Ponder This

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