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August Assignments for both classes in BLACK, Important announcements in RED, AM assignments in BLUE, PM assignments in GREEN |
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16 Yearbook Summer Camp 9am-2pm |
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Yearbook Summer Camp 9am-2pm
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18 Yearbook Summer Camp 9am-2pm |
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School Begins |
25 Review the classroom policies and library program. Return the parent signature sheet. |
26 Bring your ID card -- We are checking out our textbooks today! Review the classroom policies and library program. Return the parent signature sheet. |
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Please have a silent reading book with you today and every day forward!. You should be working on your Geo Project due Wednesday! |
30 Reading Log due You should be working on your Pearl literary terms |
31 Geo Wk 2 due Geo Project due quiz Have read ch 2 of The Pearl on your own |
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1 Survivor #1 due You should be working on your Pearl literary terms |
2 Survivor #2 due Vocab Cards 1-5 due Geo test (use your completed project map as a study guide) |
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Labor Day -- You should be working on your Pearl literary terms
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6 Reading Log due Survivor #3 due You should have read chapter 5 of The Pearl for class today! |
7 Back to School Night! 6:00-8:00pm Survivor #4 due Geo Wk 3 due Spelling p 19 due Writing #1 due Sentence Variety #1 due |
8 Survivor #5 due Great Awakening Wkst due You should be working on your Pearl project Writing #1 due Sentence Variety #1 due |
9 BLACKOUT NO SCHOOL |
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12 You should be working on your Pearl project |
13 Reading Log due Survivor #6 due Survivor #7 due Vocab Cards 6-10 due Spelling Un 3 p. 21 Due Unit 1/2 Spelling, Vocab, and Writing Test Geo Wk 1-3 Map Due |
14 Survivor #8 due You should be working on your Pearl project |
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Survivor #9 due Geo Wk 1-3 quiz You should be working on your Pearl & Survivor project |
16 Writing Week #3 due Enlightenment Organizer You should be working on your Pearl & Survivor project Tradition of Liberty Test and spiral notebook check next Tuesday study and print out your table of contents |
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19 Tradition of Liberty Test and spiral notebook check ARE TOMORROW study and print out your table of contents |
20 Reading Log due *Bring 25 3x5 cards. We'll be making our first set of CC cards!* Tradition of Liberty Test and spiral notebook check print out your table of contents Spelling Un 4 p. 31 Due |
21 Survivor #1-9 due Pearl project due Wkbk p. 24 due Geo Wk 4 due |
22 Writing #4 due Pre Constitution Cards Due |
23 Vocab Cards 11-20 due Unit 3/4 Spelling, Vocab, and Writing Test Primary Source #1 due |
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K-12 Professional Growth
Day Optional 1st Quarter Extra Credit -- state placement -- test at lunch Wed, Oct 12th |
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Reading Log due Find and print a haiku, include a picture. Write a cinquain on a family member.
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Geo Wk 5 due Political Cartoon Activity Primary Source #2 due Illustrated Proverb
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Wkbk p. 28 due Write a limerick
War for Independence movie packet due
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timeline) |
30 Writing #5 due Find and print a sonnet, highlight the couplet |
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October |
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Minimum Day - Parent Conferences You should be working on your Finished Book Assignment
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4 Minimum Day - Parent Conferences Reading Log due Founding Father's Notes AM Poem Poster
War for Independence movie packet due
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PM Ode to Yearbook |
5 Regular Late Day - Parent Conferences Geo Wk 6 due SS Wkbk p.4 Poetry test Poem RD due (Attach your picture to your poem!) |
6 Minimum Day - Parent Conferences |
7 Minimum Day - Parent Conferences Geo 4-6 map due Vocab Cards 21-25 due Unit 5 Spelling, Vocab, and Writing Test Partner Project: Founders' Graveyard tombstone due today! Unit 2: Revolution Test and spiral check today! |
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10 Please return signed BLUE federal form Unit 5 Spelling, Vocab, and Writing Test *AM -Remember we did not have time on Friday! |
11 Please return signed BLUE federal form Poem TYPED Final Draft with editing guide, picture and rough draft stapled to it! |
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Extra Credit Test (How many of the 50 states can you correctly identify?) at lunch, today only! SS Wkbk p. 34-36
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13 Geo 4-6 Test AM - The Patriot
PM gone to Disneyland |
14 1st Quarter Finished Book Assignment Due (Be sure to staple your reading log to your book report.) Writing #6 due |
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Study your PC cards!
