Monday, November 22, 2010

Weekly Update 11/22

Science:
In science we will be watching a highly educational video titled, “Tornado!  Hurricane!  Flood!”  There will be no homework. 
 
Math:
Week of Nov. 15-19
 
Math 7: We will be reviewing for student led conferences and then starting Ch 12 solving two-step equations.
 
Pre-Alg: We will be reviewing for student led conferences and then we will be working with inequalities.
 
S.S:
We will be exploring the Silk Road, the products traded and the diffusion of ideas among the three continents.  The test will be Thursday and we will celebrate with a viewing of Mulan (and make a list of the things we have studied).
 
RICA:
We have been working hard the past 2 weeks on our research projects.  The outline, rough draft and research notes were due today.  When we get back from break we will finalize our final drafts, bibliographies and powerpoints for our presentations.
 
L.A.:
Next week in language arts:
·         We will be reading Chapters 2-5 in The Outsiders
o        We will be looking at characterization and making Wanted Posters for the characters
o        We will also incorporate poetry using Robert Frost’s “Nothing Gold Can Stay” poem and creating Two-voice poems of our own.

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