No Homework Tonight.
I know you're all so sad :)

Math: 1.2, problems C and D
Writing: What if everyone lived underwater?
Reading

Math: pp. 10-15, #1-7, 9-15
Writing: What would happen if there were no cars, buses, trains, boats, or planes? How would this change your life?
Reading: 30 minutes or more

Math: pp. 55-60, # 2, 4, 13-20, 36, 37, 40
Writing: What would happen if children ruled the world?
Reading, of course.

Math: Make up 10-20 fraction division problems
Writing: What would happen if you grew taller than trees? How would this change your life?
Reading... you know!

Math: Fraction/division sheet
Writing: What if you could walk up walls and across ceilings?
Reading: 30 minutes at least!
Late opening tomorrow. School starts at 10:40.

Math: Fractions worksheet
Writing: Free write.
Reading: 30+ minutes

Math: pp. 55-59, #1-4, 24-29
Writing: What would happen if everyone wore the same clothes?
Don't forget, Vocabulary test tomorrow!!!!!

Math: pp. 25-26, # 7, 11, 15, 23-25.
Writing: What would happen if animals could talk? What are some of the questions you would like to ask animals?
Vocabulary Test Thursday!!!! Study, study, STUDY!!!!!

Math: pp. 25-26, #8-10, 12-14, 16, 20-22, 26
Writing: What would happen if it really did rain cats and dogs?
Vocabulary Test Thursday! Study, Study!
of course, reading.

Parents!
Kids!
Here's a really great site to help you with math! Having a little trouble? Need to brush up on something? Want to push yourself further? Click on the Khan Academy link to the right.

Look like a great school lunch??? You can find a lunch like this on the Nutrition Services webpage, but not in our cafeteria :(

Math: pp. 24-26, #4, 6-12, (30-35 for extra credit!!!)
Writing: What would happen if people never cooperated? Why is it important for people to cooperate?
Reading: 30+ minutes

Math: none tonight!
Writing: What if cows gave root beer instead of milk?
Reading: 30+ minutes
Above is a picture of today's lunch. According to the K-8 menu, it should have been: Fun Fish with Roasted Potatoes (Wednesday's alternate entree is a turkey dog).

Math: pp. 18-19, D, E, F
Writing: Free Write

Bonus Question!!!!!!!

On this day in 1935, Manuel Quezon was inaugurated as the first president of what country?

Math: pp.24-25, #1, 2
Writing: What would it be like if everyone lived in space?
Reading: 30+ minutes

Another Bonus Question!!!!!!!

Today is Veterans' Day. What was this day originally called? And why?

Bonus Question!!!!!!!

The scientific name for the zombie worm (pictured above) that eats whale bones is Osedax mucofloris. What does this mean?

Math: Problems passed out in class
Writing: Enjoy your Thursday off!!!

Math: pp. 61-65, #3-6, 32
Writing: What would happen if there were no television? Why would this be good (or bad)?
Reading: 30+ minutes

Math: pp. 61-65, #1, 2, 26-31
Writing: What would happen if you could fly whenever you wanted? When would you use this ability?
Reading: 30+ minutes

Math: pp. 49-51, #29-32, 54
Writing: What is your favorite holiday? What makes this holiday special?
Reading: 30+ minutes

Math: p. 49, #26-28; p. 55, #55-60
Writing: What is the best advice you have ever received?
Reading: 30+ minutes

Outdoor School
Arrive at the Harrison Park cafeteria entrance at 2:15. bring all of your gear, packed. Don't forget to bring a small baggie of soil.

Math: pp. 48-49, #19-24
Writing: What is your most indispensable possession and why?
Reading: 30+ minutes

Math: pp.47-48, #1-18
Writing: What is something you are optimistic about?

Math: pp. 29-31, #25-45
Writing: What is your idea of a dull evening?

Math: pp. 28-33, #12-24, 49-58

Math: pp. 28-29, #4-11, pp. 32-33, #59-64
Writing: Free write.
Reading: 30+ minutes

Math: Additional Practice sheet
Writing: Describe a familiar place that suddenly becomes unfamiliar.
Reading: 30+ minutes

Math: p. 28, #1-3, p.31, #46-48
Writing: Describe an abandoned place that seems very ancient.
Reading: 30+ minutes

Math: pp. 16-17, #28-35
Writing: Describe a garden of delights, with the most wonderful things you can imagine.
reading: 30+ minutes
Wednesday 2 hour late opening

Math: Additional Practice Sheet
Writing: Write a story that is exactly 100 words. Any topic.
Reading: 30+ minutes

Math: pp. 12-15, #1, 18, 20-24
Writing: Free write
Reading: 30+ minutes

Bonus Question!!!!!!!

Today is the anniversary of the launching of Sputnik. What was Sputnik, and when was it launched?

No math tonight :(
Writing: What is your favorite time of day?
Reading: 30+ minutes

Math: Time for Primes chapter review.
Writing: What is something you do well?
Reading: 30+ minutes.

