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WEEK OF 5-29-12---HONORS ASSEMBLY--TUESDAY PATROL PARTY---WEDNESDAY
RELIGION---COMPLETE SECTION ON SAINTS IN THE BACK OF RELIGION BOOKS---CARDS FOR CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCY READING---COMPLETE NOVEL VIDEO---READ "FUNNY BOY"---DISCUSS PLOT DISCUSS CHARACTER ATTRIBUTES---VOCAB---QUESTIONS SCIENCE 7TH---NERVOUS SYSTEM---ACTIVITIES---NOTES---VIDEO ON BRAIN SURGERY SCIENCE 8TH-----IT WAS A PLEASURE TO TEACH YOU. I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU. ********************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 5-21-12---SPIRIT DAY --FRIDAY!!!! RELIGION---COMPLETE CHAPTER 12 REVIEW----TEST--CHAPTER 12---TUESDAY---BEGIN CHAPTER 13---BIBLE READING AND SUMMARIES---ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI--LIFE STORY AND VIDEO---CARDS FOR CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCY---NEXT WEEK: COMPLETE CHAPTER 13 READING---COMPLETE JOHNNY TREMAIN---SUMMARIES AND REVIEW ---TEST ON COMPLETE NOVEL---OPEN NOTE TEST ON TUESDAY---COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE VIDEO WITH THE NOVEL---RECORD FACTS FOR DISCUSSION FROM VIDEO FOR NEXT WEEK---NEXT WEEK: CONCLUDE JOHNNY TREMAIN DISCUSSION---BEGIN THE PLAY "FUNNY BOY" 7TH SCIENCE---CONTINUE WITH CIRCULATION SYSTEM---ACTIVITIES---DIAGRAM OF THE HEART---PATH OF THE BLOOD---BLOOD TYPES-----NERVOUS SYSTEM---BRAIN --SPINAL CORD AND NEURONS---VIDEO ON BRAIN SURGERY NEXT WEEK 8TH SCIENCE---MAKE "GAK" (ORGANIC POLYMER)--MONDAY---BRING WHITE GLUE FOR "GAK"---TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY--STUDY SHEET AND REVIEW---THURSDAY-----TEST ON ORGANIC CHEMISTRY ********************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 5-14-12---FIELD TRIP---TUESDAY---NO SCHOOL---FRIDAY RELIGION---CONTINUE IN CHAPTER 12---BIBLE READINGS--WRITTEN SUMMARIES---CHAPTER 12 REVIEW ON WEDNESDAY---TEST CHAPTER 12--THURSDAY---NEXT WEEK: CHAPTER 13 BEGINNING READING---CONCLUSION OF JOHNNY TREMAIN---FACTS---PLOT DEVELOPMENT--CHARACTER TRAITS ---ATTRIBUTE WEBS FOR MAIN CHARACTERS---HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE---NEXT WEEK: BOOK TEST ON ENTIRE BOOK--CHARACTER TRAITS AND PLOTS SCIENCE 7TH---COMPLETE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM---TEST--ON DIGESTION NEXT WEEK---STUDY SHEET---THURSDAY---NEXT WEEK: BEGIN CIRCULATION---HEART, BLOOD, BLOOD VESSELS SCIENCE 8TH---CONTINUE IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY---STUDY SHEET--TEST NEXT WEEK---ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIMENT-----NEXT WEEK: ALLOYS AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS *********************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 5-7-12---MAY CROWNING ---FRIDAY 5-11-12 RELIGION---BEGIN CHAPTER 12---TEN COMMANDMENT REVIEW---CORPORAL AND SPIRITUAL WORKS OF MERCY REVIEW---CONTINUE IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE AND JOHN---MAY CROWNING ON FRIDAY 5-11-12 NEXT WEEK: TEST ON CHAPTER 12---BEGIN NEW CHAPTER---ST. JOAN OF ARC---BIBLE READINGS READING---CONTINUE WITH THE HISTORICAL FICTION NOVEL JOHNNY TREMAIN---DAILY FACTS AND DISCUSSION---ORAL AND WRITTEN QUESTIONS---CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT---FORESHADOWING---PREDICTION AND CHARACTER WEBS---TESTS EVERY FEW CHAPTERS---NEXT WEEK: CONCLUDE JOHNNY TREMAIN---ENTIRE BOOK TEST---WATCH SCHOOL NOTES FOR EXACT DATE SCIENCE 7TH---REVIEW OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES FOR THE BONES ---TEST ON THE BONES ---TUESDAY---BEGIN NEW SECTION ON THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM---ORGANS---FUNCTIONS---PATH OF DIGESTED FOOD---IDENTIFICATION AND DIAGRAM---PUTTING ORGANS INTO THE CORRECT ORDER OF DIGESTION---GLANS OF DIGESTION---NEXT WEEK: TEST ON DIGESTION---BEGIN CIRCULATION---ORGANS AND SYSTEM SCIENCE 8TH---CONTINUE IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY---EXPERIMENT WITH A POLYMER CALLED OOBLEEK---3-D FORMULAS FOR SUBSTITUTED HYDROCARBONS---BIOLOGICAL COMPOUNDS --FORM AND FUNCTION---DRAW AND MODEL---NEXT WEEK: TEST ON SUBSTITUTED HYDROCARBONS---CONCLUDE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY ********************************************************************************************************************** * WEEK OF 4-30-12 RELIGION---CONTINUE IN THE FAMILY LIFE PROGRAM--DISCUSSION--QUESTIONS--ACTIVITIES---USE THE FAMILY LIFE BOOKLETS---CONTINUE WITH FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS ---NEXT WEEK: CONCLUDE THE FAMILY LIFE PROGRAM READING---CONTINUE WITH OUR HISTORICAL FICTION NOVEL JOHNNY TREMAIN-----VOCABULARY---PLOT DEVELOPMENT---CHARACTER WEBS--ORAL DISCUSSION--TESTS EVERY FEW CHAPTERS---DISCUSSION FACTS AND READING ASSIGNED NIGHTLY---AT THE END OF THE NOVEL---END OF THE BOOK TEST ON THE ENTIRE NOVEL---NEXT WEEK: CONTINUE IN THE NOVEL SCIENCE 7TH---CONTINUE WITH THE HUMAN SKELETAL AND MUSCULAR SYSTEM---DISCUSSION, NOTES, DIAGRAMS----NOTES---FUNCTIONS AND PLACEMENTS---TEST LATER IN THE WEEK ON SCIENTIFIC AND COMMON NAMES FOR THE HUMAN SKELETAL BONES---NEXT WEEK: BEGIN THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SCIENCE 8TH---BEGIN COMPLEX HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS INCLUDING THE HYDROCARBONS USED IN EVERYDAY LIFE FOR TRANSPORTATION---ACTIVITIES, DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS AND APPLICATION---FORMULAS AND ATTACHMENTS---NEXT WEEK: CONTINUE IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY *********************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 4-23-12 RELIGION--CONTINUE IN FAMILY LIFE BOOKS---DISCUSS, READ AND APPLY INFORMATION ABOUT IDENTITY, GENDER, AND RELATIONSHIPS---BOOK WORK--APPLICATIONS FROM EACH LESSON---REVIEW TEST AT THE END OF THE BOOKLET----NEXT WEEK: CONTINUE IN FAMILY LIFE READING---CONTINUE IN THE HISTORICAL FICTION NOVEL JOHNNY TREMAIN----VOCABULARY, COMPREHENSION, THEMES, CHARACTER WEBS---FACTS RECORDED AND DISCUSSED DAILY---TESTS EVERY FEW CHAPTERS---ORAL DISCUSSION OF EACH SECTION---COMPARISONS WITH PREVIOUS NOVELS READ THIS YEAR---NEXT WEEK: CONTINUE IN OUR NOVEL SCIENCE 7TH---TEST ON MAMMALS AND MAMMAL DISSECTION --MONDAY---BEGIN SECTION ON THE HUMAN SKELETAL SYSTEM---DISCUSSION, NOTES, IDENTIFICATION, LOCATION--TUESDAY----WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY---COMPLETE IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION OF 30 BONES OF THE HUMAN BODY--BOTH SCIENTIFIC AND COMMON NAMES---NEXT WEEK: TEST ON THE BONES OF THE HUMAN BODY---SCIENTIFIC AND COMMON NAMES SCIENCE 8TH---CONTINUE IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY---IDENTIFICATION, FORMULAS, STRUCTURAL MODELS, USES OF THE FIRST 10 SIMPLE HYDROCARBONS---MODEL AND LABEL EACH FROM METHANE TO DECANE---TEST AT THE END OF THE WEEK---CHECK SCHOOL NOTES FOR SPECIFICS---NEXT WEEK: CONTINUE WITH MORE ADVANCED ORGANIC CHEMISTRY ********************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 4-16-12 RELIGION---BEGIN FAMILY LIFE PROGRAM---BOOKS PROVIDED-----DISCUSS AND TAKE NOTES -----RELATIONSHIPS WITH SIBLINGS, PEERS AND PARENTS----CHANGING RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY VALUES AND DEVELOPING MATURITY---GROWING IN APPRECIATION OF OUR FAMILIES AND OUR FAITH READING---BEGIN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR NOVEL JOHNNY TREMAIN-----CHARACTER ANALYSIS, PLOT DEVELOPMENT, HISTORICAL BACKGROUND---IMPORTANT FACTS AND VOCABULARY RECORDED DAILY----TESTS EVERY FEW CHAPTERS---WATCH SCHOOL NOTES FOR SPECIFIC DAYS------NEXT WEEK: CONTINUE IN JOHNNY TREMAIN SCIENCE 7TH---MONDAY-- EXTERNAL ARTIODACTYLA INVESTIGATION---SHEET PROVIDED---TUESDAY---INTERNAL ARTIODACTYLA DISSECTION AND RECOGNITION OF ORGANS AND SYSTEMS---WEDNESDAY---STUDY SHEET ON MAMMALS---THURSDAY--REVIEW FOR TEST ON MAMMALS---FRIDAY--TEST-- COMPLETE SECTION ON MAMMALS ---NEXT WEEK: BEGIN HUMAN ANATOMY WITH THE SKELETAL SYSTEM SCIENCE 8TH---BEGIN SECTION ON ORGANIC CHEMISTRY---CARBON AND ITS MANY FORMS AND COMPOUNDS---FORMULAS, USES, AND IMPORTANCE IN THE WORLD---FIRST TEN HYDROCARBONS ARE EXPLORED--FORM AND FUNCTION OF THE ALKANES--- 3-D MODELS AND PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF EACH -----BONDING AND FORMULA CONSTRUCTION----NEXT WEEK: CONTINUE IN ORGANIC CHEMISRTY ********************************************************************************************************************* WEEK OF 4-2-12 RELIGION---CONTINUE WITH HOLY WEEK READINGS--GOSPEL VERSES RELATED TO JESUS' LAST DAYS---ACTIVITIES WITH JESUS' LAST WORDS AS RECORDED IN SCRIPTURE---ORAL DISCUSSION OF READINGS---AFTER EASTER: BEGIN CHAPTER 12 IN THE TEXTBOOK READING---COMPLETE "DRIVING MISS DAISY"-----WATCH AND CRITIQUE THE MOVIE VERSION OF THE PLAY---DESIGN AN ADVERTISING POSTER FOR THE PLAY/MOVIE---AFTER EASTER: BEGIN THE NEXT NOVEL JOHNNY TREMAIN SCIENCE 7TH AND 8TH--- MONDAY AND TUESDAY----DRUG AND ALCOHOL EDUCATION---INCLUDING THE EFFECTS OF ILLEGAL AND LEGAL DRUGS----IMPORTANCE OF FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS WHEN USING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS---DISCUSSION---ACTIVITIES---DRUG BOOKLETS--- WEDNESDAY---COMPUTER ROOM WITH MRS. CUSHING HAVE A WONDERFUL SPRING BREAK--HAVE FUN, BE CAREFUL. *********************************************************************************************************************** *WEEK OF 3-26-12 RELIGION---TEST ON CHAPTER 11--RELIGION TEXT--INCLUDING THE COMMANDMENTS---BEGIN READING THE GOSPEL PASSAGES FOR HOLY WEEK--PREPARE FOR RECONCILIATION ON TUESDAY, MARCH 27---MASS FOR GRADES 5 THROUGH 8 ON FRIDAY, MARCH 30 AT 8:45---NEXT WEEK: CONTINUE WITH HOLY WEEK READINGS AND DISCUSSION OF HOLY WEEK CEREMONIES READING---TEST---"A CRUSH"----VOCABULARY FOR "DRIVING MISS DAISY"---READ AND DISCUSS THE PLAY "DRIVING MISS DAISY"----ORALLY READ THE PLAY---CONCENTRATE ON THE THEME, DIALOGUE, ACTIONS AND DIALECT---TEST ON THE PLAY FRIDAY---NEXT WEEK: COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE PLAY WITH THE MOVIE SCIENCE 7TH---BEGIN THE SECTION ON MAMMALS---CHARACTERISTICS, ANATOMY---DISCOVER AND DISCUSS THE DIFFERENT ORDERS OF MAMMALS---NOTES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH---SPECIAL ATTENTION TO MONOTREMES AND MARSUPIALS---NEXT WEEK: DISSECTION OF A FETAL PIG SCIENCE 8TH--CONTINUE WITH THE BORON AND CARBON FAMILIES OF ELEMENTS---TEST LATER IN THE WEEK---SEPARATING ELEMENTS AND COMBINING ELEMENTS ACTIVITIES---PUTTING TOGETHER 3-D MODELS OF ALLOTROPES AND MOLECULES---NEXT WEEK: DISCUSS THE EFFECTS OF DRUGS LEGAL AND ILLEGAL *********************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 3-19-12 MONDAY---NO CLASSES RELIGION---CONTINUE WITH CHAPTER 11--"LIVING IN CHRIST'S LOVE"---REVIEWING AND DISCUSSING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS-----PREPARING FOR PENANCE SERVICE NEXT TUESDAY THE 27TH---CONTINUE DISCUSSION AND ACTIVITIES FOR LENT-----REMIND ABOUT OPERATION RICE BOWL DONATIONS-----TEST NEXT WEEK ON CHAPTER 11 FROM THE TEXT READING---TEST TUESDAY ON "RIKKI, TIKKI, TAVI" BY