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WEDNESDAY

JUNE 24, 2009


MATH

1. Make sure you have brought in your Student Reference Book.  If not turned in, you will be charged, and your report card witheld.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Make sure you have brought in your Social Studies book from home.

  THE CANOBIE LAKE OUTING HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE WEATHER   



I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

 Jimmy Dean



 

 


 

TUESDAY,

JUNE 23, 2009


MATH

1. Bring in your Math Student Reference Book - by TOMMORROW.  Otherwise, you will be charged, and will not receive your Report Card.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Bring in your text book TOMMORROW.  It may turn out to be beneficial in some aspect.

2. FINAL TEST TOMMORROW:  Stone Age, Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient India, Some Ancient China, Some Geography of Countries and Capitals.


To behave with dignity is nothing less than to allow others to freely be themselves

 Sol Chaneles

 


 

MONDAY

JUNE 23, 2009


MATH

1. Bring in your Math Student Reference Book - by Wednesday.  Otherwise, you will be charged, and will not receive your Report Card.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Final Test tommorrow - Stone Age, Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient India - don't worry about China.

2. Bring in your Social Studies Book by Wednesday.



"A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit. "
Thomas Jefferson




 

 

 

 


 


 

FRIDAY

JUNE 19, 2009


MATH - No Homework

LANGUAGE ARTS - Return your book, if needed

SOCIAL STUDIES - Study for the End of Year - ON WEDNESDAY !!

SCIENCE - Study for Vocabulary and Measuring Test on MONDAY  !!


"Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain

Author Unknown


 

Celebration of Learning !!

 


 

 WEDNESDAY

JUNE 17,2009


MATH

1. THINK ORIGAMI !!!

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Literary Circle Evaluation due on Friday.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Study for end of the year Final. 

2. Tonight review your Mesopotamia Test.

SCIENCE

1. Current Event due on Friday

2. Study for Vocabulary and Measurement Test - that will most likely be on Monday.

 


"It's not our art, but our heart that's on display."

(Gary Holland)


 

TUESDAY

JUNE 16, 2009


MATH - No Homework.  Think Origami !!!!

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Go to Ms.Conti's blog, look up a new origami, comment on what you viewed.

SOCIAL STUDIES

 - IF YOU FORGOT YOUR FRAME FOR YOUR PICTURE, BRING IN TOMMORROW -

1. Study for Final Exam

2. Review the Test from the Stone Age, and the "Study Guide" given for the test.

SCIENCE

1. Study for test on measurement and vocabulary.  The test will most likely be next monday.


Voltaire:

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too.



 

MONDAY

JUNE 15,2009


MATH

1. No Homework

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. All Literature Circle work must be completed and handed in tommorrow.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Photograph Project Due

           a. Photograph - matted and framed

           b. Typed Paragraph  : 1. Proper Heading   2. What ? Where ? When ?   3. How does it relate to the 5 themes of Georgraphy

 2. Final on all material covered for the year.

  SCIENCE

1. Study for test on measurement and vocabulary - it will most likely be next monday.


 " I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird."

Sir Paul McCarthy


 

TAO

FRIDAY

JUNE 12,2009


MATH

1. Think Origami

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Lit. Circle Book must be finished by Monday

2. LIt. Circle Handout due Tuesday

3. Final Draft of Poem due Tuesday.   Make sure you do not have a heading - just a title.  Center the Poem and at the end, put your name/color.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Photography Project   ----- due Tuesday

           a. Photograph - matted and framed

           b. Typed Paragraph  : 1. Proper Heading   2. What ? Where ? When ?   3. How does it relate to the 5 themes of Georgraphy

SCIENCE

1. Prepare for the Science Test next week.

2. Review your Vocabulary List and your Measurement Handouts.

 


If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.”

 Tao Te Ching quote

 


 

CONFUSCIOUS

THURSDAY

JUNE 11,2009


MATH

1.  Think Origami  !!!

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Review Origami Websites on Ms. Conti's Blog

2. Read for 30 minutes

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. World Test Tommorrow

SCIENCE

1. Current Events due tommorrow

2. Test on Measurement and Vocabulary next Week.  Start reviewing.

 


Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
Confucius

                                                

 

 


 

WEDNESDAY

JUNE 10, 2009


MATH

1. No Homework

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Read for 30 minutes

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Test on Geography on Friday.  Know the country - capital - continent .

SCIENCE

1. Current Event is due on Friday.

2. Test on Measurement and Science Vocabulary next Week.


Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.

