Friday, September 3, 2010

Captains Classroom Corner Update

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This week we started off talking about context clues and how they can help us find out what words we don't know mean.  We also learned how to use moodle and study island in the media center.  Students have username and passwords, so please ask them for it.  We ended the week by discussing reading connections and how to relate what we are reading to our lives.

Language Arts-Next week in Language Arts:

Hoot test on Wednesday
We will read our first short story by Ronald Dahl
We will concentrate on the trait of “Ideas and Content” in our writing.

Math-Next week in math:
7 we will be finishing up fractions and mixed numbers. Then we will start working with decimals.

Next week in prealg. We will be working with integers.

Social Studies:
This week we worked on the 5 themes of geography and the world map. We also presented our personal timelines.


Next week we will begin the chapter on Egypt and have the world map test on Friday.

Science: 
In science this next week we are continuing our review of the scientific method, controls and variables, and lab safety rules, the students will have a quiz on Thursday over lab safety and the scientific method.

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