Tuesday, 5/27 & Wednesday, 5/28
MA: “Tri it” w/s
ALGEBRA: p. 93, 1-8
LA: Read 30 minutes.
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Thursday, 5/22
LA: Quiz tomorrow.
SCI: Quiz tomorrow.
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Monday, 5/19 Community Service tomorrow!
MA: p. 19 triangles 1-12; p. 18 triangles, 1-10
LA: Read 30 minutes. Finish vocab if you have not.
SCI: Quiz on cells Friday.
Sp/Fr Zack: Memorize first 20 words for Tuesday.
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Thursday, 5/15
LA: Vocab sentences due tomorrow.
MA: Lines and angles. ALGEBRA: 2-3, p.88 even
SCI: D block: Plant cell worksheet.
SS: Current events due today.
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Thursday, 5/8
SCI: Finish cell labeling w/s
SS: Immigration article and chart.
MA: Lines, rays w/s #2
LA: Read 30 minutes!
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BOSTON TRIP TOMORROW!
Monday, 5/5
MA: Points, Lines, Rays w/s. ALGEBRA: 2-2, p. 81
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Thursday, 5/1 & Friday, 5/2
LA: Speak essay revisions, if any, due Monday.
SS: Finish gathering Boston info.
SCI: Cell parts due Tuesday, May 6.
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Wednesday, 4/30
MA: Study for math test
LA: “Pulling Up Stakes” blog assignment:
http://blogs.portlandschools.org/macoyj
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Tuesday, 4/29
MA: Reverse side of last night’s sheet: percent to decimal. Skip the bottom row. Algebra: p.78, 2-1
LA: “Pulling Up Stakes” blog assignment:
http://blogs.portlandschools.org/macoyj
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Monday, 4/28
MA: 10% of a number w/s: 1-30 do 10%; 31-60 do 1%
LA: New blog assignment: http://blogs.portlandschools.org/macoyj
SS: Current events due tomorrow.
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Monday, 4/14; Tuesday, 4/15; Wednesday, 4/16
MA: “Store discounts…” w/s, if you did not finish it in class.
LA: Final draft of SPEAK essay due Friday, 4/18.
SS: Be ready for your country presentation.
SCI: Seasons presentations due Friday.
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Week of Monday, 4/7
LA: First draft SPEAK essays due Friday, 4/11.
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DON’T FORGET OUR POTLUCK LUNCH ON MONDAY, APRIL 7.
Friday, 4/4
LA: Final SPEAK essays due Friday, 4/11.
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Thursday, 4/3
LA: Work on writing Speak essay at home, if you can.
SS: Current event due tomorrow.
Sp/Estevez: See staff.portlandschools.org/estevj/site/homework7th.html
SP/Fr Zack-Farrell: Presentations this week.
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Wednesday, 4/2
MA: x percent of a number w/s, rounding on the back.
LA & SS: see below.
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Tuesday, 4/1
MA: 1-8 w/s, both sides
LA: Finish SPEAK. Work on body paragraphs of your 5-paragraph essay at home, if you can.
SS: Paragraphs and visuals about your Olympics country are overdue.
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Monday, 3/31
MA: Decimals addition (line up those decimals!)
LA: Finish SPEAK. Work on writing body paragraphs of your 5-paragraph essay at home, if you can.
SS: Finish up paragraphs and visuals about your Olympics country.
Sp/Estevez: See staff.portlandschools.org/estevj/site/homework7th.html
SP/Fr Zack-Farrell: Presentations this week.
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11:30 RELEASE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY (conferences) :)
Monday, 3/24
LA: Blogs due Wednesday. Keep reading SPEAK: to p 148 by Monday, 3/31.
SCI: Finish study guide if you got it today. Test later this week.
SS: Visuals due tomorrow/Wednesday.
Sp/Estevez: Finish presentation Elemento Cultural (from your country).
See staff.portlandschools.org/estevj/site/homework7th.html
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Thursday, 3/20
MA: Finish yesterday’s math assignment.
LA: Read SPEAK through p. 74 by 3/24 (Monday). Blog entries due 3/26.
