SS Week of Feb. 3

Ch. 5 Explorers
This week we will wrap up Ch. 5 on explorers.  In the beginning of the week we will review the explorers and make connections.  A test will take place on Wednesday.  Don't forget to complete the tutorial for extra credit!

Essential Question:

How have ideas and events from the past shaped the western hemisphere today?

Learning Target:  

I can describe the lasting effects of European exploration and colonization and the cultural practices and products of the western hemisphere.

VOCABULARY

Conquistadors

Northwest Passage

contagious diseases

East Indies

colonies

EXPLORERS

Christopher Columbus

John Cabot

Juan Ponce de Leon

Hernan Cortes

Jacques Cartier

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Henry Hudson

Robert de La Salle

Homework
Monday-worksheet (rank explorers 1-8), finish up all Ch. 5 notes/jigsaw packets to turn in 
Tuesday-study, Ch. 5 tutorial for extra credit
Wednesday-Ch. 5 test
Thursday-none
Friday-none

tutorial: www.historyalive.tutorial.com

Graven LA Week of Feb. 3

Unit 3, Week 3 "Tricky Tales"

Common Core State Standard: Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.

Essential Question: How did comparing and contrasting information help you connect ideas in this text?

Homework
Monday-Read Treasures p.308-319, practice book p. 109-117 due Thursday, 2 Study Island topics due Friday, keep working on Dream Job writing piece

Tuesday-practice book p. 109-117 due Thursday, 2 Study Island topics due Friday, keep working on Dream Job writing piece

Wednesday-practice book p. 109-117 due Thursday, 2 Study Island topics due Friday, keep working on Dream Job writing piece

Thursday-practice book p. 109-117 due, 2 Study Island topics due Friday, keep working on Dream Job writing piece

Friday-2 Study Island topics due, keep working on Dream Job writing piece

Spelling Words: Vowel Team Syllables

footprint, laughter, bleachers, southern, fairground, grouchy, entertain, caution, appoint, grownup, flawless, applause, boundary, roughness, although, coastal, encounter, lawyer, faucet, doubting

Vocabulary Words

generations, globe, preserve, reveal, amusing

SS Week of Jan. 27

Ch. 5 Explorers
Kids will be working in cooperative groups in a jigsaw activity to teach and learn about these explorers.  Students randomly selected one explorer to be the teacher expert on for their group.  They've been working on preparations and groups will continue teaching and learning this week.

Essential Question:

How have ideas and events from the past shaped the western hemisphere today?

Learning Target:  

I can describe the lasting effects of European exploration and colonization and the cultural practices and products of the western hemisphere.

VOCABULARY

Conquistadors

Northwest Passage

contagious diseases

East Indies

colonies

EXPLORERS

Christopher Columbus

John Cabot

Juan Ponce de Leon

Hernan Cortes

Jacques Cartier

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Henry Hudson

Robert de La Salle

Homework
Monday-jigsaw activity in class
Tuesday-jigsaw activity in class
Wednesday-jigsaw activity in class and turn in all teacher notes
Thursday-worksheet, Ch. 5 tutorial for extra credit
Friday-Ch. 5 test

tutorial: www.historyalive.tutorial.com

Big Walnut Science Fair February 6th

The Big Walnut Science Fair will be held at the high school on the evening of February 6th.  The organizers are handling things a little differently this year.  They are requiring students who want to participate to register through the Intel ISEF website.  So if you are gung ho about the science fair, and really want to go, then follow these steps:

1) Go to the application wizard at ISEF Science Fair Registration.

2) Fill out a survey about your project to determine which forms you will need to complete
3) Print out the forms it tells you to and fill them in. Bring completed forms to Mr. Wright as soon as possible!

***Please post date forms if needed....

Wright LA week of January 20th

We continue to read, discuss, and analyze The Sign of the Beaver in class.  So far we have met the main characters, Matt, Attean, and Saknis.  Attean and Matt's relationship got off to sort of a rocky start.  As you read this week, take note of how this relationship slowly changes.  Keep writing in your journal responses as you finish each chapter!!

Tues- SOTB Chapter 8
Wed- SOTB  Chapter 9
Thur- SOTB Chapter 10
Fri-  Homework Check, Spelling Quiz, Skills Test

Spelling Words Treasures 3.2- open syllables, vowel-vowel spelling patterns

video, poet, diary, ideas, riot, piano, radio, ruin, diet, patriot, fluid, rodeo, cruel, genuine, casual, trial,

fuel, meteor, diameter, meander

Science Week of January 20th

We officially start our Energy Unit this week.  Areas to be covered include sound and light, electricity, and thermal energy.  We will also look at how electricity can be generated using many different energy sources.  This week we focus on SOUND and LIGHT.

