Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Social Studies category.
Agenda: Week of April 21st
Agenda: Week of April 21st
Important!!!
*Please send in $8 (with permission slip) for our field trip to the Pink Palace!! Money and permission slip is due by Friday, April 25th.
Our field trip is scheduled for Friday, May 5th. The permission slip is attached (Word doc). A hard copy was sent home with the students as well.
*Also, please send in $3 for our in-house field trip.
*NOTE: You CAN NOT combine the two payments….the financial secretary has them on two different accounts.
*Checks made payable to Schilling Farms Middle School
Happy Birthday: Jake C (4-14), Matt P. (4-22)
Quote of the week: “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
Winston Churchill
Language Arts:
All Classes-work on travel book reports!
All AR tests are due by Wednesday, April 30th
Monday: TLW orally read and discuss The Giver (chap. 1 and 2)
*complete ques. And vocab.
Tuesday: TLW orally read and discuss The Giver (chapters 3 and 4)
*complete voc. And ques
Wednesday: TLW review voc terms/grammar skills
Thursday: TLW orally read and discuss chapter 5-review chap 1-5 vocab.
*Vocabulary quiz tomorrow over chapters 1-5!!
Friday: TLW show mastery of vocab. Over chap. 1-5/Begin Utopia project
Social Studies:
Monday: TLW participate in a Spanish lesson
Tuesday: TLW review vocabulary from Chapter 16
Wednesday: TLW show master of vocabulary from chap.16
Thursday: TLW begin social studies terms project
Friday: TLW participate in Family Life curriculum
All Math
Current Unit of Study/Topic
Chapter 8 Algebra- Integers
Mon- lesson 8-1 Integers
Tues- lesson 8-2a zero pairs
Wed- lesson 8-3 adding integers
Thu- lesson 8-4 subtracting integers
Fri- mid-ch 8 test
On-going Homework assignment
Work on Math Project due May 14th
Science:
**Family Life Week
Monday - The Endocrine System
Tuesday - Genes and traits
Wednesday - Dominant and Recessive Traits
Thursday - HIV/AIDS
Friday - Recycling Poster
Agenda: Week of March 10th
Agenda: Week of March 10th
Upcoming Events:
*Thursday, March 13th: Parent Teacher Conferences (If you have not received notice, we do not need to meet with you at this time).
*Spring Break: March 17-21st
Happy Birthday: Evan J. (3-14)
Quote of the week: Our greatest glory is not in NEVER falling but in rising EVERY time we fall!!
Language Arts:
Enriched: Check out 2 AR books of the same genre
Regular: Check out one AR book.
Monday: TLW orally read and discuss “He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit” (An African American folk tale).
TLW: analyze cause and effect
Enriched: Present two fables in a reader’s theater.
Regular: TLW display main events of story through story panel.
Tuesday: TLW identify the correct use of commas within context
Wednesday: TLW choose the correct use of quotation marks
Thursday: Enriched: TLW present two fables in a reader’s theater
TLW: review commas/quotation marks
Friday: TLW show master of vocabulary and comprehension from “He Lion”
Social Studies:
Library/Guidance Week
*Enriched Lang: Check out 2 AR books of same genre
*Regular Lang: check out 1 AR book
Monday: TLW participate in a Spanish lesson
TLW: show mastery of vocab and comp. for chapter 14
Tuesday: TLW create vocabulary web for chapter 11
Wednesday: TLW analyze reasons the peoples of West African empires traded with other peoples
Thursday: TLW compare maps with different projections
Friday: TLW analyze ways in which the growth of unified empires led to trade among the peoples of Africa, Asia, and Europe.
Math
Current Unit of Study/Topic
Ch 13 Geometry: Angles and Polygons
Bring protractor and Compass to class
Mon- Lesson 13-5 Lines of Symmetry
Tues- Lesson 13-5a Transformations
Wed- Review of Math skills
Thu- Test over all of ch 13
Fri- lesson 14-1 Area of a parallelogram
BRING PROTRACTOR AND COMPASS TO CLASS
Enriched Math
Current Unit of Study /Topic
Ch 14 Geometry: measuring area and volume
Course 1 book
Mon- lesson 14-4b 3-D figures
Tues- lesson 14-5a make a model
Wed- lesson 14-6BA build a cube
Thu- review of ch 14 skills
Fri- review of skills
Science:
Monday – Chapter 14, Section 1
Tuesday – Section 2
Wednesday – Finish Section 2/TCAP Review
Thursday –Lab
Friday – Section 3
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
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 9/24
Agenda: Week of September 24th
Upcoming Events:
Monday, September 24th-Eat at Chili’s to benefit St. Jude (100% of profit goes to St. Jude)
Friday, September 28th-Schilling Farms 6th Grade Mixer (dance) 3:00-5:00 PM
Quote of the Week: “Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.”
