Friday, February 11, 2011

Friday, February 11, 2011

Talk to your parents about Great Schools Week!


Language Arts (Sun)
- start revising your Persuasive Practice Assessment essay if you got it back already --- due next Wed. 2/16

Language Arts (Yong)
- The last day to turn in any missing work for the second trimester is next Tuesday brunch at study hall! Don't forget! No late or missing work will be taken after.

- Lightning - finish model persuasive essay - re-write the conclusion, add a counterargument and rebuttal, and write two suggestions to improve the essay. For Sky High Salaries, highlight facts in pink and opinions in blue highlighter.

Social Studies (Alford)
- terms test 3/2

Social Studies (Yong)
- The last day to turn in any
missing work for the second trimester is next Tuesday brunch at study hall! Don't forget! No late or missing work will be taken after Tuesday.

- Greece geography challenge - due Monday. Questions can be found at: https://sites.google.com/site/lawsonteama/social-studies/greece-geography-challenge

Math 6
- - Rd. class news to parents
- Retest on Monday 2/14
- COM#2 due: 2/17
WORK ON COM AND PRACTICE FOR RETEST!

Math 6/7
- Rd. class news to parents
- Retest on Monday 2/14 at lunch
- COM#2 due: 2/17
WORK ON COM

Science
- Natural Resources/Global Issues Project DUE MONDAY!!! --- be prepared to come in on Monday to turn it in from your USB. The file should be named "Natural Resources/Global Issues Project - names of everyone in the group, separated by commas (core name)"
For example: Natural Resources/Global Issues Project - Buzz, Woody, Slinky (Storm)

- you should be consulting the website for your national park to fill in a lot of the information required for your Google Site!
Tundra
Denali National Park, Alaska
Lake Clark National Park, Alaska

Taiga
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming/Montana/Idaho
Yosemite National Park, California

Marine
Biscayne National Park, Florida
Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida

Freshwater
Everglades National Park, Florida
Acadia National Park, Maine

Temperate Deciduous Forest
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee/North Carolina
Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio

Grassland
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
Badlands National Park, South Dakota

Desert
Death Valley National Park, California/Nevada
Mojave National Preserve, California

Rainforest - Tropical
El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico (managed by US Forest Service)
(if you want to take on a challenge, you can focus on a tropical rainforest abroad, like in the Amazon, southeast Asia, Madagascar, Costa Rica, etc.)

Rainforest - Temperate
Olympic National Park, Washington

- Chapter 16 Quiz on Monday!!!

Exploratory (Sun/Yong)
- if you haven't finished the Expressionism Project, finish it at home --- due Wed. 2/16

Advisory (Yong)
-The box tops collection is continuing!

- Stuffed animal day - next Tuesday!