Mrs. Decker's Assignments Week of 2/2-6

6th grade English and History

Science Fair Thursday! Projects due Wednesday!

Spelling 18- regular week

Lang- 148-152

Lit. Circles- Meeting 2 on Tuesday

Creative Writing- new topic, due Friday

Cowboy Poetry Unit: daily in-class activities

History: M- New Unit intro, Ramayana, Compare/Contrast pg 228-233, T- Ch. 7 234-239 read and discuss, lesson review 239, W- Science Fair presentations, Th- Worksheet review, F- Read and discuss 240-245, lesson review 245.

7th Grade English and History

Spelling 15- regular week

Lang- 169-173

Cowboy Poetry Unit: daily in-class activities.

The Midwife's Apprentice- Complete the workbook activities for chap. 4-6 on Monday, Read 7-9 by 2/10, in-class vocabulary activities daily.

Speech Meet: Practice, practice, practice! Speech Meet is 3/6.

History: M- lesson review 6.2, T- worksheet review 6.2, W- Read and complete notes for 6.3, Th- lesson review 6.3, F- worksheet review 6.3.

8th grade English

Analogies- daily in-class activities, study your cards at home!! 2 weeks until the test!

Freak the Mighty- Read chapters 3-4 by Tuesday, review discussion in class Tuesday, Group and Independent choice activities Wed-Fri.

Speech Meet- Practice, practice, practice. Meet is on 3/6.

Lit. Terms- Fri: Characters and Characterization.

Cowboy Poetry Unit: Daily in-class activities.

Next book report due 2/10!!!

7th Grade Spanish/Feb 2-6

Homework due on Tuesday.

Research and type in Spanish about "El Yunque" tropical forest.
It needs to include;
Animal life
Kind of vegetation
Where is located.
5 interesting facts about it.

Thusrday:

Finish presentation in Spanish about "El Yunque".
Listeninig:
Book page 256, act 1.
Book page 257, act 2.

Friday:

Listening review
Page 254-255
Activity 3. Book page 257.

6th Grade Earth Science 2/2 - 2/6

Monday: continue to work on Science Project. Please note that projects need to be at school before 8:20 a.m. on Wed., 2/4. This is so students can present their projects to their classmates and any parents who are able to come to school at 9:30 in Room 312. Please encourage your child to present the project to you over the weekend and check their project against the judging criteria sent home last two weeks ago. Thanks for your support and help!

Tuesday: same as above

Wed: Make sure your student brings their completed Science project before school to room 312. Please join us if you can for their presentations at 9:30 a.m. Students will need to set their projects up in the dining room that afternoon at 12:15. Study for test on C. 9 on Friday.

Thursday: Study for test on C. 9 tomorrow, Friday. Please join us for the Science Fair held between 3:20 and 5:30 and open to all students, parents and teachers. NO projects may be taken home until 5:30 at the end of the fair or on Friday.

Friday: All projects need to picked up from the Dining room, taken to classrooms and then home that afternoon. The final 100 pts. will show up in the 3rd quarter. Students were give full credit if they turned project components in on time this quarter. The final grade will be based on the final project with all corrections included.

Spanish Conjugation for 6,7 and 8th graders.

Verb "Limpiar" to clean.

Presente

yo limpio
tu limpias
el/ella limpia
nosotros limpiamos
ustedes/ello/ellas limpian

Pasado

yo limpie
tu limpiaste
ella/el limpio
nosotros limpiamos
ustedes/ellos/ellas limpiaron

Futuro

yo voy a limpiar
tu vas a limpiar
ella/el va a limpiar
nosotros vamos a limpiar
ustedes/ellos/ellas van a limpiar

Spanish 8th Grade-Dec 29-30.

Thursday

Review of memorization from Tuesday.
Review and dictation of numbers.
New Dialog presentation.
Book, page 237.


Friday
Test of unit 4.

Translation of words and a reading on "Mexico"

If time allows it song
"Mexico"

Spanish 7th Grade Dec 29-30.

Thursday:

Spanish Vocabulary review, book page 249.
dictation of "sports, equipment, words, and phrases.

Reading:

En contexto. Book page 252.
Questions and answers. Page 253.

Listening:

Book 254.
We will discuss the vocabulary used in the book.