Bruce Barton
Language Arts:
Monday: Read-“What do Fish have to do with Anything?” page 556. Reading skill: Intro to Inferences/symbolism
Tuesday: Test on nouns, compound nouns, and common/proper nouns.
Pronouns and antecedents
Wednesday: Personal Pronouns
Thursday: Demonstrative pronouns
Friday: Test on reading story “What do Fish..” Pronoun activity
*Enriched Lang. Arts Citizenship Essay Due
*All extra credit opportunities due (citizenship for reg. Lang. (Friday) and Reflections (Thurs)
*Enriched Language: Finalize Reading Skills Dictionary Project. Presentations begin next week
Social Studies:
Monday: Spanish/Study guide for Chapter 1
Tuesday: Test on Chapter 1
Wednesday: Chapter 2 vocabulary
Thursday: Chapter 2 lesson 1-check what you know
Friday: Cuneiform overhead, Chapter 2 lesson 2, Code of Hammurabi
Science
Monday - Chapter 3: Population Changes and Heredity, Section 1: Change over
time
Tuesday - Section 2: Natural Selection in Action
Wednesday - “Out of Sight Marshmallows”; Study guide
Thursday - lab
Friday - Chapter 3 Test (Sections 1 and 2)
Math
Current Unit of Study/Topic
Chapter 3: Statistics and Graphs
Mon- lesson 2-5 Stem and Leaf Plot
Tues- lesson 2-6 Mean
Wed- lesson 2-7 Median, Mode, Range
Thu- lesson 2-8 Analyzing Graphs
Fri- Co-ordinate Grids
Enriched Math
Current Unit of Study /Topic
Ch 3 Statistics: Analyzing Data
Course 2 book
Mon- lesson 3-2a Use a graph
Tues- lesson 3-3 Making Predictions
Wed- Lesson 3-4 Mean, Median, Mode
Thu- lesson 3-5 Stem and Leaf Plots
Fri- lesson 3-7 Misleading statistics
Agenda Week of 9/3
Agenda Week of Sept. 4th
Quote of the Week: The highest reward for your work is not what you get for it, but what you become by it.
John C. Maxwell
Happy Birthday: Brandon Stone (9-6)
Language Arts:
Tuesday- “All American Slurp” p. 31 Skills:Context Clues/vocabulary development.
Wednesday- Vocab. Cartoon quiz 2/ Prepositions as adverbs
Thursday: Create Prepo Bingo Cards
Friday: Test on All American Slurp/Prepo Bingo
*The book report has been assigned for both Lang. Arts classes. Enriched will be doing Character in a Can. Regular Lang. will be doing the What a Character report. Book reports and 1 AR test will be due Thursday, September 13 (for ALL classes).
Enriched: Reading Skills Dictionary project in class
Social Studies:
Tuesday- Spanish
Wednesday-Begin geography of me project *Bring coloring supplies
Thursday work on geog. Of me
Friday-geog. Of me/short open book quiz on 5 themes of geog.
Math
Unit/Topic
Ch. 1
Mon- School Holiday
Tues- lesson 1-6 Variables and Expressions
Wed- Think Link Learn testing
Thu- lesson 1-7a Problem Solving Strategies
Fri- lesson 1-7 Solving Equations
Enriched Math
Unit/Topic
COURSE 2 Book
Mon- School Holiday
Tues- lesson 1-7 Area
Wed- Think Link Learn testing
Thu- lesson 1-7a Choose the method of Computation
Fri- Test over Area and begin ch. 2 (Decimals)
Science:
Tuesday - Library; finish lab reports
Wednesday - section 4
Thursday - Lab
Friday - Test on Chapter 1
**Students will receive study guide today for test on Friday.
