Monday, August 31, 2015

- Science Donations to Mrs. Oliveira
- PTA Donations 
- Please bring your 6th grade donation of $48 to your 1st period teacher
- Please bring tissue donations to your 1st period teachers - Thanks!    

Language Arts
- complete your NoRedInk diagnostic quizzes by this Fri. 9/4

Social Studies
- answer the following questions for the Understanding Our Place in Human History activity:

1. Color television was invented in 1950 C.E. In which decade did this event take place?
2. How many decades are there between the invention of the telephone in 1876 C.E. and the invention of the automobile in 1893 C.E.?
3. How many centuries have passed since castles were first built in Europe?
4. Paper money was invented in China in 910 C.E. In which century did this event take place?
5. What event on the timeline took place in the third millenium B.C.E.?
6. Which year occurred first — 9000 B.C.E. or 1000 B.C.E.?
7. How many events on the timeline occurred before the common era? How many occurred during the common era?
8. How many years are there between the invention of the Phoenician alphabet in 1000 B.C.E. and Columbus reaching the Americas in 1492 C.E.?  

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If you did not finish the in-class questions, you will need to do so at home:

1. Which event happened much longer ago than you thought it had? Which event happened more recently than you thought it had?
2.  Where is the largest gap between events? Where is the smallest?
3. Which month contains the fewest events? Which month contains the most?
4. What does this calendar reveal about your place in human history?
5. In what ways is the information represented in the calendar difficult to understand?
6. What other methods could be used to show the sequence of events in human history? 

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1. What are some differences between the calendar and the timeline?
2. Which method — the calendar or the timeline — was easier to use? Why?
3. Why do you think most textbooks contain timelines rather than calendars?
4. Why do we use calendars on a day-to-day basis?

Math
Book contract for very thin math book (please make sure you keep the book in your backpack)
Triple Venn Sheet
Try to go to the CPM Website tonight
http://textbooks.cpm.org/
Username: cupert1s
Password: 832596

Science
Thank you so much for all of the science donations!

Exploratory (Oliveira)
No Homework

Exploratory (Sun)
- Film Appreciation Quiz #1 this Thurs. 9/3!!!

Friday, August 28, 2015

- Science Donations to Mrs. Oliveira
- PTA Donations 
- Please bring your 6th grade donation of $48 to your 1st period teacher
- Please bring tissue donations to your 1st period teachers - Thanks!    

Language Arts
- complete your NoRedInk diagnostic quizzes by next Fri. 9/4

Social Studies
- answer the following questions for the Understanding Our Place in Human History activity:

1. Color television was invented in 1950 C.E. In which decade did this event take place?
2. How many decades are there between the invention of the telephone in 1876 C.E. and the invention of the automobile in 1893 C.E.?
3. How many centuries have passed since castles were first built in Europe?
4. Paper money was invented in China in 910 C.E. In which century did this event take place?
5. What event on the timeline took place in the third millenium B.C.E.?
6. Which year occurred first — 9000 B.C.E. or 1000 B.C.E.?
7. How many events on the timeline occurred before the common era? How many occurred during the common era?
8. How many years are there between the invention of the Phoenician alphabet in 1000 B.C.E. and Columbus reaching the Americas in 1492 C.E.?  

If you did not finish the in-class questions, you will need to do so at home:

1. Which event happened much longer ago than you thought it had? Which event happened more recently than you thought it had?
2.  Where is the largest gap between events? Where is the smallest?
3. Which month contains the fewest events? Which month contains the most?
4. What does this calendar reveal about your place in human history?
5. In what ways is the information represented in the calendar difficult to understand?
6. What other methods could be used to show the sequence of events in human history?

1. What are some differences between the calendar and the timeline?
2. Which method — the calendar or the timeline — was easier to use? Why?
3. Why do you think most textbooks contain timelines rather than calendars?

Math
Book contract for very thin math book (please make sure you keep the book in your backpack)
Triple Venn Sheet
Try to go to the CPM Website tonight
http://textbooks.cpm.org/
Username: cupert1s
Password: 832596

Science
Thank you so much for all of the science donations!
Current Science Comic due Monday

Exploratory (Oliveira)
No Homework

Exploratory (Sun)
- Film Appreciation Quiz #1 next Wed. 9/2!!!

Thursday, August 27, 2015

- Student Enrollment/Health Card due ASAP (make sure your parent updates/fills out any pertinent information)
- Science Donations to Mrs. Oliveira
- Picture Day this Thurs. 8/27 (female PE teacher) and Fri. 8/28 (male PE teacher)
- PTA Donations
-Please bring your 6th grade donation of $48 to your 1st period teacher
- Please bring tissue donations to your 1st period teachers - Thanks!    