Math: pp. 57-58, #19-24, 32, 33.
Writing: describe an imaginary planet which is not inhabited.
Reading 30+ minutes

Math: pp. 56-59, # 4-18
Writing: Describe an imaginary setting in the future.
Reading 30+ minutes.

Math: pp. 56-59, #1-3, 25, 26, 34
Writing: bring in 5 small personall items: free write tonight.
Reading 30+ minutes

Open House! No homework tonight!

No Math Tonight!
Writing: Write about a place you like or don't like, including all 5 senses.
Reading: 30+ minutes

Math: pp. 43-45, # 16-23, 39-41.
Writing: Describe the place in the world you love the most.

Math: pp. 42-45, #9-15, 33-35, 37, 38
Writing: Describe the place in the world you hate the most.

Math: pp. 31-35, #17-21, 26-30, 36-41
Writing: Describe a place where someone you know works.
Reading: 30+ minutes.

Math: pp. 30-34, #10-16, 25, 34-35
Writing: Imagine you woke up one morning and were not human, but something else. How would it feel?
Reading: 30+ minutes

Math: page 18, #39, 40
Writing: Describe a place you often go to, but are not at now.
Reading: 30+ minutes

Math: ACE problems 17, 19-21, 23, 24, 27, 35-37. pp. 16-18
Writing: Describe a room in your house while you are in a different room.

Math
For those of you who didn't finish 1.2 in class today, it is due when you come to class Monday morning.

Math: Ace questions 1-7, 28-31, 39. pp. 14-18

Pick 8 numbers between 30 and 100, then list all the factors for each one.

Finish your Time Capsule assignment if you weren't able to in class.

No homework Tonight!!!!!!!!!!!
YAY!

History: Read chapter 30, on Alexander the Great and the Peloponnesian Wars, and complete the reading notes in your gray book.

Math: sudoku
Reading
And either of the two projects you feel the need to work on!

Bonus Q

Socrates, one of the best known of all the ancient Athenian philosophers, was tried and convicted of "corrupting the youth of Athens" by questioning the existence of the Greek gods and goddesses. What was his sentence, and how was it carried out?

Math: pp. 43-44, #15-17
Writing: "What's the best or worst thing about being the age you are right now? Write about it."
Reading
History: chapter 28 test tomorrow

History: Fill out a frame to review chapter 28. Test tomorrow!

Bonus Q.

One of the battles of the Persian Wars is the namesake for a modern Olympic event. What was the name of the battle and why is the Olympic event named after it?

History Only!
Chapter 28, Fighting the Persian Wars (purple and gray books)

Bonus Q.

The Parthenon is the temple in Athens built on the Acropolis to honor Athena. Who were the architects?

Math: pp. 19-20, #13-16, p. 22, #34-36
Writing: "What do you think about when you can't sleep? Turn it into a piece of writing."
Reading

Math: Park Project, due this Friday.
Writing: "What's the worst part about being sick? Explain your answer with writing."
Reading

Math: Park Project, due Friday, May 14
Writing: "Where do you fly? You're given a free airline ticket to anywhere in the world. Your choice. Write about your choice and reasons.
Reading

Math: Park Project, pp. 89-90, Due Friday, May 14.
Writing: "Snow or sand? Write a poem or story where snow or sand plays a major part."
Reading

Math: no homework due to OAKS testing!!!!!
Writing: "Is it physical or mental? Write about what you like most about someone. Be as specific as you want."
Reading:

Math: finish 5.3, p. 81, #15a (not b)
Writing: "Isn't your time worth more to you? Write about a person (maybe you) who has stood in a line too long."
Reading: Finish Bat 6

Math: p. 63, #22-27
Writing topic... food.
Reading
Both your Mythology project and 1st I Wonder project are due by Friday.

Math:pp. 63, 64, #20, 21, 28, 29
Writing: "Crystal ball, tell me the future..."
Reading

Bonus Q.

May Day comes up on Saturday. What's it all about?

Math: p. 61, #8-13
Writing: Topic: ducks
Reading: 30 min+

Design your own homework tonight. Report back tomorrow.

Math: pp. 46-47, #13-20
Writing: Free Write
Reading

Due to our Ancient China final, there will be no math homework for the rest of the week.
Writing: Free write
Reading

Bonus Question!!!!!!!
Since I just visited my mom in San Diego, tell me this: What does San Diego mean, and what language is it from?

Math: Finish 3.1, pp. 44-45, #1-6
Writing: Free Write
Reading

Science: Finish reading section 1, pp. 16-22. Answer the 5 questions on p. 22.
Writing: Free Write.
Reading

Math: pp. 26-32, #3-6, 16, 17, 20, 21
Writing: Which is least important to you--money, power, fame--and why?
Reading

Math: pp. 12-15, #16-21, 31
Writing: Which place would you most like to visit--Africa, China, Alaska--why?
Reading

Math: Both Katelyn and Alexis made figures with 16 squares that had perimeters of 34. The question is, is this the greatest perimeter possible in a 2-dimensional figure made with 16 square tiles?
Writing: Which quality do you dislike most about yourself--laziness, selfishness, childishness--and why?
Reading

Math: pp. 10-11, #1-6, also problem C from 1.1
Writing: Which quality best describes your life--exciting, organised, dull--and why?
Reading

Math: Bowl-A-Fact!, 3, 4, 5
Writing: Free write
Reading

Special Assignment

It's Monday, and you are all off, and I'm stuck here at school, because it's the end of the 2nd trimester. "Trimester" is an alteration of the word "semester," which comes from a Latin compound word meaning.....
Don't forget, it's spirit week, Tuesday is "Tie Day." Yippee.