RUDYARD KIPLING---COMPREHENSION AND VOCABULARY----WEDNESDAY BEGIN NEW STORY IN THE LITERATURE BOOK---"A CRUSH"----FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE REVIEW ----THIRD PERSON PERSPECTIVE----VOCABULARY AND COMPREHENSION--TEST ON STORY-----NEXT WEEK: "DRIVING MISS DAISY" SCIENCE 7TH---STUDY SHEET ON TUESDAY ON THE CLASS AVIS---REVIEW WEDNESDAY FOR BIRDS' TEST INCLUDING CHARACTERISTICS, TYPES AND EXAMPLES---TEST ON THURSDAY ---BEGIN MAMMALS ON FRIDAY---FORM AND FUNCTION THROUGH EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ANATOMY ---NEXT WEEK: DISSECTION OF A FETAL PIG SCIENCE 8TH---CONTINUE WITH THE SECTION OF MIXED GROUPS OF ELEMENTS AND THE ALLOTROPES OF CARBON---DIAGRAMS, DEFINITIONS AND ACTIVITIES---MEMORIZING THE CARBON AND BORON FAMILY GROUPS OF ELEMENTS---NEXT WEEK: TEST ON METALLOIDS AND MIXED GROUPS OF ELEMENTS INCLUDING SYMBOLS AND USES ********************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 3-12-12 RELIGION---CONTINUE WITH LENTEN PROJECT OF DEPICTING THE FOURTEEN STATIONS OF THE CROSS----LIVING STATIONS ON WEDNESDAY IN THE GYM BY THE 8TH GRADERS---CONTINUE IN CHAPTER 11 OF THE TEXT---LIVING IN CHRIST'S LOVE---THE TEN COMMANDMENTS---NEXT WEEK: PENANCE SERVICE ON THE 27TH OF MARCH FOR THE 5-8 GRADES READING ---TEST ON MONDAY ON THE SHORT STORY "OLD SLY EYE"---VOCABULARY FOR "RIKKI, TIKKI, TAVI" BY RUDYARD KIPLING---READ THE SHORT STORY AND FIND PERSONIFICATION EXAMPLES AS WELL AS PLOT AND CHARACTER ANALYSIS---ASSORTED SPELLING AND THEME WORKSHEETS---TEST ON THE STORY AND VOCABULARY SCIENCE 7TH---DRAW, LABEL AND COLOR AN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DIAGRAM OF A BIRD---COMPLETE SECTION ON AVES---IDENTIFICATION OF ORGAN SYSTEMS---FUNCTIONS AND SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE AVES CLASS OF ANIMAL---STUDY SHEET AND TEST ON AVES--LATE IN THE WEEK OR EARLY NEXT WEEK---CHECK SCHOOL NOTES SCIENCE 8TH---REVIEW FOR TEST ON FAMILIES OF ELEMENTS---TEST TUESDAY----BEGIN NEW SECTION ON PRECIOUS METALS AND CHARACTERISTICS-----ACTIVITIES AND GROUP WORK---LATER IN THE WEEK----THE FORMS OF CARBON ---USES AND STRUCTURE---AS WELL AS MORE ELEMENTAL SYMBOLS ---NEXT WEEK: DIAGRAMS OF CARBON FORMS ********************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 3-5-12 TERRA NOVA WEEK---SHORTENED CLASSES---ALTERED SCHEDULES---HOMEROOM--PE ONLY ON TUES.---NO SPECIALS ON MON. OR FRI. RELIGION---CONTINUE WITH BIBLE READINGS LEADING TO JESUS' SUFFERING AND DEATH---COMPLETE SECTION ON LENT IN THE TEXT---REVIEW AND DEPICT THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS---DISCUSS LENTEN OBJECTIVES AND PROGRESS----NEXT WEEK: BEGIN CHAPTER11 READING---BEGIN THE SHORT STORY "OLD SLY EYE"---VOCABULARY---COMPREHENSION-----SEQUENCING EVENTS-----ORAL DISCUSSION-----NEW THEME OF "FIGHT OR FLIGHT"----TEST NEXT WEEK ON STORY SCIENCE 7TH---BEGIN SECTION ON AVES---ANATOMY INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL---IMPORTANCE OF BIRDS---USES OF BIRDS---COMPARISON AND CONTRAST TO OTHER VERTEBRATES STUDIED SO FAR----ACTIVITIES---DISCUSSION---NEXT WEEK: DIAGRAM OF A DUCK SCIENCE 8TH---COMPLETE SECTION ON ALKALI METALS, HALOGENS, AND NOBLE GASES---STUDY SHEET---ACTIVITIES AND RESEARCH ON ELEMENT OF CHOICE-----TEST NEXT WEEK----NEXT WEEK: TEST---TUES. 3-13--FAMILIES OF ELEMENTS ********************************************************************************************************************* WEEK OF 2-27-12 RELIGION---COMPLETE CHAPTER --JESUS, OUR EUCHARIST---TEST WEDNESDAY--OPEN BOOK---CONTINUE WITH LENTEN THEMES--DISCUSS SERVICE PROJECTS WITH SR. JULIE---CONTINUE IN LENTEN SECTION OF RELIGION TEXT---DISCUSSION--ACTIVITIES---QUESTIONS ORAL AND WRITTEN---CONTINUE WITH BIBLE READINGS RELATED TO LENT---NEXT WEEK: BEGIN CHAPTER 11 IN THE TEXTBOOK- READING---COMPLETE ESPERANZA---END OF THE BOOK TEST TUESDAY---PROJECT WITH ESPERANZA'S YARN DOLLS---MONDAY-----WEDNESDAY ---BACK TO THE LITERATURE BOOKS WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL SHORT STORY ABOUT FIRST LADY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT---VOCABULARY, COMPREHENSION, DISCUSSION QUESTIONS---TEST EARLY NEXT WEEK ON THE ROOSEVELT STORY---NEXT WEEK: TEST ON THE ROOSEVELT STORY SCIENCE 7TH---BEGIN SECTION ON REPTILES---NOTES--DISCUSSION--QUESTIONS--ACTIVITY---COMPUTER ROOM WEDNESDAY---TYPES OF REPTILES---DISCUSS DIFFERENT ATTRIBUTES OF THE MAIN GROUPS--COMPARE AND CONTRAST EACH--INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ANATOMY---DIAGRAMS --COMPARE AND CONTRAST WITH OTHER VERTEBRATE CLASSES---NEXT WEEK: FINISH REPTILE SECTION SCIENCE 8TH---CONTINUE WITH FAMILIES, PROPERTIES AND STRUCTURE OF ELEMENTS---EXPLORE THE ALKALI METALS, HALOGENS AND NOBLE GASES---ATTRIBUTES, SYMBOLS AND SPECIAL FEATURES---TEST EARLY NEXT WEEK---COMPUTER ROOM--WEDNESDAY---MEMORIZE ELEMENTS AND SYMBOLS OF THE THREE FAMILIES LEARNED-----NEXT WEEK: TEST ON ELEMENTS AND STRUCTURE ********************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 2-20-12 RELIGION---READ AND DISCUSS THE ASH WEDNESDAY AND LENTEN SECTION IN OUR TEXT---ACTIVITIES ---BIBLE READINGS RELATED TO LENT---MASS ON ASH WEDNESDAY--8:45---COMPLETE CHAPTER 10 ---JESUS, OUR EUCHARIST--- CHAPTER REVIEW---TEST FRIDAY---NEXT WEEK: COMPLETE LENTEN SECTION--BEGIN CHAPTER 11 READING---CONTINUE IN THE HISTORICAL FICTION NOVEL ESPERANZA RISING---SILENT AND ORAL READING---CHARACTER ANALYSIS--PLOT DEVELOPMENT---FACTS FOR DISCUSSION---TEST MIDWEEK ON PAGES THROUGH 233-----THEME DISCUSSION AND CHARACTER WEBS---NEXT WEEK: COMPLETE THE NOVEL---END OF THE BOOK TEST SCIENCE 7TH---COMPLETE SECTION ON AMPHIBIANS--TUESDAY---DISSECTION OF THE FROG---DISSECTION SHEETS----WEDNESDAY--STUDY SHEET -----TEST ON AMPHIBIANS---FRIDAY----NEXT WEEK: BEGIN REPTILES SCIENCE 8TH---BEGIN THE FAMILIES OF THE ELEMENTS---ALKALI METALS, HALOGENS, AND NOBLE GASES---CHARACTERISTICS, ACTIVITIES, AND PLACEMENTS ON THE PERIODIC TABLE--SYMBOLS AND ATOMIC NUMBER---ATOMIC STRUCTURE---ELECTRON ARRANGEMENT---NEXT WEEK: CONTINUE WITH ELEMENT FAMILIES ********************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 2-13-12 RELIGION--CONTINUE IN CHAPTER 10---JESUS, OUR EUCHARIST---ACTIVITIES, QUESTIONS, AND READINGS----BEGIN PREPARING FOR LENT---ASH WEDNESDAY NEXT WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 22--READ AND DISCUSS MATERIAL IN THE SECTION ON LENT IN OUR TEXT-----NEXT WEEK: LENT---TEST ON CHAPTER 10 READING---CONTINUE IN THE HISTORICAL FICTION NOVEL ESPERANZA RISING---NOTES, VOCABULARY--DISCUSSION---DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLOT AND THEME---CHARACTER WEBS---TESTS EVERY FEW CHAPTERS---CHECK SCHOOL NOTES HOMEWORK PAGE NEXT WEEK FOR MORE PRECISE DATES---NEXT WEEK: CONITUE IN THE NOVEL SCIENCE 7TH---COMPLETE SECTION ON FISH---TEST MONDAY---TUESDAY-- BEGIN AMPHIBIANS---NOTES, ACTIVITIES, DIAGRAMS, VOCABULARY---COMPARE AND CONTRAST WITH FISH---NEXT WEEK: FROG DISSECTION SCIENCE 8TH---COMPLETE SECTION ON ACIDS, BASES AND NEUTRALS----ACTIVITY ---MONDAY----STUDY SHEET---TUESDAY---TEST THURSDAY------BEGIN NEW SECTION ON FORMING AND SEPARATING COMPOUNDS ---- SOLUTIONS---FRIDAY---NEXT WEEK: CONTINUE WITH COMPOUNDS ********************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 2-6-12 RELIGION---COMPLETE CHAPTER 9---ALMS GIVING---TEST--LATER IN THE WEEK ON CHAPTER 9--BEGIN WORK ON VALENTINES FOR KINDERGARTEN BUDDIES---CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCY---READ EVANGELIST MARK'S ACCOUNT ABOUT ALMS GIVING---NEXT WEEK: BEGIN CHAPTER 10---JESUS, OUR EUCHARIST---BREAD OF LIFE READING---BEGIN THE HISTORICAL FICTION NOVEL ESPERANZA RISING --INTRODUCTION OF HISTORY AND TIME PERIOD----THEME---CHARACTERS, PLOT AND SETTING---VOCABULARY---RECORDING AND DISCUSSING FACTS FROM SEVERAL CHAPTERS-----ATTRIBUTE WEBS FOR MAIN CHARACTERS---TESTS EVERY FEW CHAPTERS ON COMPREHENSION-----NEXT WEEK: CONTINUE IN THE NOVEL---PLOT AND THEME DEVELOPMENT SCIENCE 7TH---CONTINUE IN THE CHORDATE PHYLUM WITH THE CLASS, FISH--NOTES AND DISCUSSION----PERCH DISSECTION----LATER IN THE WEEK---DRAW, LABEL AND COLOR A BONY FISH DIAGRAM---COMPLETE THE STEPS OF DISSECTION FOLLOWING A DISSECTION SHEET--STUDY SHEET IN PREPARATION FOR TEST----NEXT WEEK: COMPLETE THE CLASS, FISH---TEST ON FISH---BEGIN AMPHIBIANS SCIENCE 8TH---CONTINUE WORKING WITH OXIDATION NUMBERS, FORMULAS AND COMPOUNDS-------CONCENTRATE ON COMPOUNDS THAT ARE ACIDS, BASES OR NEUTRALS---DISCOVER THE pH SCALE---HANDS ON ACTIVITIES WITH LITMUS PAPER AND DEMO WITH PHENOLTHALEIN---DRAW, LABEL AND COLOR A pH SCALE---IDENTIFY ACIDS, BASES AND NEUTRALS USING THE pH SCALE AND OTHER INDICATORS--WRITE AN ACTIVITY/EXPERIMENT REPORT ON ACIDS, BASES AND NEUTRALS-----NEXT WEEK: TEST ON COMPOUNDS, ACIDS, BASES AND NEUTRALS *********************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 1-30-12 RELIGION---BEGIN CHAPTER 9--ALMS GIVING ---HELPING YOUR NEIGHBOR---GOSPEL READINGS---DISCUSSION-- ACTIVITIES--CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCY---MAKING GET WELL CARDS---THANK YOU CARDS---LEARNING ABOUT ST. FRANCIS ASSISI AND HIS LIFE AND FOUNDING OF THE FRANCISCANS---NEXT WEEK: COMPLETE CHAPTER 9 READING ---BEGIN THE TWILIGHT ZONE PLAY--"THE MONSTERS ARE DUE ON MAPLE STREET"---STAGE DIRECTIONS--DIALOGUE---VOCABULARY--ACT OUT THE PLAY---DISCUSS THEME----VICTIM/VICTOR----ACTIVITIES---COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS---PROJECT: MAKING A PLAYBILL SCIENCE 7TH---BEGIN VERTEBRATE ANIMALS---5 CLASSES---CONCENTRATE ON THE FIRST CLASS--FISH---COMPUTER ROOM---WEDNESDAY---ACTIVITIES ON LINE----NEXT WEEK: DISSECTION OF A PERCH SCIENCE 8TH---BEGIN ACIDS, BASES AND NEUTRALS---ACTIVITIES---EXAMPLES---FORMULAS---IDENTIFICATION---WEDNESDAY---COMPUTER ROOM---ACTIVITIES ON LINE ABOUT THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS----NEXT WEEK: THE pH SCALE ******************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 1-23-12---ASSEMBLY---2:00--TUESDAY--- FOX NEWS---ST. BALDRICK'S DAY RELIGION---CONTINUE WITH THE EIGHT BEATITUDES---PROJECT --DEPICTION---DISCUSSION---EXPLANATION---READ AND DISCUSS BIBLE READINGS ABOUT ST. PETER AS HEAD OF THE CHURCH---CHAPTER 8 REVIEW----TEST ON CHAPTER 8---TEST ON CHAPTER 8---FRIDAY---nEXT WEEK: CATHOLIC SCHOOLS' WEEK---BEGIN CHAPTER 9 READING---COMPLETE AUTOBIOGRAPHIC STORY ABOUT JACKIE ROBINSON---TEST ON STORY TUESDAY---BEGIN NEW STORY--"TALES OF A BOY" BY DAHL---ANOTHER AUTOBIOGRAPHIC STORY---VOCABULARY--COMPREHENSION---EXAGGERATION---FOLLOWING SEQUENTIAL ORDER--EMPHASIS ON THEME OF VICTOR OR VICTIM---TEST --FRIDAY SCIENCE 7TH---COMPLETE SECTION ON ARTHROPODS----MONDAY----DISSECTION OF A CRAYFISH----TUESDAY---DISSECTION SHEET---STUDY SHEET----WEDNESDAY---TEST FRIDAY----ARTHROPOD CLASSES---CHARACTERISTICS, DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES---NEXT WEEK: BEGIN VERTEBRATE CLASSES SCIENCE 8TH---COMPLETE SECTION ON ATOMS AND THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS---MONDAY----STUDY SHEET---TEST ON ATOMS AND ELEMENTS AND THE PERIODIC TABLE--WEDNESDAY----CREATE A PERIODIC