1. Happy Halloween!! Be safe tonight and don't forget the very important guidelines I gave you:
* Check this out! www.google.com

*Don't stuff yourself sick of candy tonight

*Try to get to bed at a reasonable hour

*Please pack only one or two pieces of candy in your lunchbox and save it for lunch tomorrow

*Have a great time trick or treating!

Homework for Friday 10/28

1. Alien story rough draft DUE this Monday!
2. Read :o)
3. Spooktacular is on Monday! Don't forget:
* Wear your class shirt and nice pants or a skirt
* You don't need to bring a lunch unless you want something besides pizza :o)

Homework for Thursday 10/27

1. No math homework, so play on Mega Math! :o)
2. Start your alien rough draft
3. Spelling test tomorrow-you already have the answers, you should get a 100%
4. Read, read, read! I want everyone to make their goal this 9 weeks!

Homework for Wednesday 10/26

1. Math workbook lesson 6, all. Remember how to set up your equation!!!

VARIABLE + - a number = a number

2. Read for 30 minutes! :o)
3. Tomorrow is TEAM day! Wear your jersey-remember our goal is 100% participation :)

Homework for Tuesday 10/25

1. Alien story brainstorm and GET IT SIGNED by your "captain" please!!
2. Math workbook lesson 5, all. SOLVE IT HOW? ALGEBRAICALLY!! :O)
3. "Alien Invasion"
4. Kick off a great night of reading to kick off a great AR semester!
5. Spelling homework, as usual for Monday, but today instead

Homework for Friday 10/21

1. Math chapter 4 lesson 4, all
2. Read a bunch to kick off our next AR period!
3. Complete the Apollo 11 "reflection"-Be Thoughtful!
4. Have a wonderful long weekend :o)
**Teal Weekly Summary-you fill in topics! 

Homework for Thursday 10/20

1. Math wkbk chapter 4 lesson 3, all

2. Spelling test tomorrow

3. Water Cycle reflection-we discussed SO many interesting things about the water cycle today! Make some sort of COOL and INTERESTING reflection (NOT just a paragraph written on notebook paper! That is so boring!) showing us your thoughts!!

Here is an idea for you-  http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html  How FUN! Remember it only works for one word or two words with NO space between them! For instance, condensation   watercycle. The more words, the better it will look.

*Stretch Your Mind forms DUE tomorrow!

Homework for Wednesday 10/19

1. Wow! We worked really hard today and believe it or not...there is no assigned homework!
2. SO take advantage of this night! Read outside to get fresh air and knowledge! Get online and do FCAT Explorer! Or Pearson online! Get on Spelling City and practice your words! Get on ThinkCentral Mega Math, go to Ice Station Exploration and do the OOO Game! The possibilities are simply ENDLESS :oD

**Turn in Stretch Your Mind forms tomorrow

Homework for Tuesday 10/18

1. Math chapter 4, lesson 2 all. SHOW YOUR ORDER OF OPERATIONS STEPS!

2. Star Stories-remember the 2 things you must to do get full credit

3. Read for AR!

4. Anything to bring in for your landforms project?

Homework for Monday 10/17

1. Math chapter 4 lesson 1, all

2. Spelling words 3 times each

3. Landforms project items 

4. Read, read, read!! AR 1st period ENDS this Friday! Make that goal!
5. Signed & complete red Weekly Summary 

Homework for Friday 10/14

1. Bring in materials you may want to use for our 3-D LANDFORMS project! These are going to "rock"!! Haha :o)

2. Read for at least 45 minutes! Just one more week to make your GOAL!

3. Have a great weekend!

4. Red Weekly Summary due Tuesday

5. Study on spelling city for Monday's pretest! "The Mystery of Mars"

Homework for Thursday 10/13

1. "A New Way of Seeing" IN ORDER TO GET FULL CREDIT, YOU MUST 1-NUMBER IN THE PASSAGE WHERE YOUR ANSWER COMES FROM  2-SHOW YOUR THINKING

2. Math division questions sheet

3. Spelling test tomorrow

4. Spooktacular permission slip due tomorrow
5. Write this word under today's (Thursday's) column in your planner for a treat! UNIVERSE

Homework for Wednesday 10/12

1. Math chapter 3 test tomorrow-you need to finish your chapter review if you haven't. Also, you can do the extra practice pages. This test is the hardest one yet-I HIGHLY recommend doing AT LEAST the word problems on the EP pages.
2. Spooktacular permission slip due this FRIDAY, the money can come next week if needed.
3. "Akeelah and the Bee" reflection questions. Be thorough and thoughtful :o)
4. Start practicing for the Spelling Bee! Our class Bee will be on Fri, Oct 21.
5. Spelling City practice

 

Homework for Tuesday 10/11

1. Math workbook page 63, all
2. Science questions homework. Show your testing strategies!
3. Picture day is tomorrow! Look your best :o)

Homework for Monday 10/10

1. Math workbook lesson 7. Page 61, choose 5, you MUST estimate and then you MAY use a calculator, then the normal
2. Did you turn in your brochure??
3. Spelling words homework. Remember you MUST be creative somehow AND this time SHOW the plural/singular partners (if necessary)
4. Light green weekly summary signed and complete ;o)

Homework for Friday 10/7

1. Math workbook page 59, choose 3 and the Multiple choice

2. Regional Roadtrip brochure due Monday :o)

3. Have a great weekend!
4. Class representative forms must be turned in Monday!

Homework for Thursday 10/6

1. Science homework questions (both sides). SHOW your test taking strategies :o)

2. Play on Google Maps (satellite view) and write a bit about what you discovered!

3. Wear your class shirt and shorts tomorrow. Bring a water bottle and hat if you want
4. Turn in brochure tomorrow for 5 bonus points! Otherwise it's due Monday (pushed back one day!).  

Remember the basic directions for making a route map on google maps:

*Google Maps

*Get Directions

*Add Destination-make at least the 5 stops, you could start and end in Tallahassee for a total of 7

*Enter your 5 stops-look at the suggestions. If there is no suggestion, just try what you have. 

*Get Directions

*Look for any yellow highlighted areas that need clarification

*Did You Mean? section and choose the best option

*Click on the print icon if you have the blue car route showing

*Click "include large map"

*You're finished! Just print, staple, and attach to your brochure with paper clip :o)

Fun, huh??

Homework for Wednesday 10/5

1. Math workbook lesson 3.5; page 57 #2-12 choose 4 and the rest of the usual!

2. Regional Roadtrip brochure due FRIDAY!

3. Wear your black, green, red, and white tomorrow to represent our country JORDAN!
4. And of course our CAPITALS test is tomorrow! :o)

Homework for Tuesday 10/4

1. No math homework tonight due to the mid chapter checkpoint

2. Vocabulary sheet due tomorrow

3. I want you to write a 1 paragraph (at least) reflection on the planet size comparisons. Here are the links to remind you! How does this make you feel? What are you thinking? Not just facts-emotions!

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/

http://www.kiroastro.com/writings/perspective

4. Study your capitals! 
5. Are you working on your Regional Road Trip Brochure?? It's due this Friday! Remember, the map and directions will be separate so you don't need to worry about that right now. I will show you how to complete that part tomorrow, and then you can paperclip it to your brochure if you haven't already included it. I can't wait to see your final product, I know you are working hard on this project!