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LANGUAGE ARTS- Saint Report oral presentation ready by today!

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LANGUAGE ARTS- Saint Report final draft due today!

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LANGUAGE ARTS- select a speech for this year's Speech Program by today!

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LANGUAGE ARTS- Saint Report rough draft due today!

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SCIENCE: Chapter Test
   Also, Science Notebook due.

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SCIENCE: Review packet due

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Tech & PE - Smoothie group names - due in Hand-In Folder by 3:30pm
* everyone must submit - save as username Smoothie Group Name*

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SCIENCE: Spelling/Vocab Test

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SS
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LANGUAGE ARTS- Christmas Essay due.

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SCIENCE: On a white piece of computer paper, draw Venn diagram of continental vs. oceanic lithosphere. (Bullet points ok for content in diagram)

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SPELLING- Unit 16 Cumulative Review Test

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MATH- Weekly Math Contract due today!

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LANGUAGE ARTS- make-up essays due today!

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 - chapter review

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SPELLING- Unit 16 Quiz on words 21-30

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SS - Blue Book quiz on Thursday,1/8
      - S3 quiz on 1/8
      - Ch 6 test on Monday 1/12
      - workbooks, notebooks, and blue books will be collected Tuesday 1/13

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SCIENCE: Review p. 181 #1-7  (Complete on binder paper.)

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SPELLING- Unit 16 Quiz on words 11-20

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SCIENCE: Worksheets "Seafloor Spreading"

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MATH- Identify the heigth of each triangle on the worksheet; also remember that the Weekly Math Contract is due Friday.
 

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MATH- complete a minimum of 9 problems on the green weekly MATH CONTRACT each night: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

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SPELLING- Unit 16 Quiz on words 1-10

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SS- Ch. 6 sec. 2 notes and wb completed

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SCIENCE: "The Restless Continents" worksheet
 Also FYI: Spelling/vocab test Tuesday, Jan.13 and Chapter test Thursday, Jan. 15

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Language Arts--Saint outline

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SS- complete Ch. 6 sec 1 questions and workbook/quiz on Thursday

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SCIENCE: worksheet on Hydrothermal Vents

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SCIENCE:  FINAL SCIENCE FAIR REPORT due (rain or shine, absent or not, no excuses ... the report is due!)  - printed copies to Mrs. Dowdy and Mr. Bolden, and electronic copy due to hand-in folder - if report or digital copy are turned in on Thursday, -10 pts; if turned in Friday, -15 pts ... in other words, turn these in on time!!!

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Music--Test

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SCIENCE: Bring printed copy of Science Fair report to class for peer review. Also bring flash drive with digital copy of report on it.
 
FINAL SCIENCE FAIR REPORT DUE WEDNESDAY (rain or shine, absent or not, no excuses ... the report is due!)  - printed copy to Mrs. Dowdy and electronic copy to hand-in folder - if report or digital copy are turned in on Thursday, -10 pts; if turned in Friday, -15 pts ... in other words, turn these in on time!!!

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SCIENCE: All parts of the science fair report (except for the Abstract) should be finished. (DO NOT PRINT but have the report on your flashdrive and in your user account.)

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SS-Chapter test on Monday

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Spelling--Unit 14 Test + Greek and Latin Root Test

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Religion--Biblical Patriarch/Matriarch Test

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SCIENCE: With the school closure, there is a change in the Science Fair schedule:
 
Monday - All parts of the report (except for the Abstract) should be finished. (DO NOT PRINT but have the report on your flashdrive and in your user account.) We will then work on the Abstract in class on Monday.
Tuesday - Bring printed copy of report to school for peer-review, for final "look over" for format and pagination, and for last-minute corrections.
Wednesday - Completed final draft due - printed copy to Mrs. Dowdy, and electronic copy to the hand-in folder.