TABLE OF FOODS--ORIGINAL DESIGN--FOLLOW RUBRIC--THURSDAY----DUE ON FRIDAY--NEXT WEEK: BEGIN SECTION ON ACIDS, BASES AND NEUTRALS---NOTES---VOCABULARY--ACTIVITIES ********************************************************************************************************************* WEEK OF 1-16-12 RELIGION---BEGIN CHAPTER 8--A PRAYER FOR THE KINGDOM---READ, DISCUSS AND DEPICT THE 8 BEATITUDES----BIBLE READINGS FROM MATTHEW AND LUKE CONCERNING THE BEATITUDES---READ AND DISCUSS ---ST. PETER AS LEADER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH--ACTIVITIES FOR EACH SECTION---NEXT WEEK: FINISH CHAPTER 8 READING---TEST ON "ALL SUMMER IN A DAY"---TUESDAY-----BEGIN NEXT STORY IN LITERATURE BOOK---"THE NOBLE EXPERIMENT"---AN AUTOBIOGRAPHIC STORY ABOUT JACKIE ROBINSON----SILENT AND ORAL READING----VOCABULARY-----COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS---ACTIVITY---DISCUSSION ABOUT NEW THEME "VICTOR OR VICTIM"------MAKING A JACKIE ROBINSON TRADING CARD-----TEST ON VOCAB AND COMPREHENSION SCIENCE 7TH---BEGIN SECTION ON ARTHROPODS---5 CLASSES---CHARACTERISTICS----IDENTIFYING FEATURES FOR EACH CLASS----EXAMPLES OF EACH CLASS----NOTES---- DISCUSSION---CLASSIFICATION---ACTIVITIES--DISSECTION OF A CRAYFISH---DISSECTION SHEET---TEST ON ARTHROPODS NEXT WEEK---INCLUDING: INSECTS, ARACHNIDS, CRUSTACEANS, CENTIPEDES AND MILLIPEDES---INTERNET RESEARCH ON AN ARTHROPOD SCIENCE 8TH---CONTINUE WITH ELEMENTS AND THE PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS---ACTIVITIES---QUIZ --18 ELEMENTS P 544---WEDNESDAY----THURSDAY AND FRIDAY---PRACTICE USING THE PERIODIC TABLE----DESIGN A PERIODIC TABLE OF FOOD---TEST NEXT WEEK ON ATOMS AND THE PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS---RESEARCH ON A SPECIFIC ELEMENT *********************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 1-9-12 RELIGION----CONTINUE IN CHAPTER 7---THE KINGDOM OF GOD ON EARTH---PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD--READ FROM THE TEXT AND THE BIBLE---ORAL AND WRITTEN INTERPRETATION---DISCUSS AND EXPLAIN JUSTICE IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD---ACTIVITIES---WRITTEN AND ORAL---NEXT WEEK: BEGIN CHAPTER 8 READING---CONTINUE WITH THE SHORT NONFICTION SELECTION "EXPLORING THE TITANIC"---SEQUENCING EVENTS--VOCABULARY ---TEST ON THE SELECTION MIDWEEK---BEGIN THE NEW SHORT STORY "ALL SUMMER IN A DAY"---VOCABULARY---ORAL AND SILENT READING---ACTIVITIES ON THE SCIENCE FICTION STORY---NEXT WEEK: TEST ON "ALL SUMMER IN A DAY" SCIENCE 7TH---CONTINUE WITH THE PHYLUM ECHINODERM---CHARACTERISTICS--INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ANATOMY---INTERNAL DISSECTION---GROUP WORK--DISSECTION SHEET --DIAGRAM OF A SEA STAR--DRAWN, LABELLED AND COLORED---STUDY SHEET ON ECHINODERMS---TEST END OF WEEK OR EARLY NEXT WEEK---NEXT WEEK: BEGIN PHYLUM ARTHROPODA SCIENCE 8TH---CONTINUE DISCOVERING CHARACTERISTICS OF MATTER AND THE PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS---IDENTIFYING THE STATES OF MATTER OF EACH ELEMENT ON THE PERIODIC TABLE---COLORING EACH AS SOLID. LIQUID OR GAS----RECOGNIZING THE PARTS AND NAMES OF A SIMPLE ATOM-----NEXT WEEK: DISCOVERING THE EARLY ATOMISTS AND THEIR THEORIES ********************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 12-19-11---THREE DAY WEEK / WEEK OF 1-5-12---TWO DAY WEEK DEC. 19TH WEEK RELIGION---WORK ON CHRISTMAS SECTION OF THE TEXT---BIBLE READINGS REFERRING TO THE FIRST CHRISTMAS---MAKING CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR SHUT INS--CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCY---OPEN BOOK TEST --CHAPTER 6---TUESDAY--BEGIN CHAPTER 7 AFTER CHRISTMAS READING---TEST ON "THE CHRISTMAS HUNT"---MONDAY---TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY---CHRISTMAS STORIES---BEGIN THE NONFICTION STORY ABOUT THE TITANIC AFTER CHRISTMAS SCIENCE 7TH---DISSECT A CLAM---DISSECTION SHEET---NOTES ON THREE CLASSES OF MOLLUSKS----BEGIN THE PHYLUM ECHINODERMS AFTER CHRISTMAS SCIENCE 8TH---COMPLETE SECTION ON ELECTRICITY---ACTIVITIES ABOUT A/C AND D/C---NOTES ---BEGIN CHEMISTRY AFTER CHRISTMAS JAN.5TH WEEK RELIGION---BEGIN CHAPTER 7---GOD'S KINGDOM ON EARTH---DISCUSSION---READINGS ACTIVITIES (ONLY 1 DAY OF RELIGION THIS WEEK) READING ---BEGIN THE ROBERT BALLARD NONFICTION STORY ABOUT THE TITANIC---VOCABULARY -- BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE STORY SCIENCE 7TH--BEGIN SECTION ON ECIHODERMS---NOTES--ACTIVITY---COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS SCIENCE 8TH---BEGIN SECTION ON THE PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS---ACTIVITIES--NOTES ELEMENTAL SYMBOLS AND FACTS ********************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 12-12-11 RELIGION---CONTINUE IN CHAPTER 6---SACRAMENTS OF COMMITMENT---PRACTICE FOR THE CHRISTMAS PAGEANT---COMPLETE ADVENT SECTION IN THE TEXT BOOK---REMEMBER TO BRING IN YOUR COSTUME IF YOU ARE AN ANGEL OR SHEPHERD----CHRISTMAS PAGEANT FRIDAY 12-16 IN CHURCH READING---BEGIN THE STORY "THE CHRISTMAS HUNT"---IN THE LITERATURE BOOK----VOCABULARY---ACTIVITIES---CHARACTER ANALYSIS AND PLOT DEVELOPMENT---COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS---TEST AT THE END OF THE WEEK---CHECK SCHOOL NOTES FOR SPECIFICS SCIENCE 7TH---BECAUSE OF PAGEANT PRACTICE---- -SCIENCE CLASSES THIS WEEK ARE UNCERTAIN---DISSECT A HATCHET-FOOTED MOLLUSK---PROBABLY WEDNESDAY---BACK TO A NORMAL SCHEDULE NEXT WEEK-----NEXT WEEK: QUIZ ON MOLLUSKS SCIENCE 8TH---CONTINUE WITH ELECTRICAL ENERGY---EXPERIMENTS WIT D/C CURRENT --MAKING A DIRECT CURRENT COMPLETE CIRCUIT---CHRISTMAS LIGHT CIRCUITS WITH BATTERIES--REMEMBER YOUR C OR D CELL BATTERIES ON MONDAY FOR OUR EXPERIMENTS THIS WEEK---NEXT WEEK: TEST ON ELECTRICAL ENERGY *********************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 12-5-11----ST. NICHOLAS DAY 12-6----IMMACULATE CONCEPTION 12-8---MASS 8:45---BAND CONCERT 12-8---1:45 RELIGION-----CONTINUE WITH ADVENT ---CONTINUE IN CHAPTER 6---IDENTIFY, DISCUSS AND DO ACTIVITIES WITH SACRAMENTS OF COMMITMENT---MAKE IDENTIFICATION CARDS FOR YOURSELF---IDENTIFY CHARACTERISTICS AND ABILITIES---MASS THURSDAY FOR THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF MARY---PAGEANT PRACTICE SEVERAL DAYS THIS WEEK---NEXT WEEK: CONTINUE WITH CHAPTER 6 READING---COMPLETE THE NOVEL THE GIVER----COMPLETE BOOK TEST ON WEDNESDAY--BOOK PROJECT FOR THE GIVER---FINISH ACTIVITIES ON THE GIVER ---PRESENT PROJECT TO CLASS---NEXT WEEK: BACK TO LITERATURE BOOK SCIENCE 7TH---CONTINUE WITH THE MOLLUSCA PHYLUM---INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ANATOMY AND IDENTIFICATION---DISCUSSION, NOTES , ACTIVITIES , AND DIAGRAMS---LEARN ABOUT THE THREE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF MOLLUSKS---HATCHET FOOTED, STOMACH FOOTED AND HEAD FOOTED---BIVALVES, UNIVALVE AND CEPHALOPODS---NEXT WEEK: DISSECT A HATCHET FOOTED MOLLUSK SCIENCE 8TH---BEGIN SECTION ON ELECTRICAL ENERGY---NOTES, DISCUSSION, ACTIVITIES---DISTINGUISH BETWEEN CIRCUIT AND STATIC ELECTRICITY---EXPERIMENT WITH STATIC ELECTRICITY---IDENTIFY POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CHARGES AND RESULTING ELECTRIC ENERGY NEXT WEEK: MORE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITIES *********************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 11-28-11 RELIGION---READ AND DISCUSS THE ADVENT SEASON--TEXT AND BIBLE READINGS ---DESIGN AND DRAW AN ADVENT WREATH---COLOR APPROPRIATELY---BEGIN CHAPTER 6 IN THE TEXT---ACTIVITIES AND WRITTEN AND ORAL WORK---REVIEW NEW WORDING FOR SEVERAL PRAYERS AT MASS READING---CONTINUE IN THE SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL THE GIVER-----TEST TUESDAY ---CHAPTER 14-18----CONTINUE TO READ AND CHOOSE FACTS FOR DISCUSSION---IDENTIFY AND DISCUSS CHARACTER ATTRIBUTES AND PLOT---WORKSHEET FOR THE ABC'S OF JONAS ---COMPLETE THE NOVEL THIS WEEKEND (12-3)---COMPLETE IDENTIFYING SYMBOLS ON THE CALENDAR FOR EACH CHAPTER---DUE ON MONDAY FOR ALL 23 CHAPTERS---NEXT WEEK: END OF NOVEL TEST---READ HOMEWORK PAGE FOR DETAILS NEXT WEEK SCIENCE 7TH---MONDAY --MEET YOUR EARTHWORMS---ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT EXTERNAL ANATOMY----TUESDAY---INTERNAL DISSECTION OF AN EARTHWORM--DISSECTION SHEETS COMPLETED FOR WEDNESDAY---WEDNESDAY--CORRECTION AND DISCUSSION OF DISSECTION ACTIVITY AND WORKSHEET---THURSDAY---BEGIN NEW PHYLUM OF ANIMALS---MOLLUSCA---NEXT WEEK: CONTINUE WITH THE MOLLUSK GROUP OF ANIMALS SCIENCE 8TH---MONDAY--- STUDY GUIDES FOR TEST ON WEDNESDAY -- LIGHT AND COLOR---TUESDAY---REVIEW FOR TEST--WEDNESDAY---TEST ON LIGHT ENERGY AND THE COLOR SPECTRUM---THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BEGIN SECTION ON ELECTRICAL ENERGY---NOTES, DISCUSSION AND ACTIVITIES---NEXT WEEK---CONTINUE WITH ELECTRICITY ******************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 11-21-11 ONLY 1.5 DAYS THIS WEEK---DON'T FORGET CONFERENCES---HAVE A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING RELIGION---COMPLETE CHAPTER 5---TEST--OPEN BOOK ON MONDAY---DISCUSS THANKSGIVING AND THE MEANING OF ADVENT READING---CONTINUE IN THE NOVEL THE GIVER---DISCUSSION FACTS AND CALENDAR ENTRIES SCIENCE 7TH---CONTINUE WITH ANNELIDA PHYLUM ---PREPARATION FOR EARTHWORM DISSECTION--- NEXT WEEK SCIENCE 8TH--COMPLETE SECTION ON COLOR AND LIGHT---TEST NEXT WEEK ******************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 11-14-11 RELIGION---BEGIN CHAPTER 5---THE KINGDOM OF GOD---ACTIVITIES, DISCUSSION, PARABLE OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD FROM LUKE'S GOSPEL---READ AND DISCUSS ST. DAMIAN OF MOLOKAI---QUESTIONS ORAL AND WRITTEN---DISCUSS THE ROLE OF ST. DAMIAN WITH THE HISTORY OF LEPROSY--WRITE A PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING--- NEXT WEEK: ONLY 1.5 DAYS OF CLASS---HAPPY THANKSGIVING READING------CONTINUE IN THE SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL THE GIVER------ PLOT PROGRESSION, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT----CONTINUE TO FILL IN CHAPTER CALENDAR WITH SYMBOLS AS BOOK PROGRESSES---ORAL DISCUSSION AND WRITTEN FACTS FOR EACH CHAPTER---TEST LATER IN THE WEEK ---CONTINUE WITH THE THEME OF THE NOVEL THROUGH WORKSHEETS AND CHARACTER WEBS AND COMPARISONS WITH OUR SOCIETY---NEXT WEEK: SHORT 1.5 DAY WEEK---CONTINUE IN THE GIVER SCIENCE 7TH---CONTINUE WITH PLATYHELMINTHES AND NEMATODA PHYLA---TEST--TUESDAY---WEDNESDAY BEGIN THE PHYLUM ANNELIDA---NOTES ON CHARACTERISTICS AND IMPORTANCE OF THE GROUP---DIAGRAM AND RECOGNIZE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ANATOMY---EARLY PREPARATION FOR DISSECTION OF THE EARTHWORM----NEXT WEEK: DIRECTIVES FOR EARTHWORM DISSECTION SCIENCE 8TH---CONTINUE IN LIGHT AND COLOR SECTION---RECOGNITION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF LIGHT AND COLOR BOTH PAINT AND LIGHT COLORS---NOTES ON IMPORTANT SCIENTISTS AND THEIR ROLE IN THE HISTORY OF LIGHT ENERGY AND THE USE OF COLOR---DISCUSSION ABOUT THE EYE AND ITS PARTS IN RELATION TO SEEING BOTH TYPES OF COLOR---ACTIVITIES, EXPERIMENTS---NEXT WEEK: CONTINUE WITH LIGHT AND