Homework+Assignment+Database

Memorial Day || Academic vocabulary- Rome Collaborative groups for project in C2 || Circus Maximus and racing Collaborative groups for project in C2 || What does it mean to be a winner? Collaborative groups for project in C2 || Art mosaic Roman soldiers Collaborative groups for project in C2 ||  || this week; due next Monday, June 3rd ||  ||   ||   ||
 * This week's list of activities include: **
 * || Monday 5/27 || Tuesday 5/28 || Wednesday 5/29 || Thursday 5/30 || Friday 5/31 ||
 * || No School
 * Language Arts homework ||  || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** ||
 * Social Studies homework ||  || work on Roman project presentation
 * This week's list of activities include: **
 * || Monday 5/20 || Tuesday 5/21 || Wednesday 5/22 || Thursday 5/23 || Friday 5/24 ||
 * || Lives of the Romans || Roman art and architecture || History of Christianity || Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius

Roman numerals || Netbook turn in; Last day to use netbooks at school ||  || Due in two weeks- June 3rd for final benchmark- presentation of project Options (or others if you let me know): 1. build an arch 2. make concrete- roads 3. create an aqueduct system 4. make a mosaic 5. make a bulla 6. chariot racing 7. theater 8. colosseum 9. fountain ||  ||   ||   ||   || final touches on the Parthenon reconstruction project || Greek literature Greek and Roman gods
 * Language Arts homework || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** ||
 * Social Studies homework || Select Roman project and begin!
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This week's list of activities include: **
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 5/13 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 5/14 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 5/15 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 5/16 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 5/17 ||
 * || Learning about Alexander the Great and why he was so great

Library visit || Journal-same same different Greek and Rome

Map of Roman empire Story of Romulus and Remus || Aeneas VTS discussion

Use complete sentences in your responses as you research the following terms:

1. colosseum

2. aqueduct

3. Mount Vesuvius

4. Aeneas (from The Aeneid by Virgil)

5. Cicero

6. Julius Caesar

7. patricians and plebians

8. concrete

9. SPQR

10. Emperor Augustus || Building the Colosseum- good or bad?

Rome prjects for Q4 language arts presenation: 1. build an arch 2. make concrete- roads 3. create an aqueduct system 4. make a mosaic 5. make a bulla 6. chariot racing 7. theater 8. colosseum 9. fountain ||  ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Language Arts homework || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Studies homework ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This week's list of activities include: **

Greece's early history || Greek CST practice
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 5/6 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 5/7 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 5/8 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 5/9 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 5/10 ||
 * || Reconstruct the Parthenon- commence || CST Testing || CST Testing || CST Testing || Reconstructing the Parthenon-complete ||
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 4/28 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 4/29 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 4/30 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 5/1 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 5/2 ||
 * || Greektionary (due Friday)

Great Greeks and their contributions || STAR reading test today! In class evaluation to determine reading levels: []

Greek types of government

Pet goat || Literature and drama template || Greek and Olympics ||  || Greektionary list of words (due Friday) || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Language Arts homework || **Read 30 min.**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Studies homework ||  || Book reports on Edmodo due today! || Mini Project due today (select one):1. Pandora's Box 2. Jason and the Golden Fleece 3. 12 Labors of Hercules 4. Perseus and Medusa 5. Demeter and Persephone 6. Theseus and the Minotaur ||   ||   ||
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 5/6 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 5/7 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 5/8 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 5/9 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 5/10 ||
 * || Reconstruct the Parthenon- commence || CST Testing || CST Testing || CST Testing || Reconstructing the Parthenon-complete ||
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 4/22 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 4/23 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 4/24 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 4/25 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 4/26 ||
 * || Favorite Greek gods and goddesses

Aesop's fables- read one and retell in your own wordss || Trojan War- write a letter as King Menelaus to King Priam of Troy, asking for Queen Helen to be returned.

Pick a Greek character and write an advertisement with an image on a notecard trying to sell a product, for example, "Aphrodite's Beauty Salon" or "Poseidon's Swimming Pool Equipment" || The story of Demeter and Persephone- why the seasons occur according to the ancient Greeks

Athens vs. Sparta- Persian Wars united against Persians, and Peloponnesian Wars as enemies || Mythology and English Expressions Fate and Hubris: pride before a fall

Book Review on Edmodo ||  || Finish 14 sentences and 3 sketches using the commonly misspelled words list || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || 1. Pandora's Box 2. Jason and the Golden Fleece 3. 12 Labors of Hercules 4. Perseus and Medusa 5. Demeter and Persephone 6. Theseus and the Minotaur ||  ||   ||   ||   || Share more examples of philosophers and ancestor projects || Quick check CST- Written Conventions "Origami" Review Word list- check if on track and give clarification Review Ancient China Scavenger Hunts 1 and 2 Share China songs- Shi Huangdi distribute China test review page || **CHINA- inventions** art; create a "Google" style logo using the words China to demonstrate your knowledge of ancient China. On the back of the artwork, give a description of each letter and what it represents. For example, "I created the letter C into a dragon because that is the symbol of the Chinese emperor. The dragon is associated with the 4 directions and is considered to be associated with water." Word List Packet
 * Great Greek Battles: Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis** || Figurative Language Fun with ancient Greek terminology
 * Due in one week(April 30th):**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Language Arts homework || **Read 30 min.**
 * 6th grade commonly misspelled words list** || **Read 30 min.**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Studies homework || Mini Projects due next Wednesday (select one):
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 4/15 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 4/16 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 4/17 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 4/18 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 4/19 ||
 * || Review LA Benchmark, Part 2
 * China test today! ** || **Greece's geography:** Locating places and Content Vocabulary || **Due today:**

Read and research. Tell me what 5 characters you like the most (either god, goddess, hero, or myth) and why. Here's a link provided by the BBC to provide you with research. If are already a pundit on Greek mythology, try the quiz and post your score!(I got 3/3 but if you retake the quiz, there will be different questions).
 * Greek gods and goddesses (due next Tuesday):**

Here is more information on Greek myths sponsored by Mythweb (click here) and a very straightforward link: @http://www.greekmythology.com/ (click on link above here)

History for kids has a great chart to help explain the relationships of the gods. I just couldn't bring myself to add good old Mr. Donn, but you can Google him if you want to use his website. Book Review on Edmodo ||  || Word list packet || **Read 30 min.** Word list packet || **Read 30 min.** Word list packet- study for test tomorrow || **Read 30 min.** Song, be ready to share China scavenger hunts || ** STUDY FOR TOMORROW'S TEST! ** Make your own Shi song- **due** Create a song that demonstrates your understanding of the pros and cons of Shi Huangdi, and other facts you have learned about ancient China. I have thought of some examples for you, but feel free to think of your own and apply them!LFMAO- "Shi Huangdi and I know it","Shi Huangdi is Coming to Town" Rhyming websites: Rhyme Zone Rhymer Ken Nesbitt's Online Rhyme Dictionary ||  ||   ||   || || LA Benchmark, Part 2: Multiple choice || Confucianism/Daoism/Legalism- **due Friday** This is your philosopher speaking... [] Research the philosophers and then write in the first person as them: Confucius, Han Fei, Lao Tzu What did they believe in? Quote yourself (As I always say, "....") Give an example of a problem and how you would resolve it as a philosopher. || Shi Huangdi 1st person narrative Make your own Shi song- **due next Tuesday!** Create a song that demonstrates your understanding of the pros and cons of Shi Huangdi, and other facts you have learned about ancient China. I have thought of some examples for you, but feel free to think of your own and apply them!LFMAO- "Shi Huangdi and I know it","Shi Huangdi is Coming to Town" Rhyming websites: Rhyme Zone Rhymer Ken Nesbitt's Online Rhyme Dictionary [] || Share philsophers, ancestor project
 * Due in two weeks (April 30th):**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Language Arts homework || **Read 30 min.**
 * Word List definitions and packet due Friday** || **Read 30 min.**
 * Word List due today;**
 * Test on words** ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Studies homework || finish up Shi
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This week's list of activities include: **
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 4/8 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 4/9 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 4/10 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 4/11 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 4/12 ||
 * || Words of Chinese origin

