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April 30, 2007

Social Studies (Mon. 4/30)

Classwork
1. Update gradesheet.
2. Take map test on Canada.
3. Work on Canada brochure.

Homework
1. Finish brochure.
2. Get gradesheet signed. Use i-parent for updates to scores.

Science

Classwork
1. Finish labs.
2. Review observations.
3. Make a pinwheel for peace.

No homework.

Posted by Brown-Curry at 04:35 PM

April 27, 2007

Social Studies

Classwork
1. Finish video and notes on Canada.
2. Discuss criteria for brochure on Canada. Be sure to use your notes and the topics provided on the outline for reference.

Homework
1. Study for map test on Canadian provinces and nearby bodies of water. The only capitals that you need to know are Quebec and Ottawa. Map test will be given on Monday.
2. Get your progress report signed.
3. Reminder: gradesheets are due on Tue.

Science

Classwork
1. Teacher demos and labs/observations on mass/pressure/temperature.
2. Discuss gradesheets and expectations.

Homework
1. Get your progress report signed.
2. Update your gradesheet and get it signed and dated in the appropriate place by your parent. Check i-parent on Sun. evening for updates.
3. Complete the Science at Home activity at the end of Sec. 16-1 on notebook paper.

Posted by Brown-Curry at 04:37 PM

April 26, 2007

Social Studies (Thur. 4/26)

Classwork
1. View video on Canada & take notes.
2. Use your notes to begin organizing your travel brochure for Canada.

Homework
1. Map test on Canada will be given on Mon. 4/30. Use your decorated map for reference.
2. Organize the notes you have so far on the brochure handout provided in class. Answer the last question on a separate sheet of paper and attach it to your notes and brochure handout.

Science

Classwork
1. Collect Sec. 16-2 homework.
2. Demos on air pressure and factors that affect it.
3. Review Sec. 15-3 on Air Pressure.

Homework
1. Read Sec. 16-1(Energy in the Atmosphere) and complete the review questions at the end of the lesson. Due tomorrow.
2. Complete the Science at Home activity at the end of 16-1 over the next few days. Record your observations on paper. Due Mon.

Posted by Brown-Curry at 04:42 PM

Social Studies (Tue. & Wed.-4/24-4/25)

Classwork

(4/24)
1. Finish review of Latin America Unit test.
2. Complete (paired) jigsaw activity on The History of Canada. (Reading Strategy).
3. Read Sec. 7-1/7-2 (Australia & New Zealand & Pacific Islands) and complete guided reading WS's.

(4/25)
1. Finish 7-1/7-2 guided reading WS's and submit.
2. Label the provinces and major bodies of water on the map of Canada. Be sure to color it in.
3. DEAR time.

Homework

(4/24)
No homework.

(4/25)
Finish map of Canada.

Science

Classwork

(4/24)
1. Record pre/post-test data for Geology & Hydrology units. Analyze performance on each by identifying areas of strength and weakness in both content matter and study skills. Discuss findings.
2. Review Seasons video discussion questions.

(4/25)

1. View video on Heat.
2. DEAR time.

Homework

(4/24)
Complete Sec. 15-3 (Air Pressure) reinforcement WS.

(4/25)
Complete Sec. 16-2 Review at the end of the lesson.

Posted by Brown-Curry at 04:39 PM

April 23, 2007

Social Studies (Mon. 4/23)

Classwork
1. Finish old work.
2. Discuss Maori people and culture.
3. Review Latin America Unit test.

Homework
None other than updating your gradesheet. Check i-parent after 8:30 this evening for updates.

Science

Classwork
1. View Wind video and use notes to create an illustration about "Wind." Be sure to show how wind impacts something else and include at least 15 facts from the video.
2. Collect gradesheet for weekly check.

Homework
Finish wind illustration.
Note: Per. 6 will also need to complete 5 illustrations and a brief description of each for the make-up video on Pressure.

All work is due tomorrow.