G. Anderson



TUESDAY

JUNE 9, 2009


MATH

1. No Homework

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Read your Literature Circle Book.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Copy of your final picture is due tommorrow.

2. Study for Geography Test on Friday.  Study the 40 countries - capitals - and their continent.

SCIENCE

1. Current Event due on Friday

2. Test next week on Vocabulary, Scales, and Measurements.  Start studying.


Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or the same way.
-- George Evans


 

 

 

 

 

 


MONDAY

JUNE 8, 2009


MATH

1. Finish pages 296 and 297

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Literary Circle reading and handout

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Begin studying for the Geography Test on Friday.  Review the worksheet containing the 40 countries on which you will be tested.  You need to know Country - Capital - Continent.

2. Bring in Final Photograph for Wednesday.   It doesn't have to be matted or framed - just a copy of the picture you have decided to use.

3. Review China material.

SCIENCE

1. Current Events due on Friday

2. Start studying for Measurement and Vocabulary Test next week.


Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism.
-- David M. Burns



 

 

 

 

 


FRIDAY

JUNE 5, 2009


MATH    

1. Type up Final Draft of Letter to Dr. Bach

2. Must bring in SHOEBOXES.

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Brainstorm 10 Titles for your photograph.

2. Type up a rough draft of your poem about your Photograph.

3. Keep reading your Literature Circle Book.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Keep taking pictures.

SCIENCE

1. Current Events due next Friday.


"Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself."

 Abraham J. Heschel


 

THURSDAY

JUNE 4, 2009


MATH

1. No Homework

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Finish Literature Circle Reading and Assignments

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. China ;  Chapter One, Section One :  Section Assessment  :  #1 - #2  (all)

SCIENCE

1. Finish your letters to the Superintendent for Patio Plans

2. Finish your Materials List


Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other

 Walter Elliot quotes


 Wednesday, May 3, 2009

  South Church, Andover, Ma


MATH

1. See Science:   Outdoor Patio Project due Friday

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Do Literary Circle Reflection.

2. Keep up with your reading and assignments for your Literary Groups.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Start taking some pictures

SCIENCE

1. Do "Scale" Worksheet

2. Patio Project:    A. Scale Drawing   B. Materials List   C. Letter to Superintendent      - - - - All sections must be completed by Friday  - - - -


"We all need someone who inspires us to do better than we know how."

Anonymous


Tuesday, June 2, 2009

-   Canoe, Andover, MA  -


MATH

1. No Homework

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Read your Literature Circle Book.

2. Make sure you have completed the Handout.

3. Literature Circle will be Wednesday this week and then the following Monday.

    FRIDAY - We will be going outside to take pictures.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Bring in Camera

2. Get a picture - either a real picture or one from the internet.

3. Memorize the "5 Aspects" of Geography.  There will be a quiz tommorrow.

SCIENCE

1. No Homework.


“He who has an opinion of his own, but depends upon the opinion and taste of others, is a slave.”

— Klopstock 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRIDAY

MAY 29, 2009


MATH

1. No Homework

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Literary Cirlce Homework.

2. Read your Literary Circle Book.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. No Homework 

SCIENCE

1. Study for Unit Test on Cells --  The test in on Tuesday !!!!

 


"Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science. "

E.P. Hubble


 

THURSDAY

MAY 28, 2009


MATH - Study Links  9.1   and  9.2

            Math Journal  - page 328

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Bring in your Book for Literary Circle.

2. Finish your Literary Circle Homework.

3. Direct Object Worksheet

4. Bring in new glue sticks and pencils

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Test tommorrow

SCIENCE

1. Test on Cells is postponed to next Tuesday.


Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

Albert Einstein



 

 


 

WEDNESDAY

MAY 27,2009


MATH

1. Math Journal -  Pages  324  -  326

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Keep 'Reading

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Study for India Test on Friday

SCIENCE

1. Finish Worksheet handed out in class


It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.

Max Eastman

 


 

TUESDAY

MAY 26, 2009


MATH

1. Math Journal  -  Pages 306  and  307

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Complete assignment given to you by your Literature Circle.

2. Obtain your Parent's Signature - on the Literature Form.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Study for Test on Ancient India - which will be on Friday

SCIENCE

1. No Homework.

 


  " The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground. " 

 ~Author Unknown



 

FRIDAY

MAY 22, 2009


MATH

1. Finish Worksheet

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Read IR Book

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Look over India Notes.   Test later next week.

SCIENCE

1. Write up the answers to the following questions.

    :  What is an eggshell made of ?