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18 Study your PC cards! Spelling Un 7 page 49 |
19 Study your PC cards! SS Wkbk p. 42 Lit Wkbk p. 245 How can you capture the Reflections theme "Diversity means..."? You need an original photograph and 3-sentence caption. |
20 Study your PC cards! Bring 3 more Short Story Analysis worksheets printed out Borrow a Halloween picture from Google or from your family album. Write a caption for it (following the formula). Include picture in your final work. *All pictures will be returned! |
21 PC cards test! Writing #7 due AM Ratification PM Ratification |
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24 You should be preparing for our SS test and spiral check: Unit 3 Spiral and Unit 3 Test Review *Bring 70 cards to make your LEG cards* How can you capture the Reflections theme "Diversity means..."? You need an original photograph and 3-sentence caption. |
25 Reading Log due *Bring 70 cards to make your LEG cards* Spelling Un 8 page 55 Lit Wkbk p. 143 "Bet" Lit Analysis Wkst Preamble notes/example |
26 Unit 3 Spiral and Unit 3 Test Review TEST TODAY! Geo Wk 7 due "Monkey's Paw" movie poster 1st Quarter grades... please check for errors and decide where you want your EC points. You must tell us by Friday. |
27 Writing #8 due |
28 1st Quarter grades EC points due! Vocab Cards 26-35 due Unit 7/8 Spelling, Vocab, and Writing Test LEG cards due "Tell Tale Heart" Analysis Wkst Thematic Venn Diagram |
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31 Halloween Spirit Day! AUCTION!! |
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1 Reading Log due Spelling Un 9 page 61 Continue working on "Who Speaks for You?" Wkst |
2 Collection for soldiers and sailors serving abroad Geo Wk 8 due Reflections picture and caption due! |
3 Branches Chart due AM or PM |
4 "Who Speaks for You?" Wkst due Writing #9 due |
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7Collection for soldiers and sailors serving abroad
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8 Reading Log due "Wounded Warrior" activity |
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Geo Wk 9 due Writing #10 part1 due Bring 71 cards to make your EXEC cards today
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LEG card test Writing #10 part2 due Unit 9/10 Spelling, Vocab, and Writing Test Book orders due!
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Veteran's Day Collection for soldiers and sailors serving abroad |
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14 Collection for soldiers and sailors serving abroad Feature Angle & Lead -- We want this written, but it does not have to be on your layout! You should have decided the topic of your feature and written the 2-3 sentence lead. |
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Reading Log due "Stop the Sun" story poster AM directions Geo Wk 9 map due Finish Roles of the President worksheet from class "Stop the Sun" story poster PM directions
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17 Letter to soldier due (Must be typed.) Executive cards due Writing #11 due |
18 Last day to donate tosoldiers and sailors Geo Wk 7-9 test How does O'Henry use irony in the "Ransom of Red Chief"? Type a complete body paragraph and color-code the concrete details and commentary. Vocab Cards 36-50 due |
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21 Thanksgiving Break, No School |
22 Thanksgiving Break, No School |
23 Thanksgiving Break, No School |
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25 Thanksgiving Break, No School |
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28 Body copy and captions in word document -- pictures on spread |
29 Reading Log due Cabinet Member typed paragraph must be color-coded |
30 AUCTION Writing #12 due |
1 EXEC card test *bring 50 index cards to make Judicial set* Headline revision wkst |
2 Vocab 1-50 test |
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5 Spread to Aesthetics editors |
6 Reading Log due AM Courthouse trip |
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8 PM Courthouse trip |
9 Judicial Cards Due Signed Progress Report due "Mother to Son" essay due Spread to Chief editors |
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13 Reading Log due Courthouse Minibook due AM directions/PM directions and Courthouse terms quiz (from guidebook) today |
14 SS workbook p. 52 FINAL spread due!!! |
15 Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Topeka Board of Ed. worksheet due |
16 Judicial Cards Test Federal Courts in a nutshell notes due (use pp. 136-137 of textbook and this link to the website to complete) |
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Winter Break |
