The Chimpanzees I love Saving Their world and ours By Jane Goodall Vocabulary: pursuing, conservationists, infrasonic, laboratories, analyzing, endangered, omnivores, innovations, procedure, neurologically, captive, companionship, existence, ordeal, primitive, sanctuaries, stimulating Common Core Standard:
Monday, March 6 8:00am 8th Gr. Project with Charter School/Intro. to Tech Ed at High School 3:30pm Horace Mann Presentation 5:00pm Wrestling Meet at Hayward-Dismiss Wrestlers at 3:00 6:00pm Volleyball at Hurley Tuesday, March 7 3:30pm Volleyball Practice 5:00pm Finance Committee Meeting at Park Falls 5:30pm EMR Class at Glidden Wednesday, March 8 12:00pm Blood Drive at Glidden Thursday, March 9 10:00am Ad Hoc Committee on Communications Meeting at Park Falls 5:00pm Wrestling Meet at Ladysmith-Dismiss Wrestlers at 2:20 5:30pm EMR Class at Glidden 6:00pm Volleyball - Our Lady of the Lake at Glidden Friday, March 10 1:30pm Sundae's for Success 3:30pm Volleyball Practice/Party Touching Spirit Bear Read Chapters 23 to End Vocabulary #4 Test Tuesday Final Test: TBA as we finish the book I will have a better idea of when the test will be administered. Here are some points the students can be studying. To be successful on the final test here are the main points to know: Vocabulary: weapon, mosquitoes, orcas, maggot, spear, boughs, empty, escape, food, bizarre, skiff, grimace, omen, sullen, shrouded, banishment, trawler, teem, chafe, steely, gunwale, ashen, composure, gluttonous, muted, meager, dawdle, ricochet Characters to Know: (Appearance, Character Traits, Role, and Lessons Learned) COLE, GARVEY, PETER, EDWIN Essay ideas to be prepared to write about: Circle Justice needed honesty and respect; What was Cole’s “fake power” and give examples how he used it; share your thoughts and feeling about Touching Spirit Bear in detail. Sequence the major events of the story. First, second, third, and so on… SAVE THE DATES: Tuesday, January 31 Jump Rope for Heart Money Due 3:30pm, Basketball Practice 5:30pm, EMR Class at Glidden 5:30pm, Volleyball - Triangular at South Shore with Washburn Thursday, February 2 1:00pm Spelling Bee at Ashland, 3:30pm Level I Forensics Meet at Glidden, 5:30pm EMR Class at Glidden Friday, February 3 3:30pm Volleyball Practice Saturday, February 4 Washburn Volleyball Tournament - TBD Monday, February 6 3:30pm Volleyball Practice Tuesday, February 7 5:30pm EMR Class at Glidden, 6:00pm Volleyball - Drummond at Glidden Thursday, February 9 8:00am, JPD Warrior Speaker for Middle School at High School, 3:30pm Volleyball Practice, 5:30pm EMR Class at Glidden Friday, February 10 3:30pm Basketball Practice, 4:30pm Volleyball at Our Lady of the Lake, 10:00pm Middle School Volleyball Lock-in Saturday, February 11 » 10:00am Middle School Volleyball Lock-in, Ironwood/Hurley Volleyball Tournament - TBD Novel Work: Chapters: 10-Part 2 Vocabulary: gluttonous, delirium, roiled, bile, relinquish, redemption, writhed, haphazard, charred, flitting, rivulets, gunwales, ingenuity, irked, chuffs, torrents, reverently, quarry, vaulted gorge awning. (Vocabulary Test NEXT Tuesday) Designing the island from the description given within the story. Watch for a Rubric to be used for this project. Concepts: Sequencing, Background knowledge, Word Endings –ed, -ing, Comprehension, Regular Verbs Family Conversations for Extra Credit: Follow this link and answer the questions together: https://docs.google.com/a/csdk12.net/forms/d/122amOU92Wpw9HQrwJUsu0UMXqsLyPCX6jQJIaFB8bwc/edit Save the Dates: Monday, January 23 3:30pm Volleyball Practice 5:30pm Strategic Planning Steering Committee Meeting at Park Falls Tuesday, January 24 5:30pm EMR Class at Glidden 5:30pm Volleyball - Butternut at Glidden 6:00pm Regular Board Meeting at Park Falls Thursday, January 26 3:30pm Volleyball Practice 5:30pm EMR Class at Glidden Friday, January 27 3:30pm Volleyball Practice 6:00pm IREP Dinner/Video at Glidden Saturday, January 28 Our Lady of the Lake Volleyball Tournament - TBD Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelson Common Core Standards: Graphic Sources, Summarizing, Great and Latin Roots, suffixes: -ian, -ant, -ent, -ist , past/present/future tenses No Spelling Test ~ In class spelling bee using our classroom spellig words from the year. Top student from each group gets to compete in the all school bee. Vocabualry Tests will be Tuesdays each week.
