Saturday, January 21, 2012

SCIENCE Jan. 23-27

Science Fair Project -DUE Feb. 13th
Each Wednesday, I will be grading the student's Science Fair Journal. They must log their project's activity. This journal will be on display along with their final project. Students should be writing their 'Abstract' which is due Feb. 10th. Be sure to explain "why" you are getting your experiment's results. Contact Mrs. Rhoades if you have questions.


Monday - Balanced and Unbalanced Forces "Insta-Lab" pages 120-123
Tuesday - Buoyant Force pages 124, 125 "Buoyancy Activity"
Wednesday - Levers and Machines pages 127-129 "Investigation"
Thursday - Machines and Work pages 130-132 plus page 137 "Investigation"
Friday - Math Enrichment


STUDENTS WILL BE CONSTRUCTING SIMPLE MACHINES NEXT WEEK. LOOK FOR PULLEYS, LEVERS, RAMPS, AND SUCH THAT YOUR CHILD MAY USE.

LANGUAGE ARTS Jan. 23-27

Monday - Irregular Verbs  page 191: Writing Activity
Tuesday - Practicing lines from The Tempest
Wednesday - Practicing lines from The Tempest
Thursday - We discussed the AOT Citizenship Rubric
Friday -Contractions page 193:6-20

READING Jan. 23-27

Reading Contract - Science Fiction
DUE DATES:
Jan. 24 Writing Activity
Jan. 31 Plot Line
Feb. 7 Art Project
Feb. 14 Future Shock Activity (Extra Credit)

SPELLING Jan. 23-27

AOT Middle School Spelling Bee after school Monday, Jan.23, 3:15 - 4:00 (or so). Come watch our top spellers compete.


This week in Spelling we will study homonyms and non-base words. Lessons 76-79 will be completed in class. Students should take home their Spelling workbooks to study the word list in the back. TEST on Friday, Jan. 27.

MATH and SOCIAL STUDIES Jan. 23-27

MATH Click on Mrs. Robinson's link at the upper right hand corner of my Blog Page.

SOCIAL STUDIES Click on Ms. Perrotta's link at the upper right hand corner of my Blog Page.