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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Weekly Schedule: February 8 - 12
1st 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)
2nd 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
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
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
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
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
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
Writing Due: Internet Use
Health: Learning to Communicate
2nd Year
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
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
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
Vocabulary: Birthday Blues
Math Facts: 14. Subtraction of 6, 7
Social Studies:
Assignment: 57 - Protestant Reformation
Assignment Due: All about the Renaissance Part 2
Grammar: Posttest on Punctuation
Writing Due: Reporting Music
Health: Self-Esteem: Feeling Good About Yourself