Today in ELA, we continued to read short stories which students will choose to write literary essays. The list of stories is seen below. Tomorrow in SS, all students will be scribes and documenting their collected data on clay tablets.

Homework:

SS: Finish Cuneiform sheet

Math: * optional- try closure chapter 2

Science: 1.3

- test corrections due 11/7 Duffield homework

Short Stories

1.Birthday Box-  Katie is dealing with her mom in the hospital with cancer.

2. Spaghetti- Gabriel wants to live outside and finds a kitten.

3. Fly Away Home- Andrew and his dad live in the airport and are struggling financially.

4. Boar Out There- Jenny wants to find the boar in the woods.

5. Papa’s Parrot- Harry’s dad owns a candy shop and gets sick.

6. Barbie- Veronica gets a “barbie” for Christmas.

7. Your Move- Isaac is struggling with his brother who is involved with a gang.

8. Thank you, Ma’am- Mrs LBWJ is struggling with Roger stealing her purse.

9. Stray- Doris wants a dog!!!!!!!! And her parents do not.

10. 7th Grade- Victor is in love with Teresa and takes French instead of Spanish to be in a class with her.

The Aldo Leopold Nature Center was such a success. Last Thursday, we visited the center and groups had two different sessions they completed. There was a survival section and a team building rotation. Some of the shelters they created, as seen above, were really functional.

Homework:
Reading: Latin Stem Quiz 11/6/17
Math: R & P # 86-90 pg 88-89

Monday's Advisory

CBITS Screener Link:

https://cbits.journeymhc.org/index.php?r=survey/administer&k=20&c=zgFSvY1ILK8GOl

Today we read our mentor text, Raymond's Run, for our next ELA unit. Starting on Monday, we will start studying Literary Essays. In SS, we took a quiz relating to ancient Sumer.

Homework: 

Reading: Latin: Quiz on Monday
Math: Due Monday  R & P 2.3.3# 75-79 pg 84-85
Science: Supersized organisms due Monday

The Boy of the Painted Cave projects look great. The students were asked to write the next chapter in the book using the writing style of the author. Some chapters sound as if they could be published.

Homework:
Reading: Stem quiz on 10/30/17
Math: R & P 2.3.2 #65-69 pg 82
Science: 1.1 Reflect about microorganisms

In class today we looked at the 7 characteristics of a civilization. We also have one more work day in class for working on our Boy of the Painted Cave project. In Science we looked at microorganisms.

Homework:
ELA: BOTPC envelope due 10/24 at the end of class
SS: chapters 3-5 quiz on 10/25/17
Reading:
Math: R & P 2.3.1 #55-59 pg 78

Today was a great Friday! We continued to work on our narrative writing, Chapter 19, for BOTPC. In SS, we discussed four geographic problems and their solutions of ancient Sumer. Science- took a test.

Homework:

ELA: BOTPC envelope due 10/24/17
Reading: Latin Stem quiz on Monday 10/23/17
SS: Finish 4 problems and solutions worksheet

Today we continued to work on Boy of the Painted Cave work, learned about early City-States, and got ready for our Science test.

Homework: 
ELA: Second Personal Narrative due tomorrow & BOTPC Envelope due 10/24/17
Reading: Latin Stem quiz on Monday, 10/23
Science: Test tomorrow
Math: none

Homework: 
ELA: Second Personal Narrative due 10/20/17 and BOTPC due 1024/17
Math: R & P 2.2.2 #34-38 pg 70
Science: Test Friday

Chromebook

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kSF0kY7XvaNC4D9uD5s2pAg6Qz-OBBldCOkXgtv0wBI/edit?ts=59dcc274

https://docs.google.com/a/madison.k12.wi.us/document/d/1kSF0kY7XvaNC4D9uD5s2pAg6Qz-OBBldCOkXgtv0wBI/edit?usp=sharing

Today we spoke about the Boy of the Painted Cave Final product; all of the information is on the last page of their packet. Students have five more work days in school to work on these projects. In Social Studies, we were asked the essential question: How did the development of agriculture change daily life in the Neolithic Age? We are still studying Force and Motion.

Homework:
ELA: Second Personal Narrative Due: 10/20/17 AND BOTPC envelope due 10/24/17
Reading: Latin Stem Quiz 10/23/17
Science: Test Friday

Thank you all for coming to the Early People Museum today. It was a huge success. 

Homework:

ELA: Personal Narrative Due 10/20/17
Math: Stem Quiz 2.2.1 #24-28 pg 65

Homework:

ELA: Second Narrative Due 10/20/17
Reading: Latin Quiz on Monday October 16th
SS: Early People Museum tomorrow from 11:00-12:00. All are welcome.

