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Saturday, February 12, 2011

Weekly Announcements - 2/14/11

2/14 - Valentine's Day - Students are allowed to wear red. See school blog.

* Please note that tests are scheduled for certain dates. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, test may have to be rescheduled.

* It is important that notebooks and assignment pads are checked daily for assignments and tests.

* Parents it is time to make appointments to check on your child's progress. It is imperative that you check SIS frequently.

Weekly Vocabulary Words - 2/14/11

1. Discrimination - treatment based on class or category rather than individual merit.
2. Disenfranchised - deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
3. Disparities – lack of equality.
4. Domestic – of one’s own country; not foreign.
5. Dispute - a disagreement or argument about something important

8th Science - 2/14/11

http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddw24msz_406dtgxthgd

2/18 - Chapter 13 vocabulary test

2/16 - Chapter 13 vocabulary words in NB

2/17 - Groups will be grouped to research the following geologists: Nicholaus Steno; James Hutton; William "Strata" Smith; and Charles Lyell

7th Science - 2/14/11

http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddw24msz_405f2kfvwfz

2/18 - Chapter 19 vocabulary test

2/15 - In NB - Chapter 19 vocabulary words.

2/17 - On LL - Textbook p. 521 - Problem Solving. Questions & Answers

6th Science - 2/14/11

http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddw24msz_404cs2vstgq

2/16 - Lesson 1 vocabulary test

2/15 - WB p. 55 & 56 - Questions and Answers on LL.

2/17 - On LL - WB p. 57 & 58 - Draw and write out questions

5th Science - 2/14/11

http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddw24msz_403g4x429gm

Chapter 5 - Lesson 1

Lesson 1 Vocabulary Test - 2/16

2/15 - On LL - Sequence of Events - WB p. 83. Questions and answers

2/17 - On LL - On LL - Describe Black Prairie and name three cities or town within the Black Prairie.

6th Social Studies - 2/14/11

http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddw24msz_402gs64g7cm

2/18 - Chapter 9 test.

2/16 - Chapter 9 vocabulary, people, and places definition in NB

2/18 - Suppose you are a reporter back in Ancient Rome. Write a report covering Julius Caesar's assassination that you will report worldwide. You can use the internet for further information or your textbook.

5th Social Studies - 2/14/11

http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddw24msz_40172ts3bdz

2/18 - Unit 4 Test. Students will be given questions to be copied in NB

2/16 - Chapter 10 vocabulary, places, and people definitions in NB

2/18 - Using an atlas or internet, write a list of places in the United States that have Native American and Spanish names. On LL

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Weekly Vocabulary Word - 2/7/11

1. Tariff – tax on foreign goods brought into a country. An official schedule of taxes
imposed by a government on imports or exports

2. Taxes – required payments of money made to governments by households and business
firms.

3. Theory – a set of principle that can be used to make inferences about the world.

4. Urbanization – a process in which there is an increase in the percentage of people
living/working in cities and towns.

5. Vigilante - One who takes or advocates the taking of law enforcement into one's own
hands.

8th Science - 2/7/11

http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddw24msz_400cd7ssbft
2/10/11 - On 2/7 is Black HIV/AIDS awareness - Write (4 pages) or typed (2 pages, follow proper format) on how HIV/AIDS have and is affecting the minority population in our nation.

7th Science - 2/7/11

http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddw24msz_399ckmd8dck
2/10/11/ - Powerpoint presentation on how HIV/AIDS is affecting our nation. 2-3 minutes presentation.

6th Science - 2/7/11

http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddw24msz_398hndhbq79
2/10/11 - This month is Heart Disease Month - Do a powerpoint presentation on how heart diseases are affecting us. Is heart diseases caused by the foods or activities of our daily lives? Are there cures? Are less people dying of it? How can we prevent heart diseases? etc

5th Science - 2/7/11

http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddw24msz_397ccx347gz
2/10/11 - This month is Heart Disease Month - Choose a disease of the heart and do a 1 - 2 minutes powerpoint presentation.

6th Social Studies - 2/7/11

http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddw24msz_396ffw84gcj
2/11 - This month is Black History Month - Choose someone of your choice and type or write a report on them. Typed 2 pages (follow format); written 3-4 pages (NEAT)

5th Social Studies - 2/7/11

http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddw24msz_395gv2rkwfw
2/11/11 - This month is Black History Month. Choose someone of your choice. They can be people from the past or someone from our present day era. Reports can be typed. (2 pages and follow format) or written. Written should be 3-4 pages long.