COLOR ********************************************************************************************************************* WEEK OF 11-7-11 RELIGION--MONDAY SAINTS' COLLAGES DUE--ORAL PRESENTATION OF THREE FAVORITES BY EACH STUDENT----TUESDAY COMPLETE CHAPTER FOUR IN THE TEXT--CHAPTER REVIEW --TEST ON CHAPTER FOUR WEDNESDAY---BEGIN CHAPTER FIVE "THE KINGDOM OF GOD" ON FRIDAY---NEXT WEEK: CONTINUE IN CHAPTER FOUR ---REVIEW NEW WORDING FOR MASS PRAYERS READING ---CONTINUE IN THE NOVEL THE GIVER--CHARACTER ANALYSIS--VOCABULARY ACTIVITY--PLOT DISCUSSION---WRITTEN AND ORAL COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS---COMPLETING CHAPTER FACTS AND SYMBOLS--TEST AFTER CHAPTER 8-----CHECK SCHOOL NOTES FOR EXACT DAY---NEXT WEEK: CONTINUE IN THE GIVER SCIENCE 7TH---BEGIN SECTION ON PLATYHELMINTHES AND NEMATODA (FLATWORMS AND ROUNDWORMS)----CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH GROUP INCLUDING BODY STRUCTURE, ,LIFE CYCLE, SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES---COMPARE /CONTRAST WITH THE SIMPLER GROUPS FROM LAST SECTION---ORAL AND WRITTEN QUESTIONS, DIAGRAMS OF EACH GROUP, IMPORTANCE IN TODAY'S WORLD---NEXT WEEK: TEST ON PLATYHELMINTHES AND NEMATODA--- CHECK SCHOOL NOTES FOR EXACT DATES NEXT WEEK SCIENCE 8TH--BEGIN SECTION ON LIGHT AND COLOR---INTRODUCTION TO TYPES OF LIGHT---EXPERIMENTS WITH PRISMS--EFFECTS OF LIGHT ON WHAT WE SEE--ACTIVITIES WITH LIGHT AND DARKNESS----INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ABOUT ISAAC NEWTON AND THOMAS EDISON AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO OUR KNOWLEDGE AND USE OF COLOR AND LIGHT---NEXT WEEK: CONTINUE IN LIGHT AND COLOR--MORE EXPERIMENTS AND ACTIVITIES ANALYZING THE MAKE UP AND FORMATION OF COLOR ********************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 10-31-11 RELIGION---CONTINUE IN CHAPTER 4---MOTHER THERESA 'S CONTRIBUTION TO HUMANITY--MASS ON TUESDAY FOR ALL SAINTS' DAY---8:45--SEVENTH GRADE PARTICIPATION IN MASS---READERS AND GIFT BEARERS AS WELL AS USHERS ---BEGIN WORK ON SAINTS' COLLAGE---TUESDAY---COLLAGE COMPLETED FOR FRIDAY---INVESTIGATE SAINTS AND FOLLOW DIRECTIVES FOR COMPLETED COLLAGE---NEXT WEEK: COMPLETE CHAPTER 4 READING---READ "THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE" BY ALFRED LORD TENNYSON---DISCUSS, ORAL QUESTIONS, NOTES ----CHORAL POETRY INFORMATION---TUESDAY BEGIN OUR SECOND NOVEL THE GIVER BY LOIS LOWRY---THEME, CHARACTERS , SETTING AND PLOT---RECORD FACTS FOR DISCUSSION---ORAL AND WRITTEN RESPONSES TO THE FIRST CHAPTERS OF THIS SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL--- NEXT WEEK: CONTINUE IN THE GIVER SCIENCE 7TH---BEGIN THE SECTION ON CNIDARIANS---INCLUDING JELLYFISH, CORALS, AND ANEMONES----HANDOUTS--NOTES---DISCUSSION--VIEW SAMPLES OF VARIETIES OF CORAL---STUDY SHEET ---WEDNESDAY---REVIEW FOR TEST ON THURSDAY---TEST ON PORIFERA AND CNIDARIANS FRIDAY---NEXT WEEK: BEGIN PLATYHELMINTHES AND NEMATODA SCIENCE 8TH---CONTINUE SECTION ON ENERGY---NOTES, DISCUSSION, AND ACTIVITIES WITH HEAT (THERMAL) ENERGY---USE THERMOMETERS, SCALES , AND HEAT FORMULAS---CALCULATE THE AMOUNT OF HEAT ENERGY IN A GIVEN AMOUNT OF WATER---INVESTIGATE HEAT CONDUCTORS AND HEAT INSULATORS---RECORD AND CHART RESULTS OF ACTIVITIES--- USE THE CORRECT UNITS OF MEASUREMENT FOR TEMPERATURE AND HEAT ENERGY----NEXT WEEK: TEST ON THERMAL ENERGY *********************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 10-24-11 RELIGION---BEGIN CHAPTER 4----- GOD WITH US-----CONTINUE PRAYING PART OF THE ROSARY DAILY DURING OCTOBER---READ PART OF LUKE'S GOSPEL---DURING RED RIBBON WEEK DISCUSS THE DANGEROUS EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE ----BEGIN WORKING ON BUDDY CARDS FOR OUR KINDERGARTEN BUDDIES--- NEXT WEEK: HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION WITH THE KINDERGARTEN AND BEGIN A SAINTS' COLLAGE READING---COMPLETE THE SHORT STORY "LOSE NOW , PAY LATER"-----INTRODUCE THEME OF TUNNEL VISION WITH A SCIENCE FICTION STORY---CHARACTER WEBS---PLOT SUMMARIES AND VOCABULARY---TEST ON SHORT STORY---TUESDAY---COMPREHENSION AND VOCABULARY--NEXT WEEK: NEW SHORT STORY---"STOLEN DAY"---LAST SHORT STORY BEFORE NEXT NOVEL SCIENCE 7TH---BEGIN ANIMAL LIFE---INTRODUCE THE SIMPLEST ANIMAL PHYLUM OF PORIFERA---DIAGRAMS--NOTES---DISCUSSION---MICROSCOPE VIEWS---ORAL AND WRITTEN INFORMATION ON FIRST ANIMAL GROUP---CONTINUE WITH THE SECOND SIMPLEST ANIMAL PHYLUM CNIDARIANS---NEXT WEEK: NOTES AND ACTIVITIES -----TEST ON PORIFERA AND CNIDARIANS SCIENCE 8TH----TEST MONDAY ON NEWTON'S LAWS OF MOTION------TUESDAY--SECTION ON ENERGY---BEGIN WITH HEAT (THERMAL) ENERGY---NOTES, DISCUSSION, EXAMPLES, FORMULAS---LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY---EXPLANATION AND EXAMPLES---ACTIVITIES --FINDING HEAT ENERGY -----NEXT WEEK: COMPLETE UNIT ON THERMAL ENERGY ---ENERGY CHANGING FORMS FROM ONE TYPE TO ANOTHER *********************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 10-17-11 RELIGION---TEST ON CHAPTER 3 RELIGION TEXT ON MONDAY-----CONTINUE IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE----DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS AND ACTIVITIES---PRAY PART OF THE ROSARY DAILY IN RELIGION CLASS---CONTINUE WITH THE CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCY BY MAKING CARDS FOR VARIOUS PEOPLE---TALK ABOUT OUR KINDERGARTEN BUDDIES AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING GOOD ROLE MODELS FOR THEM READING---COMPLETE SHORT STORY "LITTLE BY LITTLE"---TEST ON TUESDAY ON VOCABULARY AND COMPREHENSION----CONTINUE IN THE LITERATURE BOOK-----COMPARE AND CONTRAST BIOGRAPHY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY----NEXT SELECTION: "LOSE NOW , PAY LATER"---SHORT STORY THAT ILLUSTRATES THE NEW THEME OF "TUNNEL VISION"---DISCUSS SCIENCE FICTION AS A TYPE OF STORY---VOCABULARY, DISCUSSION AND COMPREHENSION AS WELL CHARACTER STUDIES AND WEBS--NEXT WEEK: TEST ON "LOSE NOW , PAY LATER" SCIENCE 7TH---COMPLETE SECTION ON BACTERIA AND IMPORTANT SCIENTISTS--STUDY SHEET MONDAY---REVIEW FOR TEST TUESDAY----COMPLETE POTATO CULTURE PROJECT---MICROSCOPE INVESTIGATION AND HAND LENS ACTIVITY---TEST--WEDNESDAY---BEGIN SECTION ON THE SIMPLEST ANIMAL PHYLUM---PORIFERA---NOTES, DISCUSSION AND DRAWINGS---NEXT WEEK: BEGIN SECTION ON CNIDARIANS SCIENCE 8TH----COMPLETE SECTION ON NEWTON'S LAWS----RELATE EXAMPLES FROM EVERYDAY LIFE------COMPARE AND CONTRAST---- --GROUP WORK---STUDY SHEET TUESDAY---TEST FRIDAY---- NEWTON'S LAWS OF MOTION AND VOCABULARY----NEXT WEEK: ENERGY FORMS AND TYPES ********************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 10-10-11 RELIGION---CONTINUE IN CHAPTER 3 ---JESUS, SON OF GOD AND MAN---DISCUSSION/ READING FROM TEXT AND BIBLE PASSAGES FROM LUKE---REVIEW THE ROSARY--PRAY A DECADE OF THE ROSARY EACH DAY DURING RELIGION CLASS----READ ABOUT ST. BERNARD---CHAPTER REVIEW ---TEST NEXT WEEK ON CHAPTER 3 READING---COMPLETE FLIPPED BY WENDELIN VAN DRANNEN---TEST TUESDAY---BOOK PROJECT DUE WEDNESDAY---PRESENT TO CLASS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY----BEGIN STORIES FROM LITERATURE BOOK ON THURSDAY ---VOCABULARY DEFINITIONS AND SENTENCES---"LITTLE BY LITTLE"---BEGIN NEW THEME OF LITERATURE SELECTIONS: "TUNNEL VISION" SCIENCE 7TH---PREPARE A POTATO CULTURE FOR VIEW WITH HAND LENSES AND MICROSCOPES---DRAW AND LABEL THE VIEWS AS WELL AS PREPARE THE CULTURES FOR GROWTH--FIND THE BEST ENVIRONMENT FOR PROJECT----MORE INFORMATION ON FAMOUS SCIENTISTS AND BACTERIA---STUDY SHEET LATER IN THE WEEK ---- NEXT WEEK: TEST ON BACTERIA AND SCIENTISTS SCIENCE 8TH---BEGIN SECTION ON NEWTON'S THREE LAWS OF MOTION---DISCUSSION, NOTES, EXAMPLES---HANDS ON ACTIVITY---COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE LAWS ---DEMONSTRATE EVERYDAY ACTIONS THAT FIT EACH LAW---"ROCK AND ROLL PHYSICS" AT THE END OF THE WEEK---NEXT WEEK: COMPLETE NEWTON'S LAWS-----BEGIN ENERGY TYPES AND EXAMPLES *********************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 10-3-11 BUSY WEEK---FIELD TRIP/RETREAT THURSDAY @ST. RITA HIGH---ALL SCHOOL MASS FRIDAY @8:45 RELIGION---BEGIN CHAPTER 3--JESUS, SON OF GOD--DEFINE JESUS, LIGHT OF THE WORLD---GOSPEL OF LUKE---SUNDAY READINGS---DISCUSS RETREAT ---MASS ON FRIDAY---NEXT WEEK: CONTINUE IN CHAPTER 3 READING---CONTINUE IN THE NOVEL FLIPPED---DISCUSSION OF CHARACTERS, THEMES, AND PLOT---CHARACTER CARDS---TEST CHAPTER 11&12 ON TUESDAY---COMPLETE NOVEL LATE THIS WEEK---NEXT WEEK:--END OF THE BOOK TEST---BOOK PROJECT SCIENCE 7TH---BEGIN BACTERIA AND FAMOUS EARLY SCIENTISTS---DISCUSSION, NOTES AND HANDS ON PROJECT LATER IN THE WEEK----USING MICROSCOPES FOR DISCOVERY--- COMPUTER ROOM ON WEDNESDAY W/ BRAINPOP ACTIVITIES----NEXT WEEK: CONTINUE IN THE SECTION ON BACTERIA AND FAMOUS EARLY SCIENTISTS SCIENCE 8TH---COMPLETE SECTION ON SCIENTIFIC WORK/POWER---TEST FRIDAY ON FORMULAS AND VOCABULARY---COMPUTER ROOM ON WEDNESDAY FOR BRAINPOP ACTIVITIES------BRING CALCULATORS FOR THE MATH PROBLEMS ON THE TEST---NEXT WEEK: BEGIN SECTION ON NEWTON'S LAWS OF MOTION ********************************************************************************************************************* WEEK OF 9-26-11 RELIGION--COMPLETE CHAPTER 2---THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM--BAPTISM COLLAGES DUE MONDAY---DISCUSSION AND ORAL READING ABOUT SEVERAL SAINTS---CHAPTER REVIEW AND OPEN BOOK TEST LATER IN THE WEEK---NEXT WEEK: BEGIN CHAPTER 3 -----JESUS, GOD AND MAN---THE CHILD JESUS IN THE TEMPLE FROM LUKE'S GOSPEL READING---CONTINUE IN THE NOVEL FLIPPED BY WENDELIN VAN DRANNEN---ATTRIBUTE WEBS DUE MONDAY---DISCUSSION---VOCABULARY---THEMES AND PLOT PROGRESSION---TESTS EVERY FEW CHAPTERS FOR COMPREHENSION--- DAILY READING ASSIGNMENTS AND RECORDING OF IMPORTANT FACTS ----SEE SCHOOL NOTES FOR DAILY ASSIGNMENTS---NEXT WEEK: FURTHER PROGRESSION INTO THE NOVEL---ACTIVITIES WITH CHARACTER CARDS---MORE COMPREHENSION AND PLOT SUMMARIES SCIENCE 7TH---CONCLUDE THE SECTION ON MICROSCOPES AND USAGE----HANDS ON MICROSCOPE WORK---DRAWING AND LABELING VIEWS OF PLANT CELLS---STUDY SHEET AND TEST LATE IN THE WEEK----CHECK SCHOOL NOTES FOR EXACT DAYS FOR EACH---NEXT WEEK: BEGIN SECTION ON BACTERIA AND IMPORTANT SCIENTISTS-----VIEWING GROWTH ON POTATO CULTURES SCIENCE 8TH----BEGIN SECTION ON SCIENTIFIC WORK---NEW FORMULAS ON WORK, FORCE AND DISTANCE----ACTIVITIES---INCLUDING MEASURING WORK, AND FORCE WITH A SPRING SCALE---DISCOVERING NEW UNITS OF MEASUREMENT( NEWTONS AND JOULES) ---NEXT WEEK: COMPLETE SCIENTIFIC WORK ACTIVITIES---STUDY SHEET AND TEST ON FORMULAS AND VOCABULARY ********************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 9-19-11 *****DON'T FORGET YOUR MONEY FOR OUR TRIP TO ST. RITA FOR OCT. 6TH RETREAT***** A VERY BUSY WEEK---FULL OF ADVENTURE---MATH ASSEMBLY ON TUESDAY @9:30---BUS EVACUATION DRILL ON FRIDAY MORNING----PEP RALLY ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON @1:45 RELIGION----BEGIN CHAPTER 2 IN OUR TEXT BOOK---"GOD WITH US"---DISCUSSION AND ACTIVITIES -----CONTINUE IN GOSPEL OF LUKE--ORAL READING AND INTERPRETATION----CONTINUE WITH