May+Homework

May 29, 2015

*Bring in sharpened pencils and pens to check work.

*Read for an hour each day & complete log.


 * *Leonardo: Con Ed pen pal letter (Yellow drafted sheets showing editing & revising AND final copy) **

__**Science**__ - Measuring Up pages 202 to 211. NYS Science Written Exam is Monday!

May 28, 2015

*Bring in sharpened pencils and pens to check work.

*Read for an hour each day & complete log.

**__Science__** - Measuring Up pages 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, and 191.

May 26, 2015

*Bring in sharpened pencils and pens to check work.

*Read for an hour each day & complete log.


 * Mighty Milers Trip for selected students: bring sneakers, water, lunch, school top and sweats if you want. **

__**Science**__ - **Measuring Up pages 180 to 185 and 140 to 148.**

__**Reading**__ - prepare for our Paideia-Based Socratic Seminar which will be held Thursday morning.

**Organize your notes/evidence (from nb)** to respond to the following questions:

1) Why do you think the author included the photo and 2 maps with the article "Melting Away"?

2) How has climate change effected our planet?

3) What you do think the author meant went he wrote, “What happens in the arctic doesn’t stay in the arctic?”

__Closing Question __

4) Do you think citizens of this planet should feel responsible for climate change? Why or why not, explain.

__ **<span style="color: #3c4da6; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 22.1000003814697px;">Gather the following (can be organized in a folder, large zip-lock bag, paper clip...): ** __


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3c4da6; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 22.1000003814697px;">Scholastic News Article "Melting Away"
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3c4da6; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 22.1000003814697px;">Air Pollution Article
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3c4da6; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 22.1000003814697px;">Loose-leaf of notes. Remember to state your sources (text or video)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3c4da6; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 22.1000003814697px;">Video notes for Arctic Ice Age 1987-2014
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3c4da6; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 22.1000003814697px;">Video notes for Smog Journeys: Air Pollution in China
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3c4da6; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 22.1000003814697px;">Notes from previous Measuring Up lessons that you feel connect to the topic.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3c4da6; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 22.1000003814697px;">Feel free to watch a video on the purpose of the Socratic Seminar

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #e6225d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 23.3999996185303px;">May 22, 2015

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #e6225d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 23.3999996185303px;">*Bring in sharpened pencils and pens to check work!

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #e6225d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 23.3999996185303px;">*Read for an hour each day & complete log.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #e6225d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 23.3999996185303px;">__**Science Measuring Up**__ - //**DUE TUESDAY: pages 139, 140, 141, 142, and 143.**//

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #e6225d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 23.3999996185303px;">__**Math**__ - Test Tuesday on Topic 13. Show your parents all your graded quizzes!

// **<span style="color: #e6225d; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 23px;">DUE TUESDAY: black workbook pages R13-5, P13-5, R13-10, and P13-10. This is a review for the test! ** //

<span style="color: #9c1586; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 26px;">May 21, 2015

<span style="color: #9c1586; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 26px;">*Bring in sharpened pencils and pens to check work!

<span style="color: #9c1586; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 26px;">*Read for an hour each day & complete log. __**<span style="color: #9c1586; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 26px;">*Science Measuring Up - DUE TUESDAY: pages 139, 140, 141, 142, and 143. **__ __**<span style="color: #9c1586; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 26px;">*Math - DUE TUESDAY: black workbook pages R13-5, P13-5, R13-10, and P13-10. This is a review for the test! **__

__**<span style="color: #9c1586; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 26px;">Math **__<span style="color: #9c1586; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 26px;"> - Test Tuesday on Topic 13. Complete black workbook pages P13-6 and R13-8. Show your parents all your graded quizzes!

<span style="color: #9c1586; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 26px;">__**Science**__ - complete Measuring Up pages 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, and 129.

<span style="color: #d41666; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27px;">May 20, 2015 <span style="color: #d41666; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27px;">*Bring in sharpened pencils and pens to check work! <span style="color: #d41666; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27px;">*Read for an hour each day & complete log.

<span style="color: #d41666; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27px;">**__Math__** - Test Tuesday on Topic 13. Complete black workbook pages R13-6 (Show work on L.L.), P13-8, P13-9, and R13-9. Show your parents all your graded quizzes!

<span style="color: #d41666; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27px;">__**Science**__ - complete Measuring Up pages 118, 119, 120, 121, and 122.

<span style="color: #1e116e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">May 19, 2015 <span style="color: #1e116e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">*Bring in sharpened pencils and pens to check work! <span style="color: #1e116e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">*Read for an hour each day & complete log.

<span style="color: #1e116e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">__**Math**__ - Test Thursday on Topic 13. Complete red workbook pages S217, S218, S219, S220, S221.

<span style="color: #1e116e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px;">__**Science**__ - complete Measuring Up pages 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, and 103.

<span style="color: #cf49c9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px;">May 18, 2015 <span style="color: #cf49c9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px;">*Bring in sharpened pencils and pens to check work! <span style="color: #cf49c9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px;">*Read for an hour each day & complete log.