Reading Chapters 3 to 10 v Points to discuss at home: v At.`oow – explain what it is and ask if your family has an item that is passed down from generation to generation. v Healing Circle – what is the purpose of this Circle and what would you and your parents hope that the offender and victim would learn during this time? v What are some things you would be willing to eat if you are stranded on an island and have lost your ability to hunt game? v On a scale of 1-5 with one being sure survival and 5 being death where would you rank Cole. What makes you believe this? How does your response compare to where your parents would rank him. *** EXTRA CREDIT: Please share your parent’s thoughts with the class by completing the google form, and submit their responses with the class. Savve the Dates: Monday, January 9 3:30pm Volleyball Practice Tuesday, January 10 3:30pm Volleyball Practice Thursday, January 12 3:30pm Volleyball Practice Friday, January 13 3:30pm Volleyball Practice Monday, January 16 1:15pm Jump Rope for Heart-Elem. PE Class 6:00pm Volleyball at Washburn Tuesday, January 17 9:30am Chequamegon Spelling Bee 1:15pm Jump Rope for Heart-Elem. PE Class 3:30pm Volleyball Practice 5:30pm EMR Class at Glidden Wednesday, January 18 8:15am 7th Grade Natural Helpers Training 1:15pm Jump Rope for Heart-Elem. PE Class Thursday, January 19 » 3:00pm 7th Grade Natural Helpers Training End of 2nd Quarter 1:15pm Jump Rope for Heart-Elem. PE Class 3:30pm Basketball Practice 5:30pm EMR Class at Glidden 6:00pmVolleyball at Ironwood Friday, January 20 NBA Honors Band in Appleton No School - Teacher In-Service 6th Grade Update Novel Unit #2 Week #1 Touching Spirit Bear written by Ben Mikaelsen Vocabulary: detention center, circle justice, Tlingit, juvenile delinquent, healing contract, banishment, convicted, probation, victim, guilty plea, depositions, survival, sincere Common Core Standards: cause and effect, important ideas, unfamiliar words, appropriate Phrasing and punctuation cues, voice, subject and object pronouns Reading Chapters 1 and 2: Ø Points to discuss at home: Ø Main Characters: Cole, Garvey, Edwin and Cole’s Parents Ø Theme: Circle Justice ~ a type of healing justice system Ø Ask your parents: If they had a child that was as out of control as Cole, would they be willing to allow him/her to spend one year on an Island alone. Why or why not? Ø EXTRA CREDIT: Please share your parent’s thoughts with the class by completing the google form, and submit their responses. Spelling words: hydrant, chronic, archive, synonym, antonym, democracy, hydrogen, aristocrat, dehydrate, chronicle, hydroplane, chronology, archaic, homonym, synchronize, hydraulic, archaeology, anarchy, hydroelectric, bureaucracy, hydrophobia, chronological, aristocracy Save the Dates: Monday, January 2, 2017 3:30pm Volleyball Practice Tuesday, January 3, 2017 5:45pm JV Girls Basketball - South Shore at Glidden Campus 7:15pm Varsity Girls Basketball - South Shore at Glidden Campus Thursday, January 5, 2017 3:30pm Volleyball Practice Friday, January 6, 2017 3:30pm Volleyball Practice Monday, January 9, 2017 3:30pm Volleyball Practice Tuesday, January 10, 2017 3:30pm Volleyball Practice Thursday, January 12, 2017 3:30pm Volleyball PracticeFriday, January 13, 2017 3:30pm Volleyball Practice Reading: Egypt by Ann Heinrichs Vocabulary Test Thursday Amazing Words: pharaoh, hieroglyphics, papyrus, pyramid, cosmetics, burial chambers, sarcophagus, tributary, decipher, trespasser reigned, decrees, artifacts, abundant, immortal, eternity, receded