Monthly Archives: September 2011

Study thieves paper, you will have a quiz on it soon. Practice THIEVES with a article from http://nie.miamiherald.com

password is yccs   username is saba

6th period study for states and capitals test remember location.

1st and 5th period- Finish THIEVES practice on chapter 27.

ALL classes may do extra credit to replace a zero for a current event- it is a news article using THIEVES.

Political cartoon due Monday on Tuesday based on immigration, check back later, I will post some helpful sites for cartoons.

Please login to http://nie.miamiherald.com 7th period- go to student login and put saba password is civics

5th period login is saba password is period5. You can look for articles here for your THIEVES extra credit assignment. 1st and 6th period, I will set up later.

Per. 1    Research about the Roman Empire.

Per. 3, 5    Complete Ch. 2.4 Pages 76-83.

Language Arts - Complete 12 sessions of Reading Plus by Sunday; Make sure to have your parents sign your grade sheets and return them to class

Journalism – Complete class project:

2)—CUT OUT A PICTURE FROM A NEWSPAPER

Study for quiz 4-6 & 4-7

Use www.thinkcentral.com for help

Dance (01): Fairchild Performers-PARENTS MUST SIGN AND RETURN FORMS!

Critical Thinking (3,7): Bring in 5 graphics and 5 ARTICLE TITLES. I do not want advertisements. I want a graphic that represents the title of an ARTICLE that you can read…not just look at.

The following homelearning assignments were given to PERIOD 3, 0n Sept. 28 and will be due to class on Oct. 3 :

1.  Reading Plus- Session 4 – 6 (30 mins. each – Due Mon. Oct. 3)

2.  Read for 30 mins. (Personal novel of choice.)

3.  Finish Journal Entry/ Idiom of the Day.

4. Study Lesson 2 vocabulary words.

Weekly Home Learning Packet Week of: 9/26/2011                                                                

Due Date: October 3, 2011

Sight Words:

blue / red / yellow/ green

*Practice reading the sight words every day.

Monday

Language Arts:  Identify and color pictures with beginning sound /s/ p.344.

Math: Online: Go Math! (See directions attached).

Reading: Read for
30 minutes.

Tuesday

 Social Studies:  For National Hispanic Heritage Month we are learning a song in Spanish: “En la granja de mi tio.” Practice the song.

Reading: Read for
30 minutes.

Wednesday

Language Arts:  Write the sight word:  red, blue, green, yellow 3 times each.

Math: Complete Workbook p. P55-56. (Directions are on the bottom left corner of the page).

Reading: Read for
30 minutes.

Thursday

Science: Bring an object in the brown paper bag provided. The students will describe their objects and the rest of the class will guess the name of the object based on the description.

Reading: Read for 30 minutes.

Friday 

Reading: Read for 30 minutes.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Monday
Language Arts: Identify and color pictures with beginning sound /s/ p.344.
Math: Online: Go Math! (See directions attached).
Reading: Read for 30 minutes.

Tuesday
Social Studies: For National Hispanic Heritage Month we are learning a song in Spanish: “En la granja de mi tio.” Practice the song.

Reading: Read for 30 minutes.

Wednesday
Language Arts: Write the sight word: red, blue, green, yellow 3 times each.
Math: Complete Workbook p. P55-56. (Directions are on the bottom left corner of the page).
Reading: Read for 30 minutes.

Thursday
Science: Bring an object in the brown paper bag provided. The students will describe their objects and the rest of the class will guess the name of the object based on the description.
Reading: Read for 30 minutes.

Friday
Reading: Read for 30 minutes.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Chapter 1 Social Studies Study Guide

Vocabulary Words 8/29 – 9/2

Citizen– a person who lives in and belongs to a community.

Community – a group of people who live or work together in the
same place.

Role – the part a person plays in a group or community.

Map – a drawing that shows where places are.

Cooperate – to work together.

Country – an area of land with its own people and laws.

Vocabulary Words and Definitions 9/ 5 – 9/9

Rule – an instruction telling what must or must not be done.

Fair – done in a way that is right and honest.

Responsibility – something that a citizen should take care of or do.

Neighborhood – the part of a community in which a group of people lives.

Location – the place where something is.

State – a part of a country. Example : Florida, New York,
California

Vocabulary Words 9/12 – 9/16

Suburb – a community near a large city.

City – a very large town.

Map symbol – a small picture that stands for a real thing on Earth.

Map key – the part of a map that shows what the symbols mean.

Needs- things people must have to live.

Wants – things people would like to have but do not need.

 Chapter 1 Facts

-Our country is the United States of America.

-Everyone has a role to play in community in which he or she lives.

-A good citizen must work together, or cooperate, with others.

-People’s basic needs are food, shelter, and clothing.

-Places that people share in a neighborhood are schools, grocery stores, libraries, fire stations, parks, and banks.

-A responsibility citizens have is to obey laws.

-Examples of roles: parent, student, son, aunt, friend, etc.