20 Winter Break No School |
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22 Winter Break No School |
23 Winter Break No School |
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26 Winter Break No School |
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Winter Break |
29 Winter Break No School |
30 Winter Break No School |
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January |
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2 Winter Break No School Holiday: New Year's Observance |
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4 Reading Log due |
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CC vs. Strachan (+Judicial) Article/Amend Cards due Amendment Vocab. Activities due
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6 CC vs. Hanson |
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9 CC vs. Ward (+Articles/Amendments) Amendment/Art card Test today Yearbook spreads will begin losing points today if any corrections/changes are needed!!! |
10 2nd Quarter Finished Book Assignment Due CC vs. Santibanez Bring ID card to check out Deathwatch |
11 LIt workbook p 374-383 due Deathwatch ch 1&2 have been read |
12 CC vs. Strachan General Cards due Deathwatch ch 3&4 have been read |
13 Deathwatch 5&6 have been read and Assignment #1 due Amendment Cartoon due |
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16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School |
17 Deathwatch ch 5&6 have been read The Important Thing due General Cards Test |
18 CC Playoffs Deathwatch ch 7&8 have been read and Technical Dictionary due FBI #1 due |
19 Constitution final and Spiral due Deathwatch ch 9&10 have been read |
20 End of 2nd Quarter FBI #2 due |
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CC Finals 8th period in gym
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24 Vocab Cards 51-56 due Deathwatch ch 11&12 have been read and Deathwatch Written Assignment #2 Typed: Tips for Survival due FBI #3&4 due SS Wkbk pg 70-72 Spelling Un 13 page 85 |
25 SS Wkbk p 83 |
26 AUCTION Book orders due Deathwatch ch 13&14 have been read FBI #5 or 6 due many of you could not access #5, so your choice |
27 Non-Student Day |
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30 Deathwatch ch 15-17 have been read |
31 Reading Log due Deathwatch final book test and second Technical Dictionary due p. 89 in social studies workbook due |
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1 FBI # 7 due Use the summary frame and ideas from class to write your summary. War of 1812 Webquest due |
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3 Deathwatch final activity due Compare and Contrast Deathwatch and "To Build a Fire" FBI #9 due Vocab cards #51-60 Unit 13/14 Spelling, Vocab, and Writing Test |
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7 Reading Log due Spelling p. 97 Lewis & Clark Journal (AM 2 journals, PM 1 journal) |
8 FBI #10 due Pizza reward at lunch for CC (Come before your DC meeting, Mrs. Nelson knows you may be few minutes late.) |
9 Trail of Tears Webquest |
10 Valentine Dance!!! *bring your home address* *have returned signed Knott's behavior contract* MAPs #1-13 due "Marathon Man" wkst You should be working on your Manifest Destiny booklet |
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13 Unit 5: Presidents' Defining Moment Spiral (print grade sheet) Unit 5: Presidents' Defining Moment Test Review You should be working on your Manifest Destiny booklet Wear YRBK shirts |
14 Reading Log due Found Poem or I AM poem on Trail of Tears Washington-Polk Crossword Puzzle Spelling U16 p.103 MAPs poster "Lady Gaga" wkst |
15 FBI Post-test: Do in class for a grade! Unit 5: Presidents' Defining Moment Spiral (print grade sheet for class today!!) Unit 5: Presidents' Defining Moment Test Today!!! |
16 Manifest Destiny booklet due |
17 MAPs #14 - 25 due Quiz on MAPs poster Vocab cards #61-70 Unit 15/16 Spelling, Vocab, and Writing Test You find the article and complete the wkst |
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Lincoln's Birthday
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21 District Recess No School |
22 District Recess No School |
23 District Recess No School |
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Washington's Birthday |
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27 Bring your ID card to check out our next core lit novel. |
28 Reading Log due MGP signed topic & printed current event Interview Questions |
29 Spelling U 17 p109 ROT have read chapter 2 and AM completed cotton webquest Don' forget about 3rd quarter extra credit! |