Ancestor essay, Scavenger Hunts I and II, Confucianism/Daoism/Legalism
 * Due today:**

Shi Huangdi song ||  || || Ancient China scavenger hunt, Part 1 || Ancient China scavenger hunt, Part 2 ||  ||   || * Details Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism Multiple meanings practice || The Mauryan Dynasty || Field Trip Visit to Santa Barbara Museum of Art || The Gupta Empire Indian Literature and Science || India Review ||  || Reading log Latin/Greek week 6 || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** study for Latin/Greek week 6 quiz || **Read 30 min.** Latin/Greek week 6 quiz! || take multiple meanings quiz online and post your score ||  ||   ||   ||   || creating compositions making tryptichs in art room || Religions in India- select two religions to research and write a 2 paragraph essay demonstrating the knowledge you gleaned || study of Brahmanism and Hinduism || study of Buddhism || Buddhism continued ||  || Reading log Latin/Greek week 5 || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** study for Latin/Greek week 5 quiz || **Read 30 min.** Latin/Greek week 5 quiz! || begin stamp making || guest artist- Tina Villadolid creating compositions making tryptichs ||  || Reading log reprieve this week! Please read Latin/Greek review of weeks 1-4 || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** River project "Day one" due- review of guest speaker Joni Chancer's presentation || **Read 30 min.** study for Latin/Greek review quiz weeks 1-4! I know you will do great! || **Read 30 min.** Latin/Greek quiz review weeks 1-4 || Quick check RC 2.3 Mastery II- 5 question quiz "The Aryans Bring Change" Aryan journal entries || Persuasive essay- Holy Cow! Pros and cons of bovine (cow) worship || Pepperdine Field Trip! || Period 1,3, 5- Library Period 2,4, 6- Registration talks by counselor Grade check || prefixes/Greek roots week 4 quiz today! "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes share Aryan invasion journal entries Pros/cons of bovine worship prep for next week- Weeklong Visible Thinking, guest speakers, field trip, art lessons ||  || reading log study prefixes/Greek roots 5 min. study for Ancient India map test || **Read 30 min.** reading log study prefixes/Greek roots 5 min. || **Read 30 min.** reading log study prefixes/Greek roots 5 min. || **Read 30 min.** reading log study prefixes/Greek roots 5 min. || **Read 30 min.** reading log prefixes/Greek roots week 4 quiz today! || reading levels questionnaire Prefixes/Greek roots intro week 3 Finish cell phone persuasive essay || pass out updated reading levels from STAR test prefixes/Greek roots complete Mary Poppins and "scary Mary" journal entry based on Friday's movie clips "Do not go gentle into the good night" poem pass out India books || quick check reading comprehension 5 question quiz, part II Shakuntala, the Indian version of Cinderella compare and contrast India- section 2- Aryan invasion and their influences || prefixes/Greek roots week 3 quiz today! Share Shakuntala essays "The Sky is Low" by Emily Dickinson ||  || reading log study prefixes/Greek roots 5 min. if not finished in class, please finish by class time tomorrow your persuasive cell phone essay || **Read 30 min.** reading log study prefixes/Greek roots 5 min. || **Read 30 min.** reading log study prefixes/Greek roots 5 min. || **Read 30 min.** reading log prefixes/Greek roots week 3 quiz today! || "The First Cities of India"- notetaking || finish India's Geography- Visible Thinking Powerpoint STAR accelerated reader- test reading levels || elements of persuasive writing- how to begin Persuasive writing- in class essay Ancient India Quiz - Section 1 || Latin/Greek root quiz week 2 today! Exploring Tone and mood using Mary Poppins and "scary Mary" version || NO SCHOOL ||  || turn in reading log for last week fill in reading log for this week || **Read 30 min.** reading log study Latin/Greek roots 5 min. || **Read 30 min.** reading log study Latin/Greek roots 5 min. || **Read 30 min.** reading log Latin/Greek Roots week 2 due today! || NO SCHOOL || begin persuasive writing- should we read "Tusk and Stone"- why or why not? || Latin/Greek root quiz today! “Do not go Gently into that Good Night,” by Dylan Thomas -analysis of mood/tone analyze elements of persuasive writing ||  || turn in reading log for last week fill in reading log for this week || **Read 30 min.** reading log || **Read 30 min.** reading log || **Read 30 min.** reading log || **Read 30 min.** reading log Latin/Greek Roots week 1 due today || India movie due today! Here is the rubric go to freeplaymusic.com to find music to use for your movie ||  || analysis of [|Carl Sandburg's "Fog"] @Intro to India- picture gallery hunt for movie || analysis of [|"Warning" by Shel Silverstein] Learning Window Movie Maker Live using India images ||  || turn in reading log for last week fill in reading log for this week reading log || **Read 30 min.** reading log || **Read 30 min.** reading log || **Read 30 min.** reading log || go to freeplaymusic.com to find music to use for your movie ||  ||
 * Next Tuesday:**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Language Arts homework || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Studies homework || An ancestor/person you miss and admire- **due Friday**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">SPRING BREAK FRIDAY 3/29 to 4/7... ENJOY YOUR BREAK AND SEE YOU WHEN WE RETURN! **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This week's list of activities include: **
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 3/25 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 3/26 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 3/27 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 3/28 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 3/29 ||
 * || China's geography- how does where you live affect how you live? Begin formal letter to Mrs. Geib: do snakes make good classroom pets? || China's first dynasty Systems and honors and beliefs || LA Benchmark, Part 1: Written portion review types of propaganda || Library visit || NO SCHOOL ||  ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Language Arts homework || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** Edit/revise snake letter and post || **Read 30 min.** Write own types of propaganda: bandwagon, testimonials || **Read 30 min.** ||  ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Studies homework || India PowerPoint test: systems; honor and beliefs tools and technology, geography due today!
 * [[file:India Test.pptx|Download]]
 * 46 KB || How has China's geographical landscape contributed to its isolation? || What prior knowledge of China do you have? What are 5 questions you want to explore (THINK, PUZZLE, EXPLORE) ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This week's list of activities include: **
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 3/18 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 3/19 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 3/20 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 3/21 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 3/22 ||
 * || Research on Bindis-what are they?
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Language Arts homework || **Read 30 min.**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Studies homework || finish research on Bindis and post on Edmodo
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This week's list of activities include: **
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 3/11 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 3/12 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 3/13 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 3/14 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 3/15 ||
 * || guest artist continued- Tina Villadolid
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Language Arts homework || **Read 30 min.**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Studies homework ||  || finish "Religions in India" two paragraph essay and post on Edmodo ||   || Letter from father Suddodhana to son Siddartha about why should stay within palace walls - written in first person || Letter from Siddartha (the Buddha) to father about why need to leave the palace and find his own destiny ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This week's list of activities include: **
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 3/4 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 3/5 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 3/6 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 3/7 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 3/8 ||
 * || Visible Thinking Strategies presentation using John Bierstadt's art "Mirror Lake" (picture of Yosemite Valley), learning about John Muir and his friendship with Teddy Roosevelt and the conservation movement- guest speaker Joni Chancer || Ventura River Field Trip! || Letters to the editor (VC star) || Edit/revise letters to the editor
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Language Arts homework || **Read 30 min.**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Studies homework ||  || please finish Pros or Cons of Bovine (Cow) worship persuasive essays and post on Edmodo. ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This week's list of activities include: **
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 2/25 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 2/26 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 2/27 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 2/28 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 3/1 ||
 * || intro to Latin/Greek roots week 4
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Language Arts homework || **Read 30 min.**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Studies homework || Aryan journal entries due Friday || Finish Pros/Cons of cow worship essay by next Tuesday ||  || Aryan journal entries edit/revise, finishing touches- post by tomorrow ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This week's list of activities include: **
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 2/19 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 2/20 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 2/21 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 2/22 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 2/23 ||
 * || NO SCHOOL || quick check reading comprehension 5 question quiz
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Language Arts homework || NO SCHOOL || **Read 30 min.**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Studies homework ||  ||   ||   || finish Shakuntala essay if not completed in class ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This week's list of activities include: **
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 2/11 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 2/12 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 2/13 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 2/14 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 2/15 ||
 * || Share India movies
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Language Arts homework || **Read 30 min.**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Studies homework ||  ||   ||   || India map due today! ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This week's list of activities include: **
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 2/4 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 2/5 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 2/6 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 2/7 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 2/8 ||
 * || "Full Fathom Five" analysis by William Shakespeare || Introduction to India in textbook- chapters, headings, subheadings || read "The Gold Cadillac" novella by Mildred D. Taylor || Exploring Tone and mood using Mary Poppins and "scary Mary" version
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Language Arts homework || **Read 30 min.**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Studies homework ||  ||   ||   || Facts about India due today!
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This week's list of activities include: **
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 1/28 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 1/29 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 1/30 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 1/31 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 2/1 ||
 * || Response to Literature annotations "The Fox and the Crow" || Benchmark testing || Benchmark testing || Review Benchmark,
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Language Arts homework || **Read 30 min.**
 * finish RTL annotations "The Fox and the Crow" and post** || **Read 30 min.**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Studies homework ||  ||   || Ancient Hebrews Final || Finish finding images for India

