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

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

Birthdays this week:
Ian Bardes, March 4th

Language Arts:
*Cartoon Vocab Unit 8-test will be Tuesday, March 11
Monday: TLW orally read and discuss “Medusa’s Head” pg. 352
TLW clarify word meaning using vocab. words
Tuesday: TLW distinguish the difference between fact and opinion
Wednesday: TLW choose the correct use of quotation marks within context
Thursday: TLW identify the correct use of colons TLW review Medusa’s Head
Friday: TLW show mastery of vocab. And comprehension from “Medusa’s Head”
TLW view greek myths

Science:
Monday - Section 4:  Heat Technology
Tuesday - Study guide game
Wednesday - Chapter 13 Study guide
Thursday - Lab
Friday - Chapter 14: Electromagnetism, Section 1 - Magnets and Magnetism

Math
Current Unit of Study/Topic
Ch 13 Geometry: Angles and Polygons
Bring protractor and Compass to class

Mon- Lesson 13-3 bisecting angles
Tues- Lesson 13-4 and review of skills
Wed-  test over Mid- ch 13 skills
Thu- lesson 13-5  lines of symmetry
Fri-  lesson 13-6 Similar and congruent
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 14-4 three dimensional figures
Tues- lesson 14-4B and 14-5A problem solving skills
Wed- lesson 14-6BA build a 3-dimesnional figure from a net
Thu- review of ch 14 skills
Fri-   test over ch 14 skills

Social Studies:
Monday: TLW participate in a Spanish lesson
TLW compare and contrast the Native American and European ideas and reactions.
*Study for Chapter 14 vocab test….test is tomorrow
Tuesday: TLW show mastery of vocabulary for chapter 14
TLW compare information on a double line graph
Wednesday: TLW review material from Chapter 14
Thursday: TLW show mastery of comprehension of material from Chapter 14
Friday: TLW create webs using Chapter 11 vocabulary

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

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

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

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

Happy Birthday: Rebecca A. (12-20)

Quote of the week: “Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a
sundial in the shade.”
Benjamin Franklin

Language Arts:
Enriched Lang. Arts: Read The Cay in addition to skills listed below
Monday: TLW orally read and discuss Storm TLW retell the story from Storm
Tuesday: TLW present their story from Storm’s point of view
Wednesday: TLW create a journal about the day in the life a character from
Storm.
Thursday: TLW complete journal

Social Studies:
Monday: TLW review Spanish TLW: discuss how times of war and peace affect
different societies.
Tuesday: TLW analyze how one person can affect the course of history.
Wednesday: TLW Create a poem about one of the people or concepts from
Chapter 7
Thursday: TLW present poem

Science:

Monday - TCAP review
Tuesday - finish review
Wednesday - Lab
Thursday - Finish Lab/Art activity
Friday - HOLIDAY !!!

Math
Current Unit of Study/Topic
Chapter 7. Multiplying and dividing Fractions

Mon- lesson 7-4 Dividing fractions
Tues lesson 7-5 Dividing mixed numbers
Wed- lesson 7-6 Sequences
Thu-  review of math Skills

Enriched Math
Current Unit of Study /Topic
Ch 12/ Measurement
Course 1  book

Mon- lesson 12-1 Length in customary units
Tues- lesson 12-2 Capacity and weight- customary System
Wed- lesson 12-3 Length in the metric System
Thu-  review of math skills

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

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