Tuesday, September 1, 2015

- Science Donations to Mrs. Oliveira
- PTA Donations 
- Please bring your 6th grade donation of $48 to your 1st period teacher
- Friday is a Kingdom Spirit Day    

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 (will be stamped tomorrow):

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
Period 1/2 Yellow Book Contracts
Everyone
Corrections
Sign up on Khan
Bar GraFUN
Dot Plots and Stem and Leaf Plots review

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

Exploratory (Oliveira)
Silent Reading Book for Friday

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