Agenda for the Week of December 17-21, 2007

Hello Students! Please find your Agenda listed in the space below. All homework for the week so far is shown. "TBA" is an abbreviation that means "To Be Announced." If you see TBA, then you know that I will tell you what the homework is in class.




Language Arts: Periods 2 & 6
Monday: Finish your Budget Vocabulary. Complete the Fact/Opinion worksheet.
Tuesday: Companion pages 1-2 ("Titanic").
Wednesday: TBA
Thursday: TBA
Friday: None.





Social Studies: Periods 3 & 7
Monday: None.
Tuesday: Finish your Exodus Map.
Wednesday: TBA
Thursday: TBA
Friday: None.

Technology: Period 5

Monday: None.
Tuesday: None.
Wednesday: None.
Thursday: None.
Friday: None.

Agenda for the Week of December 10-14, 2007

Hello Students! Please find your Agenda listed in the space below. All homework for the week so far is shown. "TBA" is an abbreviation that means "To Be Announced." If you see TBA, then you know that I will tell you what the homework is in class.




Language Arts: Periods 2 & 6
Monday: Spelling pyramids. Finish your Budget Vocabulary.
Tuesday: Write each spelling word five times.
Wednesday: Spelling pyramids.
Thursday: Write each spelling word five times. Finish your "Walrus" Companion.
Friday: None.





Social Studies: Periods 3 & 7
Monday: Period 7 ONLY - Finish your trade oranizer for Kush/Egypt and finish your travel brochure for Kush.
Tuesday: Finish your map of the Israelites (Hebrews).
Wednesday: Period 7 ONLY - Finish the Picture Dictionary visuals for Canaan, Torah, Abraham, and monotheism.
Thursday: None.
Friday: None.

Technology: Period 5

Monday: None.
Tuesday: None.
Wednesday: None.
Thursday: None.
Friday: None.

Agenda for the Week of December 3-7, 2007

Hello Students! Please find your Agenda listed in the space below. All homework for the week so far is shown. "TBA" is an abbreviation that means "To Be Announced." If you see TBA, then you know that I will tell you what the homework is in class.




Language Arts: Periods 2 & 6
Monday: Finish your Aaron's Gift TEST (Period 2 ONLY), and do the multiple meanings worksheet.
Tuesday: Finish your Budget Vocabulary. (NO SPELLING THIS WEEK.)
Wednesday: Finish your Companion, pages 2-3. Setting Worksheet.
Thursday: Finish your Companion completely.
Friday: None.





Social Studies: Periods 3 & 7
Monday: Finish your Egypt Review activity (three questions and eight definitions).
Tuesday: Study for your TEST on Egypt tomorrow! FInish your Beach Ball Review worksheet.
Wednesday: None. (TEST today.)
Thursday: Finish your map on Kush. Must be COLORED in colored pencil or crayon.
Friday: None.

Technology: Period 5

Monday: None.
Tuesday: None.
Wednesday: None.
Thursday: None.
Friday: None.

Hatshepsut clip art

Go here for the clip art of Hatshepsut for your Pages Profile project.

Get the rest of your pictures, like the Temple at Karnak, from fotosearch.

Multiple Meanings Interactive

Go here for the multiples meanings interactive website.

Agenda for the Week of November 26-30, 2007

Hello Students! Please find your Agenda listed in the space below. All homework for the week so far is shown. "TBA" is an abbreviation that means "To Be Announced." If you see TBA, then you know that I will tell you what the homework is in class.




Language Arts: Periods 2 & 6
Monday: Write each spelling word five times. Finish your budget vocabulary matrix.
Tuesday: Write each spelling word in a pyramid. Finish Reading Companion pages 1-2.
Wednesday: Write each spelling word five times. Finish Reading Companion pages 4-5.
Thursday: Spelling test TODAY. Finish Reading Companion pages 7-9. (That's the WHOLE packet, guys!)
Friday: None.





