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PM Math:  QUIZ 7-1, 7-2, 7-3 is Tuesday, 5/28

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Date Math Science Social Studies
5/23 AM: p. 494-495 #21-31
PM: p. 299 #16-30 even 		finish States of Matter,
Crushed Barrel video		 none
5/22 AM: p. 491-492 #8-22
PM: p. 294-295 #18-23		 video: States of Matter Race and Racism in Hispanola
5/21 AM: p. 485 #10-22
PM: p. 294 #10-17		 Methods of heat transfer video: Geography of the Caribbean
5/20 AM: go over test, sumdog
PM: p. 290-291 #23-31. 33, 37		 pros and cons of nuclear power complete grid map
5/17 AM: TEST ch. 7-10
PM: p. 290 #14-22		 video: 7 Forms of Energy none
5/16 AM: review for ch. 7-10 test
PM: p. 269 #12-24 even		 compass course - day 2 none
5/15 AM: review for ch. 7-10 test
PM: extra practice 6-5, 6-6		 finish Wind With Miller Caribbean grid map
5/14 AM: QUIZ 10-7, 10-8, 10-9
PM: QUIZ 6-5, 6-6		 Wind with Miller Canada Unit TEST
5/13 AM: p. 589 (all)
PM: p. 578 sec. 6-5, 6-6 (x of 4)		 webquest: How do we produce energy? review for Canada Unit Test
5/10 AM: p. 458-459 #7-17, 19
PM: p. 266 #9-19 odd, 20-22		 video: Energy none
5/9 AM: p. 453-454 #6-18 (omit 14, 17)
PM: p. 260-261 #28-36 even		 Compass Course, day 1 none
5/8 AM: p. 449-450, #21-31 (omit 29, 30)
PM: p. 260-261 #16-26 even		 prepare for compass course finish comparing gov't.
5/7 AM: p. 449 #8-20
PM: sumdog		 finish Magnetism and Compasses Comparing Governments
5/6 AM: QUIZ 10-1, 10-3, 10-4
PM: equivalent fractions wkst #2		 activity: Magnetism and Compasses finish Canadian Monarchy
5/3 AM: word problems 10/3, 10/4
PM: equivalent fractions wkst #1		 video: Magnetism Canadian Monarchy
 (article)     (worksheet)
5/2 AM: p. 430-431 #8-26 even
PM: QUIZ 6-3, 6-4		 Earth Science QUIZ #4 none
5/1 AM: p. 424-425 #10-29
PM: p. 256-257 #25-34		 Soil Sampling none (assembly)
4/30 AM: p. 415 #9-23
PM: p. 256-257 #11-22		 view Timelines video: NAFTA
4/29 AM: AIMSWEB testing
PM: AIMSWEB testing		 review for E.S. Quiz #4 7-3: Canada's place in the world, read p. 168-173, Q1-4
4/26 AM: QUIZ 9-6, 9-7
PM: p. 250-251 #28-38 even		 Timelines DUE, Current Science Cultures and Lifestyles of Canada
4/25 AM: Extra Practice 9-6 & 9-7
PM: p. 250 #15-24		 Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes none
4/24 AM: p. 400-401 #6-18 even, 20-24
PM: 6-1, 6-2 extra practice		 work on Timeline Project Canada grid map
4/23 AM: p. 395-396, #6-18
PM: QUIZ 6-1, 6-2		 4-3: Human Activities Affect Soil, read p. 132-136, Q3,5,6 learn "My Canada"
4/22 AM: Dream Home DUE
PM: make 3x5 cheat sheet 		none (Earth Day activites) ch. 4 QUIZ
4/19 AM: QUIZ 8-5, 9-1
PM: p. 246 #24-38 even		 finish Dirt! none
4/18 AM: p. 372-373 #10-26 even, 27-30
PM: p. 246 #15-22		 Dirt! The Movie none
4/17 AM: 8-5 practice problems
