Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Important Reminders
- Direct Donations to PTA - Contest
- AMC 8 Sign Up
$3 to Mrs. Park in room C - Register by Oct. 14th
Test is November 15 (3‑4pm) 
- Picture Makeup Day is TOMORROW Oct. 12
- Canned Food Donations to Second Harvest Food Bank (Kingdom competition!)
- Fall Festival Rescheduled for Thurs. 10/20 due to possible rain this Friday  
 
Language Arts 
- in your Lucy Calkins Narrative Writing Unit Google Doc, make sure to add the following:

• learning target for Session Seven (on slide 4)
• one bullet for the "How to Write Powerful Personal Narratives" chart (on slide 14)
• create a new chart (and bookmark in the Google Doc) titled "Techniques for Writing Memorable Leads" and add the four bullets to your list (on slide 9)
• an entry for 10/11/16 for the three leads for your seed idea

- conduct your interview with a relative/family member for the Interview Project — due this Fri. 10/14

- NoRedInk Assignment #5: Identifying Parts of Speech II (Part 2) due next Mon. 10/17

- Newsela assignment: read one article everyday (pick three from each text set so at the end of the week you will have read six articles, three from each category)

Election Issue: Immigration
Election Issue: The Refugee Crisis

Be prepared to answer these questions in Google Classroom — due next Mon. 10/17: 
Do individuals and families benefit from immigrating to the United States?
Should the United States accept more refugees 
In your response, make sure you include textual evidence from some of the articles you read to support your opinion.  


Social Studies
- Early Humans Geography Challenge due TOMORROW

- Neolithic Times Quiz TOMORROW!!! (will cover History Alive Chapter 3 as well as Neolithic Social Organization simulation)

Math
Homework Correction
CC2 2.3.2   2-124 to 2-129
CC2 3.2.1   3-34 through 3-38

Science
Study Density Test 

Exploratory (Oliveira)
No Homework

Exploratory (Sun)
No Homework