Below you’ll find an updated calendar with upcoming due dates and assessments.
Monday (2.8)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes
Math: Students should complete 13.5 in their math journal with a labeled diagram alongside each problem.
Tuesday (2.9)
Math: Students are working on an assignment where they are calculating unit rates to make comparisons (white).
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes,
Wednesday (2.10)
Math: Review of circle formulas in class. Page 85 (white W.S.) is due Wednesday, students would benefit from working ahead on page 79.
Thursday (2.11)
Friday (2.12)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes
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Monday (2.1)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes
Tuesday (2.2)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes, Informational Article (Feudalism) All parts of process
Math: Students are continuing to work with proportions (ratios and percents). Tan worksheet (7.8 and 7.13).
Wednesday (2.3)
Math: Students have a quiz in class on unit rates and proportions. They were to choose at least one worksheet (either 7.17 or 7.18) to complete for practice.
Thursday (2.4)
Friday (2.5)
Math: We’re beginning a new geometry unit (focus will be 3 dimensional figures) so we’re doing a bit of algebraic notation and problem solving with 2 dimensional figures to get things started. Students should complete 13.3 in their math journal with a labeled diagram alongside each problem.
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes
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Monday (1.25)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes
Tuesday (1.26)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes,
Math: Worsheet 103 (students need to label the comparisons in their proportions prior to solving)
Wednesday (1.27)
Math: Worsheet 106 (students need to label the comparisons in their proportions prior to solving)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes, Social Studies FIRE (contributions indvidual and culture)
Thursday (1.28)
Math: Students are working with unit rates today. Purple W.S. (7.3)
Friday (1.29)
Math: Students were working on formulas involving rates today. Students should finish #1-5 on 7.4.
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes, Informational Article Vision plan and 1st draft
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Monday (1.18)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes
Tuesday (1.19)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes,
Wednesday (1.20)
Math: Students have a “percentage of” assignment to compelte (E-26). Calculators are ok as long as students show each step of what they typed into the calculator.
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes, Social Studies FIRE (contributions indvidual and culture)
Thursday (1.21)
Math: Students worked on fluency with estimating percent of problems in class. E-27 should be done using proportions.
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes, Progress Reports Coming Home
Friday (1.22)
Math: Worksheet 112 can be done on the W.S., 113 should be done in their math journal (using proportions – calculators ok).
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes, FIRE Retake Language Arts, All late research projects due
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Monday (1.11)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes
Tuesday (1.12)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes, Product #1 of research project due at the end of class (all parts of the research process)
Wednesday (1.13)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes
Math: Students worked with ratios today. A white worksheet (e-7 and e-8) should be completed by Wednesday.
Thursday (1.14)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes, Product #2 from research project (Notes should be finalized)
Friday (1.15)
Math: Students have an assignment that was given to them Wednesday that is due on Friday. They had a choice of 3 different fraction assignments (white, blue, or gold) to help them prepare for Friday’s Fraction Quiz.
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes, Product #2 for research project (notes, and plan and drafting for final product), Rubric Product #1, F.I.R.E. Starters (cultures, individuals)
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Monday (01.04) Math: Yellow Worksheet (3.7 and 3.8).
Tuesday (01.05)
Math: Students learned how to multiply negatives today. E-63 is due Tuesday.
Wednesday (01.06)
Math: E-65 (division of integers)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes
Thursday (01.07)
Math: E-66
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes
Friday (01.08)
Math: Students have their first quiz on integers and rational numbers. Students should understand how to order positive and negative numbers as well as place them on a number line. Students should understand the concept of “absolute value” and be able to use it to solve problems. Students should also be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide positive and negative numbers.
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes, Research Project (Product 1) Thinking Maps from prepare, gather and use, Writing Plan for essay
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Monday (12.14)
Math: Most students have completed the assignment due for Monday but they should have completed 2.1 in their textbook.
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes
Tuesday (12.15)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes, Picture Book Vision Plan/ Draft #1 (on the way)
Math: E-57 and 3.2 (include diagrams showing direction and magnitude for each problem)
Wednesday (12.16)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes
Math: Students completed 3.2 in class and should finish #2-10 on page 47. #1 is optional on page 46.
