Extra Credit

All extra credit will be due on Monday, January 12th. 2nd Marking Period Extra Credit
Religion – 10 points
Pay special attention to one of the homily’s that your Priest gives at mass. Write a 150-200 word summary about what he talked about. You may also mention the songs and readings if they tie into the homily. Be sure to write the date you were at mass on your paper.

Global Studies Projects - You may pick up to two projects worth 10 points each.

1. Cultural Diversity Collage

Use words and pictures cut out of old magazines and newspapers to create a collage that illustrates the mix of cultures that exists in the United States. Then write a 150-200 word essay that expresses how this mix of cultures has enriched your own life.

2. Five themes of geography poster

Create a poster showing the five themes of geography; location, region, place, movements, and human-environment interaction.
3. 2008 Review

Either in an essay or a hanging mobile list and detail 15-20 major events of the year. These events can be personal (did they happen to you) or more global (did they affect the country/world, etc.)

Science Projects - You may pick up to two projects worth 10 points each.
1. Make a Model Atom

Using any kind of materials you like make an accurate model of an atom of any element of your choosing.

2. Find an article in a newspaper or magazine that has anything to do with science. Bring me a copy of the article and write a brief 150-200 word synopsis of the article.

3. Research why the moon has phases and write a brief 150-200 word essay explaining why the Earth’s moon has phases and describing the phases. Draw pictures of the different phases of the moon.

Math Projects – You may pick up to two projects worth 10 points each.

1. Metric Units
There are numerous metric units that we will never cover in grade school. Find out what the seven base units for the metric system are and what they measure. i.e. The metric base unit for length is the meter.
Then identify all the prefixes that are used (they range from 1018 to 10-18). Then tell me where five of these units would be used.

2. Large Edifices
An edifice is a building or temple or monument or some other impressive structure. Over the ages, people have built many large edifices, including the pyramids of the Mayas, the Babylonians, or the Egyptians; the temples of Angkor Wat in Cambodia or Machu Picchu in Peru; the Pentagon in Washington DC; and the Kremlin in Russia. Pick one of these or some other famous large edifice. Look up info regarding the edifice you picked. Draw and accurate picture of the edifice, labeling important points. Describe its area and volume, or areas and volumes related to it. Write a paragraph describing how and when the structure was built and what its use was or is.

3. Percents in Print
Look through a newspaper or magazine for 25 uses of the word percent of the symbol %. Make sure all the percents are different. Order the percents from smallest to largest, and describe how each one was used. For example you might say 3.75% was used for a savings account rate. In a paragraph summarize what you have found.

Reading – 5 points each you may do up to 4.

1. Pick a date in the “Little Blue Books” from church and write in 100 words or less for each date about something that you learned or were inspired from when reading that day’s page.

Vocab – 10 points. Make a crossword puzzle using 20 of your vocab words. Make sure you use at least one word from each lesson and write in the clue which lesson it comes from.
I hope everyone is having a great vacation! Merry Christmas everyone!

Christmas Program

I just want to congratulate everyone on a job well done! I enjoyed the performance so much and really had a good time working with you all.

Enjoy the pictures!

Christmas Play Pics

I hope everyone enjoyed the extra day off. The teachers and I will be getting together early next week and we will talk about the Christmas party and will let you all know what the plan is.

As for extra credit I will try to get something online in the coming days.

Tuesday's Assignments

Religion - Blue book
Trans - Pretest ~ Test tomorrow
PA - p.245 4-50 Bonus 36
Alg - p.328 2-22
Reading - Finish Family Reunion ~ Quiz Tomorrow
Vocab - Continue lesson 14
G.S. - WK
Science - Read
5/6 Science - None

December fun!

Monday's Assignments

Religion - Blue Books
Trans - p.233 -235 ~ Test Wednesday
PA - p.239 2-52 B36B
Alg - p.322 2-38 skip any 1
Reading - Quiz ~ Finish Family Reunion, final quiz on Wednesday
Vocab - Lesson 14
G.S. - p.433 1-4
Science - None
5/6 Science - p.B59 1-4 WK

Friday's Assignments

Religion - None
Math - AM practice scan
Reading - Family Reunion 10-12 Quiz Monday
Vocab - Quiz
G.S. - 15.2 1-4
Science - None
5/6 Science - None

Huge thanks to everyone who donated and/or purchased at our bake sale! It was very successful!