1)  I can explain how light travels.

2)  I can describe reflection and refraction (bending) of light.

3)   I can summarize how sound is sent, reflected, and absorbed.

4)   I can explain how the pitch of sound changes with the rate of
vibration.

Look for a quiz on sound and light next Monday or Tuesday!!

SS Week of Jan. 21

Ch. 5 Explorers
Kids will be working in cooperative groups in a jigsaw activity to teach and learn about these explorers.   Students randomly selected one explorer to be the teacher expert on for their group.  They've been working on preparations and groups will officially begin teaching and learning midweek.

Essential Question:

How have ideas and events from the past shaped the western hemisphere today?

Learning Target:  

I can describe the lasting effects of European exploration and colonization and the cultural practices and products of the western hemisphere.

VOCABULARY

Conquistadors

Northwest Passage

contagious diseases

East Indies

colonies

EXPLORERS

Christopher Columbus

John Cabot

Juan Ponce de Leon

Hernan Cortes

Jacques Cartier

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Henry Hudson

Robert de La Salle

Homework
Monday-no school
Tuesday-finish jigsaw preparation
Wednesday-jigsaw activity in class
Thursday-jigsaw activity in class
Friday-jigsaw activity in class

tutorial: www.historyalive.tutorial.com

Graven LA Week of Jan. 21

Since this will be a short week, we are going to work in class on specific reading skills.  Following each section, there will be mini OAA style reading assessments to practice these skills.  We will also begin a new writing piece called a fictional narrative.  Students will write about their dream job and what the first day of work might look like.  Paragraphing, story telling, and dialogue will be our focus.  There will be no work from Treasures this week.  Please continue to keep up the reading and work on Study Island!  To stay on pace, the first Reading Counts quiz of the 3rd quarter should be taken by Jan. 31.  The second one should be taken by March 26.

Homework
Monday-no school
Tuesday-prewriting for dream job writing, Study Island due Friday
Wednesday-work on first draft, Study Island due Friday
Thursday-work on first draft, Study Island due Friday
Friday-Study Island due

Science Week of Jan. 13th

Tuesday, there will be a short quiz on Newton's 3 Laws of Motion. We will use Monday to review and use physical models to help us understand these concepts better.  For the rest of the week we will review physical and chemical changes. There will also be quick quiz on these changes Friday!

Mon- Review Newton's Three Laws of Motion
Tues- 3 Laws Quiz
Wed & Thur- Read E14 - E27 in Science Book
Fri- Identify the Physical and Chemical Changes Quiz

Wright LA Week of Jan. 13th

We will be reading chapters 2-6 in Sign of the Beaver this week.  For each chapter, there will be a set of vocabulary words to define and some discussion questions to answer.  BE SURE to do this as you read each chapter. Additionally, we will continue to practice skills, grammar, and spelling from the Treasures series. The concept of analogies will be introduced and students will also work with subject/verb agreement.

Spelling List

1.  minus     11. vacant

2.  loser       12.  punish

3.  humor    13.  cavern

4.  closet     14.  shiver

5.  recent     15.  decent

6.  student    16.  linen

7.  equal       17.  legal

8.  profile     18.  panic

9.  local        19.  smoky

10.  comet    20.  tyrant

Mon- SOTB Chapter 2 Read/Journal
Tues- SOTB Chapter 3
Wed- SOTB Chapter 4
Thur- SOTB Chapter 5
Fri- Spelling Quiz, Skills Test, SOTB Chapter 6

Bodker Math Week of January 13th

This week students begin Unit 6.  The main purpose of this unit is to investigate data displays and sample size.  Students will learn to match mystery plots with data, read and interpret given data, practice creating line plots and organizing data.  Students will also add and subtract fractions and relate the idea that every fraction has many equivalent names to finding common denominators.


HOMEWORK

Mon- Math j. 175,176,177
Tue-Math J. 189,190
Wed-MJ. 193-194 1-20
Thur-MJ. 196
Fri-MJ 181

Bodker LA Week of January 13th 2014

Students continue to read the class novel Tuck Everlasting.  We will read Chapters 14- 20 this week.  Students will complete review questions in their small reading groups.  Later in the week, reading groups will be assigned one of this weeks chapters to act out in a skit.

