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6th Grade
Language Arts-Students will continue to read works by Gary Paulsen (please be sure to note reading schedule of novel below). Students will also practice for the Middle School production of Macbeth.
Social Studies- Students will learn more about Chinese history by playing a game on the Great Wall Game board.
Science- Students will work on the Science Fair Log Book especially the research portion. Each student's first Log Book check is due Friday, January 30th.
Math- Students will work on scale drawings today. It is important that students understand our last lesson on proportions in order to grasp this week. They will also be working on percents, fractions, and decimals this week.
Religion-Students will begin Lesson 11 which focuses on God's gift of the law to the Israelites.
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7th Grade
Language Arts-Students will study forming compound nouns and how nouns are used in sentences (subjects, complements, objects of prepositions. They will have a quiz on Chapter 2 on Thursday. Students will also practice for the Middle School production of Macbeth (the musical!).
Social Studies- Students will evaluate the influence of Buddhism on Japanese culture and identify the cultural achievements of medieval Japan.
Science-Students will work on the Science Fair Log Book especially the research portion. Each student's first Log Book check is due Friday, January 30th.
Math-Students are beginning Unit 6 this week on Data, Statistics, and Probability. They will be studying line plots and histograms, stem-and-leaf plots, box-and-whisker plots, scatter plots, and misleading graphs this week.
Religion- Students will review the Eucharist as a holy meal and see how Mass is a renewal of Calvary;to realize how Mass is the perfect sacrifice;to explain the fourfold purpose of every Mass;to foster love for the Mass.
Spanish- No class this week because we will be practicing for the Macbeth play.
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8th Grade
Language Arts-Students will study conjunctions and interjections, and they will review for a test on Chapter 2 in grammar. In literature they will read selections on Abraham Lincoln. Students will also practice for the Middle School production of Macbeth.
Social Studies- This week students will learn how the westward migration of whites affected Indian populations. They will also be learning about the next wave of immigrants (German and Irish immigrants).
Science- Students will work on the design of the chain reaction.
Math- Today students are taking home their Chapter 5 take home test that they worked on last week. They are to correct their mistakes and turn it back in tomorrow. Some students did not do very well, so please make sure your child has done this assignment well. It will count for a test in this new quarter. Students will also finish Chapter 6 this week. Next week students will begin to solve systems of linear operations and inequalities.
Religion-This week students will read Chapter 8, The Church Sanctifying and Worship. Students should be able to explain the liturgical year, name three elements of the liturgy, and name the holy days of obligation in the United States.
Spanish- No class this week because we will be practicing for the Macbeth play.
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General Notes:
Middle School Basketball Schedule
An updated basketball schedule. We were able to arrange for seven practices at the Cerro Coso (CCCC) gym at no charge. So… a few practices at our school's courts have been cancelled. Their practices have been combined and moved to Cerro Coso. Please look over this new schedule carefully and arrange for car pools up to Cerro Coso.
The Middle School will be performing 2 songs from our new play Macbeth, the Musical Comedy during Back to School Night on Thursday. This is a delightful project and the students are having fun with the performance. Come and see a 'song and dance' by these fine Shakespearean actors.
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