Letter of gratitude || Pyramid building project || NO SCHOOL || NO SCHOOL || NO SCHOOL ||  || pass out Action/Adventure book report ||  ||   ||   || work on your own "Cinderella" narrative- share with class on Friday! || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** Mystery book report due next Friday! || Research 6 questions- put in Power Point as iPad- due Friday to share with class || Read "You wouldn't want to be an Egyptian Mummy" online Fill in "The Mummification Process" worksheet ||  || "Lesson 1- Lesson 4 Quiz" due today! ||  ||
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 11/19 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 11/20 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 11/21 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 11/22 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 11/23 ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Classwork || there/they're/their pretest
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Language Arts homework || edit/revise letter of gratitude
 * Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Studies homework || projects due tomorrow! ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 11/5 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 11/6 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 11/7 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 11/8 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 11/9 ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Classwork || No School || Pyramid building project || Pyramid final touches Egypt Overview || "Ta-Na-E-Ka" and characterization Egypt exam || "Mysteries of the Nile" ||  ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Language Arts homework ||  || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** figurative language practice || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** Mystery book report due today ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Studies homework ||  ||   || study Egypt Overview Notes ||   ||   ||
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 10/29 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 10/30 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 10/32 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 11/1 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 11/2 ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Classwork || Old/Middle/New Kingdom notes || All about mummies || Rhodopis- the Egyptian Cinderella- story and play || Ramses and Hatshepsut-notable pharaohs || project building/creating ||  ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Language Arts homework || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Studies homework || Booklet entitled "Lesson 1-Lesson 4 Quiz" - due Thursday

Pass out Book Reports || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** ||
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 10/15 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 10/16 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 10/17 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 10/18 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 10/19 ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Classwork || Intro to Egypt || Language Arts Benchmark The Nile River || Language Arts Benchmark Writing Political systems- dynasties || Egyptian social classes || Egypt family life ||  ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Language Arts homework || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Studies homework || 5 facts about the Nile Nile Questions due Tuesday || 7 Fact minimum about Ancient Egypt Write a list of at least 7 facts you have learned about ancient Egypt - due Friday ||
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 10/8 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 10/9 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 10/10 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 10/11 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 10/12 ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Classwork || Mesopotamia Scavenger Hunt || Mesopotamia- Assyrians and Chaldeans || Mespotamia Review and test || Library || Hammurabi photo op, and Reader's Theater ||  ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Language Arts homework || **Read 30 min.**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Studies homework || Personal Codes of Law due Wed. || Mesopotamia Scavenger Hunt due Wed. || Cuneiform 2 paragraph: 1 factual, 1 opinion || Assyrian invasion narrative ||  ||

Bone excavations || Test on Hunter Gatherers Begin Mesopotamia- Tigris/Euphrates River Valley || Mesopotamia || Mesopotamia ||  || Period 3/4 book project due Friday || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** ||
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 10/1 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 10/2 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 10/3 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 10/4 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 10/5 ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Classwork || Hunter/Gatherer/Animal presentations || Period 3/4: Fire department presentation on fire-perils and precautions
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Language Arts homework || **Read 30 min.**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Studies homework ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

take notes present projects and assignments for the week || turn in netbooks to library for repair Neolithic era- agricultural revolution and plant domestication PaleoMesoNeolithic timeline project || get netbooks back! Hooray! Neolithic era- animal domestication persuasive essay on what animal we should buy- Heifer International || final touches to projects research weaponry/plants/animals
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 9/24 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 9/25 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 9/26 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 9/27 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 9/28 ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Classwork || Read non fiction text re: Neolithic era

upload documents to Edmodo || presentations of Hunter/Gatherer/Animal projects || Paleolithic/Neolithic Narrative due Friday || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** Paleolithic/Neolithic Narrative due today! ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Language Arts homework || **Read 30 min.**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Studies homework || Hunter Gatherer Animal project due Friday ||  ||   ||   || Hunter/Gatherer/Animal Project due today! ||


 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 9/17 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 9/18 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 9/19 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 9/20 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 9/21 ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Classwork || No SCHOOL || CSI project intro Thank you cards Paleolithic non fiction text || Period 3/4 Ms. Johnson in library Period 5/6 || share CSI project/make posters || read Boy of Painted Cave ending ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Language Arts homework ||  || **Read 30 min.** Color Symbol Image HW due Friday || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Studies homework ||  || Boy of the Painted Cave due Fri. ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This week's list of activities include: **