Social Studies: Periods 3 & 7
Monday: Finish your piece of Egyptian art and write two paragraphs. One paragraph should explain what your art is about, and the other should tell what features of Egyptian art you used. (The features may appear in bullet points if you choose.)
Tuesday: Finish your Mind-Map on Hatshepsut, use pages 173-174 to do this.
Wednesday: Finish your MyPlace profile on Hatshepsut.
Thursday: Finish your Mind-Map on Ramses using pages 175-176.
Friday: None.

Technology: Period 5

Monday: None.
Tuesday: None.
Wednesday: None.
Thursday: None.
Friday: None.

Agenda for the Week of November 19-20, 2007

Hello Students! Please find your Agenda listed in the space below. All homework for the week so far is shown. "TBA" is an abbreviation that means "To Be Announced." If you see TBA, then you know that I will tell you what the homework is in class.




Language Arts: Periods 2 & 6
Monday: Figurative Language Poster (Give the definition of figurative language. Give an example each of simile, metaphor, personification, and hyperbole.)
Tuesday: Get your benchmark results and progress reports signed.
Wednesday: THANKSGIVING BREAK
Thursday: THANKSGIVING BREAK
Friday: THANKSGIVING BREAK





Social Studies: Periods 3 & 7
Monday: Finish ALL of your cut-out pyramids and color it. Finish and color your poster on pyramids.
Tuesday: Get your benchmark results and progress reports signed.
Wednesday: THANKSGIVING BREAK
Thursday: THANKSGIVING BREAK
Friday: THANKSGIVING BREAK

Technology: Period 5

Monday: None.
Tuesday: None.
Wednesday: THANKSGIVING BREAK
Thursday: THANKSGIVING BREAK
Friday: THANKSGIVING BREAK

Take the Pyramid Challenge

Go here to take the Pyramid Challenge on the BBC Online website. This game is similar to the Mummy Game - have fun!

Tour the Egyptian Pyramids!

Click here to tour the pyramids at Giza. Click on "Explore the Pyramids" when you get there, and use your mouse to do the traveling for you. Have fun!

Egyptian Mummy Game

Check it out by clinking on this here.

Agenda for the Week of November 13-16, 2007

Hello Students! Please find your Agenda listed in the space below. All homework for the week so far is shown. "TBA" is an abbreviation that means "To Be Announced." If you see TBA, then you know that I will tell you what the homework is in class.




Language Arts: Periods 2 & 6
Monday: NO SCHOOL
Tuesday: "April Rain Song" Reading Companion. (Complete the whole page.)
Wednesday: None.
Thursday: Worksheet on Figurative Language (both sides).
Friday: None.





Social Studies: Periods 3 & 7
Monday: NO SCHOOL
Tuesday: Budget Vocabulary. (Words: mummy, embalm, afterlife)
Wednesday: None.
Thursday: Finish 3 sides of the cut-out pyramid. Do sides on pharaoh, mummification, and describing Egyptians' religion.
Friday: Finish and color cut-out pyramid. We will assemble them on Monday.

Technology: Period 5

Monday: None.
Tuesday: None.
Wednesday: None.
Thursday: None.
Friday: None.

Quiz on Similes

Go here to take an online quiz on similes.

Spelling Words for November 5-9, 2007

figurative
language
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
repetition
sentence
structure
rhyme
rhythm
punctuation

Agenda for the Week of November 5-9, 2007

Hello Students! Please find your Agenda listed in the space below. All homework for the week so far is shown. "TBA" is an abbreviation that means "To Be Announced." If you see TBA, then you know that I will tell you what the homework is in class.




Language Arts: Periods 2 & 6
Monday: Write each spelling word five times.
Tuesday: Spelling pyramids for all of this week's words. Write 3 similes and 3 metaphors.
Wednesday: Write each spelling word five times again. Do Lesson 14 (worksheet handed out in class) on figurative language.
Thursday: Worksheet on Figurative Language. Study spelling words.
Friday: None.