Homework: Second Personal Narrative- 10/20/17
Reading: Latin Stem Quiz 5- 10/16/17
Math: R & P 2.1.2 #15-19 Pg 61

The last couple posts were used to set up some links for Reading Class and Latin Stem Practice. Today we continued to present Early People Projects, read The Boy of the Painted Cave, and find average speed.

Homework:
ELA: Second Personal Narrative due 10/20/17
Reading: Latin Stem Quiz 5- 10/16/17
Math: R & P 2.1.1 #6-10 pg 57

Stems Practice

https://www.quia.com/jg/1555280.html

http://www.quia.com/cm/134640.html

http://www.quia.com/jg/1101456.html

http://www.quia.com/jg/1555259.html

STEMS PRACTICE GAME
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/90605703/

file:///C:/Users/b716586/Downloads/Links_to_activities_that_practice_the_skills_within_Caesar_s_English_I_and_II.pdf

Latin Stem Practice

Today we started our EP Projects- they created some amazing projects. We will finish the Boy of the Painted Cave in ELA this week and then the students will write the next chapter in the book.

Homework:

ELA: Second Personal Narrative- due 10/20/17

John Hawks Homo Naledi UW webcam

Above is the link to John Hawks and his lecture on Homo Naledi at University this past Wednesday.

Homework:
ELA: SECOND Personal Narrative due 10/20/17
SS: EPP due MONDAY
Reading: Latin Stem Quiz on Monday
Math: Test corrections due 10/13/17

Today we had a great day. We analyzed a site map, seen above, and determined that the group was a lot different than we thought!  

Homework:
ELA: Second Personal Narrative Due 10/20/17
Reading: Latin Stem Quiz & Stem Graphic Organizer due- 10/9/17
SS: EP Project due 10/9/17

Homework:
ELA: Second personal narrative due 10/20/17
SS: EP Project due 10/9/17
Science: test corrections due Friday
Math: Test tomorrow
Reading: Latin quiz on Monday

Homo Naledi

John Hawks, one of the paleoanthropologists who discovered Rising Star Cave is speaking at the UW tonight. Please see the above link for more information. October 4 - 7:00PM - 8:15PM

UW Biotechnology Center, 425 Henry Mall, Room 1111, Madison, WI 53706 
Cost: Free

John Hawks, Vilas-Borghesi Distinguished Achievement Professor of Anthropology

About the talk

The Rising Star cave system in South Africa contains the largest known assemblage of fossil human relatives ever found in Africa, all belonging to a previously unknown species, Homo naledi. Earlier this year, the Rising Star research team revealed that these fossils may be as recent as 236,000 years old, meaning that this primitive extinct species existed around the same time as the origin of modern humans. The team also announced the discovery of a second bone chamber with more remains of H. naledi — including a nearly complete skeleton they named Neo. Professor Hawks will discuss how these findings change our view of human evolution. He is returning from the excavation in September and will give the first report of this new work.

Students worked diligently on trying to figure out which group of people occupied the site. We also continued to work on our novel, The Boy of the Painted Cave. In Science, Force and Motion is the unit of study. 

Homework:

ELA: Second Personal Narrative due 10/20/17

Reading: Latin Stem Quiz- 10/9/17 

Science: test corrections due Wednesday

Math: 1.2.4 R & P #85-89 pg 44-45 Study for your test!!!! 

** Please remember to come for our Early People Museum on Friday, October 13th from 11:00-12:00. 

im, in	Not, having a negative force	The candy looked delicious, and the impatient girl was having trouble waiting in line. The inexpensive cookies ended up tasting just as good as the cookies that cost $5 each.
mid	middle	Midnight is the middle of the night. Midday is the middle of the day.
mis	ill, mistaken or wrong	The misprint on the handout made the word impossible to read. The team ran the wrong play when the players misheard the directions from the coach.
multi	many, much	MULTICO is a performance group from West High School that is made up of people from many different backgrounds. If you win a multimillion dollar jackpot, you’ve just won many millions!
non	not, absence of	Reading the nursery rhyme again, the student realized it was all nonsense, or a story that really didn’t make any sense. Please don’t bring nonessential items, or items you don’t need,  to class.
over	beyond, too much	The gym became overcrowded when the elementary kids had to join in with the middle school kids. Yeah, her room wasn’t clean, but she still thought her dad overreacted when he screamed as he opened her door.

Above are the Latin Stems from this week. We started The Boy of the Painted Cave, we analyzed a site map, and we started to discuss the responsibilities of having 1:1 devices. 

Homework:

ELA: Home Personal Narrative due 10/20/17

Reading: Stem quiz and graphic organizer: 10/9/17

SS: EP Project due 10/9/17 and Museum Day is 10/13/17 from 11:00 am-12:00 pm

Math: 1.2.4 R & P #85-80 pg 44-45 and TEST on WEDNESDAY