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6th Grade
Language Arts-In Literature, the selections students read this week continue Part 1 Theme of Finding Your Voice. In “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten”, Robert Fulghum looks at the lessons he has learned in the past that have helped him become who he is today. Students will read this selection to understand and appreciate a personal essay and continue to understand theme. The two poems in this section continue the theme as the authors write about the joys and challenges of self-expression.
Spelling/Vocabulary list this week is based on the above selections. The Spelling/Vocabulary test is on Friday, April 29th.
Outside Reading: “Where the Red Fern Grows”, Notebook Requirements for I, II & III of Chapters 14-18 are due Thursday, April 28th. Students will complete “Quiz Time” for those Chapters on Thursday, April 28th.
Social Studies- Daily Geography Quiz #7 was completed April 22nd. Students are to request a parent signature and return it to class Tuesday, April 26th. This quiz was based on the previous five weeks of Daily Geography and reflects how well students are able to focus at the beginning of Social Studies class.
In the Social Studies text, students continue in Chapter 11 “The Ancient Greeks” examining Athenian democracy and society because they are the roots of our democratic system. Also, focus will be on the Greek culture so students will be able to identify the role of culture in Greek history and perceive in ancient Greece the roots of Western culture.
Religion-Students continue in Chap. 18 recognizing the symbolism of anointing in the Old & New Testament realizing how God guides us through Scripture. Chap. 18 Quiz will be on Monday, May 2nd.
Science- Students will learn about the types of interactions that organisms have with each other and with their environment. They will learn to distinguish the two types of competition and to identify predator and prey species. In addition the will learn to recognize mutualism, commensalisms, and parasitism. Finally, students will learn to define coevolution. They will have a Chapter 12, lab test on Thursday. Their Chapter 12 poster and presentation is due on Friday. Study guide for chapter 12 is also due on Friday.
Math- This week students will finish up Unit 9. Students will be learning dependent and independent events. There will be a review on Tuesday and test on Wednesday. They will then begin Unit 10, Integers and Equations on Thursday. Students will become familiar with integers, and add to their understanding of them by performing different operations. Students will also move from solving equations using inverse operations to solving equations using inverse elements, or numbers.
PE - The Baseball unit is continued this week.
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7th Grade
Language Arts-In Literature, the two selections to be read this week go along with the theme; “Appearances to the Contrary”. In “Lose Now, Pay Later”, students read to understand and appreciate a science fiction story about a character who cannot resist a tempting food. In “Exploring the Titanic”, students will read to understand and appreciate a nonfiction selection about a disaster at sea. Students will also have practice in understanding fact and opinion. A variety of activities will be used from the Resource Book.
Spelling/Vocabulary list this week is based on the above selections. The Spelling/Vocabulary test is on Friday, April 29th.
Outside Reading: “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry” by Mildred D. Taylor: Read chapters 1 through 3 by Tuesday, May 3rd.
Social Studies- Daily Geography Quiz #7 was completed April 22nd. Students are to request a parent signature and return it to class Tuesday, April 26th. This quiz was based on the previous five weeks of Daily Geography and reflects how well students are able to focus at the beginning of Social Studies class.
Students are completing Chap. 12, "The Renaissance" and will be tested on Chap 12, Tues., April 26th. In beginning Chap. 13 "Reformation and the Scientific Revolution", students will analyze the decline in power of the Catholic Church and explain the significance of Luther's reforms and the church's reactions.
Religion-As they create a poster, students will demonstrate their understanding of the separation of people into the various religions we see today.
Science- Mammals will be the focus this week. Students are introduced to mammals and descriptions of their common characteristics. They will learn the differences between monotremes, marsupials, and placental mammals and will provide examples of different kinds of mammals. They will have a written test over Chapter 16 on Thursday and a lab test on Friday. Study guide for chapter 16 is also due on Friday.
Math- Students will continue to work on Unit 10, this week. They will be applying problem solving strategies to find how a change in side length affects the area of a plane figure. Students will also be using formulas to compute the surface areas and volumes of prisms, cylinders and composite space figures.
PE - The Baseball unit is continued this week.
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8th Grade
Language Arts-In Literature, students begin Unit Five. In this unit, students will read about people who change and grow by making personal discoveries about themselves and the world they live in. In Part 1 of Unit Five, “Finding Your Place”, this weeks selections explore this theme. In “Dancer”, a troubled girl discovers her Assineboin heritage through dance; in “Moustache”, when Mike is mistaken for his grandfather, he develops a new understanding of his grandmother.
The Spelling/Vocabulary list this week is based on the above selections. Spelling/Vocabulary test is on Friday, April 29th.
Outside Reading: “Across Five Aprils” by Irene Hunt. Read chapters 1 through 3 by Tuesday, May 3rd.
Social Studies- Daily Geography Quiz #7 was completed April 22nd. Students are to request a parent signature and return it to class Tuesday, April 26th. This quiz was based on the previous five weeks of Daily Geography and reflects how well students are able to focus at the beginning of Social Studies class.
Students are completing Chap. 11 “Causes of the Civil War” and will be tested on Tues., April 26th. In Chap. 12, “A Nation Divided”, students will be able to state the differences between the North and South that led to civil war, explain the concept of succession, and assess the military strengths and weaknesses of the Union and the Confederacy.
Religion- As they create a poster, students will demonstrate their understanding of the separation of people into the various religions we see today.
Science- Organic compounds will be the focus this week. Students will learn what organic compounds are and what there are so many of them. Students investigate four types of biochemical: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids. Finally, they learn about hydrocarbons and other organic compounds. There will be a written test over Chapter 16 on Thursday and a lab test on Friday. Study guide for chapter 16 is also due on Friday.
Math-Students continue to work on solving quadric equations by completing the square and the quadratic formula. They will then begin graphing exponential functions and identifying data that display exponential behavior.
PE - The Baseball unit is continued this week.
Health - Students will be completing their prevention of intentional and unintentional injuries unit. They will be learning about conflict resolution this week.
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