Grammar Test

Mr. Blaser will be giving a grammar test on 11/4. It will cover nouns, verbs, pronouns, subjects, and predicates.

Math Quiz 10/30

...covering mean, median, mode, and range.

Homework 10/29/09

SS: None
Literacy: Write spelling words 3 x each
Science: None
Math: Finish classwork (2 worksheets)

Homework 10/27

Literacy: Finish wordbusting 6-10 / Read Chapter 10 NTS / Book Share due Thursday
SS: Study for test / Current event due tomorrow
Math: Worksheet 2-6
Science: Study for test

Literacy: Book Share

Here are the guidelines for Mr. Blaser's book share, due on Thursday.

"Share with the class one of the books you've read this quarter. You may choose one of these methods:

1) Illustrate a map that shows important places and events.
2) Draw a detailed timeline for the characters and events in the story.
3) Decorate a shoe box and fill it with 5 items that relate to your book.
4) Create a poster or collage that gives details about your book.

Be sure to include theme, plot, characters, setting, and mood."

Wordbusting Week of 10/26

abdomen
commotion
competition
escort
flexible
foe
hoist
maximum
mobile
paralysis

Homework 10/26/09

Math: finish classwork (2 bar graphs)/Worksheet: Standardized Test Review Problems
Literacy: Finish wordbusting #1-5/Read NTS Chapter 9
SS: Worksheet: Section 3 Summary/Study for test
Science: study for test

Science Test

Mrs. Brown is giving a test covering chapter 1 of the Electricity and Magnetism science text. Following are the vocabulary words from chapter 1: magnetism, magnetic pole, magnetic field, magnetic field lines, atom, element, nucleus, proton, electron, magnetic domain, ferromagnetic material, magnetic declination, Van Allen belts, solar wind, magnetosphere, aurora, electric current, electric circuit, conductors, insulators, resistor, resistance, superconductor, solenoid, electromagnet.

Current Event #2

The second current event assignment for Social Studies is due Wednesday, 10/28. The guidelines for the assignment (identical to the one we did in September) can be found by clicking the link below.

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Social Studies Test

The first social studies test of the year, covering chapter 1, will be Wednesday, 10/28.

Math Quiz 10/23/09

Tomorrow's math quiz will cover frequency tables as well as bar and line graphs.

Homework 10/22

Math: Finish classwork (3 worksheets) / Study for tomorrow's quiz
Literacy: Study for spelling test tomorrow / Read NTS Chapters 7 & 8
SS: Answer questions on page 24 of SS text in notebook
Science: None

Homework 10/21

SS: Current Event -- due 10/28
Literacy: write wordbusting words 3x each / Write a journal entry on NTS Ch.6 describing the role of cigarettes in the chapter
Science: worksheet 1-2
Math: p. 70 #1-10

Homework 10/20

Math: p. 67 #3-18
Literacy: Draw 5 sketches to go along with events in chapter 5 of Number the Stars
Science: none
Social Studies: Worksheet "Section 2 Summary" / study for quiz

Homework 10/19

Literacy: Wordbusting 1-5 / NTS Write a paragraph about the events of Chapter 4 from Kirsti's perspective
SS: Answer questions on page 17 of text in SS notbook
Math: Read pages 62-63 in math book and complete p. 64, #1-17 all
Science: Answer section review questions on page 29 of science text in complete sentences

Social Studies Quiz

Mrs. Cahill will be giving a quiz covering Chapter 1, Section 2 on Wednesday. Students should be familar with the definitions of the following terms: Stone Age, nomad, fertile, and domesticate. The quiz will also the main ideas contained on pages 12-17 of the social studies book.

Wordbusting #5

Here are this week's words:

caution
generation
separation
gratitude
heroic
congratulate
dread
previous
error
involve

As always, spelling and comprehension test on these words on Friday!

Homework 10/15

Literacy: write spelling words 3 times each / Number the Stars Chapter 2 journal entry
Social Studies: Worksheet: Ch.1 Sec.2 Guided Reading and Review
Math: 2-2 Worksheet Bar and Line Graphs
Science: none

Homework 10/14

Literacy: Wordbusting #6-10/Finish reading Chapter 1 of Number the Stars & write a 4-8 sentence summary of the chapter which includes the word "cupcake"
Social Studies: None
Math: None
Science: None

NWEA Testing

Due to NWEA testing, students will not be having math class on Wednesday, 10/14 and science class on Friday, 10/16.

Wordbusting Week of 10/13

aviation
demonstration
departure
detect
disturb
exception
instinct
locally
miraculous
unfavorable

Homework 10/13/09

SS: Copy key terms and definitions from page 12 of social studies book into social studies notebook
Literacy: Wordbusting #1-5 (#1-3 were done in class today)
Math: 2-1 Worksheet; bring in 2 different types of graphs from newspaper/magazine/internet
Science: none

NECAP Testing

We will be taking the state-mandated NECAP examinations during the course of this week. On Tuesday, 10/6, Wednesday 10/7, and Thursday 10/8, students will not be attending the majority of their normal classes as we run morning and afternoon test sessions in reading and mathematics. Due to this, homework assignments will be light to nonexistent over the next three days (in addition, there will be no Spelling/Wordbusting words this week in Literacy).

On Friday, we will celebrate the end of testing with our field trip!

This week's spelling

collapse
collide
complex
disastrous
fatal
foundation
incident
nuisance
predict
rash

Field Trip 10/9/09

Team N is going on a field trip to Project COPE next Friday. Permission slips should be completed soonest!

Chapter 1 Math Test

Tomorrow's math test covers the following topics:

Problem Solving
Prime Factorization
Divisibility Rules
Powers and Exponents
Order of Operations'
Algebraic Expressions
Equations
Are of Rectangles

Students were given a test review guide in math class today. Look for it in their math notebooks...

Homework 10/1/09

Literacy: Spelling Test tomorrow
Science: none
Math: Chapter 1 test tomorrow
Social Studies: answer questions 1 and 2 from page 9 of Social Studies textbook in Social Studies notebook

This week...

My apologies for missing the homework post over the past couple of nights. On Tuesday and Wednesday (and again tomorrow) I was out of the building at a special ed. training.