Wants/Needs conversion document- learning to make tables in Microsoft Word
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 6/10 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 6/11 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 6/12 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 6/11 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 6/12 ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Classwork || [[file:WantsNeedsSept.docx]]

"Where Children Sleep Photoessay by James Mollison || [|Images from Lascaux Cave]

Share communications hw & create your own animal pictograph! Help with class mural

Finish wants/needs conversion table

create folders in D: //and Z:// drive || Boy of the Painted Cave reading comprehension

Using Edmodo to post essay analysis of "Where Children Sleep"

Introduce wiki page

Paleolithic non-fiction text || Complex sentences ||  || Mystery Code hw due Tues. ||  || Stone Age hw-due Thurs. ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Language Arts homework || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.**
 * Friday** ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Social Studies homework || [[file:Communication Homework 1 alphabet.docx]]

<span style="color: #4500ff; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Class Photos and Videos 2011-2012


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Last week of school!!! **

Compare/contrast ancient civilizations- show what you know || -"One Last Thing" writing to Mrs. Geib -Rome project presentations -Share class video -chocolate fountain || Last day of school 1/3/5 schedule, school out at 1:40, students check in 5th period and from 12:40 to 1:40 yearbook signing and dance in quad
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This week's list of activities include: **
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 6/10 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 6/11 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 6/12 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 6/11 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 6/12 ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Classwork || Rome review

stop by and sign yearbooks || cleaning classroom/working (Geib moving to A3 and Wulff moving to A11)

check out procedures

email link of photos/videos to A5 families || Furlough day || -finish 6 notecards based on year end information -memory books -independent Rome projects || **Read 30 min.** || Read and enjoy your summer! Keep in touch! Learn and come and share with me next year! ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Homework || **Read 30 min.**

-visual diagramming concepts learned in class on note cards-
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This week's list of activities include: **
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 6/4 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 6/5 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 6/6 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 6/7 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 6/8 ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Classwork || Caesar engineering and commissioning the bridges across the Rhine River, completed in 10 days **-** dedication of Caesar's troops, the concept of following direct orders and working as a team for a specific goal, juxtaposed with senators later brutally killing Caesar, as they believed they were saving the republic from this "dictator for life" || learning about Roman roads, project building and working on common place books
 * [|Details]
 * [[file:mrsgeib/Social Studies Year end notes.docx|Download]]
 * 23 KB || field trip to Smith Paving

working on projects || Fundamental Human Needs by Manfred Max Neff- modified for students to discuss in chart formation- comparing different cultures- how have civilizations changed since the Stone Age? How have they stayed the same?

aqueduct designing and building || Rome Project presentations

aqueduct building and testing || get permission slip signed for field trip to Smith Paving || **Read 30 min.** work on independent projects || **Read 30 min.** work on independent projects || **Read 30 min.** ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Homework || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This week's list of activities include: **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This week's list of activities include: **

Racing: track and field's English Gardner in Pac 12 Mary Decker's loss in 1984 OLympics, Kentucky Derby, Indy 500- what is your stance? What are the pros and cons of racing against each other, using animals, and using machines? What do you ultimately think? Write an essay with examples to support your thoughts. (in class essay) || Aqueduct Q & A Design aqueducts
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 5/28 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 5/29 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 5/30 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 5/31 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 6/1 ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Classwork || **NO SCHOOL** || Aqueduct intro: finish reading about aqueducts and five parts; draw corresponding images and be prepared to design tomorrow.

(in class opinion essay using multiple documents/sources) What does it mean to be a winner? || -Building aqueducts -Working on Rome projects -Commonplace book

//**Magic Mt. field trip**// || Building and testing aqueducts || Finish essay and share with your family- we will discuss submitting essays to the Ventura County Star || **Read 30 min.** bring in any materials needed for aqueducts & building (bottles, tubes, plastic tubs) for Friday || **Read 30 min.** || Ancient Rome project (ongoing until last week of school) building and testing aqueducts ||  ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Homework ||  || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.**
 * Projects for Week ||  || Commonplace book (ongoing until end of year)
 * //It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy// **
 * //in creative expression and knowledge. - Albert Einstein// **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Foci: **

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Computers go to the library for safekeeping for the summer this Thursday!
==== Work on personalized Roman projects: build an arch, learn about concrete- roads, create an aqueduct system, make a mosaic, create a bulla, chariot racing, theater, construct a Colosseum, create a fountain. ====

|| Caesar Augustus and Pax Romana "The Golden Age of Rome"- Caesar Augustus checklist || **Turning in laptops to the library** - no more computers for the rest of the year ||  || Latin Root words, Part II due Friday (9 terms) post on Thinkquest || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This week's list of activities include: **
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 5/21 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 5/22 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 5/23 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 5/24 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 5/25 ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Classwork || Julius Caesar biography and shift from Republic to Empire- write Caesar's resume! (minimum of 4 major accomplishments) and post on Thinkquest || Terms to research and post
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Homework || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.**
 * Projects || What have you chosen to do? ||  ||   ||   ||   ||


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Focus: introduction to ancient Rome and key terms. Use the computer as much as we can, since they need to be turned in next Friday! **

Aeneas VTS discussion a look at Circus Maximus Hippodrome (chariot racing) ||  ||   ||   || Latin Root words, Part I due Friday || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This week's list of activities include: **
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 5/14 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 5/15 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 5/16 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 5/17 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 5/18 ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Classwork || Thinkquest -1. research ten terms and post 2. learn about the Colosseum- is this a symbol to be admired for its architecture, but horrified by its purpose? || Story of Romulus and Remus
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Homework || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.**
 * || CST make up day || CST make up day || CST make up day ||  ||   ||

Review for CST || Math, Part I Grades 6,7,8 9:05-10:45
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Focus: CST week **
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This week's list of activities include: **
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 4/30 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 5/01 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 5/02 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 5/03 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 5/04 ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Classwork || Poetry and Tone in class

Nutrition

Language Arts, Part I 11:02-12:42

Dismissal 1:12 || Language Arts, Part II Grades 6,7,8 9:05-10:45

Nutrition

Math, Part II 11:02-12:42

Dismissal 1:12 || Grade 8 Social Studies //**Renaissance Awards 9:05 a.m. for 6th grade**//

Nutrition

Grade 8 Science

Dismissal 1:12 || No more testing (make up testing Monday 5/14-5/16) Dismissal 1:40

//**PTA Movie Night- Cafeteria 4 -6 p.m.**// || Eat a good breakfast and get enough rest. || **Read 30 min.** Eat a good breakfast and get enough rest. || **Read 30 min.** Eat a good breakfast and get enough rest. || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Homework || **Read 30 min.**


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Focus: Drama, Literature, Olympics, Alexander the Great, and Greek Accomplishments **

<span style="color: #037703; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Please ask that your child reads for a **minimum of 30 minutes** daily. Perhaps you and your child could read a short story, article, poem or book together and talk about it!