Language Arts
- bring your Language Arts notebook tomorrow
- some people have not filled out the Student Survey and the Partner Survey — OVERDUE

Social Studies
- answer the following questions for the Understanding Our Place in Human History activity:

1. Color television was invented in 1950 C.E. In which decade did this event take place?
2. How many decades are there between the invention of the telephone in 1876 C.E. and the invention of the automobile in 1893 C.E.?
3. How many centuries have passed since castles were first built in Europe?
4. Paper money was invented in China in 910 C.E. In which century did this event take place?
5. What event on the timeline took place in the third millenium B.C.E.?
6. Which year occurred first — 9000 B.C.E. or 1000 B.C.E.?
7. How many events on the timeline occurred before the common era? How many occurred during the common era?
8. How many years are there between the invention of the Phoenician alphabet in 1000 B.C.E. and Columbus reaching the Americas in 1492 C.E.?  

If you did not finish the in-class questions, you will need to do so at home:

1. Which event happened much longer ago than you thought it had? Which event happened more recently than you thought it had?
2.  Where is the largest gap between events? Where is the smallest?
3. Which month contains the fewest events? Which month contains the most?
4. What does this calendar reveal about your place in human history?
5. In what ways is the information represented in the calendar difficult to understand?
6. What other methods could be used to show the sequence of events in human history?

1. What are some differences between the calendar and the timeline?
2. Which method — the calendar or the timeline — was easier to use? Why?
3. Why do you think most textbooks contain timelines rather than calendars?

- Annotations & Primary vs. Secondary Sources Quiz TOMORROW!!! (make sure you know how to make reading comprehension annotations and active reading annotations)

Math
Book contract for very thin math book (please make sure you keep the book in your backpack)
Triple Venn Sheet
Try to go to the CPM Website tonight
http://textbooks.cpm.org/
Username: cupert1s
Password: 832596

Science
Thank you so much for all of the science donations!
Current Science Comic due Monday

Exploratory (Oliveira)
- bring reading book for SSR tomorrow

Exploratory (Sun)
- bring reading book for SSR tomorrow

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

- Student Enrollment/Health Card due ASAP (make sure your parent updates/fills out any pertinent information)
- Science Donations to Mrs. Oliveira
- Picture Day this Thurs. 8/27 (female PE teacher) and Fri. 8/28 (male PE teacher)
- PTA Donations
-Please bring your 6th grade donation of $48 to your 1st period teacher
- Please bring tissue donations to your 1st period teachers - Thanks!    

Language Arts
- some people have not filled out the Student Survey and the Partner Survey — OVERDUE
Social Studies
No Homework

Math
Book contract for very thin math book (please make sure you keep the book in your backpack)
Venn Head Sheet (Why Can't a Judge.....) Odds Only
Try to go to the CPM Website tonight
http://textbooks.cpm.org/
Username: cupert1s
Password: 832596

Science
Thank you so much for all of the science donations!

Exploratory (Oliveira)
No Homework

Exploratory (Sun)
No Homework

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

- Student Enrollment/Health Card due ASAP (make sure your parent updates/fills out any pertinent information)
- Back to School Night  6:30-8:09 pm
- Science Donations to Mrs. Oliveira
- Picture Day this Thurs. 8/27 (female PE teacher) and Fri. 8/28 (male PE teacher)
- PTA Donations
- Please bring tissue donations to your 1st period teachers - Thanks!    

Language Arts
- some people have not filled out the Student Survey and the Partner Survey — OVERDUE
Social Studies
- bring your Social Studies notebook tomorrow

Math
Book contract for very thin math book (please make sure you keep the book in your backpack)
Venn Head Sheet (Why Can't a Judge.....) Odds Only
Try to go to the CPM Website tonight
http://textbooks.cpm.org/
Username: cupert1s
Password: 832596

Science
Thank you so much for all of the science donations!

Exploratory (Oliveira)
No Homework

Exploratory (Sun)
No Homework

Monday, August 24, 2015

- Student Enrollment/Health Card due ASAP (make sure your parent updates/fills out any pertinent information)
- Back to School Night TOMORROW 6:30-8:09pm
- Science Donations to Mrs. Oliveira
- Picture Day this Thurs. 8/27 (female PE teacher) and Fri. 8/28 (male PE teacher)
- PTA Donations
- Please bring tissue donations to your 1st period teachers - Thanks!    

Language Arts
- follow directions from the Letter on Technology Integration to set up accounts for Google Classroom, Edmodo, ClassDojo, NoRedInk, Newsela
- get Edmodo Guidelines letter signed by a parent — OVERDUE
- get Technology Parent Consent form signed by parent — OVERDUE
- get Movie Permission Slip signed by parent — OVERDUE
- get a parent to fill out the Parent Survey online — OVERDUE
- Student Survey — OVERDUE
- Partner Survey — OVERDUE

Social Studies
- E-mail Etiquette Assignment due TOMORROW
- finish reading through the neanderthal article and make "reading comprehension annotations" as well as "active reading annotations"

Math
Book contract for very thin math book (please make sure you keep the book in your backpack)
Read p30 Methods and Meanings

Science
Thank you so much for all of the science donations!
Please look through your science textbook for any damage and document it on your yellow book contract
Venn Heads due Tuesday 
You/Expert and Team/ Expert Column 

Exploratory (Oliveira)
No Homework

Exploratory (Sun)
No Homework

Friday, August 21, 2015

- Science Donations to Mrs. Oliveira
- Picture Day next Thurs. 8/27 (female PE teacher) and Fri. 8/28 (male PE teacher)
- PTA Donations
- Back to School Night Tuesday
- Please bring tissue donations to your 1st period teachers - Thanks!    