    :  What will happen when an egg is immersed in an acidic based liquid (vinegar)

2. Don't forget that your Cell Project Reflection is due Tuesday.

    :  What are 3 things your group did well

    :  What are 3 things that your group could have improved upon

    :  Rate yourself on your individual participation and performance

    :  Name the group that you feel made the best presentation of the material.


" If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
If you want to be happy, practice compassion. "


The Dalai Lama





 


 


 

THURSDAY

MAY 21, 2009


LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Your ABC Book is due tommorrow.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Begin to review for the test on Ancient India which will be next week.

SCIENCE

1. Science Reflection is due next Tuesday.  You need to be working on this.

 


" Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. "

BUDDHA


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MATH MCAS - TOMMORROW

GET TO SLEEP EARLY AND HAVE A GOOD BREAKFAST !

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TUESDAY

MAY 19, 2009


MATH

1. No Homweork  --   MCAS

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Pronoun Worksheet

2. Read for 30 minutes.

3. Prepare for Literature Circles.  Begin to think about 3 .

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. No Homework  -  MCAS

SCIENCE

1. No Homework  -  MCAS


" The greatest effort is not concerned with results. " 
Buddhist saying



GET YOUR PROGRESS REPORTS SIGNED BY YOUR PARENTS  !!

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MONDAY

MAY 18, 2009


MATH

1.  Math Journal  -  page

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Read for 30 minutes in your IR Book

2. Bring in all your supplies to finish your ABC Book.

3. Print out your Graphics - in color - to paste into your ABC Book.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Read and Answer :  "Candragupta- M. "

2. Answer Questions  #1  -  #2

SCIENCE

1. No Homework


“To understand everything is to forgive everything”

BUDDHA


 

 

 

 

 


 

FRIDAY

MAY 15, 2009


MATH

1. Finish Worksheet

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. BRING IN SUPPLIES   needed for the rest of the year.

2. Read for 30 minutes each day :  a total of 90 minutes for the weekend.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. No Homework

SCIENCE

1. Do Homework given out by Presenting Groups


 The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

BUDDHA


 

THURSDAY

MAY 14,2009


MATH

1. One - sided  Worksheet

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Read for 30 minutes.

2. Make sure you have all your images and materials needed for finishing the ABC  Book.   Bring in Glue Sticks if you have run out.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Print out Article on Meditation

2. Make sure the Article answers one of these three questions: A) What is the History of Meditation                 B)   How to you perform Meditation        C)  Why do people meditate.

3. There will be a test on India in about 2 weeks.

SCIENCE

1. Do the Homework assigned by your classmates.


Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.

Buddhist Quote



WEDNESDAY

MAY 13, 2009


MATH

1. Finish the Math Worksheet handed out in class.

2. Finish any Vocabulary Words you did not complete in your book.

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Same Worksheet - as yesterday.

2. This time, place Prepositional Phrases in parenthesis   and   underline the Action and Linking Verbs - denoting "A"  and "L" respectively.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Find a small article on two of the three topics:  A)  What Meditation is   B) How did Meditation originate    C)  How do you practice Meditation.

2. Make sure you know some important facts that you can share with the class.

SCIENCE

1.  Complete all homework given by your classmates for their presentations.


To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

Buddha

 

 

 

 


 

 

TUESDAY

MAY 12, 2009


MATH

1. Math Journal - pages 301 ( skip Box 4 )  and 305

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Worksheet

 SCIENCE

1. Do Handouts that your classmates have given you for homework.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. No Homework

2. Go out and play after school.

 


" Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. "

--BUDDHA--


 

MONDAY

MAY 11, 2009


MATH

1. Math Journal  -  pages 290,  299  , and Box 3 on page 287

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Finish all your letters in your alphabet book.

2. Make sure you read for at least 20 - 30 minutes.

SCIENCE

1. Complete Handouts given to you by your classmates.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. You must go outside today and play.

2. No Homework


A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.

BUDDHA



 

FRIDAY

MAY 8, 2009


MATH

1. Finish pages # 288 - #289  in your Math Journal if you didn't complete in class.

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Do  8  more  Letters for your ABC Book.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. No Homework

SCIENCE

1. Your Projects are due.   Presentations begin Monday.


Be who you are

because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

Dr. Suess


 


 

THURSDAY

MAY 7, 2009


MATH

1.  Finish pages in your Math Journal :  pgs 181,182,185,184

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Read for more than 30 minutes.

