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This week we will begin a new unit called, “Construction Zone”.  We will learn about building things.  Using the topic, “I Can Build,” we will read stories about tools, materials, buildings, and construction.  Our new letter this week is letter B.  Please review this letter as well as the letters and letter sounds that we have learned this year (S, T, P, O, Y, W, U, X, F, A, Z).

Home Activities:

*Bb Poster – Gather Bbs from newspaper or magazine headlines.  Help your child make a Bb poster.  You can decorate the poster by adding pictures, photographs, or drawings of things whose names start with Bb.

*Learning the ABCs – Your child will listen to the alphabet book Alphabet Under Construction this week,  Page through other alphabet books together, paying special attention to the ABC order.  Encourage your child to predict what letter you will read about next in the book.

Sign up for Remind. Check it out on remind.com. Use this phone number: (757) 809-2118, and use the code for your class (see below).

1st block – Remind code: @stoneblk1  If needed, finish the p253 vocabulary definitions. HW: Watch the Bozeman Science video titled Beginner’s Guide to Punnett Squares and take good notes. Do your own work. Meiosis Quiz next class.

5th block – Remind code: @stoneblk5  HW: Ch 8 Assessment ws. (not the concept map)

B1: Study notes on volume and all of SOL6.10.

B2: Study all notes on SOL6.10. Test is tomorrow.

B3: INp. 44 Green Book p. 376 #6, 7, 8 Find the volume of each.

Bring in a new notebook for the third nine weeks by Wednesday.

Radical test review  click here for blank copy Radical test review 2015

Click here for answer key (pdf) radical test review key

Reading/Writing – Read nightly for 20 minutes. Write a half page summary of what you read. Turn all 4 in Friday in your AR folder.

Science – Tomorrow we begin the new unit on Oceans. There will be a project sheet coming home on Tuesday. It will give details for the ocean floor model as well as due date. Watch for the sheet.

Math – 

Monday – none

Tuesday – Practice 4-7

Wednesday – p.118 (Set G) List all factors using divisibility rules

Thursday – Divisibility Rules grid

Thanks for all you do at home to help your child at school.

Home work for the week of January 26-30

Social Studies:
HWK:

Monday: Study US1.7a

Thurs: US1.7a: Create pictures of the five weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, be ready to present on Friday.

FRI: Fill in the Blank Quiz on Friday

• Continue to Study vocabulary words:

1. Confederation 2.Constitution 3. Articles of Confederation, 4.Consitutional Convention, 5. Constitution of the United States, 6. Virginia Plan, 7.Legislative Branch, 8.Executive Branch, 9.Judicial branch, 9.Connecticut Plan, 10. Great Compromise,

Thurs:
HWK: US1.7a: Create pictures of the Five weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, be ready to present on Friday
Reading: AR- Reading with summaries, due on Friday
Science:
Study the characteristics of the ocean environment
New Chapter 6, Pgs.108-131- began Studying  on each day

Math:

HW:

Mon: Practice 4-7
Tues: HW: p.118 (Set G), list all factors using divisibility rules
Wed: HW: Supply 5 numbers for each rule number
Thurs: Complete HW: Divisibility Rule grid
Fri: quiz on Divisibility

1. No Fear Shakespeare – this is a good resource for understanding Julius Caesar. Go to the following link: http://nfs.sparknotes.com/juliuscaesar/
2. Shakespeare’s World (class work) – Read pages 1186 through 1189. Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Use the key words of the questions in your answers; do not copy the questions!
   1. Where and when was William Shakespeare born?
   2. What is the Elizabethan Age and when did it take place?
   3. What is verse drama?
   4. What were the two names of Shakespeare’s theater company, and why did the name change?
   5. What was the name of Shakespeare’s theater?
   6. Who were the groundlings and how did they behave?
   7. When were performances held and why?
   8. Who were Shakespeare’s wife and children?
   9. Where did Shakespeare find the information for the play Julius Caesar?
   10. What are three reasons readers enjoy Shakespeare’s plays?
3. Homework – Dramatic Terms – Define the following terms from page 1190 and R102
   1. Drama
   2. Tragedy
   3. Tragic hero
   4. Tragic flaw
   5. Comedy
   6. Props
   7. Dialogue
   8. Dramatic Monologue
   9. Soliloquy
   10. Aside

This week our schedule gets back on track (barring no snow)! We begin this nine weeks with many new topics. Science we will explore plants and animals. Social Studies will dive into famous Americans in depth. Math we will be doing place value and word problems. The children have learned much, but we have a great deal to do before second grade. I continue to be saddened with the lack of participation in Reading Eggs and iXL. These are wonderful programs that will make their progress soar, while having fun. Especially during these cold months, students should be playing these games daily. Instead of watching television or playing video games, consider getting them onto the computer. It is just as much fun. They love it, but they will not think to ask you. Consider making that part of their daily routine after homework. IXL.com usernames are their first letter of first name and last name @nans, password is abc123. Reading Eggs is first letter of first name, last name, and 37 for username and password is abc123. Thank you Christopher and Logan for faithfully using these resources!hmk week 20

pp. 437-438, #1,2,5

Graded assignment (measuring angles)  1/28

Please remember that book fair projects are due this Friday.  A book fair project is similar to a science fair project.  You may use a trifold project display board and include characters, setting, author, illustrator and any other pertinent facts about the book you’ve chosen.  If you are completing a book fair project, it can take the place of any other homework for this week.  I am looking forward to seeing the projects!

Students interested in taking Advance Placement and Dual Enrollment courses for the 2015-16 school year are invited to attend an information session on Feb. 3, 2015 at 6:30 PM at King’s Fork MIDDLE School in the Media Center. Teachers and Paul D. Camp Community College representatives will be present to answer questions and describe the requirements and rigor of taking advanced classes.

Below is a description of the time line of the registration process of signing up for dual enrollment courses at King’s Fork High:

Dual Credit Time Line