Friday, December 7, 2018

Language Arts  
SHORT-TERM ASSIGNMENT(S):
- in your Units of Study Narrative Writing Unit Google Doc, make sure to add the following:

• learning target for Session Twelve (on slide 3)
• an entry for Session Twelve Writing: revise your narrative based on the strategies suggested in:
• Narrative Writing Checklist
• Narrative Writing Illustrated Checklist
• Narrative Writers Use Techniques Such As... 
• Narrative Writers Aim Toward Goals Such As...

- Newsela article due next Mon. 12/10: Uproar over the "Lion King" remake (DIFFERENT RULES FOR THIS TRIMESTER — read the article and take the quiz at the end for whichever level Newsela defaults to for you. Recommended: practice reading the article up to 1030L). Before you answer the WRITE prompt, make sure you watch the following two trailers first:

• "The Lion King" 2019 movie trailer
• "The Lion King" 1994 and 2019 comparison

- NoRedInk Assignment #12: Rules of Capitalization II (Part 2) due next Mon. 12/10

LONG-TERM ASSIGNMENT(S)/PROJECT(S):
OVERDUE
- bring your completed postcards with the address written and the the stamps affixed (if you don't have stamps, bring $0.35 for each postcard mailed to within the U.S. and $1.15 for each international one)

OVERDUE
- make sure you submit your Family Interview Project properly by watching this instructional video on submission; the only changes different from the video are:

• the sharing setting should be "Anyone at CUSD with the link can view"
• the fields you need to fill out in the synopsis are
• Title of Interview
• Settings
• Characters
• Synopsis
• (don't worry about Problem/Resolution or Lesson/Insight Learned but you could include those)

Social Studies
- complete:

• Studies Weekly #11: Ancient Egypt (everything except for Let's Write)
• Studies Weekly #12: Egyptian Civilization (everything except for Let's Write)
• Studies Weekly #13: Pyramids (just Crossword Puzzle and Think and Review)

- Chapter 7/Geography of the Ancient Near East Quiz next Tues. 12/11!!! (will cover Chapter 7 in the History Alive book as well as TCI 2.1.2 Understanding Geography's Effect on Settlement in Three Regions — make sure you know how to label all three maps from the packet)

Math 6
Make sure you are making an effort to put the correct heading when doing homework and leaving a section for redoing incorrect hw problems

1. Review sheet #8 due Wednesday, December 12
2. Assessment #8 on Friday, December 14

Math 6/7
Make sure you are making an effort to put the correct heading when doing homework and leaving a section for redoing incorrect hw problems

1. Review sheet #8 due Wednesday, December 12
2. Assessment #8 on Friday, December 14


Science
Density test on TUES. 12/11
    **make sure you bring in the following labs and packets on day of test

1. Volumes of Fun
2. Wa-tar densities
3. Density lab (9 objects)
4. Density cube lab (sink or float)
5. Liquid layers
6. Guided notes (5.1 and 5.3)
7. Study guide

Exploratory (Huang)
No Homework

Study Strategies (Sun)
No Homework