Our grammar focus this week is verbs and action verbs.  Students can expect a skills test reviewing verbs on Friday.

This is a new nine weeks.  Students are expected to again read two reading books of their choice.  The books must be in their Lexile level and completed prior to  the end of this grading period.  Students have all completed a reading contract for the first book which will be due by Thursday, Feb 6th.  Please encourage your child to read 30 minutes every night.  All students  recently took their Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI).  Ask your child if he or she increased  his or her Lexile (reading book level).

HOMEWORK
Mon- Read 30 minutes
Tue- Grammar p. 52 , read 30 min.
Wed- Grammar p. 54, rad 30 min.
Thur- Read 30 minutes
Fri- Grammar Skills Quiz

SS Week of Jan. 13

This week we will finish up Ch. 4 on Europeans Motivations for Exploring the New World.  We will begin Ch. 5 midweek and take a look at a handful of famous European explorers who came to the New World in the 1500's.

Homework
Monday-worksheet, Ch. 4 tutorial for extra credit
Tuesday-Ch. 4 test
Wednesday-vocabulary definitions
Thursday-work on your jigsaw section
Friday-finish your jigsaw section

Ch. 5: Routes of Exploration to the New World

In this lesson, students learn how European explorers claimed land in North America by creating an illustrated matrix that shows important details about the explorers' expeditions. First, students will read about the explorers in History Alive!  Then, in a Social Studies skill builder, students work to illustrate facts-such as personal background, sponsor, and impact on Native Americans-about one European explorer's expedition.  Students post their recorded information in their ISN's and share them with a
small group in a jigsaw activity.

VOCABULARY

Conquistadors

Northwest Passage

contagious diseases

East Indies

colonies

EXPLORERS

Christopher Columbus

John Cabot

Juan Ponce de Leon

Hernan Cortes

Jacques Cartier

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Henry Hudson

Robert de La Salle

tutorial: www.historyalive.tutorial.com

Graven LA Week of Jan. 13

This week students will read "The Golden Mare" from Treasures, which is Unit 3, week 2.  The main skill focuses are sequencing, verb tenses, and open syllable spelling words.

Homework
Monday-Read p.280-305, practice book pages due Thursday, Study Island topic due Friday
Tuesday-practice book pages due Thursday, Study Island topic due Friday
Wednesday-practice book pages due Thursday, Study Island topic due Friday
Thursday-selection test, practice book pages due, Study Island topic due Friday
Friday-spelling test, skills test, Study Island topic due

Keep reading your Reading Counts books!  2 quizzes must be completed throughout the 3rd quarter.

Law 1 Inertia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0AjkhisQEA

Wright Language Arts Week of January 6th

We will start off this super short week with some mid-year assessment.  Students will be completing Aimsweb assessments as well as an updated SRI test to determine their Lexile progress.  Thursday and Friday we will get started with our first novel study of the year.  We will be reading Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare.  Hopefully we will be able to read through the first two chapters this week.  Students will be keeping a written journal to log items such as vocabulary, predictions, figurative language, and discussion questions.  I highly recommend reading this novel along with your child!!

Thursday-  Read Sign of the Beaver (SOTB) Chapter 1

Science Week of January 6th

We will be doing some exploration into Newton's 3 Laws of Motion.  Book pages covered include pages F30-F51.  There won't be any homework or quizzes this week, but there is an extra credit opportunity!  Memorize and Recite Newton's 3 Laws of Motion to your science class this Friday!!  They can be found on pages F41-43.

SS Week of Jan. 6

This week we will begin Ch. 4 from History Alive and learn about the motivations of European explorers to explore North and South America.  This is a short chapter so expect a test next week on the material! 

There is no homework this week.

Graven LA Week of Jan. 6

I hope you enjoyed your time off for winter break, including the 2 bonus days on Monday and Tuesday!  I can't wait to hear about all the fun things you did, which hopefully includes a great book.  I read a few over the break too! :)  On Wednesday I will reward the top 5 Study Island blue ribbon earners.  There's a reward for completing all of the blue ribbons in language arts too!

Since this week is now a short week, we'll complete our winter reading assessments this week and continue some work with reading skills.  The only homework this week is to have book contract #1 for the 3rd quarter due on FRIDAY and the Study Island topic due for FRIDAY (Instructions and Procedures).  Remember, you have a new lexile level (you took the SRI test at school before break) and you need to read 2 books in this level (can go 100 points below and above your lexile level) to take 2 Reading Counts quizzes during the 3rd quarter.  Next week we will get into Unit 3, Week 2 of Treasures.