Monday, April 30, 2012

April 30, 2012


Block I
For Social Studies, answer questions 2,3 and the first bullet point under questions #4 on page 568. For Language Arts - think about topic selection for your CBA; bring your permission slip for your lit Lit Circle book by tomorrow REMEMBER! You have 1000 pages of Independent Reading that you need to complete this trimester. You may not count the pages in your Lit Circle books as this book is considered required reading.

Period 3 -
We finished our scored discussions today! Remember that you have 100 pages of independent reading to complete before the end of Trimester 3!

 Block 3 -
 For Social Studies - answer questions 1,2,3 and 4 on page 568. For your CBA - begin thinking about topic selection! Your topic selection sheets will be due on Wednesday. For Language Arts - please remember to bring your permission slips for your lit circle books by tomorrow.
Finally, remember that you have 1600 pages of Independent Reading to complete for Tri 3~

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

April 18, 2012

Block 1
We read Chapters 31 and 32 in Tom Sawyer; please complete if you were absent today. We peer edited a second Unit focus question in class - all five UFQs are due next Tuesday, April 24th. We will begin our scored discussions next Tuesday and continue through next Friday. We also voted for our Lit Circle books - you will receive a parent permission slip tomorrow for one of the books you selected.

Period 3
We read Chapters 31 and 32 in Tom Sawyer; please complete if you were absent today. We peer edited a second Unit focus question in class - all five UFQs are due next Tuesday, April 24th. We will begin our scored discussions next Tuesday and continue through next Friday. We also voted for our Lit Circle books - you will receive a parent permission slip tomorrow for one of the books you selected.



Block 3
We read Chapters 31 and 32 in Tom Sawyer; please complete if you were absent today. We peer edited a second Unit focus question in class - all five UFQs are due next Tuesday, April 24th. We will begin our scored discussions next Tuesday and continue through next Friday. We also voted for our Lit Circle books - you will receive a parent permission slip tomorrow for one of the books you selected.

Monday, April 16, 2012

April 16, 2012

Block I
We completed reading Chapters 27, 28 and 29 in Tom Sawyer. For tonight, please complete the handout on "Mood and Setting" that you began in your table groups during class. For Wednesday, your second UFQ is due at the beginning of class. All Unit Focus Questions are due NEXT TUESDAY! If you are in choir, orchestra or band, please be prepared to participate in a scored discussion on the day(s) you are in class! In Social Studies, we began watching Night John.


Period 3
We completed reading Chapters 27 and 28 in Tom Sawyer. For tonight, please complete the handout on "Mood and Setting" that you began in your table groups during class. For Wednesday, your second UFQ is due at the beginning of class. All Unit Focus Questions are due NEXT TUESDAY! If you are in choir, orchestra or band, please be prepared to participate in a scored discussion on the day(s) you are in class!

Block 3
We completed reading Chapters 27, 28 and 29 in Tom Sawyer. For tonight, please complete the handout on "Mood and Setting" that you began in your table groups during class. For Wednesday, your second UFQ is due at the beginning of class. All Unit Focus Questions are due NEXT TUESDAY! If you are in choir, orchestra or band, please be prepared to participate in a scored discussion on the day(s) you are in class! In Social Studies, we began watching Night John.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

April 4, 2012

Block I
Westward Expansion Project - due tomorrow! There will be a quiz over the information on your maps/paragraphs - you WILL be able to use the maps and paragraphs you created to answer the questions on the quiz. Make sure you bring everything to class with you tomorrow.
The one Unit Focus Question from Tom Sawyer is DUE FRIDAY! This is a change - I extended the due date. If you will not be in school on Friday, you MUST email the Unit Focus Question (remember, only ONE of the five questions is due Friday) Thursday evening or Friday.

Period 3
One Unit Focus question from Tom Sawyer is due today! We will have some lab time to complete it during classtime, but it will be a relatively short time period.
No vocab test this week!

Block 2
Westward Expansion Project - due tomorrow! There will be a quiz over the information on your maps/paragraphs - you WILL be able to use the maps and paragraphs you created to answer the questions on the quiz.
Your Tom Sawyer Unit Focus Question (one of the five) is due tomorrow. Please have it ready to turn in at the beginning of class.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

April 3, 2012

Block 1
Band Kids - Complete reading Tom Sawyer Chapter 20 and 21. Write (or draw) a brief summary of the students' prank on the teacher. (The rest of you already did this - if you didn't, you can complete it and turn it in for half credit, unless you had an excused absence.
For everyone: Westward Expansion Project - due Thursday. There will be lab time tomorrow to work on this.

For Language Arts - ONE Unit focus question (out of the five your are working on) is due THIS THURSDAY. I want to score one question before you turn in your packets and have your scored discussions.

Period 3
Band Kids - Complete reading Tom Sawyer Chapter 20 and 21. Write (or draw) a brief summary of the students' prank on the teacher. (The rest of you already did this - if you didn't, you can complete it and turn it in for half credit, unless you had an excused absence.
For Language Arts - ONE Unit focus question (out of the five your are working on) is due THIS THURSDAY. I want to score one question before you turn in your packets and have your scored discussions.

Block 2
Band Kids - Complete reading Tom Sawyer Chapter 20 and 21. Write (or draw) a brief summary of the students' prank on the teacher. (The rest of you already did this - if you didn't, you can complete it and turn it in for half credit, unless you had an excused absence.
For everyone: Westward Expansion Project - due Thursday. There will be lab time tomorrow to work on this.

For Language Arts - ONE Unit focus question (out of the five your are working on) is due THIS THURSDAY. I want to score one question before you turn in your packets and have your scored discussions.