Thank you to everyone who made our New Orleans Fund-raising dinner a success. We really could not have done it without the parents and community members. It was an amazing effort, and we are PROUD of all our JoMaNa students.
If you haven't already done so, please go to our Facebook page: New Orleans Service-Learning Project. Here is where we try to update the information and activities that are currently happening.
ACADEMICS:
1) Math: Yellow sheet due Wednesday. ACE #9, 10, 11
2) Science: In-class discussion and reading. Page 31 - answer questions. Pages 32-37 - answer questions.
3) Language Arts (Writing): 1) Vocabulary due Friday (words at the bottom of this post). Definitions and spelling test. 2) Writing warm-up in-class today. 3) Integrated reading/writing assignment: Characterization Essay. Rough draft due today, Final is due on Thursday. We are using the Netbooks in class to type and edit final papers.
4) Reading: 1) Book groups (Annie, Farewell, Freak, War, and Who . . . ) will be DONE on Thursday. The Characterization essay is a part of this grade. 2) New books were given for the Africa! unit. The assignments will focus on Traits of a Reader. 3) No Independent Book Project for the month of March.
5) Social Studies: 1) Current Events due on Thursday. 2) Africa! unit - note-taking today. Worked on brochure and notebooks in-class. 3) Map quiz Friday - know where Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Senegal, and Togo are on the Africa map.
Vocabulary Words:
- chimpanzee
- bagel
- coffee
- tornado
- mosquito
- iceberg
- hurricane
- cocoa
- volcano
- lagoon
- pretzel
- caribou
- bayou
- yogurt
- opossum
- reservoir
- monsoon
- jaguar
- tundra
- typhoon
*CHALLENGE
- tsunami
- orangutan
- terrapin
- ptarmigan
- wildebeest
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