I also forgot to send home a note about our Christmas party next Friday. We are going to have a massive potluck with all the grades and our class is bringing a BBQ/picnic theme. I will send home the sheets on Monday asking what everyone can bring.

Thursday's Assignments

Religion - None
Trans - p. 226 2-40
PA - Quiz
Alg - Quiz
Reading - Quiz Read 10-12 for Monday
Vocab - Finish lesson 13, words 3x/sentences
G.S. - None
Science - p.221 1-4
5/6 Science - p.B53 1-3WK

Bake Sale tomorrow!

Wednesday's Assignments

Religion - Blue Books
Trans - p.221 2-38
PA - p.236 1-26 ~ Quiz tomorrow
Alg - p.314 2-46 Bonus 40&44, 2-10, 2-6 ~ Quiz tomorrow
Reading - Family Reunion read 7-9 ~ Quiz tomorrow
Vocab - Continue lesson 13
G.S. - p.422 1-4
Science - Read
5/6 Science - p.B48 1-3WK

Student Council Bake Sale on Friday!!!

Monday's Assignments

Religion- Mass
Trans - None
PA - lesson 5.3
Alg - lesson 5.3
Reading - Quiz Read 7-9 Family Reunion for Wednesday Quiz
Vocab - lesson 13 start
G.S. - Map test
Science - Vocab
5/6 Science - Vocab

Sorry there were no progress reports today. My computer at school was giving me trouble. I will send them out tomorrow as the computer seemed okay after school.

Also, tomorrow morning we will be going to Trinity to help with the food baskets.

Friday's Assignments

Religion - Mass
Math - finish yesterday's assignment
Reading - Read Family Reunion 4-6 for Monday Quiz
Vocab - Quiz
G.S. - None ~ Map test on Monday!
Science - Test
5/6 Science - Test

We had a great time at the Temple Theatre, many thanks to the parent's for coming along with us.

Have a great weekend!

Thursday's Assignments

Religion - Coloring books due tomorrow
Trans - Quiz ~ WK due Monday
PA - p.227 2-64 Bonus 44 ~ due Monday
Alg - p.296 4-56 B46 & 54 ~ due Monday
Reading - Quiz ~ Read Family Reunion Ch.4-6 for Monday quiz
Vocab - finish lesson 12, words 3x/sentences
G.S. - Map Pretest, Map final on Monday!
Science - WK ~ Test tomorrow
5/6 Science - WK ~ Test Tomorrow if time allows.

Please remember to bring your sack lunch for after the performance at the Temple Theatre tomorrow.

Wednesday's Assignments

Religion - Continue coloring books
Trans - p. 216 2-24
PA - p.222 2-74 Bonus 64
Alg - p.286 2-54
Reading - Family Reunion 1-3 ~ Quiz tomorrow
Vocab - Continue lesson 12
G.S. - None
Science - p.206 & 207 1-4, 1-3, PS, 1-5 skip any 1 ~ Test Friday
5/6 Science - None ~ Test Friday (if time) otherwise it may be Monday

Great job at the luncheon today students.

Tuesday's Assignments

Religion - Christmas Story books due Friday
Trans - Ch 4. Worksheet Packet- Due Monday ~ Quiz Thursday
PA - p.215 1-15, p.218 1-17 All
Alg - p.940 & 941 evens
Reading - Novel Family Reunion Read Ch. 1 - 3 ~ Quiz Thursday
Vocab - Start Lesson 12
G.S. - Data File, p.409, 411, 415 All ~ map pretest on Thursday, map Final test on Monday
Science - p.206 1-10, 1-7, 1-7 Bonus 8 ~ Test Friday
5/6 Science - B40&41 skip any 2 ~ Test Friday

Crazy start to the week. There will not be religion book work this week. We are ahead. We do need to do Vocab though or we could get behind.

I hope everyone enjoyed the break and had a great Thanksgiving!

Senior Luncheon tomorrow, girls & guy servers please wear a red shirt.

Also, thank you to those that have brought in items for help send Santa to Baghdad. Remember our class is collecting cotton balls, q-tips, and dental floss.