Week of November 29

NEWS: 
1)  Teachers will be posting grades for progress reports on December 7th. 
2)  Our fundraising efforts for New Orleans continues.  Thank you all for your contributions!

ACADEMICS:
MATH:  ACE# 1-3 page 40;  Challenge #33 page 46

SCIENCE:  Page 52 Fill out the timeline sheet

LANGUAGE ARTS:  1)  Due Tuesday:  We started our unit on Food, and watched the first chapter of Food, Inc.  Students took notes.  They need to write a reflection response to the deeper question:  "How does the production of food affect your food choices?"  2) Vocabulary

SOCIAL STUDIES: 1)  Current Events due Thursday  2)  Map Quiz #2 on Friday  3)  Paragraph on Haiti

READING:  1)  Seedfolks:  Finish characterization charts up to Maricela.  We will be finishing the book this week.  Worksheet assigned on Curtis and Nora, due Tuesday.  2)  Reading Genre for December to January:  Non-fiction.  Students will be selecting their books tomorrow.  Project will be handed out tomorrow and due January 15. 

Week of November 15

NEWS: 

• Continuing fundraising for New Orleans
• Thankyou for all the parents/guardians for coming to conferences.  We enjoyed meeting you and updating you on your child's progress.  Please feel free to contact us regarding any questions.

ACADEMICS:

Math:  ACE #1-2 page 24;  #12 p. 27;  ACE #5 p. 25 or #22 p. 29
Science:  TEST on Wednesday
Language Arts:  1) Vocabulary due Friday  2)  Test on Literary Devices and Reading from Seedfolks on Thursday .  Study from your reading notebook and your language arts notebook. 
Reading:  1)  Reading Project due Wednesday - no late projects will be accepted.  2) Seedfolks worksheet on Sam and Leona due Wednesday.  3) Fill in characterization chart for Virgil.
Social Studies:  1)  Reflection 2 paragraphs on how to present a more balanced approach about Haiti

Week of November 1st

News:

• 1st Quarter Ends Wednesday 11/3

Language Arts:

• Vocabulary Test on Friday
• Final assessment in class today

Reading:

• Seedfolks-complete notebook
• Worksheet on Seedfolks
• Project due 11/17

Math:

• Unit Test
• Starting New book Accentive the Negative

Science:

• In class work

Social Studies:

• Finish Presenting Water Projects
• Current Events due Thursday