Thursday (12.17)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes, F.I.R.E. Day (Social Studies)
Math: Students are continuing to practice their fluency with subtraction of integers. W.S. E-61 should be completed for Thursday and although 3.6 is not due until Friday, it would benefit students to get some of it done tonight.
Friday (12.18)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes, Picture Book (Final Draft) turn in the entire writing process, STUDENTS THAT ARE FILLING THEIR READING AND WRITING NOTEBOOKS WILL NEED TWO NEW COMP BOOKS WHEN THEY RETURN FROM BREAK.
Math: Students started working with some algebraic terms today applying their new knowledge of positives and negatives. 3.6 and 3.7 are due on Friday.
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Monday (12.07)
Tuesday (12.08)
Math: Students had a choice of assignments to help them prepare for Tuesday’s Fraction Operations quiz. Either C-44 and C-46 (white) to practiced adding and subtracting mixed numbers of students that are already fluent could choose 64 and 69 (purple) to practice problem solving.
Wednesday (12.09)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes, Wringer Circle Map
Thursday (12.10)
Math: We’ve officially started our “Integers” unit as we discussed the terms “absolute value” and “opposite” today. Students should have notes and examples that they can refer to down the road. Due on Thursday is #8-20 on a white handout they received today. Drawing a number line should help on just about any problem they need to attempt tonight.
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes, Five Pillars of Islam Assignment due
Math: We worked on drawing pictures to represent change in class today. Students need to complete 1.2 & Follow-up as well as 1.3 in their new text books.
Friday (12.11)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write 10 minutes, F.I.R.E. Day
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Monday (11.30)
Math: White similarity worksheet and multiplication of fractions practice, student could choose level of difficulty: White Worksheet or Gold Worksheet (Gold is a bit more complex).
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: There is no Homework over the break! Students can take a break from reading and writing if they choose.
Tuesday (12.1)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: F.I.R.E Day Wednesday, Text Feature practice work due Wednesday, Read: 20 minutes, Write: 10 minutes
Math: Students had a choice of assignments today to practice division of fractions (E-44 and E-45 or E-45 and E-46).
Wednesday (12.2)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: F.I.R.E Day Today, Text Feature practice work due , Read: 20 minutes, Write: 10 minutes
Math: Students have a second chance at a similarity quiz on Thursday. They have a purple worksheet that is due on Wednesday that should cover most of the concepts on the quiz.
Thursday (12.3)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read: 20 minutes, Write: 10 minutes
Math: First side of the fraction story problem worksheet (C-68). Students have a quiz on similarity in class.
Friday (12.4)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read: 20 minutes, Write: 10 minutes, Writing Assessment
Math: Students should have e-70 completed (the backside of e-78).
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Monday (11.16)
Math: Students are practicing all of the real-life applications of similarity we discussed this week in class. Problems #3-9 on Page 65 in the Stretching and Shrinking textbook.
Tuesday (11.17)
Math: Students should complete the last page of the white similarity packet (12.1).
Wednesday (11.18)
Thursday (11.19)
Friday (11.20)
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Monday (11.9)
Math: Finish back side of green W.S. (scale factor and missing sides)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 Minutes-Practice Reading Strategies and Reading Maps, Write 10 Minutes
Tuesday (11.10)
Math: E-12 (#1-8) and 108 (#1-4) in the white similarity packet.
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 Minutes-Practice Reading Strategies and Reading Maps, FIRE Test Tuesday/ Thursday, Create Table Write 10 Minutes
Wednesday (11.11)
Thursday (11.12)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 Minutes-Practice Reading Strategies and Reading Maps, FIRE Test Tuesday/ Thursday, Create Table Write 10 Minutes
Math: We discussed a real-world similiarity application today in class (the shadow method). Students should complete E-12 and 108 in the white similarity packet and draw diagrams for all story problems.
Friday (11.13)
Math: We discussed a real-world similiarity application today in class (the mirror method). Students should complete 12.2 in their white similarity packet.