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This week's list of activities include: **
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 4/30 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 5/01 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 5/02 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 5/03 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 5/04 ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Classwork || Greek literature and drama template for you to supplement with notes

Save as an .rtf file and post your notes on Thinkquest || Athens vs. Sparta reviews on similarities and differences of daily life

Greece and the Olympics Types of intelligences || Mythology and Advertisement

Greek mythology and its influence on the English language- we will review on Thursday || Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great of Macedonia- Hellenistic Age || Review, reflect and prepare for Greek Night! || || **Read 30 min.** **HW 25- Aesop's Fables- your own version by Friday!** || **Read 30 min. and** <span style="color: #037703; font-family: Georgia,serif;">For the next several weeks, we will be intensively studying all aspects of ancient Greece: its geography, mythology, military and warfare, architecture, literature (including //The Iliad// and //The Odyssey//), entertainment, and more!
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Homework || **Read 30 min.**
 * HW 24-Poetry and Tone- a poem a day- we will finish in class **
 * HW **
 * 1.Create your mini person! **
 * 2. Get ready to record or finish recording your advertisement- bring props if necessary **
 * 3. Work on your Aesop's fable version ** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Projects ||  || Create mini version of your character for Greek night ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Focus: Literature, Architecture, Classical Era of Greece, Peloponnesian War (Athens vs. Sparta) **

<span style="color: #037703; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Please ask that your child reads for a **minimum of 30 minutes** daily. A great time is just before bed as a way to relax.


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This week's list of activities include: **
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 4/23 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 4/24 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 4/25 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 4/26 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 4/27 ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Classwork || Greece PowerPoint to help you with the history

Greektionary classwork due Friday Learn about Greek heroes here! || Greek info CST practice in class

Classical Greek Architecture British Museum interactive worksheet || Greek wanted ad- "I lost my goat!" Greek Architecture- then and now (classicism and neoclassicism) || Athens vs. Sparta- similarities and differences of daily life SPARTA!!! link on Thinkquest, get ahead by learning about [|Sparta] || Athens vs. Sparta- Peloponnesian War || **HW 23- Types of government definitions and examples- post on Thinkquest** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** || **Read 30 min.** HW 22 Greektionary document due- post 10 of new favorite words on Thinkquest message HW 23- types of govt. post on Thinkquest ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Homework || **Read 30 min.**
 * The Odyssey as a book! **
 * HW 22- Post 10 of your favorite new words of Greek origin from the Greektionary list in Thinkquest 1., 2., 3., etc. ** || **Read 30 min.**
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Projects || **//Finish 12 Labors of Hercules in groups//**
 * //Have a rock to paint for Medusa's petrification by Perseus...does anyone have any plastic or stuffed snakes for her hair?//** || **Labyrinth- discuss and create! You may draw out a maze or create it in 3D form. Please try to have done by Friday, and if you need more time, just let me know.** ||  ||   || If you have a moment, will you please read about King Midas and Icarus? I will send links next week... ||
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Welcome to Quarter 4! **

<span style="color: #037703; font-family: Georgia,serif;">For the next 3 weeks, we will be intensively studying all aspects of ancient Greece: its geography, mythology, military and warfare, architecture, literature (including //The Iliad// and //The Odyssey//), entertainment, and more!

<span style="color: #037703; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Students will have to be very intensively focused as the year is coming to an end. Please require that your child reads for a minimum of 30 minutes daily. If there are many other family and extracurricular events occurring one night, please ask the child to read a bit more the next night. A goal for some students is that they always have a book, magazine, or any type of literature (fiction or nonfiction) handy.


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">This week's list of activities include: **

**Greek vocab words due this Friday!** || Aesop's Fables "The Ant and the Grasshopper", "The Bat, the Birds, and the Beasts" Read & reflect on story of Persephone and Demeter I will go over this in class with the students
 * || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday 4/16 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday 4/17 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday 4/18 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday 4/19 || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday 4/20 ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Classwork || Summarize/Reflect on story of Pandora's Box

Greektionary classwork- **postponed**, but if you want to get a glance, here it is! || Learn about Greek heroes here! The Trojan War to the tune of "The Brady Bunch" || We will continue learning about the Trojan War The Odyssey as a book! (Odysseus' journey after the Trojan War) Perseus and Medusa- rock painting || Theseus and Minotaur Greece PowerPoint to help you with the history || Students work in teams to determine who will take the roles and responsibilities of making their own Aesop fable movie! || Read 30 min. HW 20- Poem of the seasons- due Friday || Read 30 min. HW 21- fate and hubris due Friday || Read 30 min. Post HW 20 and 21 on Thinkquest by today- All grades for the week will be calculated and posted for viewing by Friday evening || //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">If possible, please bring in items to decorate your Pandora's box or to share with fellow classmates! ** // || Create diorama showing underworld w/Hephaestus and Earth's surface w/Demeter- explanation of the seasons- in class **//Decide if you want to depict summer or winter. You will need 3 major characters: Demeter, Persephone, and Hephaestus//**. When Persephone is in the underworld with Hephaestus, it is winter above, and when she is on the surface of Earth reunited with her mother Demeter, it is summer! || Bring in a rock to paint a portrait- Medusa's petrification power is palpable... In pairs, draw 12 Labors of Hercules on Popsicle sticks || Design a labyrinth and Minotaur for Theseus to find, create a winged Pegasus ||  ||
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Homework || Read 30 min. || Read 30 min.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Projects || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Fold a box using origami techniques; create own concepts to place in box to share- in class

Homework for the Week of April 9th- 13th

Check your grades & any missing HW and assignments || Read 30 min. LA Benchmark in class || Read 30 min.
 * || ** Monday 4/9 ** || ** Tuesday 4/10 ** || ====** Wednesday 4/11 **==== || ====** Thursday 4/12 **==== || ** Friday 4/13 ** ||
 * Language Arts || Read 30 min.
 * HW 18 ** -Research Greek gods/goddesses- write down what you have learned. Which five characters do you like the most and why? Post on THINKQUEST by Friday; make a "Who Am I" flipbook || Read 30 min.
 * <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HW 19 **- Greek geography, city state development, patterns of trade & commerce- write down notes from the 10 PowerPoint slides with evidence and specific detail and post on THINKQUEST by Friday || Read 30 min. ||
 * Social Studies || Check your grades & any missing HW and assignments
 * FINAL NIGHT TO FINISH Q3 WORK!** || Study for test on China! || China test today! || Greek Map and Geography || //** Class Greek Festival May 4th, 5-6:30 p.m. **// ||

SPRING BREAK

Quarter 3 Assignment Checklist- please review w/ your child Homework for the Week of March 26th- 30th

For more info., visit http://poetrychina2012.wikispaces.com/ || <span class="wiki_link" style="color: #008000;">**HW 17** Dedicate a song to Shi Huangdi & China and post here on Wikispaces and/or on Think- due Thursday 3/29 http://poetrychina2012.wikispaces.com/ //**Rhyming dictionaries:**// Rhyme Zone Rhymer Ken Nesbitt's Online Rhyming Dictionary || Check out a book or two from the DATA library! || No school but please read a good book! Have a wonderful Spring Break! || Homework for the Week of March 12th- 16th
 * || Monday 3/26 || Tuesday 3/27 || ==== Wednesday 3/28 ==== || ==== Thursday 3/29 ==== || Friday 3/30 ||
 * Language Arts ||  || Read 30 min. || Read 30 min. || Read 30 min. || Furlough Day ||
 * Social Studies || Field Trip to Pepperdine || ** HW 16 ** Terracotta Warrior's Story and post here on Wikispaces and/or on Think - due Thursday 3/29

