Science Models of Storms: Temperature Diff and Movement of Air Masses

Our commercials are coming along nicely. If you are planning on completing this task at home, you will need to save the video to your GoogleDrive and share with Mrs Duffield. You may also bring the video in on a flashdrive. We are preparing for a Socratic Seminar to wrap up our Greece/Rome unit. The Socratic Seminar will be held on Thursday.

Homework:
ELA: Teen Activist Commercials DUE 3/3/17
Reading: Mrs D- Stem Quiz 3/6/17
Mr K-
SS: Socratic Seminar notes complete by 3/1/17
Science: Think Energy!
Math: Mr K 6- Work on any missing work
Mr K 6/7- Finish 8.1.1 #1-6

We are working on commercials in ELA and filming them on I-Pads. In Social Studies, we are preparing for our Socratic Seminar on Greece/Rome.

Homework:
ELA: Working on commercials
Reading: Mrs D- Latin Stem- 3/6/17
Mr K- Book Club poster- 3/2/17
Science: none
SS: none
Math: Mr K 6- Closure due Tuesday #120-128 and test on Tuesday
Mr K 6/7- R & P 8.1.1 #7-11

Today in ELA we had our last day to use Chromebooks to write our scripts for our Teen Activist Commercials. On Monday, IPads will be available for students to record their commercials in IMovie. They also can film on their own at home but they need to share it with me through their Google Drive OR bring in a flash drive with their commercial on it. In Social Studies, we finished group presentations and completed a self-assessment of the project. 

Homework:

ELA: Script is complete- 2/27/17

SS: none

Reading: Mrs D- Latin quiz 3/6/17

Mr K- Book Club poster due 3/2/17

Science: Test corrections due 3/3/17

Math: Mr K 6- Closure 6 due 2/28/17 and Chapter 6 test 2/28/17

Mr K 6/7- none

Today in class we continued our script writing for our commercials. We have ONE more class period to get our scripts written. In SS, we continued presenting our Greece/Rome projects,

Homework:

ELA: Teen Activist Commercials due 3/3/17
Reading: Mrs D- Stem Quiz 3/6/17
Mr K- Book Club Poster due 3/2/17
Science: Test corrections due 3/3/17
Math: Mr K 6- R & P 6.2.4 #106-110
Mr K 6/7- Test Chapter 7- Friday
SS: none

What a great morning at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center. The topic was climate change and they have some great models to help in that teaching.

Homework:

ELA: Headphones and notes on Teen Activist should be complete
SS- none
Science: Reading 5.1 Close reading and 5.2 Isobar Map
Reading: Mrs D- Latin Stem Quiz 19- 2/27/17
Mr K- Stem corrections for Friday and Reading Log #4 due 2/21/17
Math: Mr K 6- R & P 6.2.3 #86-90 pg 294
Mr K 6/7- Closure Chapter 7- #131-139 due 2/22/17

Today in ELA we worked on taking notes in an organized fashion and by Friday we would like students to have their commercial scripts mostly written. We also took the school climate survey and started Social Studies presentations.

Homework:

ELA: Bring headphones AND continue to work on NOTES for Teen Activist Commercial
SS- none
Science: Reading 5.1 Close reading and 5.2 Isobar Map
Reading: Mrs D- Latin Stem Quiz 19- 2/27/17
Mr K- Stem corrections for Friday and Reading Log #4 due 2/21/17
Math: Mr K 6- R & P 6.2.3 #86-90 pg 294
Mr K 6/7- Closure Chapter 7- #131-139 due 2/22/17

We are going to the Aldo Leopold Nature Center tomorrow and will be walking outside. Make sure that you bring a lunch (unless you ordered one with your teacher) AND dress for a muddy hike.

We continued to research teen activist in ELA- by tomorrow, the students need to commit to their activist AND their cause. In SS, we took a summative writing assessment for argumentative essay writing.

Homework:

ELA: Bring headphones
SS: none
Reading: Mrs D- Latin Stem Quiz 17- 2/20/17  AND MAP reading progress sheet signed
Mr K- Stem Quiz 2/20/17 AND Reading Log #4- 2/21/17
Science: None
Math: Mr K 6- R & P 6.2.1 #74-78
Mr K 6/7- R & P 7.3.2 #96-100

In ELA today we introduced our new project, Teen Activist Commercials and showed a few examples. The link contains a number of teens that can be used for your commercial. Social Studies- students had their last work day for Greece/Rome projects.

https://docs.google.com/a/madison.k12.wi.us/document/d/1O7RbZKCma-iSDCt9tHwvWb9v50MidGOwWo1M2le6Ups/edit?usp=sharing

Homework:
ELA- Bring Headphones
Reading: Mrs D- Latin Quiz 18- 2/20/17 AND signed reading MAP goal sheet
Mr K- Reading Log #4- 2/21/17
Science: none
SS: determined by group
Math: Mr K 6- 6.2.1 Finish #61-64
Mr K 6/7- Finish 7.3.1 #79-84- Test corrections due 2/16/17

https://docs.google.com/a/madison.k12.wi.us/document/d/1O7RbZKCma-iSDCt9tHwvWb9v50MidGOwWo1M2le6Ups/edit?usp=sharing

Today we had our Literacy Day 1-5th hour. Police Chief Mike Koval/UW athletes visited our classrooms and read aloud to us. We also had some SS work time for our projects.


