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Agenda: Week of February 25th

Agenda Week of February 25th

Upcoming Events:
Tuesday, February 26th-SFMS Talent Show 7:00 PM
Kids Kan-All Week!!

Quote of the Week: “Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.”
George Washington

Language Arts:
Monday: TLW orally read and discuss Baucis and Philemon
TLW create a metamorphosis and story.
Tuesday: TLW present metamorphosis
Wednesday: TLW identify appositives
Thursday: TLW identify six confusing verbs p. 492-yellow book
TLW review appositives
Friday: TLW show mastery of voc./comp. from Baucis and Philemon
TLW show mastery of appositives

Social Studies:
Monday: TLW participate in a Spanish lesson *Who’s Who in Renaissance Due
TLW Present Who’s Who in the Renaissance
Tuesday: TLW complete vocabulary for chapter 14
Wednesday: TLW evaluate the effect of slave trade on the peoples of Africa, Europe, and the Americas
Thursday: TLW analyze what happens when different cultures come into contact
Friday: TLW compare maps

Math
Current Unit of Study/Topic
Ch 12. Measurement
Bring protractor to class starting Thursday

Mon- Review of Ch 12 skills
Tues- Review of ch 12 skill
Wed- Test over all of ch 12
Thu- lesson 13-1 Angles
Fri-  lesson 13-2 Using Angle Measures
Bring protractor

Enriched Math
Current Unit of Study /Topic
Ch 13 Geometry: angles and Polygons
Course  1 book
BRING COMPASS to class

Mon- Review Ch 13 skills
Tues- Review of ch 13 skills
Wed- Test over all of ch 13
Thu- lesson 14-1 Area of Parallelograms
Fri-   lesson 14-2 Area of Triangles
BRING COMPASS and Protractor to class

Science:
Monday – Section 2
Tuesday – Section 2 Activity
Wednesday – Section 3
Thursday – Lab
Friday – Section 4


Agenda: Week of February 19th

Agenda: Week of February 19th

Upcoming Events:
Monday, February 18th-NO SCHOOL for students! Presidents Day

Happy Birthday: Mrs. Ponder (2-18), Abby R. (2-19), Clark S. (2-23)

Quote of the week: “Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.”  Thomas Jefferson

Language Arts:
*Book reports are due Wednesday, February 20th for ALL classes!!!!
Tuesday: Think Link Learning Test #3
Wednesday: TLW present biography book report *Book Reports due for all classes!
Thursday: TLW identify appropriate subject/verb agreement
Friday: TLW show mastery of subject/Verb agreement TLW complete think link practice probe-techniques and skills

Social Studies:
Tuesday: TLW participate in a Spanish lesson
Wednesday: TLW create Who’s Who in the Renaissance project
Thursday: TLW work on project
Friday: TLW work on project-Project due Monday!

Science:
Monday - Holiday
Tuesday – Review game (receive study guide)
Wednesday – Thinklink test # 3
Thursday – Chapter 12 Test
Friday – Chapter 13, Section 1

Math
Current Unit of Study/Topic
Ch 12. Measurement
Mon- Holiday
Tues- lesson 12-4 Mass and capacity in metric system
Wed- lesson 12-5 Capacity and weight-customary units
Thu- Lesson 12-6 measures of time
Fri- Think-Link Test #3

Enriched Math
Current Unit of Study /Topic
Ch 13 Geometry: anlges and Polygons
Course  1 book
BRING COMPASS to class
Mon- Holiday
Tues- lesson 13-4 Two-Dimensional Figures
Wed- lesson 13-5 Lines of Symmetry
Thu- lesson 13-5b Transformations
Fri-  Think link Test #3
BRING COMPASS to class


Agenda: Week of February 11th

Agenda: Week of February 11th

Upcoming Events:
Monday, February 11th: Talent Show auditions after school.

Happy Birthday: Ally K. (2-12)

Quote of the week:
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
Robert Kennedy.

