Monday, February 9, 2015

Sci/SS Brainpop Assignemnt


Brainpop Movies & Quizzes

*Please go to Brainpop.com to watch the following movies and take the quizzes.  Record your grade for your quiz here.  Our username is unionco with the password panthers.

Test scores are due no later than Wednesday, 2/18/15.  If you cannot access Brainpop outside of school, feel free to come to the classroom during your recess time or early in the mornings (after 7:30) any day EXCEPT Tuesday.

SOCIAL STUDIES: U.S. History

Korean War               __________%

Vietnam War             __________%

Cold War                    __________%


SCIENCE: Diversity of Life

Six Kingdoms             __________%

Vertebrates                __________%

Invertebrates                        __________%

*Classification            __________% *BONUS

This Week's ELA: Hidden Worlds


3rd 9 Weeks, Week 6 2/9/15

Spelling: Roots cred and jur/jus/jud
*Spelling choice activity is due Thursday if you made less than 90% on last week’s spelling test.  A vocabulary choice is due Thursday if you made less than 90% on last week’s vocabulary test. 
*You need to know the definitions of these words and how to use them as well as how to spell them for the tests on Friday.  Use the worksheet with the definitions to help you study.

cred = ________________________________      jur/jus/jud = ___________________________________

1.     credible (adj.)               __________ believable; reliable
2.     incredible (adj.)           __________ a document that proves a person is believable
3.     credential (n.)              __________ doubting; unwilling or unable to believe
4.     credit (v.)                       __________ to believe that someone will do something
5.     creditor (n.)                  __________ to refuse to believe; to reject as untrue
6.     credulous (adj.)           __________ tending to believe too easily; easily convinced; easily fooled
7.     accreditation (n.)       __________ a set of religious beliefs or principles
8.     creed (n.)                       __________ not believable; improbable; unlikely
9.     discredit (v.)                 __________ granting approval or believe in a school
10. incredulous (adj.)       __________ a person who believes that he will be paid back the money
that he loaned

                                                                        a person chosen to interpret laws,
11. just (n.)                           __________    decide on a winner, or settle a controversy
12.  justice (n.)                    __________ fairness or rightfulness
13. judge (n.)                        __________ to break the law by lying; to break a formal promise or an oath
14. perjury (n.)                    __________ to give up rights; to recant
15. justify (n.)                      __________ an expert in law
16. jury (n.)                           __________ the fact that is said to prove that something is true
17. jurist (n.)                        __________ to prove; to offer (especially as in excuses or reasons)
18. justification (n.)          __________ lawful; fair
19.  abjure (n.)                     __________ a group of people sworn to abide by the laws to determine the truth
20. jurisdiction (n.)           __________ the territory or land in which justice and laws are
                                                                  administered and followed


Vocabulary: Hidden Worlds: Looking through a Scientist’s Microscope
*Complete a vocabulary choice for this week’s story words if you made less than 100% on last week’s story vocabulary test (due Thurs.).
*Study vocabulary words and definitions each night Monday through Thursday for your test on Friday.
Vocabulary:
1. biology: scientific study of living things
2. dormant: sleeping; seeming to be asleep
3. erupted: burst forth
4. murky: dark; not clear
5. observer: one who sees
6. research: a careful study to find and learn facts about a subject
7. scoured: clean, cleared, worn away
8. specimens: some of a group or classes taken to show what others are like; sample

Skill: sequencing events in a story

*WOWs are due Wednesday.

*Science 5 kingdoms or 7 levels of classification display is due no later than Thursday!

*Valentine “brunch” Thursday

*NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS FRIDAY AND MONDAY!!!!!!

Thursday, February 5, 2015

2/5

We have a fun science "project" to complete by next Thursday: create a project of the 5 kingdoms of livings OR the 7 levels of the taxonomy of living things.  You could make a small poster, a sculpture, or some other fun idea.  Explain each of the kingdoms or each of the levels to earn a 100.

Study for spelling & vocabulary tests!  You might want to skim "The Unbreakable Code."