( see pirkl.wordpress.com )
SS: Paragraph about your graph due next class.
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Wednesday, 3/19
MA: 10% & 1% w/s. ALGEBRA: 1-7 p.37/38
LA: Write down a question about what you have read so far. Blog entries due 3/26
( see pirkl.wordpress.com )
SS: Current event was due today. Not accepted after 3/26.
Paragraph due tomorrow, not accepted after 3/27.
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Tuesday, 3/18
LA: Read to pg 74 by March 24 (Monday). Blog entries due 3/26.
SS: Current events due Wednesday, day 2.
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Community Service tomorrow! Dress warmly for walking.
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Monday, 3/17
MA: Percent w/s
LA: Finish reading Hoot and activity sheets if you haven’t yet. After 3/20, no more make-up or late grades.
SS: Current events due Wednesday, day 2.
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Thursday, 2/28
LA: Hoot Activity sheet, ch 8-11, due 3/5 (Wednesday)
Book blog entry due 3/5, also. Vocab quiz Friday:
assault, evict, anomaly, indifference, comprehend, absurd, envision, civilized, culprit, incident, unprovoked, decisive, literal, impulsive, surveillance
SCI: Finish vocab. Kingdom research project due Friday.
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Wednesday’s homefun, 2/27
MA: Perimeter w/s. ALGEBRA: Divisibility w/s.
SCI: Finish vocab. Kingdom research project due Friday.
Fr/Sp Zack: Research packet due Thursday.
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Tuesday, 2/26
MA: Test for all blocks EXCEPT B. B: Perimeter sheet.
All other subjects, see Monday.
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Monday, 2/25
MA: Test in next math class.
LA: Activity sheets due Thursday. Vocab sentences due next class. Vocab QUIZ Friday. Next book blog entry due 3/5.
http://blogs.portlandschools.org/macoyj/assignments/
SS: Finish countries.
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Thursday, 2/14
SS: Current Events due Day 2 (Friday).
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Tuesday, 2/12
LA: Hoot activity sheet & collage, both due Wednesday.
Read 30 minutes (ALWAYS!). “Conflict” blog (Mr Pirkl) due 2/14.
SS: Finish plan. Current Events due Day 2 (Friday).
MA: “Division w/ Integer answers” w/s.
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Monday, 2/11
LA: Hoot activity sheet & collage, both due Wednesday.
Read 30 minutes (ALWAYS!). “Conflict” blog (Mr Pirkl) due 2/14.
SS: D block: Finish plan. Current Events due Day 2 (Friday).
MA: Division w/s.
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Wednesday, 2/6
LA: Ch 2 & 3 Hoot.
Read 30 minutes (ALWAYS!). “Conflict” blog (Mr Pirkl) due 2/14.
SS: Current Events due Day 2 (Thursday). Government w/s due Friday.
SCI: Classification w/s due Thursday. Adaptation assignment due Friday.
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Tuesday, 2/5
MA: Finish w/s. ALGEBRA: p. 35 w/s
LA: Vocabulary sentences & meanings.
Read 30 minutes (ALWAYS!). “Conflict” blog (Mr Pirkl) due 2/14.
SS: Current Events due Day 2 (Thursday). Government w/s due Friday.
SCI: Classification w/s due Thursday. Adaptation assignment due Friday.
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Thursday, 1/31
SCI: Quiz Fri/Monday (your long block)
LA: Read 30 minutes (ALWAYS!) and do blog assignment by Friday.
MA: Division w/s
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Wednesday, 1/30
MA: Division w/s: decimals. ALG: 1-5 distributive prop p. 26.
SCI: Quiz Fri/Monday (your long block)
LA: Read 30 minutes and do blog assignment by Friday.
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Tuesday, 1/29
MA: Division w/s. Show percents, no remainders.
ALG: 1-5, p 25
LA: See Monday’s note.
SCI: Prepare for upcoming quiz on Living Things.
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Monday, 1/28
MA: Division w/s ALG: Distr. Prop, p 28
LA: Both sides of sentences w/s; Read 30 minutes and do next blog assignment.
SCI: Prepare for upcoming quiz re: Living Things
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Thursday, 1/24
MA: Division w/s
SCI: Is your Char. of Living Things definition chart done?
