Change for Haiti

Students in 4th, 5th, and 6th grade continue to collect "Change for Haiti." Money raised in this effort will be forwarded to the Restavec Foundation for use in their earthquake relief work in Haiti. There is no amount too small, because the need is so large.

Please empty your pockets, check under the car mats and the cushion of the couch, and ask your friends, neighbors and families if they have change to spare. Together, we can reach out to help our neighbors in need at this moment.

january 2010 assignments -- archive

January 29 -- Math Thales -- bike lab due on Monday. Science -- Invention Convention Marketing plan due on 2/5. January 28-- Math Archimedes -- worksheet 4-6, do all the problems on the back page. Bike lab due tomorrow. Science -- flower parts lab write up due tomorrow. Invention convention marketing plan is due on 2/5. January 27 -- Geography -- Europe map tests are scheduled as follows: Section 1 & 2, January 26. Section 3 & 4, January 28. Science -- Flower parts lab write up is due Friday, 1/29. Invention convention marketing plan work is due Friday, 2/5. Math Archimedes -- Bike lab write up is due Friday, 1/29. January 25-- Math Thales -- p. 146, problems 12-20 Geography -- Europe map tests are scheduled as follows: Section 1 & 2, January 26. Section 3 & 4, January 28. January 22 -- Geography -- Europe map tests are scheduled as follows: Section 1 & 2, January 26. Section 3 & 4, January 28. Math (all) -- Writing in Math, due Monday. Social Studies -- Role play about Czechoslovakia, due Monday. Science -- worksheet, pages 66-73. Due Monday. January 20 -- Science -- complete activity B on the last page. Math Thales -- repair p. 143 Math Archimedes -- Division worksheet, problems 2-18 (even) on the back side. Geography -- Europe map tests are scheduled as follows: Section 1 & 2, January 26. Section 3 & 4, January 28. January 19 -- Math Thales -- p. 143, problems 10- 21 Science (Mrs. Elfer's Homeroom) -- complete activity B in the packet. Geography -- Europe map tests are scheduled as follows: Section 1 & 2, January 26. Section 3 & 4, January 28. Social Studies -- Europe Reading Packet, due January 20. January 15 -- Geography -- Europe map tests are scheduled as follows: Section 1 & 2, January 26. Section 3 & 4, January 28. Social Studies -- Europe Reading Packet, due January 20. Science -- Family Trees are due on Tuesday, 1/19. January 14 -- Geography -- Europe map tests are scheduled as follows: Section 1 & 2, January 26. Section 3 & 4, January 28. Social Studies -- Europe Reading Packet, due January 20. Science -- Family Trees are due on Tuesday, 1/19. Math Thales-- pp. 137-138, problems 15-29 (odd), 31-33, 42 Math Archimedes -- p. 143, problems 10-18, 28,31-33 January 13 -- Science -- Bring a picture of you. Family traits survey. Geography -- Europe map tests are scheduled as follows: Section 1 & 2, January 26. Section 3 & 4, January 28. Social Studies -- Europe Reading Packet, due January 20. January 12 -- Math -- Project groups -- your work is due on Wednesday. Science -- Bring a picture of you. Geography -- Europe map tests are scheduled as follows: Section 1 & 2, January 26. Section 3 & 4, January 28. Social Studies -- Europe Reading Packet, due January 20. Social Studies -- answer questions 1-5 on p. 385. Science -- complete the lab activity: questions 1 and 2 on p. 75. January 11-- Math -- Chapter 3 test is tomorrow. STUDY, STUDY, STUDY! Project groups -- your work is due on Wednesday. January 8 -- Science -- Bring a picture of you. Due 1/13. Complete the Paint's Family Tree worksheet for Monday, 1/11. Math (All) -- Chapter 3 test is scheduled for Tuesday, 1/12. Math Project work will be due on Wednesday, 1/13. Math Thales-- Read lesson 3-5b on p. 125. Do problems 4,5,6, and 7 on page 126. Math Archimedes -- Writing in math. Due 1/11. Geography -- Europe map tests are scheduled as follows: Section 1 & 2, January 26. Section 3 & 4, January 28. Complete the Europe Map Test study guide packet for Monday, 1/11. Social Studies -- Europe Reading Packet, due January 20. January 7 -- Science -- Bring a picture of you. Due 1/13. Math (All) -- Chapter 3 test is scheduled for Tuesday, 1/12.Math Project work will be due on Wednesday, 1/13. Math Thales-- Read lesson 3-5b on p. 125. Do problems 4,5,6, and 7 on page 126. Math Archimedes -- Writing in math. Due 1/11. Geography -- Europe map tests are scheduled as follows: Section 1 & 2, January 26. Section 3 & 4, January 28. Social Studies -- Europe Reading Packet, due January 20. January 6 -- Math -- Read lesson 3-5b on p. 125. Do problems 4,5,6, and 7 on page 126. Chapter 3 test is scheduled for Tuesday, 1/12. Math Project work will be due on Wednesday, 1/13. Geography -- Europe map tests are scheduled as follows: Section 1 & 2, January 26. Section 3 & 4, January 28. Social Studies -- Europe Reading Packet, due January 20. January 5 -- Geography -- Europe map tests are scheduled as follows: Section 1 & 2, January 26. Section 3 & 4, January 28. Social Studies -- Europe Reading Packet, due January 20. Math -- pp. 123-124, problems 12-26 (even), 27-30, 33-37 January 4 -- Social Studies -- finish North America "poster walk" questions.