PM: p. 243 #12-30 even		 4-2:  Soil Formation
read p. 122-129, Q1-6		 newslog
4/16 AM: work on Dream Home
PM: Chapter 5 TEST		 work on Timeline Project video: The Voyageurs
4/15 AM: work on Dream Home
PM: work on ch. 5 cheat sheet		 4-1:  Weathering
read p. 115-120, Q1-7		 video: Canada - Its People, History, and Government and worksheet
4/11 AM: work on Dream Home
PM: work on ch. 5 cheat sheet		 Earth Science QUIZ #3 none
4/10 AM: p. 356-357 #12-24 even, 25-32
PM: finish Extra Practice		 review for E.S. quiz #3 4-4: Pacific NW, p. 94-97, notes in graphic organizer
4/9 AM: QUIZ 7-4, 7-5, 7-7
PM: Extra Practice 5-7, 5-8		 work on Timeline Project 4-3: People of the Plains p. 90-91, notes in graphic organizer
4/8 AM: p. 321 #10-24 even, 21-24
PM: QUIZ 5-7, 5-8		 work on Timeline Project 4-2: People of the Forest, p. 85-89, notes in graphic organizer
4/5 AM: p. 315 #14-40 even
PM: p. 230 #32, 36, 40, 54, 55 		geologic time word search none
4/4 AM: introduce Dream Home project
PM: p. 230 #14-30 even 		Bill Nye - Dating Rocks none
4/3 AM: p. 307-308 #17, 18, 22-25
PM: p. 226 #14-20, 24		 instruction/brainstorming for project 4-1: The Arctic, read p. 80-84, notes in graphic organizer
4/2 AM: p. 307 #9-16
PM: p. 226 #8-13		 introduce Geologic Timeline Project introduce Canada Unit,
video: How to Build an Igloo
3/22 both AM & PM: go over quiz,
introduce SketchUp		 finish Scavenger Hunt QUIZ: Central America & Forms of Government
3/21 AM: QUIZ: 7-1, 7-2, 7-3
PM: QUIZL 5-4, 5-5, 5-6		 Scavenger Hunt Through
Geologic Time		 none
3/20 AM: p. 299-300 #16-40 even
PM: p. 222-223 #12-27, 40-43		 video: Fossils
Fossil worksheet		 continue working on review
3/19 AM: p. 294 #10-22 even, 25-29
PM: p. 218-219 #32-46 even		 Earth Science QUIZ #2 Review for quiz
3/18 AM: p. 290-291 #14-30 even, 33-39
PM: p. 218 #16-30 even		 review for Earth Science Quiz #2 17-3: Nicaragua - Building a Democracy
read p. 364-367, Q1-3
3/15 AM: TEST - Chapter 6
PM: p. 212-213 #32-44 even, 45, 46		 Sec. 3-4: Metamorphic Rocks,
read p. 96-101, Q1-6		 finish Forms of Government
3/14 AM: go over review, extra examples
PM: p. 212 #14-26 even		 Sec. 3-3: Sedimentary Rocks,
read p. 89-95, Q1-6		 none
3/13 AM: p. 281 #1-25
PM: QUIZ 5-1, 5-2, 5-3		 none (watch Annie) video: Forms of Government
worksheet
3/12 AM: QUIZ 6-7, 6-8, 6-9
PM: extra practice 5-1, 5-2, 5-3		 Sec. 3-2: Igneous Rocks,
read p. 82-87, Q1-6		 16-2: Central America in Modern Times, read p. 344-347
3/11 AM: p. 277 #12-22 even, 23, 25, 26
PM: p. 209 #8-22 even, 26-28		 Rock Cycle Webquest finish video
3/8 AM: p. 272-273 #8-24 (x of 4), 25-32
PM: play Factor Fair (p. 215)		 Journey on the Rock Cycle video: A Man, A Plan, A Canal
3/7 AM: p. 269 #12-24 even, 25-32
PM: p. 205-206 #19-29 odd		 7 Deadliest Seas none
3/6 AM: QUIZ 6-5, 6-6