LA: Read and blog, and read some more!
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Wednesday, 1/23
MA: proportion w/s
LA: read “gentleman….” short story & be prepared to take a quiz.
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1/17 Congrats! What a great celebration of your hard work and culmination of all you learned!
Please remember to invite your parents and guardians to your Culminating Event, Thursday, 1/17 at 9:00 am, in the cafeteria.
1/15, Tuesday:
NO NEW HOMEWORK, BUT PLAN YOUR 5 POINTS TO TALK ABOUT WHEN PEOPLE VISIT YOU “AT YOUR POSTER” THURSDAY.
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1/9 & 1/10: NO NEW HOMEWORK – WE’VE BEEN WORKING ON OUR FINAL PRODUCTS OF THE EXPEDITION.
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Thursday, 1/3 & Friday, 1/4
MA: Due: Bar graph on Appleworks document, complete with corrected items and checked product descriptor.
LA: Due Monday: Complete the 3 wheels on the product descriptor that are places to record notes about 1) What is climate change? 2) Why should we care about it? and 3) What can we do about it?
Read 30 minutes.
New blog entry due by Monday.
http://blogs.portlandschools.org/macoyj
SS: 1st draft (or 2nd) of your writing piece due.
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Monday, 12/17
MA: Superkids Math: equivalent fractions.
LA: Finish up your teaching presentations. Keep reading (30 minutes) and blogging.
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Thursday, 12/13
MA: Reverse side of yesterday’s p. 38: “reducing fractions”.
LA: Due tomorrow: All research, list of references, completed lesson plan.
SS: You can work on your project, due next Friday: 6-par. essay, speech, letter to editor, pictoral essay, poem or commercial.
SCI: Study for phytoplankton TEST tomorrow.
FR/SP: Examen next Friday: verbs: conjugations, meanings, spellings; pronouns. EUROS: create a cool game w/verbs & cubes…
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Wednesday, 12/12
MA: p. 38, 1-15 only ALGEBRA: 1-4 w/s, p. 19 all, p. 20 (1, 3, 5 only)
LA: see below
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Tuesday, 12/11
LA: Due Friday – All research, list of references, completed lesson plan
SS: Choose your writing assignment.
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Thursday, 12/6
LA: Book Buddy blogs, due Friday: 11/28′s “new assignment” is noted on
http://blogs.portlandschools.org/macoyj
SS: CANADA QUIZ Friday.
SCI: Warming waters worksheet, crossword, review, connections and typed answers due Friday.
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Tuesday, 12/4 & Wednesday, 12/5
LA: Due Thursday: Read “9 errors” article of AIT film. Write 4 questions (just questions) that would help someone else understand it better.
Book Buddy blogs, due Friday: 11/28′s “new assignment” is noted on
http://blogs.portlandschools.org/macoyj
MA: Line graphs of our DO and Temp data will be assigned to everyone by tomorrow. Due Thursday.
SS: Due Thursday: An intro paragraph regarding the Gulf of Maine and the fact that it has changed over time. Includes where it’s located, facts you’ve learned, and the last sentence is a thesis statement about how the Gulf has changed over time.
CANADA QUIZ Friday.
SCI: Warming waters worksheet, crossword, review, connections and typed answers due Thursday.
Fr/SP Zack: Memorize 1st 10 RE/ER verbs: spelling, translation, how to conjugate
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Thursday, 11/29
LA: Read 30 minutes.
SS: Canada map due Friday
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Wednesday, 11/28
MA: Study for math test on Thursday.
LA: Read 30 minutes.
SS: Canada map due Friday. Current events due Thursday (day 2).
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Monday, 11/26
MA: Study for math test on Thursday.
LA: Read 30 minutes.
SS: Current events due Thursday (day 2).
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Thursday, 11/15
SS: Current events due tomorrow.
LA: Vocab QUIZ Friday. Read 30 minutes.
MA: “Dividing prices” w/s ALGEBRA: 1-3, p 16 w/s
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Wednesday, 11/14
LA: Vocabulary meanings and sentences due. Vocab QUIZ Friday. Read 30 minutes.