Happy 2010

Resolve to make at least one person happy every day, and then in ten years you may have made three thousand, six hundred and fifty persons happy, or brightened a small town by your contribution to the fund of general enjoyment.

-- Sydney Smith --

December 2009 Assignments -- Archive

December 17 --Math Archimedes -- pp. 112-113, problems 3-21 (odd) -- due 1/4/10Science -- finish the write up for the sunflower seed lab.December 16 --Study for the Canada map test!!!December 15 --Geography -- Canada map test will be given on Thursday.Math Thales -- pp. 109-110, problems 1-25 (odd).December 9--THE FIELD TRIP TO "A CHRISTMAS CAROL" IS TOMORROW. Dress warmly. Don't forget your lunch and your bus money.Geography -- Canada map test is scheduled for 12/17.Science (Ms. Daniel's class) -- read pp. 58-61. Use SQ3R reading strategy. List the items you find in the survey portion of your reading. Develop 3 questions for each section. Answer your questions in writing as you read. Recite the questions and answers to yourself. Review by answering question #1 on p. 59, and questions #1 and #2 on p. 61.Math (Both-- Lesson Groups) -- Decimal models worksheet.Math Thales -- Greatest Baseball Player of All Time project will be due on 12/10.December 8 --PERMISSION SLIPS FOR THE "CHRISTMAS CAROL" FIELD TRIP ARE DUE NOW.Geography -- Canada map test is scheduled for 12/17.Science (Mrs. Elfers' class) -- read pp. 58-61. Use SQ3R reading strategy. List the items you find in the survey portion of your reading. Develop 3 questions for each section. Answer your questions in writing as you read. Recite the questions and answers to yourself. Review by answering question #1 on p. 59, and questions #1 and #2 on p. 61.Social Studies -- Wild Times at Your House poster is due on Wednesday, 12/8Math Thales -- Greatest Baseball Player of All Time project will be due on 12/10.Math Archimedes (lesson group) -- finish the place value worksheet and then write each number in expanded form on a separate sheet of paper.Math Archimedes -- Greatest Baseball Player of All Time project will be due on 12/9December 7 --PERMISSION SLIPS FOR THE "CHRISTMAS CAROL" FIELD TRIP ARE DUE NOW.Geography -- Canada map test is scheduled for 12/17.Social Studies -- Natural Disaster diagram and one paragraph report on an actual event of this type (due on 12/8). Here's a good link for news articles: http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/earth_climate/natural_disasters/Social Studies -- Wild Times at Your House poster is due on Wednesday, 12/8Math Thales -- Greatest Baseball Player of All Time project will be due on 12/10.Math Archimedes -- Greatest Baseball Player of All Time project will be due on 12/9December 4 --PERMISSION SLIPS FOR THE "CHRISTMAS CAROL" FIELD TRIP ARE DUE NOW.Geography -- Canada map test is scheduled for 12/17.Social Studies -- Natural Disaster diagram and one paragraph report on an actual event of this type (due on 12/8). Here's a good link for news articles: http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/earth_climate/natural_disasters/Social Studies -- Guided Reading for North America unit is due 12/7.Math Thales -- Greatest Baseball Player of All Time project will be due on 12/10.Math Archimedes -- Greatest Baseball Player of All Time project will be due on 12/9December 3 --PERMISSION SLIPS FOR THE "CHRISTMAS CAROL" FIELD TRIP ARE DUE NOW.Social Studies -- Natural Disaster diagram and one paragraph report on an actual event of this type. Here's a good link for news articles: http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/earth_climate/natural_disasters/Social Studies -- Guided Reading for North America unit is due 12/7.Science -- Egg-speriment lab write up is due 12/4.Science -- Scale drawing of a cell will be due 12/5.Math Thales -- Greatest Baseball Player of All Time project will be due on 12/10.Math Archimedes -- Greatest Baseball Player of All Time project will be due on 12/9.December 2 --Social Studies -- Guided Reading for North America unit is due 12/7.Science -- p. 55, question #1, and p. 57, questions 1 & 2Science -- Egg-speriment lab write up is due 12/4.Science -- Scale drawing of a cell will be due 12/5.Math Thales -- Greatest Baseball Player of All Time project will be due on 12/10.Math Archimedes -- Greatest Baseball Player of All Time project will be due on 12/9.December 1 --Social Studies -- Guided Reading for North America unit is due 12/7.Science -- Finish vocabulary worksheet. Answer these two questions in complete sentences: 1) Give an example of a trait that results from heredity.2) What trait would be good to develop in a fruit using selective breeding?Science -- Egg-speriment lab write up is due 12/4.Science -- Scale drawing of a cell will be due 12/5.Math Thales and Archimedes -- Greatest Baseball Player of All Time project will be due on 12/9.

