Tuesday, December 8

 English

• Read your book club novel for 20 minutes.  You need to be finished your book by Thursday morning.

• Work on your short story.  Have a finished first draft in Google Classroom by the end of Friday’s class.

Math

• 6s - Today we learned about supplementary, complimentary, opposite, interior and exterior angles.  See Google Classroom.

• 7s - Today we did review for your test tomorrow on circles.  See Google Classroom.

Science

• 6s - Today was a work period for your airshow project.  Friday is presentation day.  You are also expected to hand in your diagrams, written explanations, and planes on Friday.

• 7s - Today you learned about the relationship between manufacturers and consumers.  You also watched a video about electronics.  See Google Classroom.

• Both grades will have a test next Thursday.  We will do some review next week to prepare.  I’ll post study guides in Google Classroom.

Social Studies

• 6s - Work period for inquiry presentation.  Due next Wednesday.

• 7s - Work period for War of 1812 project.  Due Friday.

Wednesday, December 2

 English

Bring 3 responses to the Week 4 Novel Study questions, direct and indirect characterization organizer, and your novel to the book club meeting tomorrow.

Complete your Story Map and Developing My Character organizer by Monday.  Remember to get it approved by me.

Math

6 - Test on area of polygons and composite shapes tomorrow.

7 - Finish circumference of a circle questions for tomorrow.  

Social Studies

6 - Aim to have your inquiry project finished by the 15th of December.  We'll present on the 16th and 17th.

7 - Aim to have your War of 1812 project finished by mid to late next week.  We'll present late next week and early the week of the 14th.

Tuesday, December 1

English

Keep reading your book club novel.  Your 4th meeting is Thursday morning.

Direct and indirect characterization organizer.  Bring to your meeting Thursday.

Math

6 - Review of Area of trapezoids, parallelograms, triangles, and composite shapes.

7 - Circumference of a circle lesson.  We'll do more practice tomorrow.

Science

6 - Preparing for airshow.  Today we reduced the distance you plane needs to fly from 10 m to 8 m, and the time aloft from 8 seconds to 5 seconds.

7 - Design Features - When designing objects, engineers consider the function, shape, and materials, among other things.  Today we looked at different shapes and materials.

Social Studies 

6 - Inquiry project.

7 - War of 1812 assignment.