Concepts: Suffixes, past/present/future tenses, synthesize material Pre-test Tuesday and Final Test Friday Spelling Words: musician, politician, novelist, scientist, historian, tenant, student, patient, resident, comedian, vegetarian, soloist, specialist, motorist, merchant, participant, occupant, custodian, descendant, chemist, technician, pedestrian Save the Dates: Saturday, December 3 Boys' Basketball Tournament at Butternut - TBD Monday, December 5 9:00am Tdap and HPV Shots Administered Tuesday, December 6 4:00pm Boys' Basketball - Lac du Flambeau at Glidden 4:00pm Girls' Basketball at Lac du Flambeau - Dismiss Players at 2:10 Thursday, December 8 4:00pm Boys' Basketball - AVW at Glidden 4:00pm Girls' Basketball at AVW - Dismiss Players at 1:55 Monday, December 12 3:30pm Volleyball Open Gym 5:00pm Boys' Basketball at Prentice Tuesday, December 13 1:00pm Madrigal Performance in the Gym 3:30pmVolleyball Open Gym Wednesday, December 14 12:45pm Elem. Parent Lunch 1:15pm Elementary Christmas Concert Thursday, December 11 11:00am Blood Drive at Glidden Friday, December 16 3:30pm Volleyball Open Gym Sunday, December 18 2:00pm MS/HS Band Christmas Concert at Park Falls Monday, December 19 8:00am Middle School Combined Choir Practice at High School 3:30pmVolleyball Open Gym 7:00pm MS/HS Choir Christmas Concert at Park Falls Tuesday, December 20 3:30pmVolleyball Open Gym 6:00pm Regular Board Meeting at Glidden Friday, December 23-2 No School - Christmas Break If you have any concerns please email me or call and I will try to work with you on solutions. Thanks you to those parents who have already been working with me on concerns. It does take a village to raise our kids!! Enjoy the snow! 6th Grade Weekly Update Mrs. Kief Reading: Good-bye to the Moon Common Core Standards:
combustion, dingy, negotiate, traversed, waft, waning, vastness, weightlessly, hub, perpetual, habitation, infinity, hydroponic, speculation, ecology-conscious, reusable energy Spelling Words: Schwa Spelling Test Friday different, sentence, American, brilliant, substitute, opinion, material, complete, jewelry, dramatic, instance, communicate, hesitate, elementary, vitamin, ingredients, invitation, discipline, lasagna, desperate, inhabitant, ferocious, orangutan, sympathetic, infinity Save the Dates: Monday, November 28 5:00pm Boys' Basketball at Phillips Tuesday, November 29 4:00pm Boys' Basketball - MHLT at Glidden 4:00pm Girls' Basketball at MHLT - Dismiss Players at 2:10 Thursday, December 1 4:00pm Boys' Basketball at North Lakeland (7th Gr. Only) Dismiss Players at 2:05 4:00pm Girls' Basketball - North Lakeland at Glidden Saturday, December 3 Boys' Basketball Tournament at Butternut - TBA Reading: Stones, Bones and Petroglyphs Core Standards: Dialogue, unknown words, graphic sources, Action and Linking verbs Amazing Words: archaeologist, inquisitive, preserved, potsherds, mesas, earthenware, irrigate, dwelling, anthropologist, reconstruction No spelling test this week! Study vocabulary: Test on Friday! Everyone can wear blue on Monday to show our support for Diabetes Awareness Day! Also, kids can wear a hat for $1.00 and all money will go to the cause! Also, club day is coming. Kids need to have all their work turned in and have had good behavior to take part in this fun afternoon! Save the Dates: Monday, November 14 Diabetes Awareness Day - Blue Out 4:00pm Girls' Basketball - AVW at Glidden Tuesday, November 15 4:00pm Boys' Basketball at AVW - Dismiss Players at 1:55 6:00pm Regular Board Meeting at Park Falls Thursday, November 17 4:00pm Boys' Basketball at Northland Pines - Dismiss Players at 1:45 5:15pm Girls' Basketball - Northland Pines at Glidden Friday, November 18 12:30pm PBIS Club Day Monday, November 21 No School - Teacher In-Service Tuesday, November 22 No School - Teacher In-Service Wednesday, November 23 No School - Thanksgiving Break Thursday, November 24 No School - Thanksgiving Break Friday, November 25 No School - Thanksgiving Break 11/4/2014