Social Studies: Periods 3 & 7
Monday: Finish your Reciprocal Teaching packet using pages 148-149. Fill in what you missed on your own.
Tuesday: Create a poster on the Nile River. DUE TOMORROW. (Ideas for content to include on your poster: how the Nile is useful for trade and transportation, fertile soil (Red Land/Black Land, etc.), flooding and irrigation.)
Wednesday: Draw pictures and color the social pyramid. Period 7 ONLY - If you messed up on your Nile River mini-poster, you need to redo it and have it ready to turn in tomorrow.
Thursday: Write your name in hieroglyphics (worksheet given in class).
Friday: None.

Technology: Period 5

Monday: None.
Tuesday: None.
Wednesday: None.
Thursday: None.
Friday: None.

Agenda for the Week of October 29 - November 2, 2007

Hello Students! Please find your Agenda listed in the space below. All homework for the week so far is shown. "TBA" is an abbreviation that means "To Be Announced." If you see TBA, then you know that I will tell you what the homework is in class.




Language Arts: Periods 2 & 6
Monday: No Spelling words this week. Period 6 - Final draft of narrative DUE tomorrow.
Tuesday: Final draft of narrative DUE TODAY. Finish Budget Vocabulary (words: interview, interviewer, subject) and write five related interview questions for your subject tomorrow.
Wednesday: None.
Thursday: TBA
Friday: None.





Social Studies: Periods 3 & 7
Monday: Visual Questioning (2 on-the-surface and 2 under-the-surface questions, 8 on-the-surface observations).
Tuesday: Map of Egypt
Wednesday: Study for Benchmark.
Thursday: BENCHMARK TODAY.
Friday: None.

Technology: Period 5

Monday: None.
Tuesday: None.
Wednesday: None.
Thursday: None.
Friday: None.

Announcement for Parents:

James Workman Middle School now has its own newsletter that you can receive via email. This is an excellent way for you to stay in touch with what is going on here at JWMS. Remember, the more you know about what's happening in your student's life, the better! Please email the following address to be added to the e-newsletter list of recipients:

jwmsnewsletter@psusd.us



Thanks for your interest, hope to see you at Parent Conferences!

-Mrs. Pack

Reminder: Parent Conferences

Miss Plutschuck and I will be meeting in Room 208 tomorrow (Thursday) for Parent Conferences between the hours of 12:00 and 3:00pm and again from 4:00 to 7:00pm. We are available to you to talk about the academic and behavioral performance of your students. This is the perfect opportunity to address any questions or concerns you might have. THERE ARE NO CONFERENCES IN DECEMBER. THE NEXT PARENT CONFERENCES WILL BE IN APRIL. If you are unable to make Thursday's conferences, please call the school or us to set up a private conference time.

Thank you to all those who came to Conferences today. Tomorrow, I hope to see everyone who was unable to make it today. Have a great evening,


Mrs. Pack

Agenda for the Week of October 22-26, 2007

Hello Students! Please find your Agenda listed in the space below. All homework for the week so far is shown. "TBA" is an abbreviation that means "To Be Announced." If you see TBA, then you know that I will tell you what the homework is in class.




Language Arts: Periods 2 & 6
Monday: Write each spelling word five times. Finish template for paragraphs 2, 3, and 4. You MUST use dialogue.
Tuesday: Spelling worksheet on -ence and -ance words. Finish first draft of your narrative paper.
Wednesday: Spelling worksheet on -ence and -ance words. Finish revising your first draft and write a second draft of your narrative. Be ready to have your paper graded by a classmate tomorrow.
Thursday: TBA
Friday: None.





Social Studies: Periods 3 & 7
Monday: Period 3 - Finish your review packet.
Tuesday: Flash cards on each of the following topics - rivers, writing (cuneiform), Hammurabi's Code, social pyramid, and religion.
Wednesday: Study your flash cards from yesterday. Make four new flash cards on the following topics: priests, kings, inventions, and floods/droughts.
Thursday: TBA
Friday: TEST TODAY!

Technology: Period 5

Monday: None.
Tuesday: None.
Wednesday: None.
Thursday: None.
Friday: None.

