Friday, September 26, 2008

Saudi Arabia and California

Your assignment was to compare and contrast Saudi Arabia and California for 7th grade social studies. What did you find out that was a surprising similarity? What did you find out that was a surprising difference? Comment on this post and share your thoughts.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Take a Virtual Tour of Catal Huyuk

Click the link below to tour the archaeological dig site at Catal Huyuk (in modern day Turkey) and explore an ancient residence. Have fun!

Virtual Tour of Catal Huyuk

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Tour the Hagia Sophia

Virtual Tour of the Hagia Sophia

6th Grade Question on Setting

Answer this under-the-surface question in about four or five sentences. Use proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Check over your writing before you post your comment.

How would the story change if Walt Masters did not live in the Yukon?



Remember, answer in complete sentences.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Back to School Night



Tomorrow evening is Back to School Night at JWMS. I strongly recommend that you and your student attend, as it will give you a great opportunity to meet your child's teachers and find out about how JWMS classrooms function. Tomorrow night is also the perfect time to get information and ask questions regarding tutoring, expectations, the computer, and more. Please plan on attending Back to School night at JWMS from 6:30-8:00pm

See you there!

Monday, September 15, 2008

Agenda for the Week of September 15-19, 2008

Hello, Students and Parents,

I hope you had a fantastic weekend! Here is the Agenda for this week's classes. Please read carefully to make sure you are reading the homework for your grade level. Feel free to email me with any questions on homework. TBA means To Be Announced (in class).


6th Grade Agenda

Monday:
ELA - Catch up on Inspiration, if needed.
SS - Catch up on Comic Life, if needed.
Tuesday:
ELA - Budget Vocabulary
SS - None
Wednesday:
ELA - None
SS - Poster on irrigation using Pages. Be in my classroom for tutoring if you need time to find pictures for your project.
Thursday:
ELA - Finish Reading Companion
SS - Illustrate and color the Cycle Map you made in class.
Friday:
ELA - None
SS - None


7th Grade Agenda

Monday:
ELA - Finish Budget Vocabulary Matrix.
SS - Make a board game with 9 questions on the fall of Rome.
Tuesday:
ELA - Pages in the Companion (the ones we read in class).
SS - Finish board game, if not done last night.
Wednesday:
ELA - Reading Companion pages
SS - None.
Thursday:
ELA - Finish your Reading Companion.
SS - Justinian Code worksheet and finish/color your Picture Dictionary.
Friday:
ELA - None.
SS - None.


Have a great week!

7th Grade: Word Roots and Affixes

Use the links below to find out what a variety of affixes mean:

Website #1

Website #2

Thursday, September 11, 2008

7th Grade: Question of the Day

Share your ideas on the following under-the-surface question: How can Rome's problems be solved?

6th Grade: What Do You Think?

Write a response to the following two under-the-surface questions. Answer in complete sentences with proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling.


Why were tools important to Early Man?


What tool do you think was most useful to Early Man?

6th Grade Links for Today

Click on the appropriate link to navigate to the proper website:

6th Grade Technology Survey

6th Grade Early Man Toolkit

6th Grade Compound Nouns Matching

6th Grade Compound Nouns Practice

Lascaux Cave Paintings

BBC Caveman Challenge

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Agenda for the Week of September 8-12, 2008

Hello, Students and Parents,

I hope you had a fantastic weekend! Here is the Agenda for this week's classes. Please read carefully to make sure you are reading the homework for your grade level. Feel free to email me with any questions on homework.


6th Grade Agenda

Monday:
ELA - Budget Vocabulary Matrix.
SS - Create a poster on Lucy including text and visuals. Use your own words and the "Big Question" organizer as a reference. Posters should be colored and ready to turn in tomorrow.
Tuesday:
ELA - Vocabulary/Spelling exercises.
SS - Lucy poster, if not finished and turned in to the box.
Wednesday:
ELA - Tree Map, if not finished.
SS - None.
Thursday:
ELA - None.
SS - Finish toolkit worksheet.
Friday:
ELA - None.
SS - None.


7th Grade Agenda

Monday:
ELA - Finish Budget Vocabulary Matrix.
SS - Complete map activity (Roman Empire)
Tuesday:
ELA - Finish Story Grammar Map if needed.
SS - Complete unfinished classwork, catch up on timeline, if needed.
Wednesday:
ELA - Complete all of the Reading Companion. (Read and answer all questions.)
SS - Complete “The Big Question.”
Thursday:
ELA - Finish summary, final copy form to be turned in tomorrow.
SS - None.
Friday:
ELA - None.
SS - None.


Have a great week!

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Welcome, Students and Parents!

I would like to welcome the sixth grade students in the 24/7 Program, and also welcome back the returning seventh grade students to the 24/7 Program. It is a pleasure to be involved with JWMS's laptop project again, and I look forward to a great new year! As some of you may already know, the purpose of this Blog is to communicate with Students and Parents outside of school. You can find homework assignments, homework help, anchor papers, useful Internet links, and more. Please find the Agenda below for the first week of school. (Students: Make sure you are either looking at the Sixth or Seventh Grade Agendas. Read carefully.)


6th Grade Agenda

Monday:
-No School
Tuesday:
ELA - Get Parent Letter signed.
SS - None.
Wednesday:
ELA - None.
SS - Map Worksheet
Thursday:
ELA - None.
SS - Create a map of an imaginary land and include all the features of a map.
Friday:
ELA - Paragraph to compare and contrast the first and last days of school (if not done in class)
SS - Finish map of an imaginary land (if not done last night)



7th Grade Agenda

Monday:
-No School
Tuesday:
ELA - Get Parent Letter signed.
SS - "Using Map Scale"
Wednesday:
ELA - Finish Word Mapping
SS - Latitude and Longitude Practice
Thursday:
ELA - Finish essay to compare and contrast the first and last days of school (writing sample)
SS - "Europe and the World"
Friday:
ELA - Last chance to finish the essay to compare and contrast the first and last days of school (if not done in class)
SS - None.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008