Friday:
Book page 256.
We will discribe the weather, clothing and accesories for "Winter and Summer weather"

Song:

Mexico

Spanish 6th Grade Dec 29-30

Review for Thursday and Friday.

Dialog review

Dialog 1 and 2 from last week ( Que compraste? Un pastel y una pelicula.)

Song:

Mama y Mexico.

Reading:

"El Bosque de Chapultepec"

Reading Comprehension Quiz on Friday, Dec 30:

"El Bosque de Chapultepec"
Donde esta el Bosque de Chapultepec?
Que hay en el Bosque de Chapultepec?
Porque se llama bosque de Chapultepec?

6th Grade Earth Science Homework Week of 1/26 -30

Monday: Continue working on Science project. The whole project is due Wed., Feb. 4. Bring a rock to class tomorrow.

Tues: Science project. Those who didn't get full credit need to show me their revised sections before the quarter ends Friday.

Wed: No class

Thurs: Science project

Friday: Science project

NIEMAN - WEEK OF 26 JAN

Bible / Christian Edu

6th - Moving our way through Acts Ch 13 and the growth of the early church.

7th - We've finished James and are beginning 1st Peter.

8th - We've wrapped up our work on the Liberian Baseball Project and have shifted gears into an examination of the early church. There will be an Acts Quiz on Wed 28 Jan



7th Life Science

We've begun ch 10 and the process of scientific classification.

Assignments this week:

Wed 28 Jan - Levels of Classification - HW assignment given in class

Fri 29 Jan - Sub in class. Continue Ch 10

Most efforts will be given to refining students' SF projects. As I've said, I'm real proud of the work the students are doing. Most of the projects have great details and are imaginative and thoughtful. Good job, folks!

Remember that the SF is Thursday 5 Feb.

A detailed schedule of SF events will be distributed this week.

It is likely that on Wed 4 Feb the MS (6, 7, and 8th grades) will display their projects to each other in their science classes. Therefore, student project boards will need to be on campus on Wed. Please wait for the final word on this as decisions are being made.



8th US History

We're continuing our state student teaching assignments / power point presentations.

Be sure you take a few notes as each student teaches. So far, the presentations have been great and full of color, details, and information.

Assignments this week:

None. (except for those who are still scheduled to teach)

Fri 30 Jan - Quiz on the highlights of student teaching lessons.

Next week we'll begin our look at westward expansion and start our long-awaited movie!

Zeringue - Week of 1.26-1.30

Physical Science - Thursday is a journal check. Friday: email your finished abstracts to daphne.zeringue@citytree.org. Continue to ask yourself, What is the science behind my experiment?

Algebra Homework
Mon. n/a
Tues. and Wed. and Thurs. All corrections and retakes are due Friday, Jan 30th!
Fri. n/a

Pre-Algebra Homework
Mon. p.385 7-15
Tues. Study for ch. 7 test
Wed. Complete cumulative review
Thurs. Study for cumulative test
Fri. n/a

Math 6 Homework
Mon. n/a
Tues. and Wed. and Thurs. All corrections and retakes are due Friday, Jan. 30th!
Fri. n/a

Mrs. Decker's Assignments Week of 1/26-30

6th Grade English and History

Symphony field trip Thursday!

Spelling 17- regular daily assignments, test Friday.

Lang- 144-147

Lit. Circles: New groups starting Monday. First meeting on Wed.

Creative Writing: Cowboy Poetry unit for Gala project

History: Mon-218-219, T-220 1-12, W- 220-221 13-18, Th- Test, F- review test, notebooks due.

7th Grade English and History

Spelling 14- regular daily assignments, test Friday.

Lang- 163, 164, 166-168.

Speech Meet: We will be choosing our presentation pieces this week.

History: M- Chap 6, lesson 1 read/notes, T-6.1 lesson review, W- 6.1 worksheet review, Th- symphony field trip, F- 6.2 read/notes.

8th grade English

Speech Meet- We will be choosing our presentation pieces this week.

Freak the Mighty: New class book, starting Monday.

Analogies: Have your note cards with you daily for in-class activities.