SCI: 5-paragraph essays due Thursday.
MA: Rounding w/s.
SS: Political cartoons are due!
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Tuesday, 11/13
LA: Vocabulary meanings and sentences due next class (seq a & e due tomorrow).
Read 30 minutes nightly.
SCI: 5-paragraph essays due Thursday.
ALG: 1-3, p. 15 w/s
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Friday, 11/9
LA: Vocabulary sentences due Wednesday (seq. a, c, e) & Thursday (seq. d) QUIZ next week. Keep reading! Answer blog prompts appropriately.
MA: QUIZ next week: making a chart comparing costs over time: daily, weekly, monthly and yearly; etc.
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DRESS WARMLY THURSDAY, 11/8: FIELDWORK AT THE WATERFRONT
(It will be cold for this last visit).
Tuesday, 11/6
LA: Read 30 minutes (every night!)
SS: Current events due Wednesday.
SCI: 5 paragraph essay due next Monday, using your notes “Phytoplankton: Why Should We Care?”. We are working on this in class, but planning and rough drafts can also be done at home. QUIZ sometime next week.
MA: Algebra only: 1-3, p. 14
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Monday, 11/5
LA: Read 30 minutes (every night!).
SS: Current events due Wednesday.
SCI: Comparing Oceans w/s due tomorrow; phytoplankton outlines corrected.
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Thursday, 11/1
Fr/Sp Zack: TEST tomorrow.
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DRESS WARMLY THURSDAY: FIELDWORK AT THE BEACH, etc.
Wednesday, 10/31
LA: Don’t forget to read 30 minutes every night. Blog entries can be done at: http://blogs.portlandschools.org/macoyj
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Tuesday, 10/30
LA: Start reading 30 minutes every night, using your “book buddy” books, or anything else, as long as you keep up with the reading assignments and blog entries.
LA: Read movie review and do vocabulary assignment as explained in class. If you haven’t, bring back letter about outside-of-class reading and blogging to Ms Macoy, signed on both sides.
SS: Latin America test tomorrow. Practice on:
www.mccollam.com/fun/geoquiz/
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Monday, 10/29
MA: Buying in Bulk w/s. Algebra: open sent., p. 13
LA: Bring back letter about outside-of-class reading and blogging to Ms Macoy, signed on both sides.
SS: Current events due tomorrow. Finish Gulf of Maine questions if not done in class.
SCI: Observations journals collected tomorrow.
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Friday, 10/26
SS: Current events due day 2 (Tuesday).
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Wednesday, 10/24
LA: Al Gore letters due Friday.
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Monday, 10/22 & Tuesday, 10/23
MA: “The Best Snack Bar Bargain” w/s, #1 through 4, and just set up #5. Algebra: 1-2 w/s, p.11 & 12.
LA: Finish Kieve letter. Al Gore letters due Friday.
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Friday, 10/19:
SS: Are your maps done? Current Events DUE Monday.
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Wednesday, 10/17
LA: Camp Kieve reflections due Monday.
SS: South America, Mexico & Central America maps
MA: Algebra: Order of operations
Sp/Fr Zack: 10/25 TEST: alphabet, greetings, clothing, pronouns, er/ar verbs, parts of body
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Monday, 10/15
MA: Write your response letter to the cookie muncher.
Algebra: Verbal expressions, through 18
Sp/Fr Zack: 10/25 TEST: alphabet, greetings, clothing, pronouns, er/ar verbs, parts of body
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NO SCHOOL MONDAY! CAMP KIEVE WEDNESDAY
Friday, 10/5
SCI: Study for microscope QUIZ Tuesday, seq.s B & E only.
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Thursday, 10/4
SCI: Study for microscope QUIZ (Friday or Tuesday).
SS: Maps due Friday.
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BE SURE TO GIVE PARENTS/GUARDIANS THE LETTER FROM MR McCARTHY.
Tuesday, 10/2 & Wednesday, 10/3
MA: Study 20 minutes, using study guide and notes from class. TEST Thursday.
SCI: Finish Microscope review sheet. Study for QUIZ (Friday or Tuesday).
