Archive for November, 2007

King Tut… and other neat Egypt stuff!

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Want to see close-ups of King Tut’s CT scan?  Click here.
What does your name look like in hieroglyphics?  Click here.
 Videos of Egypt

Homework 11/26-11/30

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

11/26 - Math:  PW 8.2  Per. 4: POW due 12/3    S.S.: Egyptian Math Word Problems (YES, it is a social studies assignment!) due next S.S. class period.
11/27 - Math: PW 8.3, S.S. Per 3: Read selections on Khufu and Ahkenaten.  Answer q’s.
11/28 - Per. 2 Math: STUDY for Ch. 8 math test.  Per. 5 S.S.: [...]

Fractions Practice

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Simplifying Fractions
Converting Fractions to Mixed Numbers 
Factors

Ch. 7 Retake

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

The Ch. 7 Retake will be offered at lunch  in Room B-206 on November 28th.  You may bring your lunch with you to eat while taking the test.  Students who arrive 5 minutes after lunch has started will not be able to take the retake.
To prepare:
- Review your homework, class notes, textbook
- Attend study session [...]

Homework: 11/13-11/16

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

11/12 - No School
11/13 - Math: Ch. 7 test. No Homework (use the extra time to start studying for your Mesopotamia test!) S.S. (Period 3):  HW - Read pp. 74-79 in textbook.  Response: Q’s 3,4 on p. 79
11/14 - S.S. (Period 5):  HW - Read pp. 74-79 in textbook.  Response: Q’s 3,4 [...]

Protected: LCM/GCF Word Problems

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

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Online Grades Web Site

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Use this link to access your online grades: Link to WebGrade If you need your ID/Password, please email Miss Schmidt to get it

WWF Animal Adoption

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

It’s time to start thinking about how we want to spend the money we’ve collected so far with our bottles recycling. Please take the online survey (Click Here to take survey ) to vote for what you’d like to do with the money.  Votes are anonymous, but please take the survey only once.
Also, we [...]

Protected: Ways for Parents to Support Students

Monday, November 5th, 2007

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Mesopotamia Study Guide

Monday, November 5th, 2007

What should I study for Mesopotamia?
Mesopotamia - geographical location in the world
How people moved from being hunters-gatherers to famers
How/why city-states developed
Civilizations that developed in Mesopotamia Sumer
Babylon
Assyria
Persia
Who ruled each of these civilizations? What did they do?
Kings and gods
Religion
Social classes
Inventions/Advances in Technology
Early forms of writing
Vocabulary from Ch. 3 in textbook
Main concepts from Ch. 3 in textbook