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Week of Oct. 15th

Agenda: Week of October 15th

Upcoming Events:
Monday (10-15) Rock-A-Thon pledges are due!
Friday (10-19) Rock-A-Thon for 6th grade *If you qualified

Happy Birthday: Dominick P. (10-14), Jonathan C. (10-14)

Lang. Arts: (TLW=The Learner Will, SPI=Student Performance Indicator)
Monday: TLW: Make inferences about setting and plot
Read All Summer in a Day page41 TLW Create Ending to All Summer
SPI #’s-6.1.7, 6.1.4, 6.1.12 e
Tuesday: TLW: Present Ending to All Summer in a Day
Page 51 (questions 1-7 and reading check)-to be completed in class. If this is done before class, an alternative assignment will be issued.
*Students need to check out one mystery AR book when they go to the library today. Remember: the book must have a green dot. It must also be 4+ points and a 5th to 8th grade reading level. Any book that does not have these specifications will not be accepted.
Wednesday: TLW: Compare and Contrast two suspenseful plays
Students will use graphic organizer to compare/contrast
Play 1-“In the Fog” p.75 SPI #’s-6.2.1, 6.2.33
Thursday: TLW: Compare/Contrast two suspenseful plays
Play 2-“The Hitchhiker” p. 87 Ques. 1-4 page 104 (in class) Finish/review graphic organizer (#5 on pg. 104). Review for test on All Summer in a Day (if time allows) SPI #’s 6.2.1, 6.2.33
Friday: TLW: Show mastery of vocab. and comprehension for “All Summer in a Day”
Test on “All Summer” Begin Vocab. Cartoons for next week’s test SPI #’s 6.1.6

Social Studies:
Monday: TLW create matchbook vocab. SPI #6.2.4
Tuesday: TLW analyze Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms of Ancient Egypt (Chapter 3 lesson 2)
SPI # 6.5.11
Wednesday: TLW analyze the importance of Rosetta Stone in understanding Heirogliphics
(worksheet) SPI # 6.1.7
Thursday: TLW Analyze the social pyramid of Ancient Egypt (pg. 116) SPI #6.4.4
TLW Read and discuss Chapter 3 lesson 4
Friday: TLW observe the correct way to creat Egyptian Newspaper
*Take Chapter 4 vocab. test SPI#6.5.11

Math
Current Unit of Study/Topic
Chapter 3: Decimals

Mon-   lesson 3-3 Rounding decimals
Tues-   Quiz over mid chapter 3
Wed-   lesson 3-4 Estimating Sums and differences
Thu-    lesson 3-5 Adding and subtracting decimals
Fri-      lesson 3-5B Choose the method of computation

Enriched Math
Current Unit of Study /Topic
Chapter 5: Fractions and Decimals
Using Course 1 Book

Mon-   lesson 5-3 Mixed numbers and improper fractions
Tues-   Quiz over mid ch 5
Wed-   lesson 5-4a Make and organized list
Thu-    lesson 5-4 Least common Multiple
Fri-      lesson 5-5 Comparing and ordering Fractions

Science
Monday - Section 4: Looking at Fossils
Tuesday - Library
Wednesday - Section 5:  Time Marches On
Thursday - lab: Adaptations
Friday - Ch. 5 Test


Agenda Week of October 10th

Agenda: Week of Wednesday, October 10th

Upcoming Events:
NO SCHOOL Monday or Tuesday (10-8 and 10-9)-Fall Break!!

Happy Birthday:
Omar A. (10-6), Melanie T. and Peyton M. (10-9), Kristina H. (10-11)

Quote of the week:
“I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.”   Thomas Alva Edison

Language Arts:
Monday-Fall Break
Tuesday-Fall Break
Wednesday-Read “Eleven” page 573 Skill: Making Inferences
Thursday-Bring an object that would be difficult for someone to figure out what it is used for. NOTE: No weapons or anything that is inappropriate for school.
Friday-Test on “Eleven”/ Fine Arts activity

Social Studies:
Monday: Fall Break
Tuesday: Fall Break
Wednesday: Spanish-Chapter 3 vocab.
Thursday: Chapter 3 lesson 1
Friday: Chapter 3 lesson 2

Science
Monday - FALL BREAK
TUESDAY - FALL BREAK
Wednesday - Section 3 (Ch. 5); Finish Geologic Column Activity
Thursday - Vocabulary Test for Chapter 5; Lab
Friday - Section 4 (Ch. 5)

Math
Current Unit of Study/Topic
Chapter 3: Decimals
Mon-   Fall Break
Tues-  Fall Break
Wed-   Review of math skills
Thu-   lesson 3-3 Rounding decimals
Fri-    Quiz over mid chapter 3

Enriched Math
Current Unit of Study /Topic
Chapter 5: Fractions and Decimals
Using Course 1 Book
Mon-   Fall Break
Tues-  Fall Break
Wed-   Review of math skills
Thu-   lesson 5-3 Mixed numbers and improper fractions
Fri-   Quiz over mid chapter 5