Monday, March 14, 2016

Important Announcements:
- Remember to bring headphones/earbuds to school starting Wednesday — CAASPP Testing for Language Arts starts this Wednesday!!!
- Janelle Rose is excited to be taking over Mrs. Oliveira's class. She will be here through the end of the school year. She has substituted in the district for 19 years and just finished teaching 7th grade math at Cupertino Middle for 3 months. Mrs. Rose can be contacted at rose_janelle@cusdk8.org.

Language Arts 
 - Newsela article due Mon. 3/21: To save Earth's food supply, we need to first save pollinators, report says

Social Studies
- Election Issues Project due next Wed. 3/23 — be ready to fill out the project this Wednesday 3/16 explaining what you've learned about the topic
- preview the Legendary Chinese Emperors Film Adaptation Project, focusing on learning how to use the Green Screen app

Math
- NWEA test Monday and Tuesday (in class)
- Unit 6 Review handout due Wednesday 3/16
- Unit 6 Test Friday 3/18

Science
- Earthquake Paper Rough Draft due Wednesday 3/16 (must be printed and brought to class for peer
   editing)
- Earthquake Final Draft due Wednesday 3/23 (must be printed, brought to class and turned in)
- Earthquake Packet due Wednesday 3/23 - papers must be completed and stapled together in this
   order:
  - Research Handout : Earthquakes in the Bay Area
  - Research Handout : Locations and Names of Faults and Tectonic Plates
  - Research Handout : Soil Types and Tsunami Effects
  - Research Handout : Building Structures
  - Outline with Peer Edit sheet and comments
  - Rough Draft with Peer Edit sheet and comments

Exploratory (Rose)
No Homework

Exploratory (Sun)
No Homework