Welcome to our beautiful rainy day! Tag Day on Friday. Send in your $1. Parents please review TagDay guidelines in your handbook

Homework for tonight

6th grade- No homework but study your vocabulary words. Quiz on Friday. don't forget your shoeboxes

7th Grade- Vocabulary Quiz on Friday. Finish describing your recipe using all your senses. Sight, Sound, Taste, touch, and Smell. Describe each of your ingredients. If you have a copy of the Outsiders at home please bring tomorrow.

8th Grade- Vocabulary quiz on Friday. First draft of persuasive essay due Friday.

Reading Test next week. I will send home a study guide on Friday.

8th Grade

Yeah!, Back to a normal week!

6th Grade- Bring in a shoebox by next Tuesday October 5th. Friday October 1st- Vocabulary quiz on Lessons 4-6. Chapter 10 Test- Friday October 8th.

7th Grade- Vocabulary quiz on Friday Oct 1st

Reading Test tomorrow Tuesday September 28

8th Grade- Vocabulary quiz Friday October 1st

Homework- Verb worksheet, vocabulary sentences, and complete reading questions if not finished in class today.

6th Grade- Please complete the lesson outline

7th Grade- Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow. Focus on parts of speech, antonyms, definitions and complete the sentence.

Writing: Bring in the family recipe next Thursday Sept. 23.

Reading- Finish reading the story Rip Van Winkle- ***** you never know when I'm going to ask you a few questions----- for a GRADE!

8th Grade- Vocabulary unit 2 focus on definitions, parts of speech, antonyms, complete the sentence and creating an original sentence with the words: main, glut, and enterprising.

Writing: Finish your candy argument- three paragraphs and a thesis statement.

Lean Team working hard!

6th Grade- vocabulary is due tomorrow. All words for Chapter 10 "ON FLASH CARDS"

7th Grade- Vocabulary Quiz on Friday

8th Grade- Vocabulary Quiz on Friday

Coming up:

Iowa's begin on Monday- Please make sure your child gets plenty of sleep over the weekend. Testing is tedious and it helps if they are well rested and have had a good breakfast. We will break for a snack each day. If you signed up to bring a snack or drink please send them into your homeroom teacher.

7th Grade tag only will be on September 24. Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Serio!

Have a great day!

6th Grade-

No homework. Working on Chapter 10. Tuesday night's homework will be all the vocabulary words for Chapter 10. Please make flash cards for these words.

Computer class

Typing website linked to blog

7th Grade-

Vocabulary unit 2 in workbook. All sections completed by Wednesday. Quiz on Friday.

Tag Day for the 7th grade on September 24.

8th Grade-

To Kill a Mockingbird test on Wednesday. Study the study guide we have gone over in class.

Vocabulary Unit 2 in workbook- All sections due on Wednesday. Quiz on Friday.

What is this?

6th grade- Unit E Chapter 9 Test on Friday. Study group Thursday morning at 7:15.

7th Grade- Antecedent worksheet, final draft of paragraph due Friday, Vocabulary quiz tomorrow

8th grade- final draft of paragraph due Friday, vocabulary quiz tomorrow. To Kill a Mockingbird test next Wednesday September 15, 2010.

6th Grade- Test on Friday

Study Guide Chapter 9 Lesson 3

Interactions of Matter and Energy

Definitions: Know the definitions

Matter atomic number Mass chemical change

Volume chemical formula Density compound

Physical property chemical bond Physical change

Solution Element Atom

Nucleus Proton Neutron Electron

Lesson 1

· Be able to find the density of an object:

Density (g/cm3) = mass (g)

volume (cm3)

· How is mass measured?

· How could you measure volume?

· Why do some objects sink while others float?

· Be able to identify some physical properties of matter ex:

Color

Density

Ability to conduct electricity

Magnetic

Substance’s state (solid, liquid, gas)

· Know the physical changes that happen to water: solid, liquid, gas

· Be familiar with the different types of mixtures and examples of each (see notes lesson 1)

· Know what an alloys is and examples

Lesson 2-study the outline

· Know the parts of an atom: neutron, proton, electron, and atomic number

· Be able to identify where the metals, non-metals, metalloids and noble gases are located on a periodic table

· Know examples of metals, nonmetals, and metalloids

Lesson 3 (review notes from Sept 7)

· Examples of chemical changes

· Be able to write the chemical formulas from our notes in Lesson 3

Water, carbon dioxide, sugar, salt

· Acids and bases (study notes from lesson 3

7th Grade- Reading projects due tomorrow. Fairy tale finals drafts due by Friday

Thursday- vocabulary quiz "Greek and Latin Roots" (see below)

8th Grade- Noun /pronoun quiz tomorrow. 18-21 questions TKAM. Vocabulary quiz on Thursday. (see below)

7th

Where would you find this famous couple?

6th Grade-

No homework, BUUUUTTTT start reviewing for next week's test.

7th Grade- ELA- "Boring words" look up and write three synonyms for each of your 7 boring words.

Reading- Make 4 index cards for our "card catalog" On front side include the title, author and genre of your book. Also include an A, B, C, D, or stay far, far away from this book rating ( your opinion)

8th Grade

ELA- "Boring words" look up and write three synonyms for each of your 7 boring words.

If you owe me 100 synonyms bring them in tomorrow. You know who you are!

What do you think this is?

6th Grade-

Tomorrow we will begin reading Lesson 3

Test Friday Sept. 10th

7th Grade-

Night/Devil's Arithmetic project due Wednesday Sept 8

Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow- Unit 1 "Know the parts of speech"

8th Grade-

Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow- Unit 1 "Know the Parts of Speech"

Reading Chapters 12-17 Study Guide

Have second draft of fairytale ready for tomorrow.