Math: Bowl-A-Fact, 3, 4, 6
Writing: Free Write
Reading
And anything else you need to urn in tomorrow!!!!

Math: Bowl-a-Fact: 3, 3, 3
Writing: Tell about the strangest place you have ever been.
Reading

NO MATH HOMEWORK TONIGHT!
Writing: Free Write
Reading
Finish up missing assignments by FRIDAY

Math: Toothpick Triangles
Writing: Think about someplace in the world you have never been to (but want to visit!), and describe what you imagine it is like.
Reading

Thursday, March 4

Math: Bowl-A-Fact, 6, 4, 1
Writing: Free Write
Reading: 30 minutes+

Math: Bricks
Writing: What would you take with you on a trip to the moon?
Reading

Special Bonus Question

What is Dr. Seuss' real name?

Math: Bowl-A-Fact, using 5, 4, 2
Writing: What do you think makes a happy family?
Reading

Thanks for all the good reading today (for those of you who did!)!

Math: 3.1 Backtracking
Writing: February 25 is Quiet Day. Hmmmmm
Reading
All things that are due tomorrow are still due tomorrow. See yesterday's post

Math: Crouching Dog, Hidden Pattern
Writing: Free Write
Reading
Gupta Books, 4 Heroes Paper, The Quest for the Golden Fleece, all due Friday.

Math: Multiplication practice sheet
Writing: Free Write
Reading
If you haven't finished your Quest for the Golden Fleece assignment, it is due Wednesday.

No Math tonight!!!!!
Writing: What do you think the world will be like when you are a grown up?
Reading
Nice weather for gardening tomorrow!

Math: Day 1 Homework sheet, 1.1 Number Tricks
Writing: How does junk food affect you?
Reading
2 hour late opening tomorrow!

Laissez les bons temps rouler!

Math: p. 60, 4.4, A and B
Writing: Suppose you were able to fly for exactly 24 hours. What would you do?
Reading

No Math!!!!!
History: if you didn't finish the assignment for chapter 17, that is your assignment.
Writing: "If I were five years older I would..."
Reading

History: finish ch. 16 assignment.
Reading

Math: pp. 61-2, #3-6, p. 65, #32
Writing: If you could only take 3 people with you on a trip around the world, who would you take and why?
Reading

Math: Partner quiz B (continued), handed out
Writing : Free write
Reading

Math: p. 61, #1-2, p.65, #26-31
Writing: If you could have been someone in history, who would you have been?
Reading
$1 If you can, please bring in a dollar for earthquake relief in Haiti.

Math: p. 49, #25-28, p. 52, #55-60
Writing: What would you do if you found a magic wand?
Reading

Math: pp. 48-49, #19-24
Writing: What would you do if you woke up in another country and no one could understand you?
Reading

Math: finish problem 3.2
Writing: Free write
Reading

History: Read ch. 13, complete notebook pages.
Math: pp. 47-48, #1-18
Reading

Gray Bonus Question

The gray sisters of Greek mythology share an eye and one other body part. What is it?

Math: p. 29, #12-23
Writing: What would happen if you found gold in your backyard?
Reading

Math: Fraction sheet, change directions to say, "Find two equivalent fractions for each given fraction."
Writing: What if everyone lived under water? Where would people live? What games would children play? What would school be like?
Reading

Math: p. 25, 2.4
Writing: What would happen if there were no cars, buses, trains, boats, or planes? How would this change your life?
Reading

Math: p. 28. #4-9, pp. 32-33, #59-64
Writing: What would happen if 12-year-olds ruled the world?
Reading

Math: p. 28, #1-3, pp. 31-32, #46-48
History: Take your books home, complete and turn in Processing 10, p. 71 (photocopied). Finish today's assignment if you were not able to (ch. 10)
Reading

Math: Partner Quiz A sheet
Writing: free-write
Reading

Secret Bonus Question

How did basketball get it's name? Be specific.

Math: p. 17, #31 (take-out quiz, due Friday)
Writing: free-write
Reading

Math: p. 10, A-E
Writing: Write a 100 word story that includes these 3 words: mummy, Paris, ziplock bag.
Reading: 30 min +

Math: pp.12-14, #3-12
Writing: Write a 100 word story entitled "Lemon Freeze"
Reading: 99 minutes
just kidding :) only 30 minutes

Secret Question

What is a 3 penny nail, and why is it called that?

Math: finish today's assignment, p. 6, A-F, p. 15, #25-26
Writing: What would happen if you grew taller than trees? How would this change your life?
Reading: 30 min+

Math: pp.14-15, #18, 20-24
Writing: Tell about the coolest or most boring thing you did over the break.
Reading: 30 min. +