PM: p. 205 #10-20 even		 Sec. 3-1: Rock Cycle
read 75-80, answer Q1-6
 		 ch. 11 QUIZ
3/5 AM: p. 266 #9-19 odd, 20-22
PM: p. 199-200 #21-35 odd		 Mineral Lab - Day 2 ch. 11 review
3/1 AM: p. 260-261 #16-36 even, 37
PM: p. 554, copy divisibility patterns		 Mineral Lab - Day 2 Primary vs. Secondary Sources
p. 257 (open-book quiz)
2/28 AM: Math League Competition
PM: p. 199-200 #14-32 even, 39-42 all		 Mineral Lab - Day 1 none
2/27 AM:  QUIZ 6-3, 6-4
PM:  p. 195 #1-18		 fill out Mineral Lab, Part 1 none
2/26 AM: Math League practice test
PM: Ch. 4 TEST		 2-2: Identifying Minerals,
read p. 50-57, Q1-5		 11-3: Revolt Comes to Latin America, read p. 249-251, Q1-4
2/25 AM: p. 256-257 #12-32 even, 33-37
PM: practice test with answers		 video: Minerals and their Properties finish p. 247-248, Q1-4
2/22 AM: p. 250-251, #16-34 even, 35-43
PM: p. 186-188, #12-66 (x of 3)		 2-1: Minerals
read p. 42-48, Q1-6		 11-2: Life in the Colonies
read p. 245-246,
copy diagram on p. 246
2/21 AM: QUIZ 6-1, 6-2
PM: QUIZ 4-7		 finish Shape of the Land none
2/14 AM: p. 246-247 #16-42 even
PM: p. 184 #14-16, 27, 28		 continue Shape of the Land finish p. 244, Q1-5
2/13 AM: p. 243 #12-36 even
PM: p. 184 #7-12		 begin Shape of the Land none
2/12 AM: finish TEST
PM: take notes on lines & slope		 Earth Science QUIZ #1
 Section 1-3: Topo Maps
p. 24-27  Q1-5		 11-1:  European Colonization
p. 241-244, Q1-5
2/8 AM: begin ch. 5 TEST
PM: sumdog		 play Jeopardy! newslog
2/7 AM: p. 232-234 #1-69 odd
PM: QUIZ: 4-5, 4-6		 prep for Jeopardy! none
2/6 AM: go over quiz, grid
PM: finish extra practice		 finish Earthquake! Otomi Amate Figurines
2/5 AM: QUIZ 5-7, 5-8
PM: Extra Practice 4-5, 4-6		 Earthquake! video: Machu Picchu
2/4 AM: p. 230-231 #32-48 even, 50-57
PM: p. 180 #17-19		 video: Continents Adrift discussion: Freedom vs. Security
2/1 AM: p. 230 #14-30 even
PM: p. 180 #8-24 (x of 4)		 (MSU Extension
nutrition class)		 The Incas
read p. 218-221, answer Q1-4
1/30 AM: p. 226 #8-20 even, 21-25
PM: p. 174 #23-29		 notes on the Early Earth South America grid map
1/29 AM: QUIZ: 5-4, 5-5, 5-6
PM: p. 174-175 #11-22		 finish tectonics assignment finish video
1/25 AM: AIMSweb testing
PM: AIMSweb testing		 Exploring Plate Tectonics continue video
1/23 AM: p. 222-223 #12-42 even, 37
PM: QUIZ 4-3, 4-4		 Exploring Plate Tectonics video: Mayas & Aztecs
1/21 AM: p. 218-219 #16-50 even, 51-54
PM: p. 168-169 #38-41		 video: All that Glitters video highlighting accomplishments of MLK
1/18 AM: go over assignment
PM: p. 168 #17-21 odd, 22-32 even		 none none
1/17 AM: p. 212-213 #14-42 even, 43-46
PM: p. 168 #9-15 odd		 finish salmon poster The Aztecs
read p. 210-213,
 Q1-4
1/16 AM: QUIZ - 5-1, 5-2, 5-3
PM: p. 162 #15-27 odd, 28		 1-1: Earth as a System
read p. 9-14, Q1-6		 The Mayas
read p. 203-207,
 Q1-4
1/15 AM: p. 209 #8-22 even, 24-29