Events in History - 1/9 - 1/13

January 9
Connecticut entered Union, 1788 (5^th)
Mississippi seceded from the Union, 1861
President Richard M. Nixon was born, 1913
January 10
Thomas Paine's Common Sense was published, 1776
London's Metropolitan; World's first underground railway, opened to the public, 1863
The League of Nations established 1920
The Holocaust began, 1933
January 11
Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury was born, 1757
Alabama seceded from the Union, 1861
Major League Baseball (American League) adopted the designated-hitter rule, 1973
January 12
Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I died, 1519
The Alamo, a Franciscan Mission, was built, 1722
The first public museum in United States (South Carolina) established, 1773
January 13
Hood resigned as commander of the Army of Tennessee, 1865
Hubert H. Humphrey, former vice president, died in Waverly, Minnesota at age 66, 1978
Air Florida jet crashed in Washington, D.C., 1982
The Beatles US album Yellow Submarine was released, 1969

Scientific Method

Rules to follow in using the Scientific Method when experimenting.

Steps of the Scientific Method
Detailed Help for Each Step
Ask a Question: The scientific method starts when you ask a question about something that you observe: How, What, When, Who, Which, Why, or Where?
And, in order for the scientific method to answer the question it must be about something that you can measure, preferably with a number.
Your Question
Do Background Research: Rather than starting from scratch in putting together a plan for answering your question, you want to be a savvy scientist using library and Internet research to help you find the best way to do things and insure that you don't repeat mistakes from the past.
Background Research Plan Finding Information Bibliography Research Paper
Construct a Hypothesis: A hypothesis is an educated guess about how things work:"If _____[I do this] _____, then _____[this]_____ will happen."
You must state your hypothesis in a way that you can easily measure, and of course, your hypothesis should be constructed in a way to help you answer your original question.
Variables Variables for Beginners Hypothesis
Test Your Hypothesis by Doing an Experiment: Your experiment tests whether your hypothesis is true or false. It is important for your experiment to be a fair test. You conduct a fair test by making sure that you change only one factor at a time while keeping all other conditions the same.
You should also repeat your experiments several times to make sure that the first results weren't just an accident.
Experimental Procedure Materials List Conducting an Experiment
Analyze Your Data and Draw a Conclusion: Once your experiment is complete, you collect your measurements and analyze them to see if your hypothesis is true or false.
Scientists often find that their hypothesis was false, and in such cases they will construct a new hypothesis starting the entire process of the scientific method over again. Even if they find that their hypothesis was true, they may want to test it again in a new way.
Data Analysis & Graphs Conclusions
Communicate Your Results: To complete your science fair project you will communicate your results to others in a final report and/or a display board. Professional scientists do almost exactly the same thing by publishing their final report in a scientific journal or by presenting their results on a poster at a scientific meeting.

Rules to follow when using the Scientific Method when experimenting.

A message from the Holy Father on Advent and Christmas

On the first Sunday of Advent, Benedict XVI reminded the faithful that Christmas is about God who "comes to be with us."The Holy Father's comment was heard by thousands who had gathered in St. Peter's Square to pray the Angelus. He highlighted the significance of Advent as a time to prepare for the celebration of Christ's birth."In Advent, the liturgy often repeats and assures us, as though seeking to defeat our mistrust, that God 'is coming,'" the Pope said."He comes to be with us, in each one of our situations; he comes to live among us, to live in and with us; he comes to fill the distances that divide and separate us; he comes to reconcile us with himself and with one another," the Pontiff said.God, Benedict XVI added, "comes in the history of humanity to knock on the door of every man and woman of good will to offer individuals, families and peoples the gift of fraternity, concord and peace.""Therefore, Advent is par excellence the time of hope, in which believers in Christ are invited to remain in vigilant and active expectation, nourished by prayer and by a concrete commitment to love," the Pope said.

Why do we eat turkey on Thanksgiving?

Although juicy and tender butterball turkeys are the main cuisine of today's Thanksgiving celebrations, these birds were NOT the most popular centerpieces on the first Thanksgiving tables.
In 1621 when the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians celebrated the first Thanksgiving, they were gobbling up many more foods than just turkey. Since lobster, goose, duck, seal, eel, and cod were plentiful during this time, these foods were most likely the main courses of this first feast. Deer meat and wild fowl are the only two items that historians know for sure were menu of this autumn celebration.
So how did the turkey become the main mascot of modern-day Thanksgiving if we don't know for certain that turkeys were at this first feast?
One story tells of how Queen Elizabeth of 16th century England was chowing down on roast goose during a harvest festival. When news was delivered to her that the Spanish Armada had sunk on it way to attack her beloved England, the queen was so pleased that she order a second goose to celebrate the great news. Thus, the goose became the favorite bird at harvest time in England. When the Pilgrims arrived in America from England, roasted turkey replaced roasted goose as the main cuisine because wild turkeys were more abundant and easier to find than geese.

HAVE A WONDERFUL AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Mrs. Ramsey