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Visit the TeacherWeb® videos to learn about the features, modifications, and customizations available on your website. Click here to learn more. Homework small medium large May 21-25, 2012 SOCIAL STUDIES - Mr. Rowe Monday: Work on "Speaking Out!" Essay quiz; due at the start of class Wednesday Tuesday: Work on "Speaking Out!" Essay quiz; due at the start of class tomorrow Wednesday: Civil War 3-minute battle presentations start Tuesday, May 29 Thursday: Civil War 3-minute battle presentations start Tuesday, May 29 Friday: Civil War 3-minute battle presentations start Tuesday, May 29 I will be after school Tuesday until 3:00 and Thursday until 3:30 Battle Presentations will occur in chronological order; battles will be selected via lottery on Wednesday, May 23 LANGUAGE ARTS - Mrs. Prewitt Complete 2nd choice book by Friday, June 1st. Monday: Read. Complete five leads for "Funny Now, Not Then" story. Tuesday: Read. Work on draft of personal narrative. Wednesday: Read. Complete first draft of personal narrative. Thursday: Read. Work on self-revisions of personal narrative. See checklist. Friday: Complete all self-revisions to personal narrative. SCIENCE- Ms. Roberge Students have been working on a meiosis and mitosis presentation in class for the last two days. They will have 10-15 minutes to work Thursday and the rest will need to be completed for homework. Most students are nearing completion, so they may not need to work on this at home. The presentations will be Friday. This is the make-up assignment for the quizzes. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- May 14-18, 2012 LANGUAGE ARTS - Mrs. Prewitt Students need to choose another book and complete the reading of it by June 1st. Reading activities will be due the following Monday without exception since the term will be closing soon after that. Monday: Read. Tuesday: Read. Wednesday: Read. Thursday: Read. Friday: Read. SOCIAL STUDIES - Mr. Rowe Students will spend class time from Monday through Thursday (with the exception of a brief, not-to- be-studied for quiz that acts as a progress check on Wednesday) to work on Westward Expansion Journals. In order to be considered "on-time," journals must be ready at the START of class on Friday. See below for suggested due dates to stay on track. Map- Tuesday, May 8 Tall Tale- Friday, May 11 Entry 1- Monday, May 14 Entry 2- Tuesday, May 15 Entry 3- Wednesday, May 16 Entry 4- Thursday, May 17 Bibliography- Thursday, May 17 I will be after school until around 3:00 on Tuesday and Thursday. SCIENCE- Ms. Roberge Students have been working on research and time lines in class since last week. The finished time lines are due on Friday. While there isn't any assigned homework for the week, students who do not think they will finish their time lines in class should be working on them at home as well. SIDE NOTE: The Meiosis and Mitosis Quiz grades were fairly low overall. This unit will be retaught and a new assignment will be used in place of the quiz grades. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 7 - 11, 2012 LANGUAGE ARTS - Mrs. Prewitt Students need to finish their independent reading novel by Friday. The actual independent reading activity is due the following Monday. Students are required to choose three passages from various parts of the book to write a detailed and insightful reaction to. The work may either be handwritten on the form available in my room or typed. Monday: Make sure vocabulary packet is fully completed and ready to be turned in. Review all prefixes from units 1-4 and study the vocabulary words from the past week for Tuesday's quiz. Tuesday: Read. Make up any quotation papers owed due to absence. Wednesday: Read. Make up any quotation papers owed due to absence. Thursday: Read. Make up any quotation papers owed due to absence. Friday: Complete reading activty by Monday. Typed papers can be printed in class that day. SOCIAL STUDIES - Mr. Rowe After watching "Little House on the Prairie" in class Monday and Tuesday, all class time (except next Wednesday) will be spent working on Westward Expansion Journal projects. The final deadline (for the map, tall tale, four entries, and bibliography) is at the start of class, May 18. Please see suggested deadlines below: Map- Completed by Tuesday evening, May 8 Tall Tale- Completed by Friday, May 11 Entry #1- Completed by Monday, May 14 Entry #2- Completed by Tuesday, May 15 Entry #3- Completed by