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

2/3

Work on AM if you don't have at least 120 objectives.  You have to work hard to get caught up and to meet your goals!

*Module 13 math quiz will be tomorrow.

Finish WOW.


Monday, February 2, 2015

2/2

AM

Write spelling in ABC order in agenda and complete vocabulary match.

Wows are due Wednesday.

Scroll down for this week's spelling and vocabulary and for this month's genre.

This Week's ELA & More


Week 3.5
Greek and Latin word parts #5: graph and scrib/script 

graph = __________________________________________   
 scrib/script = __________________________________________

Monday: Copy your spelling words into your agenda in ABC order.  Match the spelling word to its correct vocabulary meaning.
**If you made less than an 85 on last week’s vocabulary test, you are required to write sentences with this week’s words (due Thursday).
**If you made less than an 85 on last week’s spelling test, you must complete a spelling choice with this week’s words.
Remember that you will need to be able to use these words in context for your test, not just match the word to the definition!

1.       biography                   _____ writing about a person’s life written by that person
2.       autobiography          _____ the writing of one’s own name/signature
3.       bibliography              _____ the written list of all the books used in a report or book
4.       paragraph                  _____ a book written about a person’s life
5.       homograph                _____ mapmaking; the writing involved in making maps or charts
6.       photography              _____ a section of writing that has a topic and concluding sentence
7.       autograph                   _____ record player; a device that turns the writing on records into sound
8.       phonograph               _____ the use of light to record an image using a camera
9.       seismograph              _____ a device that writes down (records) the movements of the earth
10.   cartography               _____ a word written the same way as another word but having a different
 meaning
                                       
                                                    a short dedication written in a book           
11.    script                           _____ or engraved on something, such as a coin or monument
12.    describe                     _____ a piece of writing; a book
13.    subscription             _____ P.S.; a short bit of writing after a letter is finished
14.    scribble                      _____ a piece of paper a doctor writes to get medicine at a pharmacy
15.    inscription                 _____ sloppy writing that is hard to read
16.    transcribe                  _____ a person who writes things down
17.    manuscript               _____ a set of papers with writing that will be read and acted out
18.    scribe                          _____ to write down or record; to translate
19.   prescription               _____ a written agreement to buy a magazine/newspaper for a set period of time
20.    postscript                  _____ to say or write down how something or someone looks; to use
 adjectives in writing

*WOWs are due Wednesday!

*February’s genre is informational non-fiction (NOT biographies/autobiographies).  Please fill out the top portion of your genre project BEFORE you read the book you select.

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We will be reading the story “The Unbreakable Code” in our Treasures book this week.  You will have a vocabulary test over the following words from the story.  (Be sure to read the story on Tuesday if you are unable to read with us in class.)  It is a good idea for everyone to read the story at least twice.

1.    enlisted: (v) joined the military voluntarily
2.    invasion: (n) entering of an army into a region to conquer it
3.    location: (n) an exact position or place
4.    corridor: (n) a long, narrow hallway or passageway
5.    shield: (n) a person or thing that protects against danger, injury, or distress
6.    sagged: (v) drooped down in the middle from weight
7.    reservation: (n) land set aside by a government for a special purpose, such as for Native American tribes to live on
8.    creased: (adj) characterized by lines or marked by wrinkling

Tested Skills: Generating questions & author’s perspective

Grammar Focus: Comparative Adjectives

MATH:  Fraction operations (Module 13 assessment Wed.; Module 14 and Unit 4 Assessment)

SCIENCE: Multicellular organisms (Ch. 6: grouping living things/kingdoms; vertebrates/invertebrates; plants)

SOCIAL STUDIES: The Cold War and the 1950s

This Month's Genre Project

This month students are required to read a (new-to-them) informational non-fiction book (not biography/autobiography).  They were given a book report form today to fill out.  The top portion must be completed once they have selected their book but before they actually read it.  Genre projects are due no later than 2/27 but can certainly be turned in before then.  Happy reading!