LA: All vocab TEST Thursday.
SS: Current events due Wednesday; maps due Friday
Sp/Fr Zack: Choose any 5 ar/er verbs and conjugate. Must use llevar/porter. (Up to 3 euros for 4 extra)
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: OCTOBER 10, WE BOARD BUSES FOR CAMP KIEVE AT 7:45!
Monday, 10/1
MA: Movie Madness II. QUIZ Thursday
LA: Vocabulary words – definitions for each and pick 10 for sentences. TEST Friday on all.
SS: Current events due Day 2, Wednesday
SCI: Study for microscope QUIZ.
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THURSDAY, 9/27
LA: Vocab test Friday: Seq.s A & E; Monday: D & E
SS: States Quiz Friday for Seq.s A, B, E
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Wednesday, 9/26
LA: Vocab test Friday: Seq.s A & E; Monday: D & E
SS: States Quiz Thursday Seq. D; on Friday for Seq.s A,B,E
MA: Finish fraction equations
Fr/Sp Zack: Correct quiz if you’d like a higher grade.
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Monday, 9/24 & Tuesday, 9/25
SS: Gulf of Maine note-taking due. U.S. States QUIZ this week. Keep studying!
SCI: Microscope packet due Wednesday. “Frog”textbbok w/s; answer in complete sentences.
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Thursday, 9/20
SS: Gulf of Maine note-taking due Friday (block D) or Monday (blocks A, B, E).
U.S. States quiz on Sept 27/28 (your long block class). Keep studying!
LA: QUIZ tomorrow on vocabulary (noted below).
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Wednesday, 9/19 OPEN HOUSE tonight. There will be a Camp Kieve representative there.
SS: Gulf of Maine notetaking due Friday (block D) or Monday (blocks A, B, E).
U.S. States quiz on Sept 27/28 (your long block class). Keep studying!
LA: Due in your long block, today or tomorrow: 1 sentence for each vocabulary word AND 1 antonym (oppostite word) for each vocab word. QUIZ Friday.
Essential horrendous moral/morality phenomenon predator remote
sceptic/scepital (skeptic/skeptical) steward/stewardship vulnerable
extra credit: Anomoly
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DON’T FORGET TO RETURN PERMISSION SLIPS!
PARENT VOLUNTEERS WELCOME: First field work day is Tuesday, 9/18, after lunch. We will be cleaning up areas around Back Cove. Students should dress appropriately for weather and walking. (It can be a lot cooler near the water!)
Camp Kieve permission slips and info were handed out. Please review, and return them signed, as soon as possible. There will be a Camp Kieve representative at Open House, Wednesday evening.
Monday, 9/17
MA: Do the fractions equation from the board.
LA: Due in your long block, Wed or Thursday: 1 sentence for each vocabulary word AND 1 antonym (oppostite word) for each vocab word. Quiz Friday.
SS: No new HW, but current events were due today.
Fr/Sp Zack: Review greetings for 20 min.; quiz Thursday on greetings and alphabet.
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HW for Friday, 9/14
SS: current events due Monday (Day 2, and EVERY Day 2)
Remember: U.S. States quiz on Sept 27/28 (your long block class)
Keep studying the states!
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HW for Thursday, 9/13
MA: Come up with an idea for a graph of a question, surveying students in the house. There should be 6 choices of answers to the question.
LA: Study for the vocabulary quiz – meanings and spelling (words posted below on Wednesday*).
SS: Finish your U.S. maps
Fr/Sp Zack: Say alphabet 10 times. Quiz on it, and some greetings, Thursday, 9/20
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Wednesday, 9/12
MA: Solve your Adding Fractions equation from class
LA: Finish vocab sheets by Thursday, day 6. Study definitions and spelling for quiz Friday (SEE WORDS BELOW*)
SS: U.S. map due Thursday
* accelerate, aquatic, combustible, evolve (evolving), marine, minuscule, potential, significantly extra credit: millenium /millenia
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Tuesday, 9/11
MA: Finish Order of Ops paper
SS: U.S. map due Day 6, Thursday
LA: Finish vocab sheets by Thursday, day 6 Study definitions and spelling for quiz Friday