Wishes for Christmas

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love! ~Hamilton Wright Mabie

Pictures of the Egg-speriment

We have finished the egg-speriment and moved on. The lab write-ups are due on Friday. It is all cleaned up and put away... but here are some pictures taken as students worked. You can see how interested and curious they get about this particular activity.

Homework Archive -- November, 2009

November 30 --Social Studies -- Guided Reading for North America unit is due 12/7.Science -- Egg-speriment lab write up is due 12/4.Science -- Scale drawing of a cell will be due 12/5.Math Thales and Archimedes -- Greatest Baseball Player of All Time project will be due on 12/9.November 20 --Social Studies (Ms. Daniel's class -- room 204) -- Write four paragraphs (5-8 sentences each) about the four African countries you have learned about through the 10-choice project presentations.Social Studies -- Guided Reading for North America unit is due 12/7.Science -- Egg-speriment lab write up is due 12/4.Math Thales and Archimedes -- Greatest Baseball Player of All Time project will be due on 12/9.Science -- Scale drawing of a cell will be due on Tuesday when we come back after Thanksgiving.November 19 --Geography -- North America Map test (sections 1-3) will be 11/20.Social Studies (Mrs. Elfers' class -- room 205) -- Write four paragraphs (5-8 sentences each) about the four African countries you have learned about through the 10-choice project presentations.Social Studies -- Guided Reading for North America unit is due 12/7.Science -- Egg-speriment lab write up is due 12/4.Math Thales and Archimedes -- Greatest Baseball Player of All Time project will be due on 12/9.November 18--Geography -- North America Map test (sections 1-3) will be 11/20.November 17--Computer -- Finish the USA Today Snapshots project. Due Wednesday, Nov. 18.Geography -- North America Map test (section 4 and Island Nations) will be 11/18. North America Map test (sections 1-3) will be 11/20.Thales and Archimedes Math -- finish your turkey. If you still need the data for calculating mean, median, mode and range, here it is:George -- 25 poundsMillie -- 22 poundsLulu -- 24 poundsKiki -- 30 poundsChi Chi -- 24 poundsWonka -- 14 poundsKyle -- 23 poundsBoo -- 28 poundsBobbie Jo -- 8 poundsNovember 16 --Math Archimedes -- Box and Whisker Plot worksheet.Math Thales -- pp. 77-78, problems 4, 5, 15-17, 19 AND pp. 82-83, problems 1-4, 9-12Computer -- Finish the USA Today Snapshots project. Due Wednesday, Nov. 18.Science -- Test on Chapter 2 is tomorrow.Geography -- North America Map test (section 4 and Island Nations) will be 11/18. North America Map test (sections 1-3) will be 11/20.November 13 --Computer -- Finish the USA Today Snapshots project. Due Wednesday, Nov. 18.Social Studies -- 10-choice project on Chapter 17 countries in the social studies text. Projects will be due on Monday, Nov. 16.Science -- Complete the review materials in the textbook fore chapter 2 (cells). We will review together on Monday. The test will be given on Tuesday, Nov. 17Geography -- North America Map test (section 4 and Island Nations) will be 11/18. North America Map test (sections 1-3) will be 11/20.Math Thales -- finish 2-6 practice and 2-6 word problemsMath Archimedes -- finish chapter 2 reviewNovember 12 --Social Studies -- 10-choice project on Chapter 17 countries in the social studies text. Projects will be due on Monday, Nov. 16.Science -- chapter 2 (cells) test will be given on Tuesday, Nov. 17Geography -- North America Map test (section 4 and Island Nations) will be 11/18. North America Map test (sections 1-3) will be 11/20.Math Thales -- read