August 5-9

Monday, August 5   (Blue Day)
1. We'll be setting up the binder for this class today. Students will use four tab dividers to make sections for: bell work, science, social studies, and the USA Weekly news magazines.
2. Science: Learning about lab/science class safety rules with Sponge Bob and Patrick.
3. Related Arts classes
4.. No homework

Tuesday, August 6   (Gold Day)
1. Science: Variables Module, Investigation 1 (pendulums)
2. Read Science Stories: What Scientists Do
3. No homework

Wednesday, August 7   (Blue Day)
1. Science: Variable Module, Investigation 1 continued
2. Science Journal writing activity (vocabulary)
3. No homework

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I hate the idea of being out of the classroom this early in the year, but my wife's mother in Joliet, Illinois fell and has had hip surgery. We need to be there at the end of this week to take care of some related family business. As a result, I'll be out on Thursday and Friday of this week. I've already discussed with the students that they have the same expectations with a substitute teacher as they do when I'm there.

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Thursday, August 8   (Gold Day)
1. Social Studies: Intro to Geography (Reviewing continents, oceans, latitude, and longitude)
3. Social Studies: Reading maps
4. No homework

Friday, August 9   (Blue Day)
1. Science: Reporting data with a line graph
2. Science: Making predictions with a line graph
3. Social studies: Map work
4. Related Arts classes
5. No homework