7 Wonders of the World

Go here for the NEW 7 Wonders of the World and the OLD 7 Wonders of the World. Have fun! :)

Agenda for the Week of October 15-19

Hello Students! Please find your Agenda listed in the space below. All homework for the week so far is shown. "TBA" is an abbreviation that means "To Be Announced." If you see TBA, then you know that I will tell you what the homework is in class.




Language Arts: Periods 2 & 6
Monday: Write each spelling word five times.
Tuesday: Write each spelling word in a sentence correctly.
Wednesday: Spelling pyramids for each word. Finish brainstorming three or four times when you have overcome a challenge.
Thursday: TBA
Friday: None.





Social Studies: Periods 3 & 7
Monday: Finish "Anticipation Guide" on Sumerian writing. Period 7 - Finish your poster on The Sumerians.
Tuesday: Color your timeline, do the Budget Vocabulary (empire, emperor, and Sargon of Akkad).
Wednesday: Color your timeline, do the rest of the Budget Vocabulary, and write five "eye for an eye" laws.
Thursday: TBA
Friday: None.

Technology: Period 5

Monday: None.
Tuesday: None.
Wednesday: None.
Thursday: None.
Friday: None.

Mesopotamia Website

I thought you all might enjoy learning more about Mesopotamia, so I found this website for you to explore. Have fun!

Agenda for the Week of October 8-12, 2007

Hello Students! Please find your Agenda listed in the space below. All homework for the week so far is shown. "TBA" is an abbreviation that means "To Be Announced." If you see TBA, then you know that I will tell you what the homework is in class.




Language Arts: Periods 2 & 6
Monday: Write each spelling word five times. Finish Budget Vocabulary.
Tuesday: Write each spelling word in a sentence correctly. Period 2 - Do page 3 of the Reading Companion. Period 6 - Do page 2 of the Reading Companion.
Wednesday: Write spelling pyramids for each word. Period 2 - Do page 5 of your Companion. Period 6 - Do page 4 of your Companion.
Thursday: Write each spelling word five times. Period 2 - Do pages 7 and 8 in the Companion. period 6 - Do page 7 in the Companion. Get your parent letter signed.
Friday: None.





Social Studies: Periods 3 & 7
Monday: "Create a City-State" worksheet. Color the site you chose and answer the questions that follow. Use complete sentences.
Tuesday: Period 7 ONLY - Do visuals on Storyboard.
Wednesday: Period 7 ONLY - Finish your Storyboard.
Thursday: Vocabulary worksheet with four words (it is a purple worksheet).
Friday: Period 7 - Finish your poster on Sumerians over the weekend.

Technology: Period 5

Monday: None.
Tuesday: None.
Wednesday: None.
Thursday: None.
Friday: None.

Progress Reports

Hello Parents and Guardians!

Today your child should bring home a progress report for each of his or her classes (Language Arts, Social Studies, and/or Technology). I printed out the progress reports from my Zangle Gradebook, which you can view using Zangle Parent Connect. (If you have not already done so, please pick up your Zangle Parent Connect password and identification from the office during school hours.) The progress reports detail your student's academic performance to date. All papers have been graded and are include in the overall grade shown on the reports. Please sign and have your child return the progress reports tomorrow. One signature per report is required, so if your student has me for two classes, you must sign two reports for them to return.

If you have any questions or concerns about your student's academic (or behavioral) performance at James Workman, please contact me.

Thank you and have a great evening,

Mrs. Pack

jpack@psusd.us
School Phone: 760-770-8540

Agenda for the Week of October 1-5, 2007

Hello Students! Please find your Agenda listed in the space below. All homework for the week so far is shown. "TBA" is an abbreviation that means "To Be Announced." If you see TBA, then you know that I will tell you what the homework is in class.




Language Arts: Periods 2 & 6
Monday: Write each spelling word three times. Finish Budget Vocabulary.
Tuesday: Write each spelling word in a sentence correctly.
Wednesday: Selection Support Book page 26. Finish the third page (page 32) of your "The Circuit" Reading Companion packet. Get your progress report signed by a parent or guardian.
Thursday: Finish your Reading Companion completely. Answer ALL questions in complete sentences. (Use this to study for the test tomorrow.) Write a short story using all 14 spelling words correctly. If you did not get your progress report signed, do so tonight.
Friday: None.





