Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Reminders
- Donations for No Hungry Kid and pie Ms. Sun or Mr. Hamm's face!
- Tuesday - Twin Day
- Wednesday - Sports Day
- Thursday - Crazy hair, sock, or hat Day
- Friday- PJ Day

Language Arts  
- NoRedInk Assignment #12: Rules of Capitalization II (Part 2) due Mon. 1/4
- Newsela article due Mon. 1/4: Popular TV shows, movies could land on YouTube Red to attract subscribers

Social Studies
- Egypt Geography Challenge due this Fri. 12/18
- answer the following questions for the "Applying the Code of Hammurabi to Babylonian Court Cases" activity: (due this Fri. 12/18)

1. What did you find most interesting about each case?
• Citizen Accused of Stealing an Ox
• Commoner Accused of Harboring a Runaway Slave
• Commoner and Soldier Claiming the Same Piece of Land 
• Nobleman and Slave Involved in a Brawl
• Builder Accused of Faulty Construction
• Man Seeking Divorce Without Financial Settlement
• Farmer Refusing to Pay Rent
• Woman Seeking Damages for Her Father's Wrongful Death
• Dispute Between Nobleman and Doctor over Patient's Death  
2. Which laws did you believe were fair? Unfair?
3. Which laws from the Code of Hammurabi are similar to laws we have today?
4. Which laws are different from laws we have today?
5. Which Babylonian values do you think are similar to American values? Which values are different?
6. How would you feel about living in a community that use the laws from the Code of Hammurabi?    

Math

Course 3

2.1.1 and 2.1.2

Homework:  2-6 through 2-9, 2-17, 2-18, 2-20

Signed Test with Corrections
Book contracts and fees
Turn in little course 1 book

Science
Study for test Wed.

Exploratory (Oliveira)
No Homework

Exploratory (Sun)
- Film Appreciation Quiz #1 tomorrow!!!