Incorporate one of these people to support your case for or against globalization: || ** HW 13 Pick a project **: papercuts or lanterns- //(relates to students reading and comprehending informational text)//** and try it out! ** You may use alternative designs for the papercuts and lanterns- //search ehow or the Internet. Also, students can ask for resources at school such as construction __paper__ or paint.// ||  || Collect resource materials for your individual Chinese creation- due next Friday Go onto www.buttonbeats.com and create your own music- save and be ready to share next Friday || Homework for the Week of March 5th- 9th
 * || Monday || Tuesday || __Wednesday__ || __Thursday__ || Friday ||
 * Language Arts || Read 30 min. || Read 30 min. || Read 30 min. || Read 30 min. || Read 30 min ||
 * Social __Studies__ ||  || ** HW 12 Pros and Cons of Globalization **- determine the pros and cons and explain your evidence and examples- post on Thinkquest due **Friday March 16th**

Classwork- persuasive essay- should DATA __students__ wear uniforms? Find your child's __opinion__ on Thinkquest under "Mrs. Geib" || Read 30 min. Mercy day- finish all writing assignment relating to Ancient India || Read 30 min. || Read 30 min. Post HW 11 on Thinkquest HW 11- What are **5 questions about China** that you want to discover? What **prior knowledge** of China do you have? || Read 30 min. || 2. explain karma, dharma, and nirvana fom your Ancient India study guide Study guide as Word doc: || Complete your study guide for test tomorrow || Ancient India Final Exam today || Begin ancient China today! ||  ||
 * || Monday || Tuesday || __Wednesday__ || __Thursday__ || Friday ||
 * Language Arts || Read 30 min.
 * Social Studies || 1.what is one deity from Hinduism?

Homework for the Week of February 27th- March 2nd

HW 9-Jataka tales- **due Friday**-pick one and make a storyboard; write the theme and moral || Read 30 min. Here is the Bhagavad Gita in picture form ; pick a chapter to read, || Read 30 min. Write a poem like Kalidasa using imagery and use of similes= CLASSWORK || Read 30 min. HW 10 on Thinkquest- **due Friday**-Pros/Cons of bovine (cow) worship || **from An Lac Mission Temple (Ventura Buddhist Center)** || ** Chinese guest speaker- //Mrs. Ribka Tan// from Young Bamboo- Mandarin __language teacher__ ** || ** Bollywood dance instructor- ** //** Farah Ali **// || Ancient India Assessment next __Wednesday__ || Homework for the Week of February 20th-24th
 * || Monday || Tuesday || __Wednesday__ || __Thursday__ || Friday ||
 * Language Arts || Read 30 min. || Read 30 min.
 * Social Studies || Finish "Life of Buddha" foldable book and here are the book requirements || **Buddhist monk guest speaker-** //** Venerable Tapovanaye Sutadhara **//

Post notes on Thinkquest regarding Buddha video || Read 30 min. || Read 30 min. HW 7 on Thinkquest-Persuasive writing essay as Siddartha's father, begging Siddartha to remain at the palace and stay with his father, his wife and child (written as 1st person in __letter__ __form__) || Read 30 min. HW 8 on Thinkquest- Persuasive writing as Siddartha to his father explaining why he needs to see the world, both good and bad (written as 1st person in letter __form__) ||
 * || Monday || __Tuesday__ || __Wednesday__ || __Thursday__ || Friday ||
 * Language Arts || NO SCHOOL || Read 30 min.
 * Social Studies ||  ||   || Begin "Life of Buddha" foldable book and here are the book requirements || Buddhism & Hinduism compare and contrast- classwork || Complete "Life of Buddha" foldable book by next Tuesday**- Buddhist monk as guest speaker on 2/28** ||

Homework for the Week of February 13th-17th

** Caste System Summary ** and Compare with modern day America Essay || **//Caste System Simulation in Class//** || HW5 in Thinkquest- Due Today ** Reflective piece ** on simulation- Which caste system were you a part of? Which caste system do you wish you could be in if you had the choice and why? || NO SCHOOL today or Monday, February 20th, but //**please read**// anyways! || Homework for the Week of February 6th-10th, __2012__
 * || Monday || Tuesday || __Wednesday__ || Thursday || Friday ||
 * Language Arts || Read 30 min. || Read 30 min. || Read 30 min. || Read 30 min. || Read 30 min. ||
 * Social Studies ||  || HW4 in Thinkquest

Indus and Ganges Rivers Essays || Classwork: Physical features of India research in class-will create in groups a model of India- have all materials ready || POST HW4 in Thinkquest letter/journal __entry__ describing impact of Ayran invasion ||  || and Student Original Poetry Showcase Link || Homework for the Week of January 31st- February 3rd, __2012__
 * || Monday || Tuesday || Wednesday || __Thursday__ || Friday ||
 * Language Arts || Read 30 min. || Read 30 min. || Read 30 min. || Read 30 min. || Read 30 min. ||
 * Social Studies ||  || POST HW3 in Thinkquest
 * ||  ||   ||   ||   || Checklist of Original Poetry (ongoing)

//** Teacher **// //** Inservice **// || Read 30 min. || Read 30 min. || Read 30 min. || Read 30 min. || 5 Vocabulary and terms- write 5 masterpiece sentences or a short story demonstrating your understanding of the following words: occupation, strategy, rigid, dominate, primary Building Masterpiece Sentences || POST HW2 in Thinkquest Basic facts about India- post at least 5 facts you have learned with a __topic__ sentence and concluding sentence How to Write a Summary || TAKE __POLL__ in Thinkquest Physical features of India research in class-will create in groups a model of India ||  || and Student Original Poetry Showcase Link ||
 * || Monday || __Tuesday__ || __Wednesday__ || __Thursday__ || Friday ||
 * Language Arts || ** NO SCHOOL **
 * Social Studies ||  || POST HW1in Thinkquest
 * Poetry Book Project Due February 3rd ||  ||   ||   ||   || Checklist of Original Poetry (ongoing)

Homework for the Week of January 23rd-27th, 2012Reflection and Review of all workend of Q2"All good writing is rewriting"

Rewriting Tips Upload Poetry on your **personal link**: Student Original Poetry Showcase: Ode, Song __Lyrics__, Emotions poetry, Quatrain || Read 30 min. Slam Poetry Examples || Read 30 min. __Students__ will give me a __list__ of 4 essays they revised and reflect on the process... || rewrite || Finish any incomplete work/ rewrite || Finish any incomplete work/ rewrite || ** Final __deadline__ ** for any missing assignments! || watch w/family ||  || Checklist of Original Poetry (ongoing) || Homework for the Week of January 16th-20th, 2012 National Holiday Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday || Read 30 min. Classwork: Packets distributed Re: Subject/Verb Agreement (orange) & Using Capitalization Correctly (yellow) || Read 30 min. Classwork:Couplet poetry (two lines per stanza that rhyme) Classwork: editing & revise writing || Read 30 min. Classwork: Determine the rhyme pattern (AABA, __ABBA__, or ABCB, AABBA); select one pattern to try in an original poem Classwork: editing & revise writing || Read 30 min. Final editing and artistic embellishments of your favorite song and Original Odes by today! One original poem using either couplets, AABA, ABBA, ABCB, AABBA pattern || Post on Thinkquest your reflection on what you learned today. Finish up your Hebrew writing if not __completed__ in class. Thank you card due Friday! || Study for Ancient Hebrews Final Exam Rewrite your diaspora essay due Friday || Study for Ancient Hebrews Final exam || Ancient Hebrews Test today! || and Student Original Poetry Showcase Link ||
 * || Monday || __Tuesday__ || __Wednesday__ || __Thursday__ || Friday ||
 * Language Arts || Read 30 min.
 * Edit & revise**1 essay/evening either Thinkquest or from wikispaces
 * Edit & revise 1 essay per evening either** from Thinkquest or from wikispaces. || Read 30 min.
 * Edit & revise 1 essay per evening**
 * Edit & revise 1 essay per evening** || Read 30 min.
 * 4 essays revised by today!**
 * Social Studies || Finish any incomplete work/rewrite || Finish any incomplete work/
 * Poetry Book Project Due February 3rd || Today you will receive a **checklist** of **missing****assignments**. It is **your** **responsibility** to turn them in by this **Friday** ||  || Beethoven as Poetry to Mrs. Geib- please try to listen or
 * || Monday || __Tuesday__ || __Wednesday__ || __Thursday__ || Friday ||
 * Language Arts || NO SCHOOL
 * Social Studies ||  || Guest speaker- Rabbi Jordana from Temple Beth Torah
 * Poetry Book Project Due February 3rd ||  || Tonight is Open House for 5th grade students and incoming DATA students ||   ||   || Checklist of Original Poetry (ongoing)