Homework:
ELA: Bring Headphones!
Reading: Stem Quiz- 2/14/17 AND MAPR reading goal sheet signed
Reading Mr. K- Latin Quiz and Reading Log #3 2/14/17
Science: none
SS: Determined by group
Math: none

Our Teen Activist Commercial conversation started today in ELA. Ms Phelps from the LMC demonstrated how to use EasyBib so our bibliographies will be flawless. We had a work day in Social Studies for Greece/Rome project, after reminding students that the goal in your project is to compare/contrast Greece/Rome using your given subtopic.

Homework: 

ELA: Bring headphones for Teen activist research
Reading: Mrs D- Latin Quiz 2/13/17 and MAP Reading Goal Sheet signed 2/15/17
Mr K- Latin Quiz 2/13/17 AND Reading Log # 3 2/14/17
Social Studies- if decided by group
Science- none
Math- Mr K 6- none
Mr K 6/7- none

MOST students met with a teacher in ELA to revise and edit their argumentative essays. They are due tomorrow at the start of ELA. In Social Studies, we continued to work on group Greece/Rome Projects. They have three more work days until they will present these in their classroom.

Homework:

ELA: Argumentative Essay due TOMORROW
Reading: Mrs D- Stem quiz- 2/13/17
Mr K- Stem Quiz 2/13/17 AND Reading Log # 3- 2/14/17
Science: Test Tomorrow on Lessons 1-3
SS: If determined by your group
Math: Mr K 6- R & P 6.1.4 pg 280 #51-55
Mr K 6/7- R & P 7.2.3 #64-68 and test corrections due 2/16/17

Science Links:

www.activatelearning.com/student-portal

Password: AL16science

Today we continued to work on our argumentative essay and our group Social Studies projects for Greece/Rome.

Homework:

ELA: Argumentative Essay due Friday! Tomorrow- make sure that you have your WHOLE rough draft completed and edited.
Reading: Mrs D- Stem Quiz- 2/13/17
Mr K- Latin Quiz 2/13/17 AND Reading Lof #3 due 2/14/17
Science- Test tomorrow Lessons 1-3
SS- As determined by small group
Math- Mr K 6- none
Mr K 6/7- R & P R & P 7.2.2 pg 338 # 52-56

Students have been hard at work on their Greece/Rome Compare and Contrast projects. In EAL, we discussed introductions and conclusions for Argumentative Essays AND students were given a rubric to self-assess their essay.

Homework:

ELA: Argumentative Essay due 2/10/17- this includes class time on Wednesday and Thursday only
SS- work on group project if needed
Reading- Mrs D- Latin Quiz 2/13/17
Mr K- Stem Quiz 2/13/17 and Reading Log #3 due 2/14/17
Science- Test Thursday Lessons 1-3
Math- Mr K- 6 R & P  6.1.3 pg 275 #38-42
Mr K 6/7- R & P 7.2.1 pg 333 # 44-47

Good afternoon- today we went over transition phrases for stating a counterclaim in an argumentative essay. Tomorrow we will discuss introductions and conclusions. In Social Studies, students had group work time for their Greece/Rome projects.

Homework:

ELA- Argumentative essay due FRIDAY
Reading- Mrs D- Latin Quiz 2/13/17
Mr K-Reading Log #2 due 2/7/17
SS- Possible homework determined by group project
Science- Test Thursday- Lessons 1-3 and Hot and Cold Air Lab
Math- Mr K 6- none
Mr K 6/7- none

In ELA we chose a structure for our Argumentative Essay, based on the examples above. In Social Studies we continued to work on our Greece & Rome group projects. Students are done or almost done with reading their related chapters.

Homework:

ELA: Argumentative Essay due 2/10/17 AND do research if needed for your topic this weekend
Reading: Mrs D- Latin Quiz- 2/6/17
SS- Maybe if your group decided!

Today in ELA we had the difficult chore of rewriting our claim/thesis which included reasons. Students were asked to rewrite them three different ways. It is extremely hard work to take a piece of writing and revise it. In Social Studies, students had time to work on their Greece/Rome project and were given a planning sheet/timeline to keep them on track (see above).

Homework:

ELA: Argumentative Essay due 2/10/17
Reading: Mrs D- Latin Stem Quiz 2/6/17
SS- none unless group decided on work to complete at home