Monday, December 8, 2014

Don't Forget:
- December book orders due this Thurs. 12/11 (everyone who orders gets a Big Hero 6/Baymax eraser pencil topper!)
- Box Tops to your 1st period teacher
- Field Trip this Friday 12/12 pack a snack and lunch
- Kennedy Digital Gift Drive (Donate a gift to a family in need)

Language Arts
- decide on a "Way of Being" that you'd like to apply the "Show, Not Tell" concept to tomorrow in class; review "Show, Not Tell" concepts from Foremost Press and Write Design Online
 
- NoRedInk Assignment #14: Adverbs due next Mon. 12/15

- answer the Scored Discussion Reflection questions in the right-hand column of your Language Arts page of your Google Site portfolio --- due Wed. 12/17 (you will need to copy/paste the link to your Language Arts page and submit it on Edmodo)

1. Think back to the beginning of the week when you were first introduced to the Scored Discussion and participated in the whole class discussion. How did you do then? What has changed over the course of the week for you and how have you grown in your discussion skills?
2. Through the various rounds of scoring, what have you noticed is common for the class? (Are there skills that  we are very good at already/skills that we still need to work on or don’t apply very often?)
3. Is there something that you heard someone do this week that you would like to emulate? If not, what, in general, would you like to work on for yourself?
4. Why is it important to listen to what others have to say and then not simply move on to share your opinion, but first respond to what they’ve said?
5. Whether or not a discussion is scored, many of these discussion traits are good for application in general when engaging in a conversation. Going forth, whenever we have discussions in class (whether whole class or in small groups), what will you do so that: 1. the discussion isn’t dominated by only a few people, 2. those who rarely speak will have their voices heard, and 3. you incorporate what others have shared and build upon those ideas? 

- Reading Letter Blog Entry #2 due Wed. 12/17 on your Google Site. You will need to copy/paste the link to your blog entry and submit it on Edmodo

- finish answering the questions to End of Trimester 1 Self-Assessment and Trimester 2 Goals for My Reading Life on your Google Site Language Arts page (if you didn't finish in class)

Social Studies
- copy down the following definitions in your Hammurabi Mini-Q packet:

• city-state: An independent city, sometimes walled, and often including the territory around it.
• Babylonia: The kingdom ruled by Hammurabi. It included a number of city-states and was located in Mesopotamia, along the Tigris and Eurphrates rivers.
• Mesopotamia: A region in the Middle East that included modern-day Iraq and sections of modern-day Turkey, Iran, and Syria. Note: In Greek, Mesopotamia means "between the rivers."
• cuneiform: A kind of writing used in Sumer and Babylonia. Letters were carved into stone or soft clay with a stylus, which looked a bit like a chopstick.
• stele: an upright stone slab or pillar, often bearing an inscription.  

- complete questions for Documents A-E in Hammurabi Mini-Q packet

Math 6
1492 Challenge due 12/10
Wat is the World's....? and H 4-2 Sheet
Quizzle - Thurs.

Math 6/7
p230-231 9-29 odds
Mind Bender - Thurs.

Science
Convection Lab All - Great Conclusions!!!!
Radiation Sheet

Exploratory (Oliveira)
save toilet paper/paper towel empty tubes

Exploratory (Sun)
- Journal Entry #1 due this Fri. 12/12

- Film Glossary Quiz #1 next Mon. 12/15!