Week of March 7th

This is looking to be a five day week of school, which will be good. In math class, we will be going over the quizzes that you took on Friday and the Sunshine Math that was turned in. Many of you are all set on adding and subtracting negative and positive numbers, but if you are not we have some extra work to do. We will be moving on to multiplying and dividing negative and positive integers this week. POW #11 is due on Wednesday and Sunshine Math is due on Friday. We will take a quiz on 6.1 to 6.5, not this week but the next.
In social studies, the poster projects seem to be going well. We will have another work day on Monday. You have all the notes for our test on Chapter 5 on Tuesday. Those notes are your study guide and you may use them during the test, but not the book. I will collect your posters on Tuesday. We will be watching the last 40 minutes of the Liberty video on Wednesday. Thursday, we will present the posters and use Friday to go over the test. No Current Event due this week.
You will be printing out your progress reports on Wednesday during Advisory at the end of the day. Make sure that you have completed the survey that I sent you by email last week, so that I can fill in your class participation grade.

Week of February 28th

We have yet another short week this week, with a half day on Thursday. Glad that we were able to get Monday in, while other schools around us closed. In social studies, we will continue with talking about the current events around the world and have a assignment due on Friday, as well as continue to read and take notes on Chapter 5 in our textbooks. In math class, we are done with our fraction chapter and I hope that you are proud of the grade that you earned on your test.
We will be starting in on Chapter 6, having a new Sunshine Math, which is due on Friday and POW due next week. We will plan on taking a quiz on 6.1 to 6.3 and another SBR on Friday. Stay healthy and come to school.

Week of February 14th

You thought that this week might not ever get here, but it is here. Spirit Week and the last week before vacation. It also looks like we will have another five day wee, which is really good news.
In social studies, we will keep reading and taking notes on Chapter 5. Mid-week will will watch some more of our Liberty video, I still have to watch the part that I missed on Wednesday. No current event this week, but I am going to have you write up your thoughts on the differences and similarities on what is happening in Egypt with the American Revolution. It will be interesting to see what you come up with and that will be due on Thursday.
In math class, we are going to finish up Chapter 5 and take a test on Thursday. Your POW #10 is due on Wednesday, so we only have two to do in March. SBR #9 test on Wednesday. No Sunshine Math this week. Should be a good week and I hope to pass everything back on Friday and update IC.

Week of February 7th

I don't know if we will have five days of school this week, but maybe, hopefully. In social studies, we have our test on Chapter 4 on Monday. We have had the study guide and map for a week and should be all set. After we get through the test, we will move into the next chapter. We will watch another part of the Liberty video mid-week and practice taking notes. I'll email you a new current event on Monday that will be on the events in Egypt that will be due on Thursday.
In math class we will keep working with fraction in Chapter 5. I'll pass out a new Sunshine Math on Monday that will be due on Friday. A new POW will be pass out on Wednesday and be due next Wednesday. Then we will just have two POW's left to do after vacation and before the end of the quarter. We will take another quiz on adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions on Wednesday.

Mid-week Welcome to Febraury

Well, it is only February 1st and we have had more snow then we had all of February '10. We know that school has been called off for Wednesday, so it is good that you took home your laptops and books. I will collect your POW on Thursday and we will review 5.1 to 5.4. You already know this material and you have been practicing problems from 1 to 32 on page 709. I hope that we can take a quiz on Friday and be done with this section. Your Sunshine Math is due on Friday and I gave you the answer to the cookie problem today as well as explained it. More and more of you seem to be getting onto Young Money and starting to buy your million dollars worth of stocks.
In ss, you have your review questions and map for the quiz on Monday. You have been working on your current event assignment and the topic to write about is the weather. I am planning to show another part of the Liberty video on Thursday and then do some review work on Friday.

Week of January 31st

I went over with the students most of the plan for this week on Wednesday. As everyone knows, there is another possible storm coming in on Wednesday that we will have to work around in our plans. In math class, we will be starting Chapter 5. Your POW #9 that you have been working on is due on Wednesday or the next day that we have school. The
Sunshine Math that you will be getting on Monday is due on Friday.
In social studies, we will be taking notes and finishing up Chapter 4 this week. Watch some more of the Liberty video mid-week and get ready for a test on Chapter 4. I will be passing out a new current event assignment on the weather, which will be due at the end of the week. More details to come. Thanks, Mr. Chidsey

Week of January 24th

I thought that the schedule would get messed up last week and it did. This week, we have three days of school and then the Talent Show on Thursday and no school on Friday.
For social studies, we are going to finish up our brochures on Monday and present them on Tuesday. Wednesday, we will watch a video and wrap things up.
In math class, we will go over our quiz covering 4.4 to 4.7 on Monday. Those who need to retake re-quizzes or those that have been absent can take them on Tuesday. Wednesday, we will pass out the first POW of the 3rd quarter. With vacation being a week later this year, maybe we will get two done in February and then the last two in March. Keep that shovel handy.