Homework for the Week of January 9th-13th, 2012 "Ode to ?" Poem- Due Fri. Don't have a mean [|mien] - use the Merriam Webster link for definitions, synonyms, antonyms, and words that rhyme when writing (not biting nor [|flyting]) your original poetry || Read 30 min. "Ode to the West Wind" Poetry analysis-Due Fri. Learn about [|terza rima] and [|Dante] || Read 30 min. "The Destruction of Sennacharib" Poetry analysis- Due Fri. Share Ozymandias with family || Read 30 min. Bring in your favorite song by today! ||
 * || Monday || Tuesday || Wednesday || Thursday || Friday ||
 * Language Arts || Read 30 min. || Read 30 min.
 * Social Studies ||  || Finish up your family tree project || Family Tree due today ||   ||   ||
 * Poetry Book Project Due February 3rd ||  ||   ||   ||   || Checklist of Original Poetry (ongoing) ||

Homework for the Week of January 3nd-6th, 2012 Please ask your families about poets and poems they enjoy || to create a truncated (pardon the pun) family tree please ask your families to assist you- family tree due Tuesday, January 10th 4 questions due tomorrow (Friday). You will send to me your answers in class via Dyknow or you can post on Think.com || You will have posted responses on Think.com re: King Herod and Yohanan Ben Zaccai by today ||
 * || Monday || Tuesday || Wednesday || Thursday || Friday ||
 * Language Arts || No School || Read 30 min. || Read 30 min. || Read 30 min. || Read 30 min.
 * Social Studies || No School ||  || <span class="wiki_link_ext">Reread "Feathers in the Wind" || Diaspora in your own family-
 * Poetry Book Project Due February 3rd ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

<span style="color: #047104; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">HAPPY NEW YEAR! <span style="color: #047104; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">**Week of:** **December 12 - December 16**

two historical figures and write essay || Take home hero essays & art ||
 * || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Monday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Tuesday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Wednesday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Thursday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Friday** ||
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Daily ** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum ||
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Language Arts ** || Edit and revise your hero project essays- make it better! ||  ||   || **Classwork**- Compare and Contrast
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Social Studies ** ||  ||   ||   || Classwork-Who am I? questions- select 8 people from historical figure list || Storyboards due today! ||
 * **<span style="color: #047104; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Projects ** || Science Fiction/Action Adventure Book Project due December 16th ||  ||   ||   ||   ||

<span style="color: #047104; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">**Week of:** **December 5 - December 9** Science Fiction/Action Adventure Book Project due December 16th ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="color: #047104; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">**Week of:** **November 28 - December 2**
 * || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Monday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Tuesday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Wednesday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Thursday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Friday** ||
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Daily ** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum ||
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Language Arts ** || Take your hero interview and find symbols, images to use for art project for Wednesday ||  || Hero essay rough drafts due today, art project today! ||   ||   ||
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Social Studies ** ||  ||   ||   ||   || Ancient Hebrew Storyboards due next Friday! ||
 * **<span style="color: #047104; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Projects ** || Hero project - completed by December 9th

Science Fiction/Action Adventure Book Project due December || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum || Ramses summary and vote on Thinkquest || The Little Mermaid analysis: select **2 characters**, describe their **traits** with **specific examples** from the story and determine **theme (hint: sacrifice, altruism)**;here is one guide & here is another guide for your response to literature. Post on Hero Project page under The Giving Tree and Gettysburg writing To help you with writing- essay analysis Figurative language practice ||  ||   || Interview your hero by Friday || and <span class="wiki_link">Notes ||  ||   ||   || Final Deadline (get it?) for Mummy project- due today || Assignments and Grades list to be placed in Zangle ||  || Read You Wouldn't Want to be an Egyptian Mummy! ||   || Fun Mummy Game to play Embalm your mummy game Tomb of the unknown mummy game ||
 * || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Monday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Tuesday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Wednesday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Thursday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Friday** ||
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Daily ** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Language Arts ** || Hatshepsut opinion and vote on Thinkquest
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Social Studies ** || <span class="wiki_link">Egypt Chronological Essay
 * **<span style="color: #047104; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Projects ** || Hero project - completed by December 9th

<span style="color: #047104; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">**Week of:** **November 21 - 25** <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum || <span style="color: #fb42fb; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**NO SCHOOL** <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum || <span style="color: #fb42fb; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**NO SCHOOL** <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum || Go onto Thinkquest to research Old, Middle, New Kingdom, use notes and PowerPoint || Egypt Chronological Essay and Notes ||  ||   ||   || Embalm your mummy game Tomb of the unknown mummy game ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="color: #047104; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">**Week of:** **November 14 - 18**
 * || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Monday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Tuesday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Wednesday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Thursday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Friday** ||
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Daily ** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum || <span style="color: #fb42fb; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**NO SCHOOL**
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Language Arts ** || Hero project- determine your person and two attributes minimum which exemplify their selection- done in class on blue paper
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Social Studies ** || Ongoing Mummy project with group- fill in basic information || progress on your Mummy project- PLEASE be finished by next week! ||  ||   ||   ||
 * **<span style="color: #047104; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Projects ** || Fun Mummy Game to play

Use This Link and write down 3 words you misspell and add to PowerPoint or paper- due Friday || Hero Project- put your "The Giving Tree" and "The Gettysburg Address" essay in this link. We will work on the actual writing of the essay next week. ||  || Here is a wikilink to upload your Commonly Confused Words and Often Misspelled Words || 1.Book Review of The Golden Goblet or The Egypt Game 2. Mystery Book Report Project ||  ||   || Fun Mummy Game to play Embalm your mummy game Tomb of the unknown mummy game ||  ||
 * || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Monday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Tuesday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Wednesday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Thursday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Friday** ||
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Daily ** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum ||  ||
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Language Arts ** ||  || Click on Commonly Confused Webpage discover 3 word pairs that you find tricky. Either make a table with two columns and draw out examples on paper, or use PowerPoint and write words with images you find to explain them
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Social Studies ** || Ongoing Mummy project with group- fill in basic information || Mummy project due next Tuesday || Egyptian social roles- circle of viewpoints due Friday. You can make this in Word, or write/draw the information due Friday || Families can try a quiz on the Gettysburg address and students can grade them! ||  ||
 * **<span style="color: #047104; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Projects ** || **<span style="color: #047104; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Due Nov. 14th: **