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Spelling--Unit 14 words 21-30 quiz

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Spelling--Unit 14 words 11-20 quiz

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Math--worksheets on adding and subtracting fraction; in addition, review the following math properties: the commutative, the associative, the distributive properties.

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  - work on chapter review/wb review pages
  - Essay prompt in class on Wednesday
  -Ch. test on Friday 12/12

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SCIENCE: Completed data section of science fair report due. (This should include sentences introducing tables and graphs, sentences describing observations, table of raw data, and graph(s) with their accompanying tables. For some, photos might be appropriate in this section, and each photo must have a caption.)
DO NOT PRINT this document, but be prepared to show Mrs. Dowdy the completed data section in your Science Report on the laptop.
 
TECHNOLOGY / SCIENCE: Excel document of data due to hand-in folder by 1:20 pm. (Tech lab will be open at lunch for 6th graders to work and ask Ms. Proehl questions, if necessary.)

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Social Studies- Junior Scholastic(12/8 issue) page due

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Spelling--Unit 14 words 1-10 quiz

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SS- s-4 notes completed/quiz on Tuesday

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SCIENCE: Clean-up Science Report bibliography! - I will be looking for the following:
1) at least 3 references (not counting the citations for images)
2) references are in alphabetical order
3) hanging indentations
4) blank line between entries
See the last page of the Science Report instructions for an example of a bibliography.

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Science: Bibliography completed in proper form, in Science Report document. (Do not print.) Also, bring all science fair materials to class, including data book!

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Language Arts/Religion- Pick a "modern saint" (born after the year 1600 CE) as a report topic. The chosen saint should be easy to research.

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Language Arts- Thanksgiving essay due today.

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Language Arts- Hard copies of Halloween 2014 and Lilies of the Field Review are due today.

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Spelling-- Unit 13 Cumulative Review Test on words 1-30; in addition, test on Greek and Latin roots: octa (8), deci (1/10), deca (10), hecto (100), centi (1/100), milli (1/1000), kilo (1000), logos (logic/reason), nym (name/word), bestia/zoo (animal), bos (cow/bovine), equus (horse; equestrian).
 
 

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Religion-- Patriarch/Matriarch Test

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Language Arts/Religion-- Saint Report abstract due today.
 

REPORT ABSTRACT (REPORT PURPOSE AND EMPHASIS):

Explain why you chose to write a report about the given topic; in other words, what did you find interesting about the chosen saint. Answer the following question in paragraph form: 1) What interested about the topic? 2) What   observations and associations can you make about the topic? 3) What do you  already know about the topic? 4) What would you like to know about the topic? 5) What is the significance of the topic to you and the reader of the report? 6) In what format will you write about the topic (sections, chapters, question and answer, interview, expository)? 7) Which of the following reference materials do you plan to use: periodicals (newspapers, magazines, journals, quarterlies, books, interviews, video, the Internet/search engines, etc.)? 8) What visual aids (diagrams, maps, charts, pictures, photographs, computer demonstrations) do you plan to use to supplement your report?

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Religion--Hanukkah sheets (2: menorah and Judah Maccabee) colored in an interesting way

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Math--Weekly Math Contract due today

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Language Arts- Field Trip form for A Christmas Carol at the Geary Street theater due today.

            The sixth-grade students and their chaperones will depart St. Brendan School at 11:30 AM today and walk to the Forest Hill MUNI station. We will ride the subway to Powell Street Station, disembark, and walk to the theater at 405 Geary Street (one and a half blocks from Union Square). The performance of A Christmas Carol begins at 1:00 PM and ends at 2:45 PM. At the end of the performance, we will walk back to the Powell Street MUNI station, return to the Forest Hill station, and walk to St. Brendan School. We should return to school around 4:00 PM. Any child not picked upon our return will be sent to Extended Care.

            To expedite our trip on MUNI, I suggest that students purchase a Clipper Card or have $1.50 in exact change for subway tickets to and from Powell Station downtown. Chaperones should also have either a Clipper Card or $5.00 ($2.25 each way) in exact change.