Lit. Term: Allusion (Friday)

Mrs. Silveira Week of 1/20-1/23

Monday: holiday
Tuesday: hand in Data Tables and Graph as well as signed sheet about your project
Wednesday: no class, work on Data Analysis and Abstract, due tomorrow, 1/22 (50 pts)
Thursday: hand in project assignment; c. 8 test on Volcanoes
Friday: continue working on Science Project. Due Feb. 4th.

Nieman - Week of 19 Jan

MS Bible / Christian Edu

6th - We're continuing through our look at the Christian life in the book of Acts

7th - Finishing James and beginning 1st Peter

8th - This week and next, we'll put the finishing touches on our Liberian Baseball Project - to help our sister school in Liberia, Africa, develop a PE program with baseball!


7th Life Science

Science Fair projects continue to impress! Many students have taken the initiative to have me edit their assignments prior to the due date. I'll give students who do so full credit if they make the changes I suggest by the due date.

The fair is just three weeeks away - THURSDAY 5 FEB. Please mark you calendars for this event; a major undertaking for CTCS.

ASSIGNMENTS this week:

Tues 20 Jan - Review day of Creation and Evolution (nice debate last Thurs!!)

Thurs 22 Jan - Creation vs Evolution quiz on vocab (Note cards returned last week), and major views of the issue.

Fri 23 Jan - Begin Classification (Ch 10)


8th USH
Our Adopt-a-State assignment has been given and students have chosen and begun researching their state.

This is a complex assignment that will require students to teach the class, using handouts and a Power Point presentation they make.

No more class time will be given to researching; refer to due dates on the yellow handout...and don't forget your teaching date!!

Student Teaching research papers are due in class on Tuesday 20 Jan...and we'll watch the inauguration in class.

Student Teaching begins in class on Wed 21 Jan. Two students teach each day.

Zeringue: Week of 1.20-1.23

Major Kudos to 8th graders! They are making excellent progress in their science fair experiments. Their culminating projects will surely show what the oldest students at our school can do: the best!

Algebra Homework
Tues and Wed. Work on the Review. It's due Friday morning.
Thurs. 1.22 Cumulative Test (chapters 1-6) is moved to Monday due to inaugural address.
Fri. 1.23 Study for cumulative test with practice test.

Pre-Algebra Homework
Tues. 1.20 p.369 18-27
Wed. 1.21 Complete Density Project (10 bonus points if turned in Thursday). Due Friday!
Thurs. 1.22 Complete worksheet
Fri. No homework

Math 6 Homework
Tues. 1.20 Work on tower project- print photos
Wed. 1.21 Work on tower project- make table
Thurs. 1.22 Cumulative Practice Test and tower project- build tower and write paragraph
Fri. No homework (unless your project was not submitted today)

Physical Science: Tuesday in class you will work on data analyis. Wednesday is our binder check. Thursday your data analysis and experiment details are due!

6th Grade Mrs. Irwig/Spanish Class (Jan 19-23) Weekly Work and Test

Tuesday
Review of the conversation "La Ciudad de Mexico"
Presentationof the Future tense with the verbs: ir, ver, and comer.

Ejemplo:

Yo voy a ir
Tu vas a ir
El va a ir
Ella va a ir
Nosotros vamos a ir
Ellos/Ellas van a ir
Ustedes van a ir.

We will work on "El bosque de Chapultepec"and prepositions of location.
cerca de, al lado de, enfrente de, cruzando, en medio de y atras de.

Thursday
Vocabulary presentation "La Ciudad" (the city)

Friday
Test on the conversation "La Ciudad de Mexico"
Conjugation in future and questions about "El Bosque de Chapultepec."

8th Grade/Mrs.Irwig/Spanish class (Jan 19-23) Weekly work and Test.

Tuesday

Conversation and Memorization.
#1
Student A -Que hiciste el fin de semana?
Student B -Compre algo interesante
Student A-Que compraste?
Student B -Compre una pelicula de accion
Student A -Y ya la viste?
Student B -Si, ya la vi. Me gusto mucho.

#2
Student A -Que hiciste el fin de semana?
Student B -Fui a un restaurante
Student A -A que restaurante fuiste?
Student B -Fui a Cheesecake Factory
Student A -y que ordenaste?
Student B -Ordene un pastel de chocolate. Estaba delicioso!

Thursday
We will work and review (Book , page 249 Vocabulary).