<span style="color: #047104; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">**Week of:** **November 7- 11**

<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">DAY- NO SCHOOL || Have a date persusasive writing- why should we try dates in class tomorrow? Use the links on Thinkquest to support your argument. || Finish Osiris response to literature || finish the Afterlife/Weighing of the Heart worksheet Draw a picture of a Ba (person with a human head) and pick and draw 2 ordeals that Ba faced: 1.crossing a lake of fire 2.being bitten by snakes 3. losing one's heart or head 4. escaping from a fisherman's net 5. being forced to walk upside down ||  ||   || 1.Book Review of The Golden Goblet or The Egypt Game 2. Mystery Book Report Project ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="color: #047104; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">**Week of:** **October 31 - November 4** Read about farming methods. What is a **shaduf** ? How could we make one in class? Can you think of another tool that is similar? || **Mummification Mania**: you will make/design a mummy with a partner. Decide on what type and let me know. Name your mummy after an actual pharoah, create the tomb, and make canopic jars. Basic inventory we will complete in class. If you have ideas, write them down to share with your classmates. || Mummy Inventory we will work on in class Taste testing today! (Pomegranates and figs) || 1.Book Review of The Golden Goblet or The Egypt Game 2. Mystery Book Report Project ||  ||   ||   ||   || <span style="color: #4500ff; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">**October 17-21**
 * || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Monday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Tuesday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Wednesday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Thursday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Friday** ||
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Daily ** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min. minimum || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">VETERAN'S
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Language Arts ** || Osiris legend- 5 character traits and actions to support and exemplify
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Social Studies ** || Ancient Egyptian food research and posting Taste testing research ||  || Research 3 Egyptian deities and write a summary about each of them- on yellow paper || Mummification Project preparation ||   ||
 * **<span style="color: #047104; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Projects ** || **<span style="color: #047104; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Due Nov. 14th: **
 * || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Monday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Tuesday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Wednesday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Thursday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Friday** ||
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Daily ** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min.& put book title in agenda || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min.& put book title in agenda || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min.& put book title in agenda || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min.& put book title in agenda || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min.& put book title in agenda ||
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Language Arts ** || Read Golden Goblet/The Egypt Game || Week 8 and 9 review scavenger hunt given due Friday || Read Golden Goblet/The Egypt Game || Read Golden Goblet/The Egypt Game || Week 8 and 9 review scavenger hunt due today! ||
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Social Studies ** ||  ||   || **Packing for the Afterlife**: Pretend you are an Ancient Egyptian; would be some items that you would take with you to the afterlife and why? Create a visual display- draw pictures, bring in images, or create a PowerPoint slide or brochure due Friday
 * **<span style="color: #047104; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Projects ** || **<span style="color: #047104; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Due Nov. 14th: **

The Golden Goblet down 20 words & pg. # you like by Friday Week 9 terms in ABC order with one example defined || Week 9 terms- draw 8 examples || Week 9 terms- study 10 minutes || Week 9 terms- take a practice test; have someone quiz you ||  || Decide on which mummy you will make ||  ||
 * || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Monday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Tuesday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Wednesday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Thursday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Friday** ||
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Daily ** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min.& put book title in agenda || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min.& put book title in agenda || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min.& put book title in agenda || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min.& put book title in agenda || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min.& put book title in agenda ||
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Language Arts ** || The Egypt Game- write down 20 words & pg. # you like by Friday
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Social Studies ** || Research 7 Facts about Ancient Egypt posted on Thinkquest or written down. || Go onto Google Earth and study Egypt. Write down 5 observations and post on Thinkquest. || Write down your cartouche, cartouche 2 on a piece of paper and think about cartouche designs || Play the Mummy Game

<span style="color: #4500ff; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">**October 10-14** Open Note test on Mesopotamia today! || <span style="color: #4500ff; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">**October 3-7**
 * || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Monday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Tuesday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Wednesday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Thursday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Friday** ||
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Daily ** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min.& put book title in agenda || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min.& put book title in agenda || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min.& put book title in agenda || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min.& put book title in agenda || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min.& put book title in agenda ||
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Language Arts ** || Matching game with week 8 terms! Select 16 words (2 per definition) and provide a letter. List on left column. On right hand column, mix up definitions. Tomorrow, a classmate will complete your game! || Study 10 minutes the Week 8 terms and definitions || Write an interesting story using at least 10 terms from Week 8 || Study 10 minutes the Week 8 terms and definitions || Quiz today on Week 8 terms! ||
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Social Studies ** || Complete Mesopotamian Civilization document ||  ||   || Organize all notes/finish 9 questions for tomorrow || We make cuneiform today!

Week 7 Terms Quiz Today! || Share "Wants vs. Needs" classroom activity with family- discuss || Finish My Own Codes of Law tonight- make sure you have an individualized font and reasons for your laws || Take Code of Law Photos! Bring in tiaras & crowns; have codes prepared ||
 * || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Monday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Tuesday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Wednesday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Thursday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Friday** ||
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Daily ** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min.& put book title in agenda || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min.& put book title in agenda || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min.& put book title in agenda || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min.& put book title in agenda || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min.& put book title in agenda ||
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Language Arts ** ||  || Research 5 words you selected from Week 7 terms, plus the words: //relish, loquacious, flibbertigibbet, plethora//, and //primogeniture// || Write a creative story using 10 examples from Week 7 terms || Study Week 7 words for Quiz tomorrow! || classics book project due today!
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Social Studies ** ||  || Primogeniture- fair or not? || Rules versus Rules with Consequences
 * || Minimum Day- 1:40 Dismissal || Minimum Day- 1:40 Dismissal || Minimum Day- 1:40 Dismissal || Minimum Day- 1:40 Dismissal || Minimum Day- 1:40 Dismissal ||

<span style="color: #4500ff; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">**September 26-30**

**BOARD HOLIDAY** || Quiz on Latin/Greek Roots week 5 and 6 ||
 * || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Monday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Tuesday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Wednesday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Thursday** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Friday** ||
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Daily ** || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min.& put book title in agenda || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min.& put book title in agenda || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min.& put book title in agenda || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min.& put book title in agenda || <span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Read 30 min.& put book title in agenda ||
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Language Arts ** || Study Latin & Greek roots week 6 for 5 minutes || [[file:PreSuffLatinGreek Week 6 hw.docx]]Latin and Greek roots week 6- six activities || Study Latin & Greek roots week 6 for 10 minutes- have a practice quiz || **NO SCHOOL TODAY**
 * **<span style="color: #4500ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Social Studies ** || What is Education? Share your thoughts with your family & write down their opinions. || Draw a ziggurat and write a brief paragraph description || Work on scavenger hunt at home. Save and post a copy of the Mesopotamia notes. ||  || Mesopotamia Scavenger Hunt Answers due Monday! ||
 * || Old Stone Age Assignment and Grades- Get signed by parents ||  ||   ||   ||   ||