Agenda Week of April 28th
Posted on April 28th, 2008 at 2:35 pm by garciaa and
Please return your permission slip + $8 for our field trip Monday, May 5th.
STUDENTS MUST BRING A SACK LUNCH THAT DAY!!
Also, please send in your $3 for our in house field trip Friday, May 16th.
These must be two separate payments.
Quote of the Week: “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”
Helen Keller
Happy Birthday: Alexis L (4-30), Andy E. (5-5), Garrett B. (5-6), Morgan C. (5-9)
Language Arts:
Monday-Friday-TLW orally read and discuss The Giver. All classes are on different chapters in the book.
Wednesday-TLW show mastery of vocabulary from Chapters 1-5….VOCAB TEST!!
*All classes-Travel book reports will begin Friday, May 2nd. If you are signed up for that day, make sure you have all of your materials at school that day.
Social Studies:
Monday: TLW define vocab. From Chapter 17
Tuesday: TLW analyze how technology changes people’s ways of life
Wednesday: TLW read and compare population maps
Thursday: TLW analyze how the Industrial Revolution affected workers.
Friday: TLW analyze the economic differences that lead to conflicts between social classes in Europe and the United States
Agenda: Week of April 21st
Posted on April 21st, 2008 at 11:50 am by garciaa and
Important!!!
Please send in $8 (with permission slip) for our field trip to the Pink Palace!! Money and permission slip is due by Friday, April 25th.
Our field trip is scheduled for Friday, May 5th.
Also, please send in $3 for our in-house field trip.
NOTE: You CAN NOT combine the two payments….the financial secretary has them on two different accounts.
*Checks made payable to Schilling Farms Middle School
Happy Birthday: Jake C (4-14), Matt P. (4-22)
Quote of the week: “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
Winston Churchill
Language Arts:
All Classes-work on travel book reports!
All AR tests are due by Wednesday, April 30th
Monday: TLW orally read and discuss The Giver (chap. 1 and 2)
*complete ques. And vocab.
Tuesday: TLW orally read and discuss The Giver (chapters 3 and 4)
*complete voc. And ques
Wednesday: TLW review voc terms/grammar skills
Thursday: TLW orally read and discuss chapter 5-review chap 1-5 vocab.
*Vocabulary quiz tomorrow over chapters 1-5!!
Friday: TLW show mastery of vocab. Over chap. 1-5/Begin Utopia project
Social Studies:
Monday: TLW participate in a Spanish lesson
Tuesday: TLW review vocabulary from Chapter 16
Wednesday: TLW show master of vocabulary from chap.16
Thursday: TLW begin social studies terms project
Friday: TLW participate in Family Life curriculum
Agenda: Week of April 7th-11th
Posted on April 4th, 2008 at 3:03 pm by garciaa and
Upcoming Events:
TCAP Week is next week!!!! This is your time to shine and show us how much you have learned this year!!!
Friday, April 11th: Program for the 6th grade at 9:30 AM.
Quotes of the Week:
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
“Life’s most urgent question is: what are you doing for others?”
Martin Luther King Jr.
Language Arts:
Enriched Lang. Arts: Compare/Contrast book report and AR tests due Wednesday, April 30th.
Regular Lang. Arts: AR book due Wednesday, April 30th
ALL CLASSES: In library this week, you will need to check out one book on a country or state to use for your travel book report. It does not have to be AR. You will need to look for the sign up sheet in library this week (no two students can do the same place within the same class).
Monday: TLW orally read and discuss “Why Dogs Chase Cats”.
TLW: Analyze a compare and contrast essay.
Tuesday: TLW: show mastery of cartoon vocab. And TCAP vocab.
*Test on cartoon voc. And TCAP vocab
TLW review skills/concepts for TCAP
Wednesday: TLW categorize words according to parts of speech
Thursday: TLW complete Think Link Learning practice probe
Friday: TLW review skills and concepts for TCAP
Social Studies:
Monday: TLW participate in a Spanish lesson
TLW review Chapter 15
Tuesday: TLW show mastery of content from Chapter 15.
Wednesday: TLW compare and contrast the ways of life of the royal family and the Flavier family from Literature selection “The Rights of Man, The Reign of Terror”.
TLW define voc. For Chapter 16
Thursday: TLW compare the roles of leaders in the American Revolution.
TLW: Analyze how the focus of the French Revolution changed.
Friday: TLW create a political cartoon