Sunday, February 7, 2010

Castle Project
Due Friday!

Weekly Schedule: February 8 - 12

1st Year

Monday:

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

Tuesday:

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

Wednesday:

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

Thursday:

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

Friday:

Writing Due: Getting Taller (Due Feb. 12)

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

2nd Year

Monday:

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

Tuesday:

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

Wednesday:

Information Skills: Taking Notes

Vocabulary: The Case of the Missing Shoes

Social Studies:

Assignment: 60 - Economics - Resources

Assignment Due: All about the Enlightenment

Thursday:

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

Friday:

Social Studies:

Assignment Due: Castle Project

Comprehension: Frederick Douglass: Part 1

Writing Due: Different Country (Due Feb. 12)

Health: Cool to Be Me: Self-Esteem

Saturday, February 6, 2010

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Saturday, January 30, 2010

Weekly Schedule: February 1 – 5

1st Year

Monday:

Spelling: Quiz on Lessons 13–14

Information Skills: Usenet News

Comprehension: Why Lincoln Grew a Beard

Criterion:

Due Friday: Internet Use (Due Feb. 5)

New: Getting Taller (Due Feb. 12)

Social Studies:

Assignment: 58 - Gone West - The Growth of a Nation

Assignment Due: America under James Monroe and John Quincy Adams

Tuesday:

Grammar: Quiz on Lessons 8–11

Language Arts: Writing - 09 - Parts of a Story Huck and Jim

Math Facts: 13. Review: Subtraction of 0 to 5

Social Studies:

Assignment: 59 - America under Andrew Jackson - 1829-1836 - The Indian Removal Act-The Nullification Crisis – Quiz

Assignment Due: Gone West

Wednesday:

Information Skills: Quiz on Lessons 1 through 7

Vocabulary: Posttest on Family & Consumer Sciences

Social Studies:

Assignment: 60 - Native America - Expansion

Assignment Due: America under Andrew Jackson

Thursday:

Grammar: Posttest on Punctuation

Language Arts: Writing - 10 - My Amusement Park Adventure

Comprehension: Fascinating Facts about Einstein, Part 1

Math Facts: 14. Subtraction of 6, 7

Social Studies:

Assignment: 61 - Native America - Conflict

Assignment Due: Expansion

Friday:

Writing Due: Internet Use

Health: Learning to Communicate

2nd Year

Monday:

Spelling: Quiz on Lessons 13–14

Information Skills: Usenet News

Vocabulary: Pretest on Student Life Vocabulary

Criterion:

Due Friday: Reporting Music (Due Feb. 5)

New: Different Country (Due Feb. 12)

Social Studies:

Assignment: 54 - Living History - Living in Medieval Europe

Assignment Due: Enduring Influence

Tuesday:

Language Arts: Interjections, Conjunctions, Prepositions - 2 - Conjunctions

Comprehension: The Eagle That Went to War, P1

Math Facts: 13. Review: Subtraction of 0 to 5

Social Studies:

Assignment: 55 - All About the Renaissance Part 1 – Quiz

Assignment Due: Living History

Wednesday:

Grammar: Quiz on Lessons 12–13

Information Skills: Quiz on Lessons 1 through 7

Social Studies:

Assignment: 56 - All About the Renaissance Part 2 – Quiz

Assignment Due: All about the Renaissance Part 1

Thursday:

Vocabulary: Birthday Blues

Math Facts: 14. Subtraction of 6, 7

Social Studies:

Assignment: 57 - Protestant Reformation

Assignment Due: All about the Renaissance Part 2

Friday:

Grammar: Posttest on Punctuation

Writing Due: Reporting Music

Health: Self-Esteem: Feeling Good About Yourself