<span style="color: #cf49c9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px;">**__Math__** - Test Thursday on Topic 13.

<span style="color: #cf49c9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px;">__**Science**__ - complete Measuring Up pages 93 to 97.


 * <span style="color: #e87b16; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 26px;">May 15, 2015 **
 * <span style="color: #e87b16; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 26px;">*Bring in sharpened pencils and pens to check work! **
 * <span style="color: #e87b16; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 26px;">*Read for an hour each day & complete log. **


 * <span style="color: #e87b16; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 26px;">__Math__ - Test Thursday on Topic 13. Complete black workbook pages R13-2 and P13-7. **

<span style="color: #e87b16; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 26px;">**__Science__ - complete Measuring Up pages 87 to 92.**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #d137cb; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22.1000003814697px;">May 14, 2015 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #d137cb; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22.1000003814697px;">*Bring in sharpened pencils and pens to check work! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #d137cb; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22.1000003814697px;">*Read for an hour each day & complete log.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #d137cb; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22.1000003814697px;">__**Math**__ - Test Friday on Topic 13. Complete black workbook pages R13-4, P13-4, R13-7.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #d137cb; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22.1000003814697px;">**__Art__** - on the index card, write up the final draft of your "Name Project" description. This will be collected tomorrow!

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #a13dde; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24.7000007629395px;">May 13, 2015

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #a13dde; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24.7000007629395px;">*Bring in sharpened pencils and pens to check work!

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #a13dde; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24.7000007629395px;">*Read for an hour each day & complete log.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #a13dde; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24.7000007629395px;">*NYS Science Performance Test begins Wednesday!!!!!!!!!!

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #a13dde; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24.7000007629395px;">*Chorus Trip is Monday!

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #a13dde; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24.7000007629395px;">__**Math**__ - Topic 13 Test moved to Thursday! Black workbook page R13-1 and P13-1.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #a13dde; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24.7000007629395px;">__**Science**__ - complete //__Measuring Up__// pages 87 to 92.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4be65a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px;">May 12, 2015

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4be65a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px;">*Bring in sharpened pencils and pens to check work!

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4be65a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px;">*Read for an hour each day & complete log.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4be65a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px;">*Wasif, Issys, Evany, Ladainian: write letter to Ms. Weingarten and get signature.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4be65a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px;">*Ballet is canceled tomorrow. Get picked up at 2:30!

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4be65a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px;">__**Math**__ - Test Friday on Topic 13. Complete red workbook pages S208, S209, and S210.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4be65a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px;">__**Writing**__ - in nb, write about your Art project. Describe what each letter represents and why you chose those pictures. What does it say about you? Tomorrow you will write up your final draft so be very descriptive.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #4be65a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px;">__**Ms. W Science**__ - **Due Thursday:** complete //__Measuring Up__// pages 174 to 179.

<span style="color: #9b6bd9; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 19.5px;">May 11, 2015

<span style="color: #9b6bd9; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 19.5px;">*Sign up for free Junior Chef Cooking Classes offered by Williams-Sonoma!

<span style="color: #9b6bd9; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 19.5px;">*Bring in sharpened pencils and pens to check work!

<span style="color: #9b6bd9; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 19.5px;">*Read for an hour each day & complete log.

<span style="color: #9b6bd9; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 19.5px;">*Get rest and go to sleep early because tomorrow morning you will be taking the MOSL (Measurement of Student Learning) Exam

<span style="color: #9b6bd9; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 19.5px;">*Wasif, Jordany, Chaitan. Issys, Evany, Ladainian: write letter to Ms. Weingarten and get signature.

<span style="color: #9b6bd9; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 19.5px;">__**Writing**__ - revise and edit first draft of pen pal letter in your nb.

<span style="color: #9b6bd9; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 19.5px;">__**Math**__ - Test Friday on Topic 13.

<span style="color: #9b6bd9; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 19.5px;">**__Grammar__** - pages 50 and 51.

<span style="color: #9b6bd9; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 19.5px;">__**Measuring Up**__ - finish pages 160 to 164. Make sure your answers are complete and make sense.

<span style="color: #eb2277; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2999992370605px;">May 8, 2015

<span style="color: #eb2277; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2999992370605px;">*Sign up for free Junior Chef Cooking Classes offered by Williams-Sonoma!

<span style="color: #eb2277; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2999992370605px;">*Bring in sharpened pencils and pens to check work!

<span style="color: #eb2277; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2999992370605px;">*Read for an hour each day & complete log.

<span style="color: #eb2277; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2999992370605px;">**__Science__** - get test signed.

<span style="color: #eb2277; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2999992370605px;">**__Writing__** - write first draft of pen pal letter in your nb.

<span style="color: #eb2277; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2999992370605px;">**__Math__** - get Topic 12 test signed!

<span style="color: #eb2277; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.2999992370605px;">__**Ms. W Science**__ - finish __//Measuring Up//__ pages 149 to 164.