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J/S 12/8 edit. paper due 12/9

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Science: Work on science fair report bibliography. Due Monday.

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Math-- Worksheet pg. 3: evaluating expressions
Spelling-- Unit 13 Quiz on words 1-10

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Science: Printed copy of Experimental Procedures document due.

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Social Studies-S-4 completed including workbook/quiz tomorrow

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Sec. 4 completed including workbook/ quiz tomorrow

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Math-- Basic Algebra worksheet: give 5 examples of expressions + Textbook pg. 122, #3-26

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Science: Bring science fair data book to school for combined Science/Technology 
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               Also work on Experimental Procedures document; printed copy due
                     Wednesday.

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Language Arts- Field Trip form for A Christmas Carol at the Geary Street theater due today.

            The sixth-grade students and their chaperones will depart St. Brendan School at 11:30 AM on the morning of December 4 and walk to the Forest Hill MUNI station. We will ride the subway to Powell Street Station, disembark, and walk to the theater at 405 Geary Street (one and a half blocks from Union Square). The performance of A Christmas Carol begins at 1:00 PM and ends at 2:45 PM. At the end of the performance, we will walk back to the Powell Street MUNI station, return to the Forest Hill station, and walk to St. Brendan School. We should return to school around 4:00 PM. Any child not picked upon our return will be sent to Extended Care.

            To expedite our trip on MUNI, I suggest that students purchase a Clipper Card or have $1.50 in exact change for subway tickets to and from Powell Station downtown. Chaperones should also have either a Clipper Card or $5.00 ($2.25 each way) in exact change. Parent permission forms will be forthcoming. If you are interesting in chaperoning, please fill out the form below and return it to school as soon as possible.

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Science: 1) Hand-drawn table of all raw data for science fair expt. (with a title and all columns labeled - however you need only include numbers for first 3-5 lines of chart)
2) Hand-drawn graphs of data (each with title, well-labeled axes (if applicable), and an accompanying table showing the data which were graphed)
NOTE: These tables and graphs will be collected first thing in the morning!

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Science: Need to have collected at least 90% of data for Science Fair experiment. Bring data book to school everyday starting today, Nov. 25. Remember to bring all other science fair materials and flashdrive to school too.

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Spelling- Unit 12 cumulative review test on all 30 words: forehead, headache, whereas, grandchildren, nevertheless, principal, principle, vain, vein, died, dyed, hangar, hanger, familiar, similar, grammar, calendar, kitchen, error, rural, lawyer, laundry, rescue, whisper, journey, crestfallen, maneuver, barren, courier, enhance.

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Math- Contract due today

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Science: Printed copy of rough draft of Science Fair Report title page, introduction, hypothesis, and list of materials due to Mrs. Dowdy.
Electronic copy of the same document should be in the digital Science Report 2014 folder in your user account at St. B.
 
Also remember that you need your data collection at least 90% completed by Tuesday, Nov. 25.

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Spelling- Unit 12 quiz on words 21-30 (lawyer, rescue, laundry, journey, whisper, crestfallen, maneuver, barren, courier, enhance)

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Math- Textbook page 100, #1-12 are due today.

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Spelling- Unit 12 Quiz: words 11-20

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Science: Work on rough draft of Science Fair report. Save document to flashdrive AND to digital Science Report 2014 folder in your user account at St. B. Bring flashdrive and science fair materials to school each day!
 
Also, remember that you need your data collection at least 90% completed by Tuesday, Nov. 25.

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Science: Analyze sample science fair report introductions - identify parts of intro as #1-4, to match the #1-4 which we put on Science Fair instruction sheet

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Spelling Unit 12 Quiz: words 1-10

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Literature - VA #7 completed

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Language Arts- Field Trip to the American Conservatory Theater (ACT) today to see A Christmas Carol. We will return about 4:00 PM (maybe later depending on Muni).