Wednesday, May 16 Entry #4- Completed by Thursday, May 17 Bibliography- Completed by Thursday, May 17 Quiz on Route, Physical Landforms, and Reasons for Leaving- Wednesday, May 16 Background reading (in order!): Santa Fe Trail (Chapter 8, Chapter 5, Chapter 3) Oregon Trail (Chapter 8, Chapter 5, Chapter 6) Mormon Migration (Chapter 8, Chapter 5, Chapter 7) California Gold Rush (Chapter 8, Chapter 5, Chapter 12) I will be after school until around 3:00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays until the project is complete. SCIENCE- Ms. Roberge Monday- None Tuesday- First check-in tomorrow. The Precambrian Era research must be finished. The Palezoic Era should be started. Wednesday- Check-in Today Thursday- 2nd Check-in will be Friday. The Paleozoic research should be complete. Friday- 2nd check-in -------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 30-May 4, 2012 SOCIAL STUDIES - Mr. Rowe I will be after school Monday until the late bus (3:45) and Thursday until 3:00 for any student who needs assistance. Monday: Industrial Revolution Group Presentation due tomorrow Tuesday: No homework Wednesday: Trail of Tears Reflection due Friday Thursday: Trail of Tears Reflection due tomorrow Friday: Westward Expansion Journal due Friday, May 18 (packet with suggested due dates handed out in today's class) LANGUAGE ARTS - Mrs. Prewitt Students need to finish their current independent reading novel by next Friday, may 11th. The written activity will be due the following Monday. Students will need a copy of their book to complete the written assignment. Monday: Read. Review prefixes (there could be a pop quiz on these on Tuesday!). Tuesday: Read. Complete "Cloze Call 1" in prefix packet. Wednesday: Read. Complete "Cloze Call 2" in prefix packet. Thursday: Read. Complete "word cards" in prefix packet. Friday: Read. Study for prefix/vocabulary quiz which will be on Tuesday. SCIENCE- Ms. Roberge Monday- None Tuesday- Mitosis and Meiosis Review Sheets Wednesday- Study- Students can use their Review Sheet to study from or use their science notebooks. If the information is not on the review sheet it will not be on the quiz. Thursday- Quiz Today! Friday None --------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 23-27, 2012 LANGUAGE ARTS - Mrs. Prewitt Students have three weeks in which to read another book for their next reading activity. This book should be approved by me and should be finished by May 11th at the latest. The completed reading activity will be due the following Monday. In class this week, we will be referring to Lyddie to review plot analysis and conflict analysis. Students who missed the Lyddie test and the final writing prompt before vacation need to make plans to complete these rather lengthy assignments as soon as possible. Monday: Read. Make sure permission slip has been turned in for Wednesday's field trip. Tuesday: Read. Prepare for field trip by packing a bag lunch. Wednesday: Read. Thursday: Read. Friday: Read. SOCIAL STUDIES - Mr. Rowe Monday: Complete "War of 1812" worksheet Tuesday: Come prepared for tomorrow's field trip Wednesday: No homework Thursday: Industrial Revolution group presentation due Tuesday, May 1 Friday: Industrial Revolution group presentation due Tuesday, May 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 9-13, 2012 LANGUAGE ARTS _ Mrs. Prewitt Students needs to complete their final writing prompt ("Lyddie's Bears") for Lyddie by the end of the week. This counts for third term, so any student who is unable to complete it before vacation will receive an incomplete. The Lyddie test is at the end of the week. The test it open notebook, so students just need to make sure that they've read all of the chapters in the book and that their notes are complete. Although I hope to grade these tests during vacation, the grade will actually count for the last term because of anticipated student absences. SOCIAL STUDIES - Mr. Rowe Monday: All judges must have speech ready to go by the start of Tuesday's class. Mr. Rowe is after school Monday to offer support. Lawyers have no homework. Tuesday: No homework Wednesday: Complete "The Parties Begin," worksheet for Chapter 3 of new text (first assignment of Quarter 4) Thursday: No homework Friday: No homework, have a happy vacation! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Automatically clean input to optimize for the web. Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

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