HOMEWORK and CLASSWORK for Room #19

Week of October 17, 2008

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School/Class Information

 

• Walking field trip to Saugus High School this on Wednesday, Oct. 15^th (See Attached)

   

• Awards Assembly on Thursday, Oct. 16^th.

   

• Wheels of Freestyle Assembly and Minimum Day on Friday, Oct. 17^th.

   

Long Term Projects and Due Dates:

 

• City of Santa Clarita’s “A Season of Diversity” essay and poster contest.                     Topic:  How is your life better by having friends of different cultures?

     Due: December 5^th, 2008

•  Rules: Passed out in class

• G.A.T.E. students working on “Island Project” with teacher in class. 

Classwork Week of October 17:

 

Language, Writing, and Reading

 

Daily Language Review

 

Objectives:  Daily review of sentence editing, punctuation, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, and comprehension skills.

Daily Language Fundamentals Review

 

Objectives: Standards-based grammar, mechanics, usage and paragraph-editing practice

Daily Paragraph Editing

 

Objectives:  Four theme-based paragraphs focusing on capitalization, punctuation, spelling, language error correction, and writing a summary based on the week’s theme and genre.

Writing Workshop

 

Objectives:  Providing students with a rich background of writing practice and creative writing experiences.

• Mon. and Tues.: Journal quick writes in Reflections Log

• Wed.  (Computer Lab) Publish book reviews on the Student Community Weblog
• Thurs – Friday – Writing in science based on Unit 5 prompts

G.A.T.E.

 

Objectives: Individualized enriched writing assignment encouraging personal creativity and inspired writing by the students.

• Introduction to the Island Project long term writing assignment.
• Begin working on the setting and plot of individual assignments with Mr. McGroary

Mrs. Hollingsworth’s Poetry Corner

 

• Continue tracking your weekly and long time assignments in your Reminder Binder.

   

Spelling, Vocabulary, and Dictionary Skills

 

Objectives:  Antonym Pairs with Three or More Syllables

 

List:  amateur, professional, majority, minority, mediocre, excellence, legible, illegible, departure, arrival,

Mon.-Tues.: Write syllables and definitions for words in alphabetical order

Wed. Thurs: Write ten sentences showing meaning for each word.

Friday:  Know spelling and definition for test

 

Core Literature  

Story: A Wrinkle in Time

• Finish reading book, take chapter quizzes, and prepare for A.R. test
• Take home test due on Thursday.

 

Open Court Reading Textbook

 

Theme:  Perseverance

Story:  “On Top of the World” (Pages 50-63)

Genre:  Expository non fiction

 

Mathematics – Red

 

Red Group Chap 7 Number Theory

• Mon – Chapter 8 “Fraction Concepts” Equivalent Fractions and Simplest Form pages 159-163.  HW pages 162-163 (23-61 odds and 67-71 all)
• Tues – 8.2 Mixed Numbers and Fractions pages 164-165 HW page 165 (17-31 odds)
• Wed – Field Trip

   

• Thurs – 8.3 Compare and Order Fraction pages 166-167

   

• Fri – 

   

 

Mathematics – Green

 

• Mon – LCM and GCF pages 150-153 HW page 152 (15-39 odds)
• Tues – Chapter 7 Review Test
• Wed – Field Trip
• Thurs. – Chapter 7 Test
• Fri

 

Science

 

Unit 5 – Ecosystems – Standards 5.a - 5.e

Lesson 2 “How Do Organisms Get Energy?”

Mon – Lesson 2-Review Page 344

Tues – Owl Pellet Observations

Thurs – Review Lesson 3- “How Do Natural Cycles Affect Ecosystems?” Read pages 352-359

Friday – Review reading and quiz on Unit 5 – Lesson 3

 

Homework:  Week of October 17

 

 

Question of the Week

 

Visit the SUSD Student Community, locate this week’s language riddle, and post your answer as a comment to my post (Participation is part of your Technology Grade on Progress Reports)

 

Spelling, Vocabulary, and Dictionary Skills

 

Objectives:  Antonym Pairs with Three or More Syllables

 

List:  amateur, professional, majority, minority, mediocre, excellence, legible, illegible, departure, arrival,

Mon.-Tues.: Write syllables and definitions for words in alphabetical order

Wed. Thurs: Write ten sentences showing meaning for each word.

Friday:  Know spelling and definition for test

 

A Wrinkle in Time

·        Read and Review Chapters 7-9. 

·        Ch. 7 test on Tuesday, Ch. 8 on Wednesday, and Ch. 9 on Thursday.

·        Finish book and begin next week’s reading.

 

 

Science

 

• Complete Owl Pellet observations and drawings

   

• Study for Friday’s quiz

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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