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Monday (11.2)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 Minutes-Practice Thinking Connections/ Predictions/ Inference/ Visualization/ Questioning, Write 10 Minutes
Math: Choose 2 levels of division practice (white half-sheet).
Tuesday (11.3)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 Minutes: Find a newspaper, magazine or web article that has a map to support the text (Answer questions 1- 4, Bring article to share) Write 10 minutes
Math: Choose 2 levels of 2-step equation practice (gold half-sheet). Quiz in class on Tuesday with two review targets (2-step equations and division).
Wednesday (11.4)
Thursday (11.5)
Math: 14 scale factor problems (students sketched 5 rectangles in their math journal to use).
Friday (11.6)
Math: Students are practicing finding scale factor and using proportions to find missing sides of similar shapes (front page of green sheet).
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 Minutes-Practice Thinking Connections/ Predictions/ Inference/ Visualization/ Questioning, Write 10 Minutes, Test Day (Take any F.I.R.E. you want)
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Monday (10.26)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 Minutes-Practice Thinking Connections/ Predictions/ Inference/ Visualization, Write 10 Minutes
Tuesday (10.27)
Math: Graphing coordinate pairs in four quadrants (Worksheet E-69)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 Minutes-Practice Thinking Connections/ Predictions/ Inference/ Visualization, Write 10 Minutes
Wednesday (10.28)
Math: Finish drawing “Mug Wump” as well as “Corresponding sides and angles practice” (gold worksheet).
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 Minutes-Practice Thinking Connections/ Predictions/ Inference/ Visualization/ Questioning “Zoo”, Write 10 Minutes
Thursday (10.29)
Math: Finish drawing “Zug, Lug, Bug”.
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 Minutes-Practice Thinking Connections/ Predictions/ Inference/ Visualization, Correct “Zoo”, Read “Prisilla and the Wimps” / Complete Worksheet Write 10 Minutes
Friday (10.30)
Math: Finish drawing “Thug”. Begin preparing for next Tuesday’s quiz (division and writing and solving 2-step equations).
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Monday (10.19)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 Minutes-Practice Thinking Connections/ Predictions, Write 10 Minutes, F.I.R.E Test Connection Tuesday or Wednesday
Tuesday (10.20)
Math: Students should complete the blue worksheet they received Friday. The skills they are practicing are “distributive property” (2.2) and simplifying expressions (2.3).
Wednesday (10.21)
Math: Students are working on “writing two-step equations”. We worked on some more complex problems in class (white worksheet) but students need to complete a yellow half-sheet (simpler problems) by Wednesday.
Thursday (10.22)
Math: Students are working on “writing two-step equations”. Their homework is to work on one more problem from the white worksheet that they were working on in class today.
Friday (10.23)
Math: Quiz in class on Friday. Students will have a 2nd opportunity to demonstrate their skill level with “Evaluating Expressions”. They will have their first chance at “writing and solving two-step equations”. Students should use their prior quiz as a resource to prepare for the “Evaluating Expressions” section. Also, studenets have problem one to complete from a white half-sheet sheet given to them today.
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 Minutes-Practice Thinking Connections/ Predictions/ Inference/ Visualization, Write 10 Minutes, F.I.R.E Test Prediction/ Infrenec
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Monday (10.12)
Tuesday (10.13)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes (Thinking Maps), write in writer’s notebook at least 10 minutes, connections practice, review “restate test/rubric”
Math: Students should complete the blue packet. Their focus for today was “writing one-step equations to represent real-world problems”.
Wednesday (10.14)
Math: Students will be taking the MAP test during class so they will not have any math homework due on Wednesday.
Thursday (10.15)
Math: Students worked on solving 2-step equations using algebraic notation on Tuesday. Due Thursday is part I with at least 20 problems completed.
Friday (10.16)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 Minutes-Practice Thinking Connections/ Predictions, Write 10 Minutes, F.I.R.E Test Active Reading Strategies Tuesday or Wednesday
Math: 2-step equation practice (part II).
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Monday (10.5 )
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes (Thinking Maps), write in writer’s notebook at least 10 minutes, Reader’s Notebook Cover (final)
Math: White worksheet (1.5 is assigned while A-38 is optional).