Social Studies: Periods 3 & 7
Monday: Study for your TEST tomorrow.
Tuesday: None. (Test today)
Wednesday: Finish your map activity for Mesopotamia, including the questions at the bottom of the page. Answer all the questions in complete sentences. Get your progress report signed by a parent or guardian.
Thursday: Period 7 Only - Finish the Vocabulary Matrix for the words Mesopotamia, floodplain, and silt. DO NOT finish the rest. If you did not get your progress report signed, do so tonight.
Friday: None.

Technology: Period 5

Monday: None.
Tuesday: None.
Wednesday: Get your progress report signed by a parent or guardian.
Thursday: TBA
Friday: None.

Catal Huyuk

Go here to tour Catal Huyuk.

Agenda for the Week of September 24-28, 2007

Hello Students! Please find your Agenda listed in the space below. All homework for the week so far is shown. "TBA" is an abbreviation that means "To Be Announced." If you see TBA, then you know that I will tell you what the homework is in class.




Language Arts: Periods 2 & 6
Monday: Do Support Book pages 2 and 17. Choose any 10 spelling words and use them correctly in sentences. Look up the definitions of the words if you do not know them. Use a dictionary or http://www.dictionary.com to help you.
Tuesday: Support Book page 20. Choose the other 10 spelling words (that you did NOT choose last night) and use them correctly in sentneces. Look up the definitions of the words if you do not know them.
Wednesday: Finish your Context Clues packet. Turn in your Spelling homework tomorrow.
Thursday: Write a story using 12 of your 20 spelling words correctly. TEST TOMORROW!
Friday: None.





Social Studies: Periods 3 & 7
Monday: Period 7 ONLY - Finish your Budget Vocabulary. Words: domesticate, agriculture, and slash-and-burn.
Tuesday: Finish writing and illustrating your diary for Early Man.
Wednesday: Finish Agricultural Revolution Sequence Chain. Complete and color your irrigation system map.
Thursday: Draw visuals for surplus, specialization of labor, and government on your notes.
Friday: None.

Technology: Period 5

Monday: None.
Tuesday: None.
Wednesday: Budget Vocabulary for Computer Terms.
Thursday: TBA
Friday: None.

The Early Man Game

Go here to play the Cave Man Challenge.

Agenda for the Week of September 17

Hello Students! Please find your Agenda listed in the space below. All homework for the week so far is shown. "TBA" is an abbreviation that means "To Be Announced." If you see TBA, then you know that I will tell you what the homework is in class.




Language Arts: Periods 2 & 6
Monday: Support Book page 6 (vocabulary from last week)
Tuesday: Budget Vocabulary Matrix and Suppot Book page 21. Study your spelling words.
Wednesday: Come to Back to School Night!
Thursday: Write a story using the twelve spelling words correctly.
Friday: None.





Social Studies: Periods 3 & 7
Monday: Finish the visuals on your Storyboard (for as many frames as we did in class)
Tuesday: Finish the visuals on your Storyboard
Wednesday: Come to Back to School Night!
Thursday: Finish your mind map if you did not get to finish in class. Include visuals.
Friday: None.

Technology: Period 5

Monday: None.
Tuesday: Give your Back to School Night invitation to your parents.
Wednesday: Come to Back to School Night!
Thursday: None.
Friday: None.

For class on Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Go here to see the Interactive Tool Kit. Have fun!

Make a Plot Diagram

Go here to make your plot diagram.

Math Clip Art for Ms. Plutschuck

Go here for clip art for Ms. Plutschuck's class today.

Latitude and Longitude Game

Hello, Students! I thought you might like to try playing The Latitude and Longitude Game if you have spare time in school or at home.

Have fun!

Agenda for the week of September 10-14, 2007

Hello Students! Please find your Agenda listed in the space below. All homework for the week so far is shown. "TBA" is an abbreviation that means "To Be Announced." If you see TBA, then you know that I will tell you what the homework is in class.