Friday
Test on vocabulary, book, page 249 and the conversations of the week.

7th Grade/Mrs.Irwig/Spanish Class (Jan 19-23) weekly work and Test

Tuesday

Book, page 247, activity 4.
We will work together on completing the sentences usin menos (less), mas (more), and tan (as).

Book, page 248, activity 5 (Conversation and memorization).
Student A -Prefieres jugar al futbol o soccer?
Student B -Prefiero jugar futbol. Futbol es mas interesante que soccer.
Student A -Para mi jugar soccer es mas divertido.

Student A- Prefieres andar en patineta o jugar tenis?
Student B- Prefiero andar en patineta. Andar en patineta es mas divertido que jugar tenis.
Student A- Para mi jugar tenis es mas interesante.

Student A- Prefieres jugar beisbol o jugar baloncesto?
Student B- Prefiero jugar baloncesto. Baloncesto es mas interesante que beisbol.
Student A- Para mi beisbol es mas divertido que baloncesto.

Thursday
Review of conversations from previous class.
Book, page 248, activity 7.
We will create a brochure in Spanish and English about our favorite sport.
it has to contain.
Name of the sport.
Schedule
What it is about,
and location.

Reading and review
Book , page 249, vocabulary

Friday
Test about the memorization of the week (previous conversation).
and Dictation of vocabulary (249).

Mrs. Decker's Assignments Week of 1/20-23

6th Grade English and History

Spelling 16: Tuesday- 3x ea and Sent., Wed- Book, Thurs- Prac. Test, Fri- Test.

Lang- T- 140-141, W- Poetry, Th- 142, F- 143.

Creative Writing- New story due Friday.

Lit. Circles- Mtg. 5 on Tuesday. Work on group projects Wed. and Thurs. Start new books Friday.

History: T- 210-213, lesson review 213 1-7, W- review packet, Th- 214-217, lesson review 1-7, F- review packet.

7th grade English and History

Spelling 13: T- 3x ea. and sent., W- book, Th- Prac. Test, F- test.

Lang: 159-162

Creative Writing: New topic, due Friday.

Start new class book, "The Midwife's Apprentice".

History: T- 318 1-12, W- 318 13-19, 25-26, Th- Test, F- Notebook due, review the test, video on Medieval Europe.

8th grade English

Analogies: New Word Master list. STUDY!!!

Lit Terms: F- Interpreting Stanzas

Creative Writing: First draft due Tuesday, partner edit. Final draft due Friday, share in groups.

Lit. Groups- Mtg 5 on Thursday. Group project Friday.

6th grade Earth Science

Week of 1/12 -16

Monday: Continue working on the next step of your science project -Experiment Details and Materials and Procedures due Thursday, 1/15. It's worth 20 points

Tuesday: Please initial the orange sheet your students brings home under the research paper column. Due Thursday

Wednesday: No class! Finish up section of project due tomorrow

Thursday: Work on next step of science project due Tuesday, 1/20. This is the data table and graphical representation of data .

Friday: Same as Thursday

Mrs.Irwig Spanish 8th Grade/ Week Jan 12-16

Tuesday
Finish the Translation Test "Barcelona" from the book page 244-245.
(Type it).
Answer Activity Workbook Unidad 5. Etapa 1 page 25/26.

Thursday
We will work on memorizing the dialog presented on Tuesday about people and their activities.

Friday
Test about "Una mañana tipica" Page 28 from the activity book.

Mrs. Decker's Assignments for Week of 1/12-16

6th grade English and History

Spelling 15, regular assignments and Test Friday

Lang.: Mon- 131C-132, Tues- 133-137, Wed- Clerihew Poetry 2, Thurs- 138, Fri- 139-140C.

Lit. Circles- Mtg. #4 Wed.

Creative Writing- new assignment, due Friday, 250 words.

History: Mon- Finish History Pockets, Pyramid video, Tues- History Pockets due, Wed- Chapter 6, Read 202-207, Lesson review 207 1-6, Thurs- Topographic maps 208-209, Fri- Review packet for lesson 1.

7th grader English and History

Spelling- Review lists 1-12. Study 3 lists each night. No homework, but we will play games in class to practice the words.