OUR DAILY PRAYER AND INTENTIONS AS WELL AS OUR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT RESPECT AND RESPONSIBILITY -----WRITTEN RESPONSES FOR CHAPTER QUESTIONS---NEXT WEEK BEGIN ROSARY PROJECT READING-----BEGIN OUR FIRST NOVEL FLIPPED BY WENDELIN VAN DRANNEN-----INTRODUCTION TO THE NOVEL---ORAL AND SILENT READING---CHARACTER ANALYSIS AND PLOT FORMATION---CHECK SCHOOL NOTES FOR HOMEWORK EVERY NIGHT---ACTIVITIES---DISCUSSION ---RECORDING FACTS ---NEXT WEEK CONTINUE IN FLIPPED SCIENCE 7TH----BEGIN OUR MICROSCOPE VIEWING---SKILLS OF MAKING AND VIEWING SLIDES OF LEAVES AND FLOWER PETALS---DRAWING AND LABELING VIEWS AT DIFFERENT MAGNIFICATIONS ---CONTINUE IN THE TEXT ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF MICROSCOPES AND THEIR USES AS WELL AS EARLY MICROBIOLOGISTS---TEST THE END OF NEXT WEEK ON MICROSCOPES AND MICROBIOLOGISTS SCIENCE 8TH----COMPLETE OUR SECTION ON DISTANCE , SPEED AND TIME--- GROUPS PRESENT EXPERIMENTS ON FINDING SPEED FOR THE CLASS---STUDY SHEET TUESDAY--- WEDNESDAY REVIEW FOR THE TEST ---TEST THURSDAY ON DISTANCE, SPEED AND TIME---BEGIN SCIENTIFIC WORK (W=fxd) ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK ************************************************************************************************************************ WEEK OF 9-12-11 RELIGION---BEGIN "CHILD LURES" FOR 7TH GRADE--REQUIRED BY THE CHICAGO ARCHDIOCESE FOR GRAMMAR SCHOOL STUDENTS AS PART OF THE CURRICULUM----INFORMATION---DISCUSSION----DECISION MAKING ASSISTANCE----SCENARIOS AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION AS WELL AS INTERNET SAFETY TIPS ---MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY---FRIDAY --MASS @8:45 JR. HIGH CLASSES--- NEXT WEEK ---BEGIN CHAPTER 2 "GOD WITH US" READING---SHORT STORY "HEARTS AND HANDS" BY O.HENRY---SURPRISE ENDING----CONTINUE WITH THE THEME "FALSE IMPRESSIONS"---CHARACTER WEB FOR EACH MAIN CHARACTER---DISCUSS PLOT AND SETTING AND THEIR IMPORTANCE TO THE STORY--REVIEW PROTAGONIST AND ANTAGONIST FROM PREVIOUS STORIES---TEST --FRIDAY ----NEXT WEEK---BEGIN OUR FIRST NOVEL FLIPPED BY WENDELIN VAN DRANNEN SCIENCE 8TH---BEGIN LEARNING THE PHYSICS FORMULAS FOR DISTANCE SPEED AND TIME---SKILLS OF CALCULATING DISTANCE , SPEED AND TIME BY USING A VARIETY OF OBJECTS IN ACTIVITIES----USING METRIC MEASUREMENT TOOLS TO COMPUTE THE RESULTS OF OUR ACTIVITIES--REVIEW THE UNITS OF METRIC MEASURE AND THEIR EQUIVALENTS---CHARTING AND DATA GATHERING --SHARING STATISTICS ---GROUP WORK ---NEXT WEEK MORE PHYSICS INFORMATION AND ACTIVITIES SCIENCE 7TH---TEST ON TUESDAY ON CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING THINGS, CELLS AND VIRUSES----STUDY SHEET CORRECTED AND REVIEWED ON MONDAY---WEDNESDAY--BEGIN SECTION ON MICROSCOPE USAGE AND IMPORTANCE IN TODAY'S WORLD---DIAGRAMMING AND LABELING OF A MICROSCOPE ----IDENTIFYING PARTS OF AND USING A MICROSCOPE----DISCUSSION OF EARLY MICROBIOLOGISTS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE----DEMONSTRATION OF MAKING SLIDES FOR MICROSCOPE VIEWING----NEXT WEEK STUDENTS MAKE AND VIEW SLIDES OF A VARIETY OF MATERIALS ********************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 9-6-11 ***LIBRARY BEGINS THIS WEEK ON THURSDAY FOR MY HOMEROOM*** RELIGION---CONTINUE CHAPTER ONE RELIGION BOOK--COMPLETE CHAPTER REVIEW ON TUESDAY ---CONTINUE IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE--ORAL DISCUSSION --COMPARE WITH OTHER EVANGELISTS' WRITINGS--TEST ON CHAPTER ONE FRIDAY--CONTINUE OUR CLASS DISCUSSION OF APPROPRIATE ACTIONS AND LANGUAGE FOR SEVENTH GRADERS----NEXT WEEK CHILD LURES PROGRAM READING ---CONTINUE IN LITERATURE BOOK--SHORT STORY "WAR OF THE WALL"---VOCABULARY WORK--INTRODUCTION THROUGH CLASS DISCUSSION--RELATE THE STORY TO THE THEME OF THE UNIT"FALSE IMPRESSIONS"--CHARACTER WEBS AND ANALYSIS--DISCUSS PROTAGONIST AND ANTAGONIST IN THE STORY---EMPHASIS ON THE PLOT AND SETTING OF THE STORY----TEST FRIDAY ON VOCABULARY AND COMPREHENSION ---DRAWING THE WALL OF BEVERLY---NEXT WEEK "HEART AND HANDS" BY O.HENRY SCIENCE 7TH---COMPLETE THE SECTION ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING THINGS AND CELLS---NOTES, DISCUSSION AND DIAGRAMS--WEDNESDAY COMPUTER ROOM----STUDY SHEET ON THURSDAY--REVIEW AND CORRECTION OF THE STUDY SHEET ON FRIDAY--TEST ON CLASSIFICATION ON MONDAY---NEXT WEEK BEGIN SECTION ON MICROSCOPES AND BACTERIA SCIENCE 8TH---COMPLETE SECTION ON SCIENTIFIC MEASUREMENT SKILLS AND USES----STUDY SHEET ON TUESDAY---COMPUTER ROOM ON WEDNESDAY---CORRECTION AND REVIEW OF STUDY SHEET ON THURSDAY---TEST ON SCIENTIFIC MEASUREMENT ON FRIDAY---NEXT WEEK BEGIN SECTION ON DISTANCE , SPEED AND TIME ******************************************************************************************************************** WEEK OF 8-29-11 RELIGION---BEGIN THE EARLY LIFE OF JESUS AND DISCUSS HOW JESUS' LIFE WAS DIFFERENT AND HOW IT WAS THE SAME AS OURS----TIMELINE OF JESUS LIFE---BEGIN READINGS FROM LUKE'S GOSPEL---REVIEW PARTS OF THE MASS (FRIDAY OPENING LITURGY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR@8:45)---REMIND ABOUT BEHAVIOR AT MASS AND IN CHURCH READING---SHORT STORY "SEVENTH GRADE"---VOCABULARY WORK---ORAL AND SILENT READING---COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS---CHARACTER WEBS---DISCUSS THE THEME OF THE FIRST UNIT IN THE LITERATURE BOOK "FALSE IMPRESSIONS"---TEST ON FRIDAY---VOCABULARY AND COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS ON "SEVENTH GRADE" SCIENCE 7TH---REVIEW THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD--ACTIVITY TO REINFORCE THE USE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD---BEGIN THE CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING THINGS--INCLUDE SCIENTISTS, TERMINOLOGY AND HISTORY---ACTIVITY RELATED TO BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE LATER IN THE WEEK---CHECK SCHOOLNOTES.COM FOR UPDATES AND MORE SPECIFICS SCIENCE 8TH---REVIEW THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD---ORAL DISCUSSION AND EXAMPLES---BEGIN SCIENTIFIC MEASUREMENT---ACTIVITIES AND HANDS ON USAGE OF SCIENTIFIC TOOLS OF MEASUREMENT INCLUDING GRADUATED CYLINDERS, THERMOMETERS, METRIC SCALES AND METER STICKS---UNITS OF MEASUREMENT FOR EACH TOOL --CHARTING AND CALCULATING FOR EACH ACTIVITY ************************************************************************** WEEK OF 8-24-11 RELIGION---BEGIN CHAPTER 1 IN THE RELIGION SERIES--BEGIN THE GOSPEL OF ST. LUKE--PASS OUT BOOKS AND BIBLES--REVIEW MASS PARTS FOR OPENING SCHOOL LITURGY READING-----BEGIN A SHORT STORY IN THE LITERATURE BOOK CALLED "CHARLES"--DISCUSS THEMES OF STORIES AS WELL AS CHARACTERS, PLOTS AND SETTINGS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE TO THE TELLING OF A STORY SCIENCE 7TH---INTRODUCE THE USE OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD--STEPS AND PROCEDURES--NOTES--ACTIVITIES ON USAGE AND PROBLEMS SCIENCE 8TH-----REVIEW THE USAGE OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCE AND HOW IT CAN BE USED IN EVERYDAY LIFE--ACTIVITIES AND NOTES *************************************************************************** *WEEK OF 8-29-11*************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** WEEK OF 8-29-12 MONDAY--- TUESDAY--- FRIDAY- RELIGION---TEST ON MONDAY ON CHAPTER 11---CONTINUE WITH GOSPEL READINGS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EASTER SEASON---DISCUSSION--ACTIVITIES--RELIGION BOOK --BEGIN CHAPTER 12 READING--CONTINUE WITH JOHNNY TREMAIN---TEST MONDAY SECTION II---CONTINUE WITH ATTRIBUTE WEBS, VOCABULARY, COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS, THEMES---CONTINUE WRITING FACTS FOR DISCUSSION---CHECK SCHOOLNOTES.COM FOR NEXT TESTS AND WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS SCIENCE 7TH---CONTINUE WITH HUMAN DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AND NUTRITION---QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION, DIAGRAMS, ACTIVITIES---TEST NEXT WEEK ON DIGESTION SCIENCE 8TH---CONTINUE WITH ORGANIC CHEMISTRY---FORMULAS, COMPOUNDS, STRUCTURAL FORMULAS---TEST THURSDAY ON THE FIRST 10 ALKANES---FORMULAS, STRUCTURES AND USES---PUT TOGETHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS *************************************************************************** WEEK OF 5-2-11 RELIGION---EASTER COLLAGE---COMPLETE EASTER SEASON FROM THE RELIGION BOOK--COMPLETE CHAPTER 11 ON THE COMMANDMENTS---REVIEW AND TEST ON CHAPTER 11 ---TEST FRIDAY---BEGIN CHAPTER 12 NEXT WEEK READING---BEGIN THE HISTORICAL FICTION NOVEL JOHNNY TREMAIN----THEMES, VOCABULARY, HISTORICAL BACKGROUND---ORAL AND SILENT READING---COMPREHENSION AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS--CHARACTER ATTRIBUTE WEBS--TESTS EVERY FEW CHAPTERS--CHECK HOMEWORK PAGE FOR SPECIFICS SCIENCE 7TH--CONTINUE IN THE HUMAN BODY SYSTEMS--DIGESTION---CHEMICAL AND MECHANICAL--ORGANS INVOLVED---CHEMICAL CHANGES--NUTRIENTS--FOOD GROUPS AND CHEMICAL FORMULAS---DIAGRAMS-----ORDER OF DIGESTIVE PROCESSES--GLANDS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTION---ABSORPTION AND FINAL BREAKDOWN SCIENCE 8TH---BEGIN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY---FIRST 10 HYDROCARBONS--FORMULAS, USES, 3-D MODELS--ACTIVITIES---CARBON COMPOUNDS---DISCUSSIONS, QUESTIONS, GROUP WORK, HANDS-ON STRUCTURES---QUIZ ON FIRST 10 HYDROCARBONS EARLY NEXT WEEK--CHECK HOMEWORK PAGE *************************************************************************** WEEK OF 4-18-11 THREE DAY WEEK---SPRING BREAK BEGINS AFTER SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY RELIGION---COMPLETE SECTION ON HOLY WEEK---GOSPEL READINGS--HOLY WEEK TRADITIONS---DISCUSSION, ORAL READING READING ---COMPARE/CONTRAST THE PLAY "DRIVING MISS DAISY " WITH THE MOVIE---COMPARE/CONTRAST PARAGRAPH AND ORAL PRESENTATION ON WEDNESDAY---JOHNNY TREMAIN THE NOVEL AFTER EASTER SCIENCE 7TH---CONTINUE WITH THE SKELETAL AND MUSCULAR SYSTEMS OF THE HUMAN BODY ---TEST--WEDNESDAY ON IDENTIFICATION AND RECOGNITION OF OUR BONES--AFTER EASTER THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SCIENCE 8TH---TEST--MONDAY CHEMISTRY AND ELEMENTAL KNOWLEDGE---HYDROGEN CAR DISCUSSION ON WEDNESDAY---AFTER EASTER---CARBON /ORGANIC CHEMISTRY ************************************************************************** WEEK OF 4-11-11 RELIGION----CONTINUE IN CHAPTER 11--THE COMMANDMENTS---INTERPRET AND UNDERSTAND SELECTED COMMANDMENTS---CONTINUE TO READ GOSPEL PASSAGES RELATED TO HOLY WEEK AND STATIONS OF THE CROSS---END OF THE WEEK---BEGIN PLANNING OUR EASTER COLLAGES READING---CONTINUE WITH "DRIVING MISS DAISY"---COMPREHENSION, VOCABULARY AND CRITIQUE---BEGIN OUR PLAY BILL PROJECT --DUE--WEDNESDAY--ORAL PRESENTATIONS ON THURSDAY---NEXT WEEK WATCH THE MOVIE VERSION OF "DRIVING MISS DAISY"---COMPLETE OUR SECTION ON PLAYS SCIENCE 7TH---BEGIN HUMAN BODY SYSTEMS---SKELETAL AND MUSCULAR SYSTEM---SCIENTIFIC AND COMMON NAMES AND PLACEMENT FOR BONES---NOTES ON SELECTED BONES, LIGAMENTS AND TENDONS---WORK WITH OUR SKELETON FOR RECOGNITION AND PLACEMENT OF EACH BONE---TEST NEXT WEEK ON THE GIVEN BONES--BOTH SCIENTIFIC