Language Arts: Periods 2 & 6
Monday: Period 6 ONLY - Finish Genre Poster. (You need a definition, examples, and a related picture.)
Tuesday: Budget Vocabulary Matrix
Wednesday: None.
Thursday: TBA
Friday: None.





Social Studies: Periods 3 & 7
Monday: Latitude and Longitude worksheet.
Tuesday: Finish your 3 maps.
Wednesday: Who Are You? Archaeology worksheet. DO NOT finish your vocabulary paper.
Thursday: TBA
Friday: None.

Technology: Period 5

Monday: None. (If you do not have a flash drive, you NEED one. Please see me for details if you are confused.)
Tuesday: None.
Wednesday: None.
Thursday: None.
Friday: None.

Agenda for the Week of September 4-7, 2007

Hello Students! Please find your Agenda listed in the space below. All homework for the week so far is shown. "TBA" is an abbreviation that means "To Be Announced." If you see TBA, then you know that I will tell you what the homework is in class.




Language Arts: Periods 2 & 6
Monday: Labor Day
Tuesday: Comment on Blog
Wednesday: Finish letter to Mrs. Pack (you started this in class)
Thursday: Finish Budget Vocabulary Matrix.
Friday: None.





Social Studies: Periods 3 & 7
Monday: Labor Day
Tuesday: Get parent letter signed and return tomorrow.
Wednesday: Get parent letter signed and return tomorrow.
Thursday: Finish "geography" entry for Picture Dictionary. (ONLY DO THE WORD "GEOGRAPHY". DO NOT DO THE WHOLE PACKET.)
Friday: Study your continents over the weekend.

Technology: Period 5

Monday: Labor Day
Tuesday: None.
Wednesday: None.
Thursday: None.
Friday: None.

Lascaux Cave Paintings

Click here for the tour.

Comment Here to Receive Credit:

Hello Students! I would like you to comment on this post in order to receive credit for knowing how to use an Internet browser to navigate to my Blog. See you in class on Wednesday! :)

For Social Studies on September 6, 2007

This post is to be used during social studies on the specified date. When Mrs. Pack directs you to do so, follow the link below to practice your knowledge of the continents:

Go to this website to play the Continent Game online.

At the appropriate time during instruction (Mrs. Pack will let you know), follow the link below to see continental drift in action:

Go to this website to view animations of plate tectonics.

Welcome 6th Grade Students!

You are in Room 208 for Language Arts, Social Studies, or Technology Elective. My name is Mrs. Pack and I will be one of your teachers for the year. I invite you to make yourself at home in this classroom, provided that you follow a few simple rules for good behavior…


CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS FOR BEHAVIOR:
1. Be on time and prepared.
2. Be an active learner.
3. Be respectful of everyone and everything.


If you are using computers in this classroom, there are also a few guidelines you must follow while doing so…


CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS FOR COMPUTER USAGE:
1. Be on task at all times. No applications other than the one we are working in should be open.
2. Be a hard worker. Use your time wisely and remember that work will be easier with Mrs. Pack and your fellow students to help you when you need it.
3. Be fully charged. You are responsible for making sure that your computer is charged and ready for use each day.
4. Be proactive. Before you ask Mrs. Pack a technical question, you must first check with two other students closest to you to see if they know the answer.


A FEW SUPPLIES YOU WILL NEED:
Notebook/Binder
Loose Paper (not in a spiral notebook)
Pencils
Colored Pencils

WAYS FOR YOU OR YOUR PARENTS TO CONTACT MRS. PACK:
The easiest way to contact me in case you have a question about homework is to send me an email. I have Internet access at my home and take the time to check my email several times every night. You could also call the school if it is before 3:30pm and the front desk can forward your call to my classroom. You can also post something on the Blog, but keep in mind that your post will not be confidential. If you forget what is for homework, check your Agenda or the Blog. Here are the important web addresses and phone numbers that you might need:

Teacher: Mrs. Pack
Subjects: Language Arts, Social Studies, Technology Elective

Email: jpack@psusd.us
Blog: http://packwoman.blogspot.com/
School Phone Number: (760) 770-8540