PM: p. 162 #14-26 even		 video: Why Earth Science? Central American grid map
1/14 AM: p. 205-206 #10-28 even, 30-33
PM: ReTake of 4-1, 4-2 		work on salmon poster answers to One Week of Food
1/10 AM: go over test
PM: extra practice sheets #2, #3, #4		 view PSAs none
1/9 AM: p. 199-200 #14-42 even, 44-49
PM: extra practice #1		 work on salmon poster go over test,
One Week of Food
1/8 AM: TEST - ch. 4
PM: QUIZ: 4-1, 4-2		 PSA Project DUE UNIT TEST:
Ancient India
1/7 AM: p. 189 #1-20
(answers)
PM: p. 599 #1-3		 PSA - finishing touches review for Ancient India Unit Test
12/19 AM: extra practice
PM: p. 159 #20-36 even		 PSA - record, edit map review
12/18 AM: QUIZ: 4-7, p. 186-188 #12-66 (x of 3)
PM: p. 159 #11-21 odd		 PSA - record, edit finish comparison assignment
12/17 AM: p.184 #13,15, 17-30
PM: p. 152 #10-28		 PSA - record, edit Comparison of Hinduism and Buddhism
12/14 AM:  p. 184 #8-16 even
PM:  p. 149 Foldable  		begin salmon lifecycle poster finish video, Buddhism crossword
12/13 AM:  QUIZ: 4-5, 4-6
PM:  Ch. 3 TEST  		Current Science
article review		 article: Who Was Buddha?
12/12 AM:  p. 180-181 #19-25 odd, 37-40
PM:  extra practice p. 142-144  		PSA: rehearse, record video: World Religions - Buddhism
12/11 AM: p. 180 #8-24 (x of 4)
PM: ch. 3 practice test		 PSA: rehearse, record activity: Trade in
Ancient India
12/10 AM: p. 176 #1-5
PM:  Ch. 3 Notesheet		 PSA: script DUE, rehearse, record read and discuss Gupta article
12/7 AM: p. 174-175 #12-42 even
PM: extra practice with 3-6 & 3-7		 PSA: rehearse, begin filming  (script DUE
Monday, 12/10)		 note taking exercise The Gupta Empire
12/6 AM: extra practice with 4-3 & 4-4
PM: QUIZ: 3-6, 3-7		 introduce Salmon Lifecycle quiz on Aryan Civilization reading
12/5 AM: QUIZ 4-3, 4-4
PM: p. 140-141
#12-36 even, 39		 PSA: work on script, Movie Maker finish outlining
12/4 AM: p. 168-169 #38-41, p. 599 #4, 5
PM: p. 136-137 #29-43 odd, 44		 PSA: work on script, begin working with Movie Maker outlining: The Aryan Civilization
12/3 AM: p. 168-169 #15-19 odd, 20-36 even
PM: p. 136 #14-42 even		 PSA: revised outline & storyboard DUE,
work on script		 share Great Pool stories
11/30 AM: p. 162-163 #16-36 (x of 4), 38-42
PM: extra practice with 3-4 & 3-5		 Food Corps activity:
harvesting radishes 		creative writing: "The Great Pool"
11/29 AM: QUIZ: 4-1, 4-2
PM: QUIZ: 3-4, 3-5		 PSA: work on storyboard video: Culture and Math - Indus Valley
11/28 AM: p. 159 #21-39 odd
PM: p. 130-131
#12-48 (x of 4)		 PSA: outline due finish Indus article
11/27 AM: p. 159 #12-38 even
PM: p. 123 #23-49 odd		 PSA: form groups, begin research finish maps, begin The Mysterious Indus Civilization
11/26 AM: p. 152 #10-29
PM: p. 123 #12-44 even		 Introduce PSA Project Geography of Ancient India
11/21 AM: sumdog
PM: QUIZ: 3-1, 3-2, 3-3		 finish Story of Stuff none
