Monday, April 27, 2015

Bolton Math and ELA

Math: none, review practice in test, DVMA Post Test coming on May 6
 
ELA: Words Their Way definitions of Greek and Latin root words, -spect- and -port-. Students will complete second half tomorrow in class with -dic- and -aud- words.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Medieval Europe
Sec 1- Early Middle Ages
p. 521 1-4
We will create posters in class on Tuesday warning others about the Vikings!

Monday, April 13, 2015

Peck Math/Science

Math: Students reviewed Area, Volume, and Surface Area
Homework: None
 
Science: The students learned about life in the Intertidal Zone of the ocean.
Homework: Rocky Shores packet questions due Friday
 
**AZMerit Testing tomorrow!  Please get plenty of rest and be on time to school!

SOCIAL STUDIES

We are working on the Tijuana Estuary packet in class.

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Bolton Math and ELA

Math: Inequalities handout with graphing
 
ELA: Period 5, Planner for essay,
Some in period 4 need to finish their essay

Peck Math/Science

Math: The students reviewed how to calculate surface area. (hard concept!). We also reviewed coordinate geometry and calculating the distance between points on a coordinate graph.
Homework: Buckle Down Pages 163-165 Questions 1-25
 
Science: The students learned how to calculate Mean Absolute Deviation and Interquartile Range.
Homework: Buckle Down Pages 191-193 Questions 1-14 Skip #7
 
AZMerit Writing Test is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon from 12:30 - 3:30.  Be ready and be sure you have a book to read in case you finish early!!  Get a good night's sleep!

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Bolton Math and ELA

Math: Statistics practice. Mean, Median and Mode.
 
ELA: Periods 1 and 4, Writing Planner.
Period 5, Synthesizing handout.

Peck Math/Science

Math: The students worked with "Nets" to help identify surface area of 3-D objects.
Homework: Buckle Down pages 159-160 1-9
 
Science: The students got their tests back and reviewed vocabulary and strategies used in statistics.
Homework: Buckle Down Page 184 1-4
**Test Corrections are due Friday April 10th.  A Parent Signature is also required!

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Bolton Math and ELA

Math: Complete Expressions and Graphing Inequalities 2-page packet
 
ELA: Periods 1 and 4, Synthesizing handout
Period 5, Paraphrasing article about Penguin Sweaters.

Peck Math/Science

Math: The students reviewed the formulas for area of a rectangle and triangle.
Homework: Buckle Down pages 151-153
 
Science: The students were tested on Plant Reproduction
Homework: None!  **The Materials and Procedure sections from your Science Fair Packet are due tomorrow!

Social Studies

Ch 13 Medieval Africa packet due on Wednesday.
(13-2 and 13-3)
 

Social Studies

The packet is due on Wednesday..

Monday, April 6, 2015

Bolton Math and ELA

Math: in class review.
ELA: Periods 1 and 4, paraphrase of article from Scope "Saving Penguins, One Sweater At A Time"

Stewart- MATH

s-26 to the exit ticket

Social Studies

13-2  The Government and Religion of Africa
Work sheet

Peck Math/Science

Math: The students reviewed Area of a Rectangle, Triangle, Parallelogram.
Homework: Buckle Down Packet Pages 144-147
 
Science: The students reviewed Plant Reproduction and Pollination
Homework: Read the article, "Flowers and Seeds" and answer the 6 Think Questions.  Test Tomorrow!