Tuesday (10.6 )
Math: Students had a chance to practice stem and leaf plots and histograms (white half sheet) after receiving feedback on Friday.
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes (Thinking Maps), write in writer’s notebook at least 10 minutes
Wednesday (10.7 )
Math: Students have a 2-day assignment that is due Thursday (see Thursday for specifics). They should probably spend 20 minutes or so tonight to avoid having too much work on Wednesday night.
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes (Thinking Maps), write in writer’s notebook at least 10 minutes, Practice restating story
Thursday (10.8 )
Math: Students are working on using algebraic notation to solve one-step equations (pages 2.5 to 2.8 in the blue packet).
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes (Thinking Maps), write in writer’s notebook at least 10 minutes
Friday (10.9 )
Math: Quiz in class. Students will have a second opportunity with the target “Visuals Representations of Data”. It will be the first time they try “Evaluating Expressions using Order of Operations”.
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes (Thinking Maps), write in writer’s notebook at least 10 minutes, Have a green, blue and read writing utensil in class
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Monday (9.28 )
Math: Purple Stem & Leaf Plot Worksheet (most students finished in class).
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, write in writer’s notebook at least 10 minutes, bring a second comp book to create a reader’s notebook
Tuesday (9.29 )
Math: MMM Practice. Students have a choice of basic MMM practice on worksheet #42 (problem #1) or for more complex problems solving with MMM (#2-7).
Quiz on Tuesday covering visual representations of data (stem and leaf plot, histograms, circle graphs) and mean, median, and mode.
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, write in writer’s notebook at least 10 minutes
Wednesday (9.30)
Math: No assignments due on Wednesday.
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes (Thinking Maps), write in writer’s notebook at least 10 minutes, Reader’s Notebook Definitions
Thursday (10.01 )
Math: Blue Order of Operations Practice and A-49 (section 4 is optional).
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes (Thinking Maps), write in writer’s notebook at least 10 minutes, Reader’s Notebook Definitions
Friday (10.02 )
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes (Thinking Maps), write in writer’s notebook at least 10 minutes, Reader’s Notebook Cover (Rough Draft, Mentor List) FINAL DUE MONDAY 10\5
Math: Yellow W.S. with algebraic expressions (1.2) and Order of Operations (1.4).
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Monday (9.21 )
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, final draft handprint
Tuesday (9.22 )
Math: Nothing officially due but see Wednesday for an assignment students are working on Monday and Tuesday in class (and at home if necessary).
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, write in writer’s notebook at least 10 minutes
Wednesday (9.23)
Math: Students are working on constructing circle graphs using benchmark angles. (Due are worksheets, E-47, E-48, and 8.7).
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, write in writer’s notebook at least 10 minutes
Thursday (9.24 )
Math: Students are working with histograms today (similar to bar graphs except they show frequency within a range and their is no space between the bars). Due Thursday is E-43 (tan W.S.) and 8.8 (white packet).
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, write in writer’s notebook at least 10 minutes
Friday (9.25 )
Math: Students worked on “constructing stem and leaf plots” in class on Thursday. They had a choice of assignments. They could choose the white worksheet (basic data sets and single stem and leaf plots) or a yellow worksheet (more complex data sets along with double stem and leaf plots). Here’s a link with some detail about stem and leaf plots and some examples:
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/stemleaf.htm
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, write in writer’s notebook at least 10 minutes. Thinking Map Packet.
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Monday (9.14 )
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Parent Survey, Signed Syllabus
Tuesday (9.15)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Read Share
Wednesday (9.16)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, Write a goal for each root
Math: Finish mean, median, and mode practice worksheet (green). Histogram practice (white packet – 8.3).
Thursday (9.17)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 Minutes, Have 2-3 comp books in class
Math: Line graphs (8.4 in the white packet).
Friday (9.18)
Read/ Write/ Social Studies: Read 20 minutes, rough draft handprint
Math: Quiz in class on Friday. Students will be assessed on their ability to divide whole numbers as well as their application of mean, median, and mode to problem solve. 8.6 (Circle Graphs) from the white packet should be completed as well.
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