11/20 AM: Math League practice test
PM: sumdog		 none
(due to musical)		 Asia practice map
11/19 AM: sumdog
PM: p. 114-115 #11-31 odd, 32-40 all		 Story of Stuff newslog
11/16 AM: Ch. 3 TEST
PM: ordered pair
tic-tac-toe		 3-3: Working to Protect the Environment, read
p. 98-105, Q1-4		 video: History of the World in 2 Hours
11/15 AM: p. 142-144 #11-59 odd
PM: p. 114 #10-30 even		 3-2: Humans Affect the Environment,
read p. 89-96, Q1-4		 none
11/14 AM: Equation worksheet
PM: Integer worksheet		 Fishing, day 2 Project:
final work day
11/13 AM: QUIZ 3-6, 3-7
PM: p. 110-111 #11-33		 The Fishing Village Simulation work on project: layout & assembly
(Project DUE this Thursday, 11/15)
11/12 AM: p. 598 #13-16
PM: p. 108 #12-36 even		 finish Garbage Story,
3-Rs		 work on project: layout & assembly
11/9 AM: p. 140-141 #12-38 even, 39
PM: TEST: Ch. 1 &2		 video: The Garbage Story work on project: word processing
11/8 AM: p. 136-137 #14-48 even, 49
PM: prepare for Test!		 3-1: Human Population Growth, read p. 81-87, answer Q1-4 work on project: word processing
11/7 AM: QUIZ 3-4, 3-5
PM: p. 49 #4-24 even and p. 101 #4, 11, 14
Test Prep Guide		 Ecology QUIZ #2
How our Population Got to 7 Billion		 work on project: word processing
11/6 AM: p. 130-131 #12-48 even, 49-53
PM: QUIZ  2-1, 2-2, 2-7		 review for Ecology Quiz 2
p. 71 #6-15, p. 73 #1-4

work on project:
begin word processing
11/2 AM: p. 123 #12-44 even
PM: p. 96-98 #9-11, 28, 29		 biome scavenger hunt work on project: rough draft
11/1 AM: QUIZ 3-1, 3-2, 3-3
PM: p. 88-89 #7-13		 view 5th grade demos introduce Newspaper Project
10/31 AM: p. 114-115 #10-30 even & 32-43 all
PM: p. 62 #8-12 		final day of work on
Biome Project		 review of Mesopotamia
10/30 AM: p. 110-111 #11-33
PM: graphing practice		 Biome Project Collapse of Mesopotamian Agriculture
10/29 AM: p. 108 #12-36 even
PM: p. 56-57 #8-10		 Biome Project Performance Task: Hammurabi's Code
10/26 AM: Math League
PM: Math League 		Food Corps: plant garlic in greenhouse work on extra credit
10/25 AM: TEST - ch. 1 & 2
PM: Study Island		 p. 63, answer questions as a group Newslog
10/24 AM: practice test
PM: Extra Practice		 Biome Project: create slides worksheet: Hammurabi's Code
10/23 AM: p. 596-597
PM: QUIZ 1-6, 1-8, 1-9		 Biome Project: research discussion: Hammurabi's Code
10/22 AM:  QUIZ 2-1, 2-2, 2-7
PM:  p. 49 #15-24		 Biome Project: research The Sumerians
10/19 AM: p. 88-89 #7-19
PM: p. 45 #12-44 (x of 4)		 intro to Biome Project video: Mesopotamia - from Nomads to Farmers
10/18 AM: no assignment
PM: p. 40-41 #18-28 even and 34-30 even		 read p. 63-68, take notes correct & discuss Journey
10/17 (no math - MEAP) p. 54, define vocab words finish Journey
10/16 (no math - MEAP) class reading and discussion: p. 54-61 continue Journey...