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WKST M & A "New Colussus" Illustration Be working on your 3rd quarter finished book assignment! |
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Printed, signed progress grades Bring your ID, we are going to the library for MGP research! Spelling Un 17 test Vocab cards 71-75 MGP current event summary ROT have read pgs 56-68 |
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March |
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5 Continue your MGP research YRBK spreads due to aesthetics Be working on your 3rd quarter finished book assignment! |
6 Reading Log due MAPS WKST P & S MAPS literary terms quiz New in America AM letter, PM interview |
7 Don' forget about 3rd quarter extra credit! MAPS Wkst Quiz |
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MAPs TESTING MGP 3 research pieces Be working on your 3rd quarter finished book assignment! RoT character diaries rough draft chapters 1/2 due |
9 ROT have read ch 6 Wkst 7.1-7.3 due MGP movie permission signature RoT character diaries rough draft chapters 3&4 YRBK spreads to chiefs |
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12 YRBK bring your selections for year in review topics Don' forget about 3rd quarter extra credit! |
13 Reading Log due AM will have their movie permission signature checked (ran out of time Friday) Spelling U19 p. 121 3rd Quarter Extra Credit at lunch today! Roll of Thunder ch 7 read MGP 6 CD Notecards |
14 RoT character diaries rough draft chapters 5&6 |
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MGP thesis and 3 sub-thesis sentences (topic sentences) Roll of Thunder ch 8 read PM Roll of Thunder Webquest #1-10 due
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16 3rd Quarter Finished Book Assignment Due Social Reform Cartoon due |
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Roll of Thunder ch 9 read
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20 Social Studies: Industrialization, Immigration, & Reform Unit spiral and test Review Here! RoT character diaries rough draft chapters 7&8 Roll of Thunder ch 10 read |
21 MGP annotated bibliography due and ON DEMAND ESSAY typed in class. Bring all materials for the essay. |
22 Roll of Thunder ch 11 read Boycott Activity due |
23 RoT character diaries rough draft chapters 9&10 YIR DUE! |
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26 Roll of Thunder ch 12 read |
27 Spelling U 20 p127 ROT character postcard from Washington, D.C. |
28 MGP interview with picture Cesar Chavez article summary (article given in class, use summary format) |
29 Turn in Roll of Thunder SS Workbook 173 RoT character diaries final draft of all 6 due PM Roll of Thunder Webquest #11-17 due Civil War Flag Map due
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30 Spelling/Vocab/Chavez Article Quiz Vocab cards #76-85 Auction! Recipe for Courage Refuse to Stand Silent |
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Spring Break No School |
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Spring Break No School |
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Spring Break No School |
5 Spring Break No School
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Spring Break No School |
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10 Reading Log MGP movie review with picture Mid-Year SS Outcome Test SS Workbook 135-137 Spelling U16 p.133 |
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Major Battles notes
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12 Recruitment poster |
13 Mid-Year SS Outcome Test Corrections Clara Barton Commemorative Stamp Book Orders - last one for the year!!! |
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16 You should be working on your Newscast a little each day this week! A / B |
17 CST testing begins Reading Log due MGP News Article with photograph |
18 CST testing Civil War novel reading check #1 AM / PM |
19 CST testing Rough draft of individual Newscast script due A / B |
20 Civil War map of the American South due Civil War novel reading check #2 AM / PM Pasta for Pennies & Recycling contests!!! Reconstruction textbook and video notes -- you will begin these in class today! |
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23 Newscast Presentations! Pasta for Pennies & Recycling contests!!! |
24 CST testing Reading Log due MGP technical writing Pasta for Pennies & Recycling contests!!! |
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CST testing Civil War novel reading check #3 AM / PM Reconstruction Crossword due (given in class last Friday) Civil War Spiral due
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CST testing Civil War test Pasta for Pennies & Recycling contests!!!