NAMES AND COMMON NAMES SCIENCE 8TH---REVIEW AND ACTIVITY FOR THE THREE FAMILIES OF ELEMENTS----TEST WEDNESDAY ON SYMBOLS AND NAMES FOR THE ALKALI METALS , HALOGENS, AND NOBLE GASES---CONTINUE IN THE SECTION ON NONMETALS AND METALLOIDS--TEST NEXT WEEK ON METALS, NONMETALS AND METALLOIDS---ACTIVITIES, DISCUSSION, AND REVIEW *************************************************************************** WEEK OF 4-4-11 RELIGION---TEST CHAPTER 10---MONDAY----CONTINUE READING BIBLE PASSAGES FOR OUR LENTEN JOURNEY---TUESDAY--RECONCILIATION--10:15 IN CHURCH---BEGIN CHAPTER 11 IN THE RELIGION BOOK---DISCUSS GOSPEL READING FOR MASS NEXT SUNDAY----ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN OPERATION "RICE BOWL"----MASS FRIDAY @8:45 FOR 5-8 GRADE READING---BEGIN THE PLAY "DRIVING MISS DAISY"---ORAL PRESENTATION, COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS, VOCABULARY, STAGE DIRECTIONS, DISCUSSION-----PLAYBILL PROJECT--RUBRIC GIVEN-----LATER IN THE WEEK---WATCH PART OF THE VIDEO "DRIVING MISS DAISY"(IF ANYONE HAS A COPY WE COULD USE/ PLEASE SEND) SCIENCE 7TH--- MAMMALS' STUDY SHEET---MONDAY--CORRECTION OF STUDY SHEET AND REVIEW GAME FOR TEST --- TUESDAY---COMPUTER ROOM AND MAMMAL RESEARCH---WEDNESDAY---TEST ON MAMMALS--THURSDAY---BEGIN HUMAN ANATOMY ON FRIDAY---SHORTENED CLASSES ON FRIDAY BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL PLAY IN THE AFTERNOON SCIENCE 8TH---CONTINUE IN THE METALS, NONMETALS AND METALLOIDS SECTION---EXPERIMENT,NOTES, FAMILIES OF ELEMENTS---CHARACTERISTICS--USES--FORMULAS---WEDNESDAY--COMPUTER ROOM---BRAINPOP.COM---SUMMARY ON 2 TOPICS OF CHOICE DUE:THURSDAY---SHARE TOPIC SUMMARIES ORALLY --THURSDAY---HYDROGEN FUEL VIDEO FRIDAY---NEXT WEEK--TEST ON 3 FAMILIES OF ELEMENTS AND METALS AND NONMETALS MASS FRIDAY @8:45---GRADES 5-8 RECONCILIATION ON TUESDAY MORNING IN CHURCH WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING OUR GREAT ACTORS AND ACTRESSES IN GREASE!!! ON FRIDAY *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** WEEK OF 3-28-11 RELIGION--CONTINUE IN CHAPTER 10--THE EUCHARIST---CONTINUE ON OUR PATHS TO EASTER--CONTINUE DISCUSSING LENT AND READINGS FROM THE GOSPELS FOR OUR JOURNEY DURING LENT---COMPLETE CHAPTER 10--TEST NEXT WEEK--STATIONS AT 2:00PM ON FRIDAY APRIL 1ST-- FOR 5-6-7 GRADERS READING--MONDAY--TEST ON "RIKKI, TIKKI, TAVI"--VOCABULARY AND COMPREHENSION---BEGIN "ELEANOR ROOSEVELT"--BIOGRAPHY ABOUT FIRST LADY---VOCABULARY --BIOGRAPHY CHARACTERISTICS--ORAL AND SILENT READING--HISTORY OF THE TIME PERIOD--TEST FRIDAY SCIENCE 7TH--CONTINUE WITH THE MAMMAL CLASS AND SPECIFIC ORDERS---TUESDAY --EXTERNAL OBSERVATION OF A FETAL PIG---OBSERVATION SHEET AND DISCUSSION---THURSDAY INTERNAL DISSECTION OF A FETAL PIG--DISSECTION SHEET AND DISCUSSION---TEST NEXT WEEK ON MAMMALS AND FETAL PIG DISSECTION SCIENCE 8TH--CONTINUE WITH THE ELEMENTAL FAMILIES OF ALKALI METALS, HALOGENS AND NOBLE GASES---OXIDATION NUMBERS -- FORMING IONIC AND COVALENT COMPOUNDS AS WELL AS POLYATOMIC IONS --ATOMIC 3-D MODELS--TEST LATER IN THE WEEK ON FORMING COMPOUNDS WITH OXIDATION NUMBERS---NEXT WEEK METALS AND METALLOIDS *************************************************************************** WEEK OF 3-21-11 ONLY 3 DAYS THIS WEEK RELIGION---TEST ON CHAPTER 9--MONDAY---CONTINUE DISCUSSING LENT AND OUR LENTEN JOURNEYS AND PATHS TOWARDS EASTER READING---BEGIN "RIKKI, TIKKI, TAVI" BY RUDYARD KIPLING--VOCABULARY, SILENT AND ORAL READING, COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS--PERSONIFICATION---TEST NEXT WEEK ON THE SELECTION SCIENCE 7TH---BEGIN SECTION ON MAMMALS--CHARACTERISTICS, NOTES--NEXT WEEK DISSECTION OF A FETAL PIG SCIENCE 8TH---BEGIN FAMILIES OF THE ELEMENTS--ALKALI METALS, HALOGENS, NOBLE GASES---FORMING COMPOUNDS--ATOMIC 3-D MODELS---USES AND COMBINATIONS--NEXT WEEK COMPOUNDS (5) TEST ************************************************************************** WEEK OF 3-14-11 ST. BALDRICK DAY ON THURSDAY THE 17TH RELIGION--CONTINUE IN OUR JOURNEY TOWARDS EASTER---JOURNEY PROJECT--ROADS TO OUR NEW LIFE OF EASTER---READINGS ABOUT LAZARUS, TRANSFIGURATION, MAN BORN BLIND---WORK IN OUR CHAPTER ON ALMSGIVING---CHAPTER 10 REVIEW--TEST AT THE END OF THE WEEK READING---COMPLETE ESPERANZA RISING--END OF THE BOOK TEST------PROJECT AND AUTHOR'S END NOTES---TEST WILL BE ON FRIDAY SCIENCE 7TH---COMPLETE SECTION ON AVES---NOTES--CHARACTERISTICS--STUDY SHEET ON TUESDAY ON REPTILES AND BIRDS--REVIEW GAME AND CORRECTION ON WEDNESDAY--TEST ON REPTILES AND BIRDS---FRIDAY SCIENCE 8TH--MONDAY -EXPERIMENT---SEPARATING A COMPOUND INTO ITS ELEMENTS---TEST ON PERIODIC TABLE, ATOMIC MODELS AND ELEMENTS---TUESDAY---BEGIN SECTION ON DIFFERENT FAMILIES OF ELEMENTS INCLUDING THE ALKALI METALS, HALOGENS AND THE NOBLE GASES----SYMBOLS, USES, OXIDATION NUMBERS AND COMPOUND FORMATION WEEK OF 3-7-11 RELIGION---BEGIN SECTION ON THE LENTEN SEASON--DISCUSS AND READ ABOUT ASH WEDNESDAY--BACK PART OF THE RELIGION BOOK ON LENT---MASS ON WEDNESDAY--RECEIVE ASHES---BEGIN OUR JOURNEY THROUGH THE FORTY DAYS OF LENT---DISCUSS OUR INTENTIONS FOR THE LENTEN SEASON---CONTINUE IN CHAPTER 9--ALMSGIVING AND SERVICE READING---CONTINUE IN THE HISTORICAL FICTION NOVEL ESPERANZA RISING--VOCABULARY, COMPREHENSION, FORESHADOWING, PREDICTING, CHARACTER WEBS, AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES---WRITTEN FACTS AND SUMMARIES --ORAL DISCUSSION ---TESTS EVERY FEW CHAPTERS---CHECK SCHOOLNOTES.COM FOR DAILY UPDATES SCIENCE 7TH---CONTINUE IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM WITH THE CHORDATE CLASS REPTILES---RESEARCH IN THE COMPUTER ROOM ON WEDNESDAY--EACH STUDENT WILL ANSWER RESEARCH QUESTIONS USING THE INTERNET ABOUT A REPTILE OF THEIR CHOICE----QUESTIONS INCLUDE HABITAT, BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE AND SPECIAL CHARACTERSTICS---NEXT WEEK --AVES SCIENCE 8TH----CONTINUE IN CHEMISTRY AND THE PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS---FAMILIES OF ELEMENTS--CHARACTERISTICS AND USES---EXPERIMENTS--SEPARATING COMPOUNDS OF SUCROSE AND HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AND MAGANESE DIOXIDE---TEST ON ELEMENTS AND SYMBOLS LATE IN THE WEEK---ELEMENT RESEARCH IN THE COMPUTER ROOM ON WEDNESDAY---QUESTIONS WILL BE PROVIDED ***************************************************************************** WEEK OF 2-14-11 RELIGION---TEST ON THE BEATITUDES AND THE OUR FATHER---MONDAY--CHAPTER 8---PROJECT WITH THEIR SYMBOLS FOR THE OUR FATHER---COMBINE IDEAS INTO A QUILT PATTERN AND PUT INTO THE HALL--INTERPRETATION OF THE LORD'S PRAYER READING ---TEST ON ROALD DAHL'S AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SHORT STORY---VOCAB AND COMPREHENSION--MONDAY--TUESDAY--BEGIN OUR NEW NOVEL ESPERANZA RISING--VOCABULARY, PLOT, SETTING, HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE FOR THE NOVEL--TESTS EVERY FEW CHAPTERS --FACTS RECORDED IN NOTEBOOKS AND SILENT READING ASSIGNMENTS EVERYDAY SCIENCE 7TH---REVIEW FOR TEST ON PISCES --MONDAY--TEST ON FISH --TUESDAY---DISSECT THE PERCH--WEDNESDAY--BEGIN AMPHIBIANS--THURSDAY AND FRIDAY---ANATOMY, DIAGRAMS, NOTES---- NEXT WEEK --FROG DISSECTION SCIENCE 8TH---TEST ON ACIDS, BASES, NEUTRALS--MONDAY---TUESDAY--EXPERIMENT W/ INDICATORS------WEDNESDAY BEGIN DIAGRAMMING ATOMS ELECTRONS---NOTES ON EARLY SCIENTISTS ---THURSDAY--MYSTERY BOX EXPERIMENT---IDENTIFICATION OF THE PARTS OF THE ATOM---FRIDAY--DRAWING MODELS OF ELECTRON PATHS AND FAMILIES OF THE ELEMENTS ************************************************************************** WEEK OF 1-31-11 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS' WEEK RELIGION---BEGIN CHAPTER 8---BEATITUDES---DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS, ACTIVITIES---MASS THURSDAY FOR ST. BLASE---BLESSING OF THROATS---ST. PETER AND THE BEGINNING OF THE CHURCH READING---COMPLETE DISCUSSION AND ACTIVITIES FOR "THE MONSTERS ARE DUE ON MAPLE STREET"----BEGIN THE NOVEL"ESPERANZA RISING"-----VOCABULARY, COMPREHENSION AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT ---DISCUSS THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE NOVEL SCIENCE 7TH---TAKE HOME ALL MATERIALS FROM THE SCIENCE EXPO ON MONDAY---CONTINUE WITH THE CLASS PISCES---PERCH DISSECTION WITH DISSECTION SHEETS---PERCH DIAGRAMS DRAW, LABEL AND COLOR----STUDY SHEET FRIDAY AND TEST NEXT WEEK SCIENCE 8TH--TAKE HOME ALL MATERIALS FROM THE SCIENCE EXPO ON MONDAY--- EXPERIMENTS WITH ACIDS, BASES AND NEUTRALS---USING LITMUS PAPER AND PHENOLTHALEIN---COMPLETE SECTION ON ACIDS AND BASES---TEST TUESDAY ON ACIDS FROM CHART---STUDY SHEET FOR NEXT WEEK AND TEST *************************************************************************** WEEK OF 1-24-11 RELIGION---CONTINUE WORKING IN CHAPTER 7 "JUSTICE IN THE KINGDOM"---DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS, ACTIVITIES---SECTION ON ANNE FRANK---CHAPTER REVIEW --LATE IN THE WEEK---TEST ON CHAPTER 7 READING---TEST MONDAY ON "THE NOBLE EXPERIMENT"---JACKIE ROBINSON TRADING CARD DUE MONDAY---TUESDAY BEGIN NEW SELECTION--PLAY FROM "THE TWILIGHT ZONE" BY ROD SERLING---"THE MONSTERS ARE DUE ON MAPLE STREET"----ORAL READING--VOCABULARY--COMPREHENSION--ELEMENTS OF DRAMA--STAGE DIRECTIVES ----TEST FRIDAY ON "THE MONSTERS ARE DUE ON MAPLE STREET" SCIENCE 7TH---MONDAY AND TUESDAY---NOTES AND DISCUSSION ABOUT VERTEBRATES AND THE CLASSES---BEGIN FISH SECTION--CHARACTERISTICS, AND EXAMPLES---DISSECTION OF THE PERCH NEXT WEEK---WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY--PRESENTATIONS OF SCIENCE EXPO PROJECTS--MAKE SURE THAT RUBRIC IS FOLLOWED AND YOUR SHEET IS WITH YOU ----PROJECTS WILL BE SET UP FRIDAY AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON SUNDAY 11am-1pm IN THE SCHOOL GYM---all projects must be taken home on Monday 1-31-11 SCIENCE 8TH---MONDAY AND TUESDAY CONTINUE WITH CHEMISTRY SECTION---INTRODUCTION TO ACIDS, BASES, SALTS, AND NEUTRALS AND THE pH SCALE---- WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY PRESENTATION OF SCIENCE EXPO PROJECTS--MAKE SURE THAT RUBRIC IS FOLLOWED AND SHEET IS WITH YOU----PROJECTS WILL BE SET UP IN THE GYM ON FRIDAY----OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON SUNDAY FROM 11am--1pm--all projects must be taken home on Monday 1-31-11 *************************************************************************** WEEK OF 1-18 RELIGION---BEGIN CHAPTER 7---JUSTICE--- RELIGION BOOK---DISCUSSION, ACTIVITIES, QUESTIONS WRITTEN AND ORAL---LUKE'S GOSPEL ORAL READING AND DISCUSSION---SUNDAY READINGS AND DISCUSSION READING ---TEST ON THE SHORT RAY BRADBURY STORY "ALL SUMMER IN A DAY"---VOCAB AND COMPREHENSION---TUESDAY---BEGIN "THE NOBLE EXPERIMENT"---AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORY ABOUT JACKIE ROBINSON---WEDNESDAY--ORAL READING, DISCUSSION, ELEMENTS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY-VOCABULARY ---WRITTEN EXPRESSION--MAKING A JACKIE ROBINSON TRADING CARD---TEST MONDAY SCIENCE 7TH---COMPLETE UNIT ON ARTHROPODA---STUDY SHEET --TUESDAY---CORRECTION AND REVIEW GAME ---WEDNESDAY---TEST THURSDAY ON ARTHROPODS---BEGIN NEW UNIT ON VERTEBRATE