Posted by Brown-Curry at 05:14 PM

April 20, 2007

Social Studies (Fri. 4/20)

Classwork
1. Collect HW.
2. Review.

No homework. Remember to update your gradesheet for Tues. You may check i-parent on Sun. for updated scores.

Science

Classwork
1. View video on Pressure. Draw 5 illustrations and briefly describe how they're involved. Period 6 will do this on Mon.

No homework other than updating your gradesheets. You may check i-parent Sun. afternoon for updated scores.

All Students: Thanks for the outstanding job and effort all week in preparation for CRCTs. Kudos! to a job well done.

Posted by Brown-Curry at 03:20 PM

April 19, 2007

Social Studies (Thur. 4/19)

Classwork
1. View video: How Economic Activities Define a Culture, complete discussion questions and discuss.
2. Review answers to CRCT Prac. #2.
3. Collect HW.

Homework
1. Read article(both sides) about the Maori people and their culture. Write a summary about what you've learned.
2. Use the Internet or other reference to find some pictures of these people. Record what you notice about them. Be prepared to discuss this information tomorrow.

Science

Classwork
1. Discuss "Volume by Displacement or Difference" lab and questions.
2. Review 16-2, 16-3 & 15-3 WB's.

No homework. Thanks for the hard work to prepare for CRCTs.

Posted by Brown-Curry at 05:20 PM

April 18, 2007

Social Studies (Tues. 4/17 - Wed. 4/18)

Classwork

(4/17)
1. Finish CRCT Prac. #1.
2. Begin CRCT Prac. #2.

(4/18)
1. View video on Australia & New Zealand and complete KWL.
2. Work on CRCT Prac. 2.

Homework

(4/17)
None.

(4/18)
Read Sec.'s 1-3 (Natural Resources US & Canada) & 2-4 (Settlement & Independence of Canada) and complete both sides of guided reading WS.

Science

Classwork

(4/17)
1. Watch video: Outer Space/Moon and take notes to create questions for Stump Your Neighbor game.

(4/18)
1. View partial video: Weather to identify factors that influence earth's weather.
2. Review methods of volume measurement & introduce the method of displacement or volume by difference. Perform volume displacement lab with partner, record results and answer discussion questions.

Homework

(4/17)
Use your video notes to create 10 challenging questions that you may use to "Stump Your Neighbor."

(4/18)
1. Complete discussion questions for displacement lab, if not done in class.
2. Read pp. 533-535 of Sec. 16-2 (Heat Transfer) and complete WB pp. 192-194 only.
3. Read Sec. 15-3 (Air Pressure) and 16-3 (Winds) and complete both WB's.

Posted by Brown-Curry at 05:22 PM

April 16, 2007

Social Studies (Mon. 4/16)

Classwork
1. Collect HW.
2. Watch video and update KWL on Canada.
3. Continue CRCT Prac. #1.

No homework.

Science

Classwork
1. Discuss Sec. 15-1 (Air Around You) and review WB.
2. View video on Earth's Seasons and complete guided discussion questions.

No homework.

Posted by Brown-Curry at 04:50 PM

April 13, 2007

Social Studies (Thur. 4/12 - Fri. 4/13)

Classwork

(4/12)
1. Review study questions.
2. Take L. America Unit test.
3. Read Sec. 1-1 (Land & Water: US & Canada) and complete guided reading WS (side 1 only) and use 2-column format to define key terms and key places.

(4/13)
1. Collect HW.
2. CRCT Practice #1.

Homework

(4/12)
Finish 1-1 guided reading WS and definitions for key terms/places.

(4/13)
1. Read Sec. 1-2 (Climate & Vegetation) and complete flipside of 1-1 WS. Update your key terms/places list.
2. Talk with your parent about "political cartoons" and find one in a newspaper or online. Discuss it with your parent and write a summary explaining it. Bring the cartoon and your explanation to class on Monday.

Science

Classwork

(4/12)
1. Finish Hydrology Post-test.
2. Video: Bill Nye (Atmosphere).
3. Use video notes to create an acrostic on Atmosphere. Type it, decorate it and add some graphics that relate to the content.

