Week 6

   

Overview of the Week 

Language Arts  

Book for study -- Watership Down -- Link to book
Study Packet for Watership Down -- Link to packet

Time line assignment -- Link

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Quiz 5  Chapters 32- 47
Turn in finished comprehension packet

Friday, June 3, 2016

Time Line Assignment -- Due Friday
Finish movie

Math 

Code.org  -- Section 14 due this week:

Boolean Operators

• Use Boolean operators to compare values.
• Apply Boolean logic, such as AND, OR, and NOT, to compose complex Boolean comparisons.
• Use variables to represent quantities in a real-world or mathematical problem, and construct simple equations and inequalities to solve problems by reasoning about the quantities.

Silent Reading    

Five points a session:

• Bring your own book

Social Studies

Poster -- scale your walking map: take the map in your Cornell notes and enlarge 5x
Section 1: Large scale map with buildings of interest marked
Section 2: List the buildings of interest in the legend -- LINK to definition
Section 3:

• Provide your hypothesis: Older houses are built next to newer houses (example)
• Provide a possible explanation: As property values rise, properties were split. 
• Provide evidence (this could be done with evidence from Hennepin County -- LINK

Week 5

Nuthanger Farm

Overview of the Week 

Language Arts     

Book for study -- Watership Down -- Link to book
Study Packet for Watership Down -- Link to packet

Time line assignment -- Link

Quiz 4 Tuesday Chapters 24 - 32
Quiz 5 Friday Chapters 32- 47
Done!

Math 

Code.org  -- due this week:

Conditionals
Collision Detection
Done!


Khan Academy   -- 2 hours

Silent Reading    

Five points a session:

• Bring your own book

Social Studies

Poster -- scale your walking map: take the map in your Cornell notes and enlarge 5x
Section 1: Large scale map with buildings of interest marked
Section 2: List the buildings of interest in the legend -- LINK to definition
Section 3:

• Provide your hypothesis: Older houses are built next to newer houses (example)
• Provide a possible explanation: As property values rise, properties were split. 
• Provide evidence (this could be done with evidence from Hennepin County -- LINK

Week 4

Overview of the Week 

Language Arts     

Book for study -- Watership Down -- Link to book
Study Packet for Watership Down -- Link to packet

Time line assignment -- Link

Quiz 3 Tuesday Chapters 16 -24
Quiz 4 Thursday Chapters 24 - 32

Math 

Code.org  -- due this week:

The Big Game
Composite Functions
Rocket Height
Boolean Operators
Solving Word Problems with Design Thinking


Khan Academy   -- 2 hours  

Silent Reading    

Five points a session:

• Bring your own book

Social Studies

Church Architecture and History Assignment
Picture taking - Upload pics to Google Slides -- Research Property -- Create Questions -- Create Poster

Week 3

Overview of the Week 

Language Arts     

Book for study -- Watership Down -- Link to book
Study Packet for Watership Down -- Link to packet

Time line assignment -- Link

Math 

Code.org
Khan Academy   -- 2 hours a week  
Lightbot Variables Assignment -- Link

Silent Reading    

Five points a session:

• Bring your own book

Social Studies

Church Architecture and History Assignment

Week 2

Overview of the Week 

Language Arts     

Book for study -- Watership Down -- Linkto book
Study Packet for Watership Down -- Link to packet

Time line assignment -- Link

Math 

Making Games with Computer Science and Algebra  -- Sign up as a class member

Grade 7 -- Link
Grade 8 -- Link
Khan Academy        
Lightbot -- Link
Lightbot Variables Assignment -- Link

Silent Reading    

Five points a session:

• Bring your own book

Social Studies

World History -- Guns, Germs, and Steel

Episode 1 -- Link

Episode 1 Assignment

This lesson explores, in depth, the theory of "geographic luck" outlined in detail in Episode One. Learning the basics about Jared Diamond's theory, you will explore how the location, natural resources, and the native species and climate provided in certain geographic regions led these civilizations to become more profitable, stronger, and more powerful than others around them.

You will learn about the importance of cultivating specific crops and the domestication of certain animals species and how these two advances led to significant advantages that advanced technology and built significant wealth and power in the world. 

Episode 2 -- Link

Episode 3 -- Link 

Notemaking