pages 76-82November 11 --Social Studies -- 10-choice project on Chapter 17 countries in the social studies text. Projects will be due on Monday, Nov. 16.Science -- chapter 2 (cells) test will be given on Tuesday, Nov. 17November 10--Math Archimedes --p. 77, problems 1-3, 13, 14, 19 AND p. 82, problems 3,4,9-12, 20Social Studies -- 10-choice project on Chapter 17 countries in the social studies text. Projects will be due on Monday, Nov. 16.Students are working on a written assessment for the work from chapter 16. This work is due on Wednesday. There will be no formal test for this material.Science -- chapter 2 (cells) test will be given on Tuesday, Nov. 17Geography -- Make FLASH CARDS for Island Nations (list is on the website).North America Map test (section 4 and Island Nations) will be 11/18. North America Map test (sections 1-3) will be 11/20.Math Archimedes -- read pages 76-82Math Thales -- finish your stem and leaf plots for the presidents' ages at inauguration and at the time of their deaths.Geography -- North America Map test (section 4 and Island Nations) will be 11/18. North America Map test (sections 1-3) will be 11/20.November 9--Social Studies -- 10-choice project on Chapter 17 countries in the social studies text. Projects will be due on Monday, Nov. 16.Students are working on a written assessment for the work from chapter 16. They will have one more class period to work on this and then work will be due on Wednesday. There will be no formal test for this material.Math Archimedes -- p. 74, problems 9, 12, 14-17, 21-26Geography -- North America Map test (section 4 and Island Nations) will be 11/18. North America Map test (sections 1-3) will be 11/20.November 6 --Science -- draw a diagram of mitosis similar to the one on pp. 40-41 in your textbook. Here's a different look at this kind of information: MitosisHere's the link to the mitosis animation that we couldn't see on the computer at school: Mitosis AnimationSocial Studies -- 10-choice project on Chapter 17 countries in the social studies text. Projects will be due on Monday, Nov. 16 Math Thales-- p. 74, problems 9, 12, 14-17, 21-26Math Archimedes -- Finish the Presidents Stem and Leaf Plot project. Due Monday, 11/9Geography -- North America Map test (section 4 and Island Nations) will be 11/18. North America Map test (sections 1-3) will be 11/20.November 5 --Science -- p. 39, questions 1 & 2Social Studies -- be prepared to present your team's discussion on Peacemaking and Conflict ResolutionMath Thales -- pp. 67-69, problems 1-10 and 25Math Archimedes -- Presidential Age Stem and Leaf plot project will be due on Monday.November 4 --Math Thales -- read pages 66 and 67Math Archimedes -- read pages 72 and 73Social Studies -- Read the story "Journey to Jo'burg" and complete the worksheet.Science -- Donations needed! We are beginning an experiment with eggs. Needed are approximately 2 gallons of corn syrup. We have enough vinegar. If you can donate items, please send them to school with your child this week. Thank you!November 3 --Math Thales -- p. 64, problems 1-10Math Archimedes -- pages 67-69, problems 1-10, 25Science -- Donations needed! We are beginning an experiment with eggs. Needed are approximately 2 gallons of corn syrup. We have enough vinegar. If you can donate items, please send them to school with your child this week. Thank you!November 2 --Science -- read pp. 36 & 37, answer questions 1-3.Science -- Donations needed! We are beginning an experiment with eggs. Needed are approximately 2 gallons of corn syrup. If you can donate items, please send them to school with your child this week. Thank you!Math Archimedes -- Read pp. 66-67.