No Homework

Students will be finishing up the “final clean draft” of their essays (Spanish Social Classes)

Reading:
1. Read for 30 minutes. Log it in.
2. Morning Class: Create 6 vocabulary maps using the last set of your words.
3. Morning and Afternoon Class: Create a story using all your vocabulary words.
3. Morning and Afternoon Class: Study for Vocabulary Test

Language Arts:
1. Morning and Afternoon: Study for Spelling Test.

1. TEST GRADE: Remember to attend a Theatrical Event, bring proof of attendence, and write a one page reflection.

2. Practice making emotion facial expressions.

1) Read 30 minutes each day and log it in your Reading Logs (checked daily
for HomeLearning grade)

• Complete a Reading Plus Session (3X a week)
• Access Reading Plus through your student portal

2) RETURN MEDIA RELEASE FORM by Friday

3) Bring a novel/book to read by Friday. You will be required to read at least 2 books a month, beginning in October.

4) Finish Practice Book pgs. 41-52

5) 4th Grade: Vocab Unit 5: Word Association

6) 5th Grade: Vocab Lesson 5: Finish 5E

7) Finish making Florida State Project Collage, Overview, and Physical/Road Map

Useful Websites

1. http://www.50states.com/florida.htm
2. http://www.leg.state.fl.us/kids/home.html
3. http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/kids/
4. http://www.ipl.org/div/stateknow/fl1.html
5. http://www.netstate.com/states/index.html
6. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108198.html

• Period 1: none
• Periods 3 and 5: vocab definitions for lesson 6.1 (page 193) and for lesson 6.2 (page 197). There are 7 words total.

Spelling- Word Boxes #1-16

Friday Tests: Spelling & Identifying subject & predicate

No homework.

1st period- Study for Unit Test on October 4th.

7th period- Where’s It Made WS and Study for Unit Test on October 5th.

Reading: Complete 1 session of ticket-to-read. www.tickettoread.com

Spelling: Write the spelling and vocabulary words, circle the
vowels and underline the consonants.

Math: Complete Practice Book pages 43-44.

Social Studies: Complete pages 3-4.

Period 1: Practice B Chapter 3 Lesson 6 (even)

Period 4: Finish Worksheet

Period 6: Practice B Chapter 3 Lesson 6 (even)

Home learning for Tuesday, September 27, 2011.

**DIAL-A-TEACHER at 305-995-1600 from 5-8 pm for home learning help.

Math:

1. Complete Chapter 1 Test. (due tomorrow)

2. Go to www.explorelearning.com  and complete the “No Alien Left Behind” Gizmos. (due Friday)

SS: State Research for Georgia (due next Monday). Use the format page handed out in class to report your research findings. If you would like to receive a copy of the State Research format page by email, please send me your request by email and I will be more than happy to provide it to you. You may use any of the following age appropriate websites as a resource.

http://www.kids.gov/k_5/k_5_states.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/

http://www.50states.com/

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listthe50sju.html

***OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION***

Thursday, September 29 is a Teacher Planning Day.

1. Myscienceonline.com 7.2 and 7.3 due September 30, 2011

2. Chapter 7.3 Vocabulary and Interactive Science textbook

Lab report due NEXT CLASS

Phase Change Lab (Alternate)  – link for lab

http://science.dadeschools.net/middleSchool/writingInScience.html- click on lab report requirement.

Science Project: Problem Statement 10/3 Monday

Earth and Space

Alien Periodic table due Friday

Earth and Space: 7.1 and chapter 9. 1,2,3 and 4 on myscienceonline.com due 9-30

Chapter 9.3 and 9.4 in Interactive Science due Friday

Earth and Space: 7.2 and 7.3 myscienceonline.com due October 3 , 2011

Science Project: Problem Statement 10/3 Monday

complete Worktext: Practice 4-7 Operations with Square Roots

4-7 Square roots

4-7 Page 174 (13-36)

1. TEST GRADE: Remember to attend a Theatrical Event, bring proof of attendence, and write a one page reflection.

2. Practice the daily activity that you can imitate. You will be performing it for the class. Don’t tell anyone what it is! We have to guess.

Journalism:  Bring newspaper, glue, and scissors

Language Arts:   Reading Plus – 12 sessions by the end of the week; Complete Memory Map

Name __________________________________________________________________

Article Title _________________________________________________________________

Article Source __________________________________________________________________

1. Read the article.

2. Fill out the 5Ws and H.

Who:

What:

Where:

When:

Why:

How:

3. Write a 20-word GIST.      ________________ ________________  _______________  _______________ _____________ ________________ ________________ ____________   ________________ ______________  ________________ ______________   ________________

Log in to your miami herald account and read an article and do the 6 w’s

Who what when where why and how in complete sentences.

http://nie.miamiherald.com

student login saba

password ycss

6th period finish THIEVES assignment (previewing text) chapter 27

Study states, capitals and their location on a map.

All students should have chapter 27 vocabulary into me by Wednesday!