Language Arts
- follow directions from the Letter on Technology Integration to set up accounts for Google Classroom, Edmodo, ClassDojo, NoRedInk, Newsela
- get Edmodo Guidelines letter signed by a parent — OVERDUE
- get Technology Parent Consent form signed by parent — OVERDUE
- get Movie Permission Slip signed by parent — OVERDUE
- get a parent to fill out the Parent Survey online — OVERDUE
- Student Survey due next Mon. 8/24
- Partner Survey due next Mon. 8/24  

Social Studies
- E-mail Etiquette Assignment due next Tues. 8/25

Math
Book contract for very thin math book (please make sure you keep the book in your backpack)
Corrections

Science
Thank you so much for all of the science donations!
Please look through your science textbook for any damage and document it on your yellow book contract
Venn Heads due Tuesday 

Exploratory (Oliveira)
No Homework
 
Exploratory (Sun)
No Homework

Thursday, August 20, 2015

- Science Donations to Mrs. Oliveira
- Picture Day next Thurs. 8/27 (female PE teacher) and Fri. 8/28 (male PE teacher)
- PTA Donations
-Please bring tissue donations to your 1st period teachers - Thanks!    

Language Arts
- follow directions from the Letter on Technology Integration to set up accounts for Google Classroom, Edmodo, ClassDojo, NoRedInk, Newsela
- get Edmodo Guidelines letter signed by a parent — OVERDUE
- get Technology Parent Consent form signed by parent — due TOMORROW 
- get Movie Permission Slip signed by parent — due TOMORROW
- Classroom Job application — due TOMORROW(optional) 
- get a parent to fill out the Parent Survey online — due TOMORROW  
- Student Survey due next Mon. 8/24
- Partner Survey due next Mon. 8/24  

Social Studies
- Gingerbread Man poster due TOMORROW
- E-mail Etiquette Assignment due next Tues. 8/25

Math
Book contract for very thin math book (please make sure you keep the book in your backpack)
Why Do Candles.....? (Venn Diagram Sheet)

Science
Thank you so much for all of the science donations!
Please look through your science textbook for any damage and document it on your yellow book contract

Exploratory (Oliveira)
Silent Reading Books for Friday
Quilt Squares due Thursday

Exploratory (Sun)
- bring Silent Reading book for Friday

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

- Science Donations to Mrs. Oliveira- Picture Day next Thurs. 8/27 (female PE teacher) and Fri. 8/28 (male PE teacher)
- PTA Donations
-Please bring tissue donations to your 1st period teachers - Thanks!    

Language Arts
- follow directions from the Letter on Technology Integration to set up accounts for Google Classroom, Edmodo, ClassDojo, NoRedInk, Newsela
- get Edmodo Guidelines letter signed by a parent — due this Thurs. 8/20
- get Technology Parent Consent form signed by parent — due this Fri. 8/21 
- get Movie Permission Slip signed by parent — due this Fri. 8/21
- Classroom Job application — due this Fr. 8/21 (optional) 
- get a parent to fill out the Parent Survey online — due Fri. 8/21  
- Student Survey due next Mon. 8/24
- Partner Survey due next Mon. 8/24  

Social Studies
- Gingerbread Man poster due this Fri. 8/21 
- E-mail Etiquette Assignment due next Tues. 8/25

Math
Book contract for very thin math book (please make sure you keep the book in your backpack)

Science
Thank you so much for all of the science donations!

Exploratory (Oliveira)
Silent Reading Books for Friday
Quilt Squares due Thursday

Exploratory (Sun)
- bring Silent Reading book for Friday

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

- Bring back 6th Grade Syllabus "Expectations and Procedures Verification Page" signed by you/parent (overdue)
- Science Donations to Mrs. Oliveira
- Picture Day next Thurs. 8/27 (female PE teacher) and Fri. 8/28 (male PE teacher)
- PTA Donations
-Please bring tissue donations to your 1st period teachers - Thanks!    

Language Arts
- follow directions from the Letter on Technology Integration to set up accounts for Google Classroom, Edmodo, ClassDojo, NoRedInk, Newsela
- get Edmodo Guidelines letter signed by a parent — due this Thurs. 8/20
- get Technology Parent Consent form signed by parent — due this Fri. 8/21 
- get Movie Permission Slip signed by parent — due this Fri. 8/21
- get a parent to fill out the Parent Survey online — due Fri. 8/21  
- Student Survey due next Mon. 8/24
- Partner Survey due next Mon. 8/24  

Social Studies
- Gingerbread Man poster due this Fri. 8/21 
- E-mail Etiquette Assignment due next Tues. 8/25

Math
Book contract for very thin math book (please make sure you keep the book in your backpack)

Science
Thank you so much for all of the science donations!

Exploratory (Oliveira)
Silent Reading Books for Friday
Quilt Squares due Thursday

Exploratory (Sun)
- get syllabus signed (if you haven't)
- bring Silent Reading Books for Friday