(4/13)
1. Share acrostics.
2. Begin illustration of the layers of the atmosphere. Use the manila paper provided during class. Use your notes and p. 517 of your text for reference. Be sure to add additional facts from the lesson to your diagram. Color it and add graphics that relate to each layer.

Homework

(4/12)
1. Complete the acrostic.

(4/13)
1. Finish your illustration of the layers of the atmosphere.
2. Read Sec. 15-1 (The Air Around You) and complete your WB.

Posted by Brown-Curry at 04:51 PM

April 12, 2007

The county is in the process of adopting a new text for Social Studies. Parents are invited to stop by the Media Center to look at the materials. You must sign in as a visitor and then proceed to the Media Center.

Posted by Brown-Curry at 09:45 AM

April 11, 2007

Social Studies (Wed. 4/11)

Classwork
1. DEAR time.
2. Discuss Venn Diagram on Cuba & conditions of Haiti.
3. Work on supplementary study guide with a partner. All study guides are due tomorrow.

Homework
Use your completed study guides and maps of Latin America to review for tomorrow's unit test on Latin America.

Science

Classwork
1. Review circle graph on Ocean Water Chemistry and review Ocean Floor Graph and discuss significance of each. Discuss real-world applications of data and associated test-taking skills in preparation for next week's CRCTs.

No homework.

Posted by Brown-Curry at 04:50 PM

April 10, 2007

Social Studies (4/9-4/10)

Classwork
4/9
1. Read information about Fidel Castro's Cuba in mini-booklet and respond to discussion questions and write personal narrative.
2. Update gradesheets.

4/10
1. Read Sec. 5-2 (Haiti) and use guided reading WS to record important facts. Complete flipside on Sec. 5-1 (Cuba).
2. Review chronology of Cuba and primary documents to learn about the Bay of Pigs Invasion and Cuban Missile Crisis. Begin Venn Diagram to compare these two events and impact on Cuba.

Homework
4/9
1. Finish classwork.
2. Get gradesheet signed.
3. Note: Unit Test on Latin America-Thurs.

4/10
1. Finish Venn Diagram and be prepared to discuss tomorrow.
2. Work on study guide for unit test on L. America.
3. Collect gradesheets.

Science

4/9
Classwork
1. Complete unfinished work (Ch.13/14 test make-ups, Sec. 13-2 Tides Outline-Inspiration, etc.)
2. Calculate % salts in Ocean Water Chemistry and construct circle graph.
3. Calculate depth of ocean floor features and construct line graph.

4/10
1. Finish all outstanding work.
2. Collect gradesheets.

Homework
4/9
1. Work on graphs.

4/10
1. Complete final update on KWL chart for Hydrology.

Posted by Brown-Curry at 07:48 PM

April 01, 2007

Social Studies (Thur. & Fri. 3/29-3/30)

Classwork
(3/29)
1. View video "Peru & Brazil" and take notes on the respective viewpoints of the guest speakers.
2. Finish data collection on the economies of L. American nations and discuss.
(3/30)
1. Use video notes to compare/contrast Peruvian & Brazilian lifestyles and cultures. This should be about 2/3 of a page in length and presented in essay format.

Homework(3/30)
1. Finish essay on Peruvian vs. Brazilian lifestyles & cultures.
2. Use i-parent (check on Sat. 4/7) and recently graded work to update your gradesheets. They are due on Tues.

Science (Thur. & Fri. 3/20-3/30)

Classwork
(3/29)
1. Review HW and review for test.
2. Take Ch. 13 & 14 Test.
3. Continue planning Edible Ocean Floor Project.

HomeworkBring in your designated items for the project.

(3/30)

Classwork
1. Finish tests.
2. Build Edible Ocean Floors and share.

No homework.
Note: Those who were absent on Fri. will need to complete an alternate assignment upon return after Spring Break.

Posted by Brown-Curry at 06:53 AM