Lang: Mon-123-125A, Tues- 125B, Wed- 125C-127, Thurs- 127D, Fri- 127E.

A Single Shard- Read chapters 11-13 by Wed.. Workbook in groups on Wed.. Vocabulary test on Thursday. Group work on Friday.

Creative Writing: New assignment this week, due Friday.

History: Mon- Review and Extend worksheets for 5.2 and quiz, Tues- Read and complete notes for 5.3. Wed- Lesson review pg 315, add to foldable, Thurs- Review and Extend worksheets for 5.3 and quiz, Fri- Primary Sources pgs 316-317.

Eighth grade English

Creative Writing: Begin research for compare and contrast essays on Mon.. First draft due Friday.

Lit groups: Meet Tuesday and Friday.

Lit. Terms: Run On and End-stopped Lines- Friday.

Analogies- New list on Monday. In-class activities daily.

Nieman - Week of 12 Jan

MS Bible / Christian Ed

6th - We're continuing through our look at the Christian life in the book of Acts

7th - Finishing James this week.

8th - We're underway on our Liberian Baseball Project - to help our sister school in Liberia, Africa, develop a PE program with baseball! Should be great!


7th Life Science

Science Fair projects are gong well. The fair is less than a month away - THURSDAY 5 FEB.

Please refer to your calendar for due dates and instructions. Class time is no longer being devoted to work on the S. F. We've begun Ch 8 & 9 - a combined unit on Creation and Evolution.

Please note: We're taking a field trip to the Institute of Creation Research in Santee on FRIDAY 16 JAN from 10:30 - 3:00. Admission is free.

ASSIGNMENTS:

Mon 12 Jan - In-class work day in preparation for our Creation v Evolution debate on Thursday.

Thurs 15 Jan - Debate in class. Refer to the assignment given in class as to what is due for this assignment:

1. Paper
2. 5 note cards
3. Book to refer to
4. Following the "rules of debate" - given on Tuesday 13 Jan in class.

Don't forget our field trip on Friday!


8th US History

We're wrapping up our look at the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Assignments:

Monday 12 Jan - Ch 4 Test. Packet (given in class) is ALSO DUE! Use your packet to study the material for the test; refer also to Ch4 and the text of the Constitution in your book.


Tuesday 13 Jan - Adopt-a-State assignment given. This is a complex assignment that will require students to teach the class, using handouts they make and a Power Point presentation.

Details, times, and other specifies will be given later this week.

Student Teaching and all materials will be due in class on Tuesday 20 Jan.

Mrs. Irwig Spanish 7th Grade/Week Jan 12-16

Work for the week

Tuesday
Reading: Baseball/Beisbol. Book page 244 and 245.
We will answer the questions on page 245 and work on the vocabulary typed in class on Friday.
On page 246 we will do activity no. 1 and 2.
We will work on the conjugation in present, past and future of the verbs cerrar, pensar, querer, entender, preferir and empezar. (We will write them in class and review them together).
(If time allows it we will watch a baseball clip in Spanish and work on the vocabulary).

Thursday
Review of the material seen on Tuesday and we will type and practice and memorize together the verbs we learned previously.

Test on Friday
The test will be about the conjugation of the verbs seen on this week and a translation of the reading "Beisbol" from the book page 244, 245.

Mrs. Irwig Spanish 6th Grade/ Week Jan 12-16

Homework due on Thursday, Dec 15.

"La Ciudad de Mexico"
Translation-Type the dialog given in class (Spanish and English)
Memorize the first part of the conversation .

Test on Friday, Dec 16.
Complete the missing words in the paragraph about "La Ciudad de Mexico."
We will test the first part of the conversation.
Be ready to translate a small paragraph about "La Ciudad de Mexico."

Zeringue: Week of 1.12-1.16

Algebra Homework
Mon. Practice Test
Tues. Online Voc quiz, and STUDY! Ch. 6 Test tomorrow!
Wed. Cumulative Review sheet
Thurs. No homework night :)
Fri. N/a

PreAlgebra Homework
Mon. p.323 1-16, 23-49 odd STUDY! Ch. 6 Test tomorrow!
Tues. Density Project
Wed. p.351 15-26
Thurs. p. 355 14-27
Fri. Density project

Physical Science
Mon. 1-12 Bring materials to work "steps" in class tomorrow. *Bring materials to work on tables if ahead.*
Wed. 1-14 Procedures due in class tomorrow.

