Agenda for the Week of May 27-30

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: Period 2 - Finish Keynote. Period 6 - Finish and color drama Flip book.
Wednesday: Finish Budget Vocabulary (first three words).
Thursday: Finish Budget Vocabulary and Flow Map (with colored illustrations)
Friday: Bring props on Monday and have your lines memorized by Monday.


Social Studies: Periods 3 & 7
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Finish your Map (Period 7 - Also finish your achievements Flip Book if not done.)
Wednesday: Finish your Tree Map using pages 431-435 in the textbook.
Thursday: Review worksheet for Chapter 13, Lesson 1 (page 92), and finish your visuals for the Contrasting Vocabulary Map on patricians and plebians.
Friday: None.

Yet Another Survey for 24/7 Students...

If you are in the 24/7 Laptop Program, then today it is your job to take another survey for the school district. Thanks, guys!

Survey for Laptop Program

If you are a student in the JWMS 24/7 Laptop Program, please complete the following survey.

Thank you!

-Mrs. Pack

Roman Government Quiz

Now that you have learned about Roman society and government, answer the following questions:

1.) What are the two classes in Roman society?

2.) How many "branches" of government share the power in Rome?

3.) Which branch is in charge of making laws?

4.) Which branch are judges a part of?

5.) Besides ruling the people, what did the two consuls control?

Folk Tales for Class Today

Work with your partner to choose one of the following links to a folk tale. Read the folk tale carefully and begin working on your Folk Tale Keynote. Have fun!

Lord of the Cranes (A folk tale from China.)

Senor Coyote and the Cheese (A folk tale from Mexico.)

The Unfruitful Tree (A folk tale from England.)

How Selfishness Was Rewarded (A folk tale from Alaska.)

Agenda for the Week of May 19-23, 2008

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: P.2 - Budget Vocabulary Matrix P.6 - None.
Tuesday: None.
Wednesday: None.
Thursday: Finish your Reading Companion for tomorrow.
Friday: Finish whatever you did not finish in class with the substitute.


Social Studies: Periods 3 & 7
Monday: P.2 - Finish the Alexander Profile P.7 - Finish your "A Famous Greek" Profile for Alexander
Tuesday: P.2 - Mapping Activity P.7 - Bring any Alexander pictures you would like to add to your project tomorrow.
Wednesday: None.
Thursday: Do NOT finish your Flip Book or Comic Life tonight. Save it for class tomorrow.
Friday: Finish your Flip Book (Period 7) or Comic Life (Period 3) and be ready to turn it in tomorrow. Flip Books should have colored pictures and Comic Life projects should have related images from the Internet.

Agenda for the Week of May 12 - 16, 2008

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 (draft, revise, edit) your Response to Literature essay and have a final copy (including all of your paperwork) ready to hand in tomorrow.
Tuesday: None.
Wednesday: None.
Thursday: None.
Friday: Period 2 - None. Period 6 - Reading Companion for "Dragon, Dragon."


Social Studies: Periods 3 & 7
Monday: Period 2 - None. Period 7 - Review Packet for the TEST tomorrow.
Tuesday: Period 2 - Review Packet for the TEST tomorrow. Period 7 - Study for the TEST tomorrow.
Wednesday: TEST today! No homework.
Thursday: None.
Friday: Period 3 - Finish your Alexander the Great Profile in iWeb. Period 7 - None.

Need Help Bustin' A Rhyme?

If you need help writing your Peloponnesian War Rap (or any other song you've got on your brain), try using this rhyming website:
RhymeZone

Simply type your word in the box, and RhymeZone will give you a list of rhyming words for it! Cool, huh?!

Now, go bust a rhyme...

Agenda for the Week of May 5 - May 9, 2008

Students at James Workman will begin taking the California State Tests on Tuesday. Testing will continue through Wednesday and Thursday. There will be no testing on Friday. Testing will resume Tuesday of next week. Sixth grade students will test in Language Arts on this Tuesday and Wednesday, and test in math this Thursday and next Tuesday. Good luck!



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 essay and have a final copy (including all of your paperwork) ready to hand in tomorrow.
Tuesday: None.
Wednesday: TBA
Thursday: TBA
Friday: TBA


Social Studies: Periods 3 & 7
Monday: Color and illustrate Flow Map for the Peloponnesian War (between Athens and Sparta).
Tuesday: None.
Wednesday: TBA
Thursday: TBA
Friday: TBA