ANIMALS ----FRIDAY---COLD BLOODED VERTEBRATES STARTING WITH THE CLASS PISCES---WORK ON SCIENCE EXPO---DUE:1-26/WED. SCIENCE 8TH---COMPLETE SECTION ON THE PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS---STUDY SHEET--TUESDAY----CORRECTION OF STUDY SHEET WEDNESDAY=---TEST---THURSDAY---BEGIN NEW SECTION ON ACIDS, BASES, SALTS AND NEUTRALS--FRIDAY---WORK ON SCIENCE EXPO---DUE: 1-26/WED. *************************************************************************** WEEK OF 1-10-11 RELIGION---CONTINUE IN CHAPTER 6---SACRAMENTS OF COMMITMENT AND SERVICE---READ, DISCUSS ACTIVITIES---VOCATIONS WEEK--DISCUSS-- CHAPTER 6 REVIEW WEDNESDAY---TEST ON CHAPTER 6 FRIDAY READING---TIME LINE FOR THE SHORT STORY "TITANIC"---TEST ON VOCABULARY AND COMPREHENSION ON TUES. ON "TITANIC"---WED. BEGIN NEW SHORT STORY "ALL SUMMER IN A DAY" BY RAY BRADBURY---VOCABULARY AND COMPREHENSION---SCIENCE FICTION ELEMENTS--DISCUSSION WRITTEN QUESTIONS SCIENCE 7TH---CONTINUE WORK ON THE SCIENCE EXPO -----CONTINUE THE PHYLUM ARTHROPODA---ANALYZE AND INTERPRET THE 5 CLASSES OF ARTHROPODS---DISSECTION OF A CRAYFISH--LATE IN THE WEEK--TEST ON ARTHROPODS NEXT WEEK SCIENCE 8TH---CONTINUE WORK ON THE SCIENCE EXPO---BEGIN WORK IN THE CHEMISTRY SECTION---DISCOVER THE PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS--ATOMIC NUMBER, ATOMIC MASS, COMPO **************************************************************************** RELIGION---COMPLETE AFTER CHRISTMAS SECTION IN THE RELIGION BOOK---BEGIN CHAPTER 6---DISCUSSION--QUESTIONS AND ACTIVITIES READING---INTRODUCTION TO THE SELECTION ABOUT THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE "TITANIC " BY ROBERT BALLARD---VOCABULARY---DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS---TEST ON SELECTION NEXT WEEK-- INCLUDING VOCABULARY AND COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS SCIENCE 7TH---BEGIN UNIT ON ARTHROPODS---COMPUTER ROOM BRAINPOP.COM---WED.--INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENCE EXPO ON 1-30-11----DIRECTIVES AND RUBRIC GIVEN ON THURS.---WORK IN CHOSEN GROUPS ON FRI. SCIENCE 8TH---BEGIN SECTION ON CHEMISTRY---PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS---COMPUTER ROOM BRAINPOP.COM---WED.---INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENCE EXPO ON 1-30-11---DIRECTIVES AND RUBRIC GIVEN ON THURS.---WORK IN CHOSEN GROUPS ON FRI. ************************************************************************** WEEK OF 12-20 RELIGION---CHRISTMAS SECTION OF THE RELIGION BOOK---READ MATTHEW AND LUKE'S ACCOUNTS OF THE CHRISTMAS STORY READING---TEST ON THE "CHRISTMAS HUNT"--VOCABULARY AND COMPREHENSION SCIENCE 7TH---DISSECT THE SEA STAR--DISSECTION SHEET SCIENCE 8TH---PREVIEW CHEMISTRY---PREVIEW SCIENCE EXPO IN JANUARY HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON. **************************************************************************** PREVIEW OF 12-13 CHRISTMAS PAGEANT 12-17 @1:45 IN THE CHURCH RELIGION---COMPLETE CHAPTER 5 REVIEW---TEST TUESDAY----CONTINUE IN THE BACK OF THE BOOK WITH THE CHRISTMAS SEASON---PRACTICE FOR THE CHRISTMAS PAGEANT---DISCUSSIONS AND ACTIVITIES READING---CLOSING ACTIVITIES ON THE NOVEL THE GIVER----COMPLETE CHAPTER CALENDAR---TEST ON THE NOVEL WEDNESDAY---BEGIN THE CHRISTMAS STORY" THE CHRISTMAS HUNT"--VOCABULARY--COMPREHENSION AND ACTIVITIES SCIENCE 7TH--ECHINODERM CHARACTERISTICS--NOTES--DISCUSSION--ORAL AND WRITTEN QUESTIONS----DISSECTION OF A SEA STAR NEXT MONDAY ---SCHEDULE UNCERTAIN BECAUSE OF PAGEANT PRACTICE SCIENCE 8TH---COMPLETE UNIT ON ELECTRICAL ENERGY--STUDY SHEET FOR TEST ON ELECTRICAL ENERGY---CORRECT STUDY SHEET---REVIEW FOR TEST ON THURSDAY----BEGIN INTRODUCTION TO CHEMISTRY AND THE PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS ************************************************************************** PREVIEW OF 12-6 RELIGION---CONTINUE WORKING ON ADVENT AND CHAPTER 5 IN THE RELIGION BOOK---WEDNESDAY IS THE FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION---MASS AT 8:45----BIBLE READINGS FROM LUKE ABOUT THE BIRTH OF JESUS---TEST ON CHAPTER 5 LATE IN THE WEEK---CHECK HOMEWORK PAGE FOR SPECIFICS READING-----CONTINUE IN THE NOVEL THE GIVER---TEST ON TUESDAY ON CHAPTERS 14-18---CONTINUE WORKING ON THE CALENDAR OF CHAPTERS FROM THE GIVER----DISCUSSION, WORKSHEET, CHARACTER STUDY, PLOT DEVELOPMENT AND VOCABULARY---NOVEL COMPLETION EARLY NEXT WEEK---END OF THE BOOK TEST WILL BE NEXT WEEK TOO SCIENCE 7TH---TEST MONDAY ON MOLLUSKS---BEGIN THE NEXT SECTION ON ECHINODERMS---NOTES, BOOK WORK AND DISSECTION OF A SEA STAR NEXT WEEK---BECAUSE OF PAGEANT PRACTICE OUR AFTERNOON SCHEDULES WILL BE CHANGED SEVERAL DAYS THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK SCIENCE 8TH---CONTINUE WORK WITH ELECTRICAL ENERGY---BEGIN STUDY OF CURRENT AND CIRCUIT ELECTRICITY---BRING IN C OR D CELL BATTERY FOR CLASS ON MONDAY---LATER IN THE WEEK STUDENTS WILL PUT TOGETHER D/C CIRCUITS USING CHRISTMAS LIGHT AND BATTERIES---DRAWING SERIES AND PARALLEL CIRCUITS AND IDENTIFICATION OF THEIR PARTS **************************************************************************** PREVIEW OF 11-29 RELIGION---WORK ON ADVENT SECTION OF THE RELIGION BOOK--PROJECTS--DISCUSSIONS, QUESTIONS WRITTEN AND ORAL---BEGIN CHAPTER 5 RELIGION BOOK ON FRIDAY--CONITNUE IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE AND ADVENT REFLECTIONS READING ---CONTINUE IN THE GIVER---CHARACTER ATTRIBUTE WEBS------VOCABULARY AND COMPREHENSION FOR THE NOVEL--- NEXT TEST---TUESDAY ON CHAPTERS 9-13---CONTINUE WITH SILENT AND ORAL READING--PROTAGONIST AND ANTAGONIST DISCUSSION --FACTS FOR DISCUSSION AND EXPLANATION OF THE PROGRESSION OF THE PLOT SCIENCE 7TH---CONTINUE WITH THE PHYLUM MOLLUSCA----CLAM DISSECTION ON TUESDAY---DISSECTION SHEET--DISCUSSION AND CORRECTION OF THE DISSECTION SHEET--- WEDNESDAY STUDY SHEET FOR TEST ON MOLLUSKS--TEST ON MOLLUSKS--FRIDAY--NEXT WEEK ECHINODERMS SCIENCE 8TH---BEGIN SECTION ON ELECTRICAL ENERGY---REINFORCE INFORMATION ON THE ATOM AND ITS MAIN PARTS---DRAWING AND LABELING ----DISCUSSION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROTON, NEUTRON AND ELECTRON---PARTICULARLY THE WEIGHT , ELECTRICAL CHARGE AND PLACEMENT OF EACH---ACTIVITIES, QUESTIONS, DISCUSSIONS AND NOTES ON ELECTRICITY *************************************************************************** PREVIEW OF 11-22 PAJAMA DAY ---MONDAY----ONLY MOVES 1-5----TEST FOR 8TH GRADE SCIENCE ON COLOR AND LIGHT MASS ON TUESDAY AT 8:45. SHORTENED SCHEDULE WITH ONLY SOME CLASSES. DON'T FORGET PARENT CONFERENCES ON TUESDAY FROM 1PM TO 8PM. HAVE A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. *************************************************************************** ************************************************************************** PREVIEW OF NOV. 15 RETREAT FOR 7TH GRADERS TUESDAY AT ST. RITA HIGH SCHOOL RELIGION---COMPLETE CHAPTER 4 JESUS WITH US---TEST MONDAY---BEGIN CHAPTER 5 TUESDAY---ACTIVITIES, DISCUSSION AND READING---DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF THANKSGIVING IN THE LIVES OF CHRISTIANS AND WAYS TO SHOW APPRECIATION FOR ALL OF OUR BLESSINGS---SECTION IN BOOK ON VARIETY OF SAINTS OF THE CHURCH READING--CONTINUE IN THE NOVEL THE GIVER--- DISCUSSION , CHARACTER WEBS, THEME OF THE NOVEL ACTIVITIES, CHAPTER SYMBOL SHEET-- TEST ON CHAPTER 4-8--CHECK HOMEWORK PAGE FOR EXACT DAY THIS WEEK SCIENCE 7TH---EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ANATOMY OF AN EARTHWORM---DISSECTION AND EXTERNAL ANATOMY SHEETS---STUDY SHEET AT END OF THE WEEK---DISSECTION RULES AND SKILLS SCIENCE 8TH---COMPLETE SECTION ON COLOR AND LIGHT WITH INTERFERENCE COLORS OF BUBBLES---MAKING BUBBLE SOLUTION AND OBSERVING THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM IN THE THIN LAYERS OF THE BUBBLES---STUDY SHEET--TEST LATE IN THE WEEK--CHECK HOMEWORK PAGE FOR EXACT DATE OF THE TEST *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PREVIEW OF NOV. 8 7TH GRADERS REMEMBER RETREAT FORM AND MONEY FOR ST. RITA'S DUE TUES. REMEMBER PICTURE MONEY IF NOT TURNED IN RELIGION---PRESENTATIONS OF THE SAINTS' COLLAGES---CHAPTER 4 REVIEW AND TEST ---ACTIVITIES RELATED TO CHAPTER 4---ORAL AND WRITTEN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS--NEXT JR. HIGH MASS NOV. 19--FRI. READING--BEGIN THE NOVEL THE GIVER---DISCUSSION --PREVIEW--ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE NOVEL--NIGHTLY READING AND FACT RECORDING IN NOTEBOOKS--TEST ON FIRST THREE CHAPTERS---CHECK HOMEWORK PAGE FOR EXACT DAY---PROBABLY WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY DEPENDING ON HOW FAST WE COVER THE MATERIAL SCIENCE 7TH---CORRECT STUDY SHEET----REVIEW GAME FOR PLATYHELMINTHES AND NEMATODA----TEST TUESDAY---BEGIN ANNELIDA---WEDNESDAY--DIAGRAMS, NOTES, DISCUSSION---RULES FOR DISSECTION---DISSECTION OF THE EARTHWORM NEXT WEEK SCIENCE 8TH---CONTINUE IN COLOR AND LIGHT SECTION---NOTES, DISCUSSION, ACTIVITIES---CHROMOTOGRAPHY EXPERIMENT-----EXPERIMENT WITH THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM--COMBINING AND SEPARATING MARKER COLORS---SCIENTISTS AND INVENTORS OF LIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INCLUDING INCANDESCENT AND LASER LIGHT **************************************************************************** PREVIEW OF NOV. 1 RELIGION---BEGIN DISCUSSING THE SAINTS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH---CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT MOTHER THERESA OF CALCUTTA AND HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PEOPLE OF INDIA---BEGIN SAINT PROJECT COLLAGE ---WATCH FOR DUE DATE ON HOMEWORK PAGE READING---COMPLETE SCI-FI STORY "LOSE NOW, PAY LATER"---TEST ON VOCABULARY AND COMPREHENSION --MON.