10/15 AM: p. 62-63 #5-14
PM: p. 565 #1-6 and
13-24 		read p. 45-51, then answer #1-5 on p. 51 Journey to a New Land
10/12 AM: p. 56-57 #8-19
PM: p. 32-33 #12-26 even 		finish video, p. 37 #1, 4 A Long Time Ago
10/11 AM: QUIZ: 1-6, 1-8, 1-9
PM: p. 30-31, copy Noteables		 read p. 30-37 p. 33-36, Q1-4
10/10 AM: go over p. 45
PM: go over quiz 		go over quiz,
begin Biomes video		 discussion: first humans
10/9 AM: none
PM: none		 Ecology QUIZ #1 U.S. States practice
10/8 AM: p. 45  #10-44 even
PM: QUIZ: 1-4, 1-5		 Review for
Ecology Quiz #1		 Cultures & Customs Around the World
10/3 AM: p. 40-41 #12-40 even
PM: p. 28 #11-18		 finish poster, then play Sunny Meadows ecosystem simulation video: What is Culture?
10/2 AM: p. 32-33 #12-42 even (skip 28 &30)
PM: p. 26 #20-36 even		 create mini-posters of the three cycles shown on
p. 17, 18, 20		 Climate worksheet
10/1 AM: p. 30-31, copy Noteables
PM: p. 20 #18-36 even		 1.1: Ecosystems Support Life, p. 9-13 #5 intro to Culture
9/28 AM: QUIZ: 1-4, 1-5
PM: QUIZ: 1-1, 1-2, 1-3		 Work on greenhouse! newslog
9/27 AM: Runaway Puzzles
PM: p. 28 #3-10		 finish video QUIZ: Continents, Oceans, and Lat/Long
9/26 AM: p. 596 #5-9
PM: p. 16 #15-40 (x of 5)		 video: Abiotic Factors review for quiz: Continents, Oceans, and Lat/Long
9/25 AM: Puzzlers #2
PM: p. 12 #40-54 even		 Current Science
(Grimes only)		 none
9/24 AM: p. 26-27
#16-40 (x of 4), 42-47
PM: Runaway Puzzles		 Current Science (Micinski only) none
9/21 AM: p. 20 #16-44 (x of 4)
PM: p. 12 #20-28		 Canoe Trip Overview work out PowerSchool login issues
9/20 AM: AIMSweb pre-test 2
QUIZ: 1-2, 1-3
PM: AIMSweb pre-test 2
p. 9 #8-10		 work on Unifying Principles, due tomorrow Latitude/Longitude BINGO!
9/19 AM: AIMSweb pre-test 1 prepare for quiz
PM: AIMSweb pre-test 1		 Unifying Principles worksheet Latitude/Longitude BINGO!
9/18 AM: p. 16 #16-52 (x of 4)
PM:  p. 563 #11-20		 Measurement Practice (day 2) prepare BINGO board
9/17 AM: p. 12 #16-52 (x of 4)
PM: p. 560 #20-36 even		 Measurement Practice (day 1) Message in a Bottle lat/long game
9/14 AM: p. 563 #2-30 even
PM: p. 559 #14-20		 video: Going the Distance Using Latitude & Longitude
9/13 AM: p. 562 #28-33
PM: p. 557 #14-23		 QUIZ: Scientific Method Newslog
9/12 AM: pretest, part 1
PM: pretest, part 1 		review of Scientific Method Directions & Map Scale
9/11 AM: Puzzlers #1
PM: Brain Busters		 Current Science World Map/US map
9/10 AM: grid
PM: p. 556 #2-26 even		 Tissue Lab
(day 2)		 Map Projections
9/7 AM: p. 559 #12-28
PM: none		 Tissue Lab
(day 1)		 Memory Map: either USA or World
9/6 AM: p. 556-557 evens
PM: p. 555 #1-9		 Scientific Method
Worksheet		 computer lab
test logins
9/5 p. 554 #1-20 Observation & Description Michigan Memory Map
9/4 class intro,
first practice grid		 class intro memory map, Handbook Jeopardy