2. Bring in supplies for the "ABC Book".   This can include glue sticks, paper, glitter, markers, ribbon, stickers, fabric, images from the computer or magazines.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Study for Quiz # 2 on Ancient India

SCIENCE

1. Finish working on your Projects.


 

WEDNESDAY

APRIL 6, 2009


MATH

1. Do pages  # 78  and  #79  in your Math Journal.

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Print your alphabet tonight, or whatever you are using for your alphabet and bring them into School for class.   Be ready to glue them to your book tommorrow.

2. Write the text for 8 Letters.   The letters do not have to go in alphabetical order.  Use Google Doc's if you can.  Be ready to glue your prose into your book tommorrow.

3. Keep reading -  20  to  30 minutes tonight.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Quiz   -  tommorrow  on    Section One     of Ancient India

2. Quiz   -  on Friday     on    Section  Two    of Ancient India

SCIENCE

1. Keep working on your Projects.  There are only two days left.


Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.
Warren G. Bennis


TUESDAY

MAY 5,2009


MATH

1. Math Journal - pages 276 and 277

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Quiz on Subjective and Objective Pronouns

2. Read for 35 - 40 minutes

3. Pick Font for your ABC Books

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Chapter 2 Assessment -  ( #1 - #3 ) :  Correct Format :  TTQA

2. Review Sections 1 and 2 - review the "main idea"  and "vocabulary" sections.

SCIENCE

1. Work on your Projects.   Deadlines are fast approaching.

 


Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non performance can always be explained away.

 Harold S. Geneen


 

 

 

 


MONDAY

MAY 4, 2009


MATH

1. Double sided worksheet.

2. Test tommorrow - area, perimiter, surface area, circumference, volume.

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Read for 30 minutes in your IR Book.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Read Handout :  Hindu Belief

2. List  7  Important Facts from the reading.  Place these on the back of the handout.

3. Do not write paragraphs - just facts.

SCIENCE

1. All of Chapter 4 needs to be completed and ready for grading tommorrow.

2. Work on your projects.  They are due next week.


Do your best every day and your life will gradually expand into satisfying fullness.--Horotio W. Dresser

 


 


FRIDAY

MAY 1, 2009


MATH

1. Double - sided Worksheet

2. Make sure you write the formula on top for each equation.

3. Make sure you show all the steps of your calculations.

4. Remember the "Order of Operations".

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Read for 30 minutes a day.  Therefore, you need to read for an hour and a half over the weekend.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Finish reading the section on Indian Religion.

SCIENCE

1. Work on Project

2. You need to be completing all of Chapter 4 - by May 6th.  


"The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't. "

 ~Henry Ward Beecher 


 

 THURSDAY

APRIL 30, 2009


MATH

1. Double sided Worksheet given out in class.

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Bring in your colored pencils.

2. Read for more than 30 minutes.

3. Bring in your IR BOOK.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Finish your worksheets if you did not complete in class.

SCIENCE

1. Make sure you work on your Cell Project

2. Make sure you have completed


" My father taught me that only through self-discipline
can you achieve freedom.
Pour water into a cup and you can drink.
Without the cup, the water would splash over.
The cup is discipline
. "

R. Montlbn


 

WEDNESDAY

APRIL 29, 2009


MATH

1. Do Worksheet.

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Read for 30 minutes.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Bring in Supplies

2. Clear out the Egypt Section of your binder, and save for the End of the Year Final.

SCIENCE

1. You should be working on your Cell Project.

2. You need to be completing Chapter 4 in the workbook.


" Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. "

Thomas Alva Edison


TUESDAY

APRIL 28, 2009


MATH

1. Check over your worksheets

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Complete the "Subject Pronun" Worksheet

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Complete "Indus Valley Civilization" Worksheet

2. Answer questions  # 1  :   #2   : #4   :  #6

3. Answers should be on a separate piece of paper.  Make sure you TTQA

4. Do not spend more than 30 minutes.

SCIENCE

1. May 6th - all of Chapter 4 is due in the workbook.

2. You should be working on your Projects


"Nobody trips over mountains.  It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble.  Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain. "

Author Unknown


 

MONDAY

APRIL 27, 2009


MATH

1. Double sided worksheet

LANGUAGE ARTS

1. Memorize Subject Pronouns

2. Write 2nd Draft of Prepostion Poem - and type.  Center the poem and put the standard heading on top of the paper.

3. Have your Pop Quiz signed

4. Watch the video on the BLOG

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Section One Assessment on page 149.

2. Questions #1-4  : make sure you follow the correct format and TTQA.

SCIENCE

1. Workbook - all sections of Chapter 3 in Cells and Heredity must be completed.

 


 

"There is no failure except in no longer trying."

Elbert Hubbard