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Civil War novel final reading check AM / PM Pasta for Pennies & Recycling contests!!!
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30 Continue working on your CW Novel Cereal Box! |
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1 Spelling Un 22 p.139 Reading Log due MGP Summary & Reflection and About the Author |
2 Continue working on your CW Novel Cereal Box! SS p. 463 #1,2,5 - answer in complete sentences or Cornell notes. |
3 On Being Discouraged typed paragraph with picture You should be working on compiling your MGP project! |
4 Ch 13, section 1&2 Quiz CW Novel Cereal Box due at the end of class today! |
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You should be working on compiling your MGP project!
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8 We are going to the book fair today! Spelling Un 23 p.145 Civil War Novel Test Today Reading Log due You should be reading a book of choice to use on your Finished Book Assignment (May 29) Holocaust Wequest (You got a copy of the 21* questions and started this in class last Thursday!) Select Ensemble kids--your absence packet is due today Signed progress notices are online and will not be updated until after Friday |
9 MGP Final Presentation due at start of class today! Be sure to bring a copy of the rubric! (Click link above) 14.1 and 14.2 notes and activities due today! Jews in Demark Bio-Poem |
10 Knott's Berry Farm *Be on the bus by 7:45am! *Bring entertainment for the bus and money for food at the park!! *Arrange for a ride home when we return at 5:30pm!!! |
11 Signed progress grades due! Spelling/Vocab Quiz Vocab cards #90-100 SS Wkbk p. 224
Reward Cereal and If you have late/detention work, you will be working on that instead of eating and watching! |
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14 Promotion Auditions at Lunch 4th Qtr Extra Credit test coming soon!! You need to know the US Presidents #1-42, in order! Year in Review Presentations partner and topic assigned Business Letter: practice in class |
15 Promotion Auditions at Lunch Reading Log due You should be reading a book of choice to use on your Finished Book Assignment (May 29) |
16 Business Letter due |
17 You should be working on your Year in Review Assignment and Script! SS text p. 503 Cornell notes or complete sentences for #2a, 2b, 4,5,6,7 |
18 Signed Westview forms AND Walk to Westview permission slip! Ch 14, sect 1-4 quiz Ch 14 spiral due, print rubric!
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21 4th Qtr Extra Credit test coming soon!! You need to know the US Presidents #1-42, in order! |
22 "The Hangman" Found Poem (typed) Reading Log due You should be reading a book of choice to use on your Finished Book Assignment (May 29) Walk to Westview 12:30 - 3:15 *Students should wear walking shoes. Meet Mrs. Milling in classroom at the end of 5th period. *Parents, you can find us in the Westview quad just before 1:00. See you then! |
23 Museum of Tolerance *Be on the bus by 7:40am! *Bring entertainment and food for the bus!! *Arrange for a ride home when we return at 5:30pm!!! |
24 4th Qtr Extra Credit test at lunch today!! You need to know the US Presidents #1-42, in order! Year in Review Assignment and Script due! Time in class for rehearsal. |
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More time in class for YIR rehearsal.
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Memorial Day |
29 4th Quarter Finished Book Assignment -- This is your writing final. Typed on demand in class. |
30 Social Studies Year in Review Presentation |
31 Vocabulary Final 8th Grade Textbook Return |
1 Social Studies Final |
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June |
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Yearbook Distribution
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5 Class Party |
6 Promotion Practice |
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8th Grade Promotion 9 AM
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