday: Different Country (Due Feb. 12)

New: Rain Forest (Due Feb 19)

Social Studies:

Assignment: 58 - Age of Discovery - 1400-1550 - Quiz

Assignment Due: Protestant Reformation

Language Arts: Simple Sentences - 1 - Subjects and Predicates

Math Facts: 15. Subtraction of 8, 9

Social Studies:

Assignment: 59 - All about the Enlightenment - The Age of Reason

Assignment Due: Age of Discovery

Information Skills: Taking Notes

Vocabulary: The Case of the Missing Shoes

Social Studies:

Assignment: 60 - Economics - Resources

Assignment Due: All about the Enlightenment

Grammar: Pretest on Usage

Language Arts: Simple Sentences - 2 - Objects Predicate Nominatives and Predicate Adjectives

Math Facts: 16. Subtraction of 10

Social Studies:

Assignment: 61 - Economics - Producing

Assignment Due: Resources