Reading: The Emperor's Silent Army Amazing Words - paleontologists, extraction, quarry, tomb, explanation, replica, formation, vestige, penetrated, craftsmen Vocabulary Words- approximately, divine, excavated, mechanical, pottery, restore, superstitious, terra cotta Concepts - suffixes (-ful, -ly, -al), main idea and details, Latin roots
ancestor, hospital, grumble, sponsor, superior, escalator, encounter, shoulder, skeleton, forbidden, appetizer, identical, abandon, governor, endeavor, outspoken, durable, lengthen, cinnamon, interior, interpreter, bachelor, accelerator, acquittal, misdemeanor SAVE the DATES: Monday, November 7 7:30am Book Fair Tuesday, November 8 7:30am Book Fair 4:00pm Boys' Basketball - North Lakeland at Glidden 4:00pm Girls' Basketball at North Lakeland - Dismiss Players at 2:05 Wednesday, November 9 7:30am Book Fair Thursday, November 10 4:00pm Boys' Basketball at Lac du Flambeau - Dismiss Players at 2:10 4:00pm Girls' Basketball - Lac du Flambeau at Glidden Friday, November 11 4:00pm Girls' Basketball - MHLT at Glidden 6th Grade Weekly Update No spelling test or vocabulary test due to the shortened week. Harris and Me final test will be Tuesday or Wednesday following the completion of the novel. Please use the study guide to help you prepare for that test. All questions will be short answer. Save the Dates: Monday, October 31 2:45pm Elementary Parade of Costumes Tuesday, November 1 End of 1st Quarter, 4:00pm Boys' Basketball - Northland Pines at Glidden, 4:00pm Girls' Basketball at Northland Pines - Dismiss Players at 1:45 Thursday, November 3 8:00am Book Fair, 8:00am Parent/Teacher Conferences, 12:30pm Book Fair, 12:30pm Parent/Teacher Conferences, 5:00pm Book Fair, 5:00pm Parent/Teacher Conferences Friday, November 4 Boys STEM Day, 5:30am STEM for 8th Grade Boys at Stevens Point, 8:00am Book Fair 8:00am Parent/Teacher Conferences Harris and Me Study Guide 1. The narrator of this story is ____________________. 2. Harris has a bad habit that get a reaction from his sister, Glennis. What is it and what happens? 3. Gary needed to have a place to live during the summer month. Why and where would he go? 4. Gary’s parents drank too much. What were the phases he wrote about to describe how his parents behaved? 5. Who was Louie? What did he do on the farm? What the boys sell him and why? 6. What were the games that the boys played that summer and what animals were involved with these games? 7. Two farm animals attacked the Gary. Who were they and what did they do? 8. When the boys were left alone on the farm they had many adventures that lead to trouble. What were they? 9. What chores needed to be done on the farm? Who did these chores? 10. What do horses and pigs do when they are jumped on by falling objects. 11. List the animals on the farm with their names. Example: Minnie - Pig 12. How does Gary feel about being on the farm? Who does he build a fun relationship with that summer? 13. Several characters suffered injuries. Who was hurt and what happened to them? |
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