--BEGIN NEW SHORT STORY "STOLEN DAY"--VOCABULARY, CHARACTER WEBS, COMPREHENSION---ACTIVITIES, ORAL AND SILENT READING---TEST FRI. ----"STOLEN DAY" SCIENCE 7TH---COMPLETE CNIDARIANS AND PORIFERA---BEGIN PLATYHELMINTHES AND NEMATODA PHYLA---NOTES, DISCUSSION AND ACTIVITIES---DIAGRAMS , ORAL AND WRITTEN QUESTIONS----SHORTENED MON. CLASSES SCIENCE 8TH--COMPLETE HEAT ENERGY----BEGIN LIGHT AND COLOR SECTION----NOTES, DISCUSSION, ACTIVITIES---DIAGRAMS, ORAL AND WRITTEN QUESTIONS----SHORTENED CLASSES MON. **************************************************************************** PREVIEW OF OCT. 25 MASS 8:45---THURSDAY NO SCHOOL---FRIDAY RELIGION----CONTINUE IN CHAPTER 4---JESUS IS WITH US---CONTINUE STUDY OF THE ROSARY--DISCUSS THE MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY---DISCUSS SUNDAY READINGS---ILLUSTRATE ONE GROUP OF MYSTERIES----DISCUSS AND READ ABOUT MOTHER THERESA--PREPARE FOR THE LITURGY ON FRIDAY READING---BEGIN SHORT STORY "LOSE NOW, PAY LATER"---DISCUSS THEME OF TUNNEL VISION---DISCUSS SCIENCE FICTION LITERATURE---CHARACTER WEBS---COMPREHENSION AND VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES---GROUP ORAL READING AND PRESENTATIONS--COMPARE AND CONTRAST CHARACTERS' POINTS OF VIEW SCIENCE 7TH---CONTINUE IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM---MICROSCOPE VIEWS OF REAL AND ARTIFICIAL SPONGES---COMPARE AND CONTRAST---DRAW SAMPLES FROM VIEWS---NOTES AND DISCUSSION---FACTS AND DIAGRAMS ABOUT CNIDARIANS----BRAINPOP.COM IN THE COMPUTER ROOM ON WEDNESDAY----SUMMARIES OF ACTIVITIES FROM WEBSITE DUE THURSDAY SCIENCE 8TH---BEGIN THERMAL(HEAT) ENERGY---ACTIVITIES---NOTES---DISCUSSION---EXPERIMENT WITH CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS OF HEAT---EXPERIMENT WITH HEAT DIFFUSION---BRAINPOP.COM--COMPUTER ROOM ON WEDNESDAY---SUMMARIES OF WEBSITE ACTIVITIES DUE THURSDAY **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** PREVIEW OF OCT. 18 RELIGION--TUESDAY--OPEN BOOK TEST ON CHAPTER 3---JESUS, SON OF GOD AND MAN---PRACTICE RESPONSES FOR MASS NEXT THURSDAY--SEVENTH GRADE HAS THE MASS PARTS AND READINGS ---BEGIN CHAPTER 4 --JESUS IS WITH US---CONTINUE REVIEWING THE MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY AND THE GOSPEL OF LUKE READING---CONTINUE WITH FLIPPED PROJECT--PRESENTATION OF PROJECTS ON TUESDAY AND IF NOT FINISHED WEDNESDAY ---BACK TO LITERATURE BOOKS FOR SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL STORY"LITTLE BY LITTLE"---VOCABULARY, COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION--TEST ON SELECTION INCLUDING VOCABULARY AND COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS NEXT WEEK SCIENCE 7TH---TEST ON BACTERIA AND EARLY SCIENTISTS AND MICROBIOLOGISTS ON MONDAY----INTRODUCTION TO THE ANIMAL KINGDOM BEGINS WITH THE SIMPLEST ANIMAL FORMS---PORIFERA AND CNIDARIANS---MICROSCOPE WORK ---DRAWINGS AND DIAGRAMS CONCERNING BODY SYMMETRY AND STRUCTURE--SPONGES AND JELLYFISH SCIENCE 8TH---TEST ON MONDAY---SCIENTIFIC WORK AND POWER----INTRODUCE UNIT ON DIFFERENT FORMS OF ENERGY---DISCUSSION AND ACTIVITIES ON HEAT AND THERMAL ENERGY--FORMULA FOR HEAT AND FINDING AMOUNT OF HEAT ENERGY----INSULATORS AND CONDUCTORS OF HEAT---EXAMPLES AND EXPERIMENT ****************************************************************************** PREVIEW OF OCT 12 RELIGION----COMPLETE "CHILD LURES"----CONTINUE IIN CHAPTER 3 "JESUS, SON OF GOD AND MAN"---ACTIVITIES, DISCUSSION--- CONTINUE REMEMBRANCE OF OCTOBER AS THE MONTH OF THE HOLY ROSARY ---REVIEW OF THE MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY--CHAPTER 3 REVIEW---TEST NEXT WEEK ON CHAPTER 3 READING---CONTINUE WITH THE NONOVEL u>FLIPPED---ACTIVITIES, DISCUSSION------TEST WEDNESDAY---CHARACTER WEBS FOR JULI AND BRYCE---CONTINUE INTERPRETATION OF THE THEME OF FALSE IMPRESSIONS---COMPARE AND CONTRAST FLIPPED TO SHORT STORIES COVERED SO FAR--END OF THE BOOK PROJECT DUE NEXT WEEK--DETAILS GIVEN LATER THIS WEEK SCIENCE 7TH---VIEW SCRAPINGS FROM POTATO CULTURES---MICROSCOPE SKILLS---DRAWINGS OF VIEWS ----STUDY SHEET ON BACTERIA AND SCIENTISTS---ORAL REVIEW---FILL UP THE TEST TUBE REVIEW GAME---TEST--FRIDAY SCIENCE 8TH---CONTINUE WITH SCIENTIFIC WORK AND POWER--USING THE FORMULAS FOR WORK AND POWER---COMPLETE EXPERIMENT ACTIVITIES WITH PHYSICS CARTS--CHARTING, FORMULA USAGE AND ACTIVITIES---WORKSHEET ON WORK---STUDY SHEET THE END OF THE WEEK--TEST NEXT WEEK ON SCIENTIFIC WORK AND POWER ***************************************************************************** PREVIEW OF OCT. 4 MASS 10-7-----THURSDAY----8:45 10-7 & 10-8-----UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS EXTENSION--- SCIENCE BUS FOR 8TH GRADERS RELIGION---COMPLETE ROSARY PROJECT---ARCHDIOCESE "CHILD LURES" CURRCURRICULUM THE WEEK----PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION---YEARLY PROGRAM FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AGAINST PREDATORS READING---CONTINUE IN THE NOVEL FLIPPED---DISCUSSION, RECORDED FACTS, CHARACTER WEBS, PLOT WEBS, TESTS AND ACTIVITIES---SEE HOMEWORK PAGE FOR TEST DATES---CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE THEME OF "FALSE IMPRESSIONS" CARRIED OVER FROM THE LITERATURE BOOK SCIENCE 7TH---PREPARE A POTATO CULTURE FOR VIEWING UNDER THE MICROSCOPE---SKILLS OF PREPARING A CULTURE FOR GROWTH AND FURTHER PRACTICE WITH A MICROSCOPE AND HAND LENSES---CONTINUE STUDY OF BACTERIA, EARLY SCIENCE PIONEERS, VACCINES AND MICROSCOPE USAGE----TEST NEXT WEEK ON THESE TOPICS---CHECK HOMEWORK PAGES FOR MORE DETAILS ON TEST DATES SCIENCE 8TH---TEST--TUESDAY ON NEWTON'S LAWS OF MOTION---BEGIN SECTION ON SCIENTIFIC WORK AND POWER INCLUDING FORMULAS AND USAGE--THURSDAY AND FRIDAY EACH STUDENT WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS EXTENSION SERVICE SCIENCE BUS ---GROUPS OF 9-10 STUDENTS WILL PUT TOGETHER SPECTROSCOPES WITH THE UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL----THIS SHOULD BE A WONDERFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR OUR 8TH GRADERS *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PREVIEW OF SEPT.27 RELIGION---BEGIN CHAPTER 3-- JESUS , SON OF GOD AND MAN----ORAL DISCUSSION, ACTIVITIES----REVIEW THE MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY---CELEBRATE OCTOBER 1 THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH OF THE ROSARY--CREATE A DESIGN OF A ROSARY ---INCLUDE THE MYSTERIES OF YOUR CHOICE READING ---BEGIN FIRST NOVEL---FLIPPED---ORAL AND SILENT READING---DISCUSSION, VOCABULARY, NIGHTLY RECORDING OF FACTS FROM READING SECTIONS---DETAILS ON SCHOOL NOTES HOMEWORK PAGE DAILY---TESTS EVERY FEW CHAPTERS WITH WRITTEN COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS SCIENCE 7TH---CORRECT AND REVIEW STUDY GUIDE---TEST ON TUESDAY/MICROSCOPES AND SCIENTISTS---WEDNESDAY---COMPUTER ROOM---BRIANPOP.COM---TOPICS: VIRAL AND BACTERIAL DISEASES---THURSDAY AND FRIDAY---EARLY IMPORTANT SCIENTISTS---NOTES, DISCUSSION, PREPARATION FOR POTATO CULTURES NEXT WEEK SCIENCE 8TH---CONTINUE WITH NEWTON'S LAWS OF MOTION---REVIEW AND EXPERIMENT WITH LAWS 1 AND 2---INTRODUCE LAW 3---NOTES , DISCUSSION AND GROUP WORK---WEDNESDAY--COMPUTER ROOM---BRAINPOP.COM--TOPICS: NEWTON'S LAWS AND GRAVITY --MECHANICAL UNIVERSE VIDEO--- EXPLAINING THE LAWS OF MOTION AND THE LIFE OF ISAAC NEWTON--STUDY SHEET ON NEWTON'S LAWS PLUS FORCES----TEST: NEXT TUESDAY----OCT. 5 *************************************************************************** PREVIEW OF THE WEEK SEPT. 20 RELIGION-COMPLETE CHAPTER 2, JESUS WITH US---READ PARTS OF THE GOSPEL OF LUKE---ORAL DISCUSSIONS, GROUP WORK, ACTIVITIES FROM CHAPTER 2----COMPOSE THEIR OWN PRAYER LATER IN THE WEEK---COMPLETE SECTION ON BAPTISM---TEST THIS WEEK-- CHAPTER 2 READING---READ THE ESSAY "HOMELESS" ----DISCUSSION QUESTIONS---VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES---COMPARING NONFICTION WITH FICTION----ORAL READING AND SILENT READING-----CONTINUE WITH THE THEME "FALSE IMPRESSIONS" AND HOW EACH SELECTION RELATES TO IT----TEST FRIDAY ON "HOMELESS"-----ESSAY ON THEIR FAVORITE PLACE IN THEIR HOME -- WEDNESDAY-----NEXT WEEK: BEGIN FIRST NOVEL FLIPPED BY WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN SCIENCE 7TH-- MONDAY---READING AND DISCUSSING MICROSCOPES AND IMPORTANT SCIENTISTS --- MICROSCOPE USE ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH DRAWINGS AND NOTES ON SPECIMENS---SKILLS INCLUDE MAKING AND VIEWING MICROSCOPE SLIDES---THURSDAY AND FRIDAY COMPLETING SECTION ON MICROSCOPES---TEST: NEXT WEEK---CHECK HOMEWORK PAGE LATE IN WEEK FOR MORE DETAILS SCIENCE 8TH---MONDAY--STUDY SHEET ON DISTANCE, SPEED AND TIME AS WELL AS NOTES AND VOCABULARY---REVIEW FOR TEST ON TUESDAY---TEST ON WEDNESDAY---BEGIN NEW SECTION ON NEWTON'S LAWS OF MOTION ON THURSDAY--- DISCUSSION, NOTES, AND ACTIVITIES----FIRST AND SECOND LAW-----DEMONSTRATIONS FOR INERTIA AND THE SECOND LAW---NEXT WEEK: LAW THREE **************************************************************************** PREVIEW OF THE WEEK 9-13 RELIGION---FIRST TEST ---MONDAY ---CHAPTER 1 JESUS' EARLY LIFE-TUESDAY BEGIN CHAPTER 2-- JESUS WITH US---DISCUSSION AND ACTIVITIES DEALING WITH THE STORIES OF SEVERAL SAINTS AND HOW THEY INFLUENCED THE LIVES OF PEOPLE THAT THEY HELPED---CONTINUE WITH THE GOSPEL OF LUKE---ORAL READING AND INTERPRETATION READING---CONTINUE IN THE LITERATURE BOOK---BEGIN THE O.HENRY SHORT STORY "HEARTS AND HANDS"---SKILLS COVERED INCLUDE IDENTIFYING THE THEME OF A STORY AS WELL AS CHARACTERIZATION ACTIVITIES AND VOCABULARY--ORAL AND SILENT READING --WRITTEN COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS-----TEST --FRIDAY SCIENCE 7TH---TEST TUESDAY ON CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING THINGS, CELLS AND VIRUSES---BEGIN NEW SECTION ON MICROSCOPES AND THEIR USE---WEDNESDAY---DISCOVER HOW TO USE A COMPOUND LIGHT MICROSCOPE ---IDENTIFY AND UTILIZE VARIOUS PARTS---MAKE AND VIEW SLIDES UNDER SEVERAL MAGNIFICATIONS---ACTIVITIES, DRAWINGS AND NOTES---THURSDAY AND FRIDAY SCIENCE 8TH---MONDAY-WEDNESDAY---PHYSICS FORMULAS FOR SPEED, DISTANCE AND TIME---NOTES , EXPERIMENTS, CHARTING , USING GRAM SCALES AND METER STICKS----THURSDAY--CALCULATING THE SPEED OF PHYSICS CARTS AND HOT WHEEL CARS --FRIDAY---CONVERTING CENTIMETERS TO METERS ---USE EVERYDAY EXAMPLES FOR CONVERSIONS AND USE --- PRACTICE THE THREE PHYSICS FORMULAS *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PREVIEW OF THE WEEK 9-7-10 LABOR DAY HOLIDAY MASS 9-10---7TH AND 8TH GRADE ---8:45 RELIGION---CONTINUE IN CH 1 JESUS' EARLY LIFE---COMPLETE ACTIVITIES---CONTINUE WITH LUKE'S GOSPEL---CH 1 REVIEW---TEST MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK ( 9-13) ON CH 1--OPEN BOOK TEST READING---SHORT STORY "THE WAR OF THE WALL"---VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES--COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES---DISCUSSION QUESTIONS--ORAL AND SILENT READING---EMPHASIS ON REGIONAL DIALECT AND TERMS---CONTINUE WITH THE THEME OF "FALSE IMPRESSIONS"---TEST ON FRIDAY (9-10) ---VOCABULARY AND COMPREHENSION SCIENCE 7TH---CONTINUE WITH CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING THINGS---NOTES---ORAL DISCUSSION---STUDY SHEET THURSDAY---CORRECTION ON FRIDAY---TEST ---TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK(9-14)---NEXT SECTION : MICROSCOPES SCIENCE 8TH---STUDY SHEET ON SCIENTIFIC MEASUREMENT--TUESDAY---CORRECTION ON WEDNESDAY---TEST ON SCIENTIFIC MEASUREMENT ON THURSDAY (9-9)---BEGIN DISTANCE, SPEED AND TIME FORMULAS AND ACTIVITIES NEXT WEEK **************************************************************************** PREVIEW OF THE WEEK 8-30-10 READING 7TH---READ FIRST SHORT STORY "SEVENTH GRADE"---DISCUSSION, ACTIVITIES, VOCABULARY AND COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS---TEST THURSDAY ON STORY-- COMPREHENSION AND VOCABULARY---INTRODUCE NEW STORY "WAR OF THE WALL" ON FRIDAY SCIENCE 7TH---BEGIN THE CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING THINGS INCLUDING BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE AND THE SEVEN STEPS OF CLASSIFICATION---ACTIVITIES, DISCUSSION, NOTES, ORAL AND WRITTEN QUESTIONS SCIENCE 8TH--BEGIN SCIENTIFIC MEASUREMENT---INCLUDING INSTRUMENTS OF MEASUREMENT AND THEIR UNITS---ACTIVITIES, EXPERIMENTS, NOTES --COMPARING THE ENGLISH SYSTEM AND THE METRIC SYSTEM--BEGINNING SKILLS OF USING GRADUATED CYLINDERS, THERMOMETERS, GRAM SCALES, AND METER STICKS *************************************************************************** |
