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Oct. 20, 2011

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New spelling words given Monday  This is week 2 of the October words.

For parents: the basic homework schedule for homeroom is as follows:

  • Monday- Spelling
  • Tuesday- Math
  • Wednesday- Writing
  • Thursday - math and spelling test study
  • Every evening should include at least a half hour of sustained reading.

 

Download blank comic pages here

 

Download other important pages here

String art links here

 

 

Computer Buddy Day

Class schedule is now posted

Periods 1 and 2...Room 205

9:00 - 9:40 am
9:40 - 10:20 am

Grade 8:
Working day for Design and Technology. Students will continue working on hydraulic mazes.
Assignment criteria is posted on the <Assignment Page>


 

Periods 3 and 4 ...Room 32

10:35 - 11:15 am
11:15 - 11:45 am

Grade 7:
Students will use grade 7 textbooks to write jot notes about animals and habitats.
Pages 38-40, 42-43 and 46


Period 5

12:45 - 1:15 pm
Computer Buddy Day

Students will show little buddies how to log on to the computer and to type with the keyboard. Meet Mr. Aucoin in the Library. Students with buddies in grade 1 will be in the Library, those with buddies in grade 2 will go to the computer lab.


Period 6...Room 32

History 1:15 - 1:55 pm

Research and writing about New France.


Periods 7 and 8 ...Room 32

 
1:55 - 2:35 pm

2:50 - 3:30 pm

Writing periods continued.


Agenda Checks
All Intermediate students return to Homeroom
3:25 - 3:30 pm

Temporal Orchestration Writing. Use the story panels from this page to guide your writing.



P 73 --> #3-12 (choose 5 questions to complete)

Math patterning

Click here to download today's class work
Click here to download bonus patterns

A reminder that your poetry recitation is due next week. We will take volunteers starting Monday and then go through a list of students. Find your poem here: Poetry Primus

 


For parents: the basic homework schedule for homeroom is as follows:

  • Monday- Spelling
  • Tuesday- Math
  • Wednesday- Writing
  • Thursday - math and spelling test study
  • Every evening should include at least a half hour of sustained reading.

In Science class, we were discussing a large plastic dump in the Pacific Ocean. Watch this report from CNN about this problem.

Links to helpful websites
http://dictionary.reference.com/
http://www.algebrahelp.com/lessons/
http://mathforum.org/library/topics/basic_algebra/



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