Language Art:
*All classes: Biography book reports are due Wednesday, February 20th!!
Monday: TLW complete vocab. Cartoons *voc. Cartoon quiz tomorrow!
*Play review game and finish working on propaganda proj.
Tuesday: TLW present propaganda project (commercials due)
*Vocab. Cartoon Quiz 7
Wednesday: TLW view propaganda projects
Thursday: *Enriched: TLW recognize the reasons and evidence writers use to persuade readers
*Regular L.A.: TLW write about an autobiographical incident.
Friday: *Enriched: TLW write a persuasive essay
Regular Lang. :TLW write about an autobiography incident

Social Studies:
Monday: TLW participate in a Spanish lesson
Tuesday: TLW review material from Chapter 13
Wednesday: TLW show mastery of voc. and comprehension from Chap. 13th.
*Chap. 13 test!!
Thursday: TLW begin Who’s Who in the Renaissance Project
Friday: TLW work on project

Science:
**If you are participating in the science fair, you will need to bring in a card table (or just a small table) on the morning of Feb. 14th.  Make sure your name is on it.

Monday – Section 3
Tuesday – Section 4
Wednesday -  Review
Thursday - lab
Friday – Chapter 12 Test

Math
Current Unit of Study/Topic
Ch 12. Measurement

Mon- lesson12-1 Length in customary units
Tues- lesson 12-2 Capacity and weight-customary units
Wed- lesson 12-3 Metric system
Thu- review of skills
Fri- mid-ch 12 test

Enriched Math
Current Unit of Study /Topic
Ch 13 Geometry:anlges and Polygons
Course  1 book
BRING COMPASS to class

Mon- lesson 13-1 Angles
Tues- lesson 13-2 Using Angle measures
Wed- lesson 13-3 Bisectors
Thu-  Review skills
Fri-   Test over mid ch 13
BRING COMPASS to class


Week of February 4th

Agenda: Week of February 4th

Upcoming Events:
Friday, February 8th-6th grade ice cream treat *Room moms will be contacting parents to provide ice cream, toppings, and bottles of water.

Happy Birthday: Catavia G. and Barry F. (2-6)

Quote of the Week: “Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.”
Anthony Robbins (”Tony”).

Language Arts:
*Biography Book Reports are due Wednesday, February 20th.
Instructions will be given Tuesday, February 5th.
*Enriched Lang. will begin persuasive essays this week.
*all classes…voc. Cartoon lesson 7 this week…test next Tues.
Monday: TLW present self-portrait and poem
TLW: play “I am going on a trip” to review alliteration
Tuesday: TLW create a hyperbole
Wednesday: TLW recognize various types of propaganda techniques
Thursday: TLW create commercial using assigned propaganda techniques
Friday: TLW complete commercials in groups. TLW show mastery of propaganda techniques
*Commercials will be presented Tuesday, February 12th.

Social Studies:
Monday: TLW participate in a Spanish lesson
TLW: define vocabulary for chapter 13
Tuesday: TLW analyze how trade around the Indian Ocean linked many people
Wednesday: TLW recognize how some city-states became leaders of trade in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Black Sea.
Thursday: TLW compare information with graphs
Friday: TLW analyze how the addition of new territories affected trade in northern Europe

Science:
**Science fair project and research paper due on Tuesday, Feb. 5th.
Monday - Chapter 12, Section 1
Tuesday - finish section 1; Oral reports for Science projects – Projects DUE
Wednesday - Oral reports for Science projects
Thursday - Lab
Friday - Section 2

Math
Current Unit of Study/Topic
Ch 11. Probability

Mon- lesson 11-2 outcomes
Tues- lesson 11-3 making predictions
Wed- 11-5 Make a table
Thu- review of skills
Fri- Test over ch 11 skills

Enriched Math
Current Unit of Study /Topic
Ch 9 Algebra: Solving Equations
Course  1 book

Mon- lesson 9-4 Solving multiplication equations
Tues- lesson 9-5 Equations
Wed- lesson 9-6 Function machines
Thu-  Lesson Review of skills
Fri-   test over ch 9 skills