Math 6 Homework
Mon. p.303 12-24
Tues. p. 307 9-23 How many pets do you have?
Wed. p.311 6-18
Thurs. p.316 8-23 STUDY! Ch. 7 Test tomorrow!
Fri. chapter 7 project due next week. Packets go home today!

Spanish 6th grade. Homework, Quiz, and Test. (Dec 6-9).

Homework due on Thursday, Dec 8.

Type the verbs seen in class and their conjugation.
Memorize th conjugation of the verbs.
Quiz on Thursday about the verbs.

Test on Friday, Dec 9th.
It will be on the verb conjugation and translation of the same verbs.

Spanish 7th Grade Homework, Quiz and Test. (Dec 6-9).

Homework due on Thursday, Dec 8.

Memorize the conjugation of the verbs typed in class (present, past, and future tenses).
Verb Quiz on Thursday.

Test on Friday, Dec 9.
It will be regarding the verbs and their conjugations. Be ready to translate and write them in Spanish.

Spanish 8th Grade. Homework, Quiz, and Test. (Dec 6-9).

Homework due on Thursday, January 8.

Wordbank
Type the 20 words and translation from the reading seen in class.

Type and study the 5 verbs and conjugation in present, past and future.

Quiz on Thursday of the conjugations.

Test on Friday, January 9.

Conjugations and questions related with places (prepositions).

Zeringue: Week of 1-5 to 1-9

Algebra

Mon. p.307 64-78

Tue. p.312 5-9, 18-25

Wed. Punch 7.16 and 7.18 due tomorrow for grade

Thurs Punch 7.6
Fri n/a

PreAlgebra

Mon. p. 65-72

Tue p. 319 24-31

Wed p. 323 40-48

Thurs p.339 21, 23, 27, 35, 40, 41, 50, 51

Fri n/a

Physical Science

Wed. Complete your Background Research Paper and Bibliography

Due in class Thursday!

Math 6

Mon. Sheet 7-1

Tues. Vocabulary Quilt (use textbook)

Wed. p.292 3-14

Thurs. 298 6-20 and type polygon riddles

Fri. n/a

Mrs. Decker's Assignments Week of 1/5-9/2009

6th grade English and History

Spelling 14, regular daily assignments, test Friday.

Lang. M-124, T-125-126, W- Poetry, Th- 127-128, F- 129-131B.

Lit. Circles: Meeting #2 Tuesday, #3 Friday.

Creative Writing- Due Thursday, 250 words.

Ancient Egypt: History pockets 5, 6 and 7. Pockets will be graded on Tuesday, 1/13.

7th grade English and History

Spelling 12, regular daily assignments, test Friday.

Lang. M- 119, T- 120, W- 121, Th- 122, F- Collect unit 10.

A Single Shard- Read Chap 7 and 8 by Tuesday, 9 and 10 by Friday.

Book report due 1/9!

History: Medieval Japan
M- Read/notes 5.1, start foldable, complete map
T- Lesson review 301 1-6, Add info to foldable
W- Worksheets, Quiz 5.1
Th- Read/notes 5.2
F- Lesson review 308, add to foldable

8th grade English

Book report due 1/6!

Lit. Groups continue meeting this week. Books done by 1/20.

Lit. Terms: Repetition and Refrain on Monday, Rhyme on Friday.
Bring in an example of repetition and rhyme on Friday. Be creative! Bring in your music if you want! Lyrics are fine if you can't bring the music.

Creative Writing: new topic given Tuesday. Complete "Respond" on Tuesday, "Analyze" on Thursday. Begin writing Friday. 1st draft due 1/16.

Earth Science Grade 6

Welcome back!

Monday: Continue working on your 5 paragraph background research paper which is due on Thursday, Jan. 8. Continue with your 10 trials.

Tuesday: Find out whether or not the majority of volcanic activity is explosive or non-explosive. Write down your finding and turn in on Thursday.

Wednesday: No class. Finish up research paper to turn in tomorrow. Your child should have completed 5 trials by now. Please check their progress.

Thursday: Turn in the 5 paragraph research paper.

Friday: Continue working on Science project.