<span style="color: #e5b2b8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.6000003814697px;">May 7, 2015

<span style="color: #e5b2b8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.6000003814697px;">*Sign up for free Junior Chef Cooking Classes offered by Williams-Sonoma!

<span style="color: #e5b2b8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.6000003814697px;">*Bring in sharpened pencils and pens to check work!

<span style="color: #e5b2b8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.6000003814697px;">*Read for an hour each day & complete log.

<span style="color: #e5b2b8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.6000003814697px;">*TOMORROW are Spring pictures so dress nice! (No uniform)

<span style="color: #e5b2b8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.6000003814697px;">__**Science**__ - get test signed.

<span style="color: #e5b2b8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.6000003814697px;">__**Grammar Book**__ - complete pages 46 and 47.

<span style="color: #e5b2b8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.6000003814697px;">__**Writing**__ - finish adding details and examples in your chart for the pen pal letter.

<span style="color: #e5b2b8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 28.6000003814697px;">**__Math__** - get Topic 12 test signed! Complete red workbook pages S192 to S195.

<span style="color: #33ab5b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20.7999992370605px;">May 6, 2015

<span style="color: #33ab5b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20.7999992370605px;">*Sign up for free Junior Chef Cooking Classes offered by Williams-Sonoma!

<span style="color: #33ab5b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20.7999992370605px;">*Bring in sharpened pencils

<span style="color: #33ab5b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20.7999992370605px;">*Bring in pens to check work!

<span style="color: #33ab5b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20.7999992370605px;">*Read for an hour each day & complete log.

<span style="color: #33ab5b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20.7999992370605px;">*Jordany: get both letters signed by parents.

<span style="color: #33ab5b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20.7999992370605px;">*Ladainian get note signed by parents about passing notes during reading class.

<span style="color: #33ab5b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20.7999992370605px;">*Hailey: return form for Mr. Rampersad

<span style="color: #33ab5b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20.7999992370605px;">**__Science__** - get test signed. Complete //__Measuring Up__// pages 82 to 86.

<span style="color: #33ab5b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20.7999992370605px;">**__Grammar Book__** - complete pages 33,34 and 35.

<span style="color: #33ab5b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20.7999992370605px;">**__Writing__** - think of three topics to discuss in your letter!

<span style="color: #33ab5b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20.7999992370605px;">**__Math__** - get Topic 12 test signed!


 * <span style="color: #f71d44; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 22.1000003814697px;">May 5, 2015 **


 * <span style="color: #f71d44; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 22.1000003814697px;">*Sign up for free //Junior Chef Cooking Classes offered by Williams-Sonoma//! **


 * <span style="color: #f71d44; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 22.1000003814697px;">*Bring in sharpened pencils **


 * <span style="color: #f71d44; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 22.1000003814697px;">*Bring in pens to check work! **


 * <span style="color: #f71d44; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 22.1000003814697px;">*Read for an hour each day & complete log. **


 * <span style="color: #f71d44; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 22.1000003814697px;">*Diego, Justin C., Jordany, & Wasif: write letter to Ms. Annie plus another letter for Ms. Durant explaining what happened during lunch.Signed by parents. **


 * <span style="color: #f71d44; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 22.1000003814697px;">*Leonardo: Get letter signed by parents. **


 * <span style="color: #f71d44; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 22.1000003814697px;">__Math__ - Test tomorrow on Topic 12: Adding & Subtracting Mixed Numbers with Like Denominators. Complete black workbook pages P12-6, R12-7 (show work on L.L.), and R12-11. **


 * <span style="color: #f71d44; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 22.1000003814697px;">Science - get test signed. **

<span style="color: #5a43d4; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20.7999992370605px;">May 4, 2015

<span style="color: #5a43d4; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20.7999992370605px;">*Bring in sharpened pencils

<span style="color: #5a43d4; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20.7999992370605px;">*Read for an hour each day & complete log.

<span style="color: #5a43d4; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20.7999992370605px;">__**Math**__ - Test Wednesday on Topic 12: Adding & Subtracting Mixed Numbers with Like Denominators. Complete black workbook pages P12-11 and P12-9.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #aa27e8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.27272605895996px;">May 1, 2015 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #aa27e8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.27272605895996px;">*Bring in sharpened pencils <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #aa27e8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.27272605895996px;">*Read for an hour each day & complete log.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #aa27e8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.27272605896px;">*MUCH THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR THROWING SUCH A BEAUTIFUL BABY SHOWER! I FEEL SO BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH AN INCREDIBLY THOUGHTFUL CLASS. LOVE YOU ALL! HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND WITH NO HOMEWORK!!!!!!!!!!!! :) **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #aa27e8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.27272605895996px;">__**Math**__ - Test Wednesday on Topic 12: Adding & Subtracting Mixed Numbers with Like Denominators.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #aa27e8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27.27272605895996px;">__**Ms. W Science**__ – Due Monday in nb: Write a descriptive reflection on today’s observations from the “Drop of Water” experiment. In addition to that, also write a paragraph comparing those observations to the “Pencil in Plastic Bag” experiment.