Homework Assignments

I. Language Arts
a. Read 30 minutes and write pages down.
b. Wordly Wise: 6E #8-15. Write words 8-15 5x each.
c. Presidential Persuasive Essay: First draft is due tomorrow. Underline your thesis statement in the lead. (5 paragraphs -- Lead, 3 middle paragraphs on 3 issues, and conclusion)

II. Math
a. Mrs. Dela Cruz: 5 math fraction problems on Equivalent and Simplest form.

III. Social Studies
a. Study for tomorrow's Explorer's Exam. (#1-5 questions on study guide).

IV. Other
a. DARE: page 30 Lesson #6, page 21 Write a friend's name (around the star).

Homework Assignments

I. Language Arts
a. Read 30 minutes and write pages down.
b. Wordly Wise 6E #1-7. Write words 1-7 5x each.
c. The Kid Who Ran for President: study for tomorrow's test on chapters 21-24.
d. Persuasive Essay: Complete Persuasive essay outline and first draft. Due Wednesday.

II. Math
a. Mrs. Kaneshiro group -- 4 problems and 1 10-step word problem.
b. Mrs. Dela Cruz's group -- 5 problems.

III. Social Studies
a. Study for Wednesday's Explorer's Exam (Questions #1-5). Essay exam on Thursday.

IV. Other
a. Japanese worksheet due tomorrow.
b. Test Folder: make test corrections to Wordly Wise #6 Spelling and Vocabulary Exam.

Homework Assignments

Dear Students,
I hope you were able to watch the first Presidential debate. We will be discussing the debate on Monday and will take another class poll on who you think is the best candidate. You can leave me your comments about the debate on my blog -- who do you think answered the questions effectively? Share your reasons why. On Thursday, there will be a debate between the candidates for Vice-President.
On another note, I really appreciated all of the time you spent into studying for your Science exam and finishing your Math retest and Reading benchmark tracker. We have only one more week before the break. Continue to work hard and always try your very best. These are the assignments for the weekend:

I. Language Arts
a. Read 30 minutes and total pages read. Have parents initial pages read and sign on homework page for week #9.
b. Literature Sharing Folder: complete pages 17-19. On page 19, finish writing what you learned on top half of page. You can either complete your literature sharing with a parent this weekend or during the break.
c. The Kid Who Ran for President: complete reading questions for chapters 23 & 24. Test on Chapters 21-24 this Monday.

II. Math
a. Fraction worksheet: write down steps and show work.

III. Other
a. Show parents communication folder.
b. DARE: homework due Monday.
c. Japanese: worksheet due Tuesday.
d. Social Studies: we will go over 2 essays for Study Guide on Monday.

Have a fantastic weekend!
Mrs. Dela Cruz :)

Homework Assignments

I. Language Arts
a. Read 30 minutes and finish reading Biography book. Complete pages 17-19 in Literature Sharing folder. For page 19 (Write down what you learned from the story. Completed pages due next week Monday.)
b. Wordly Wise 6C & 6D. Write sentences for words 8-15. Underline the vocabulary word.

II. Math
a. Addition and Subtraction Fraction worksheet -- Show all work on folder paper. Write answer on worksheet.

III. Social Studies
a. Read handout (Settlers Find Mix of Welcome and Warfare and Indians vs. Colonists) and textbook pages 81-83, 88-89. Complete Study Guide -- 2 essay questions.
First essay question -- Compare and share some of the differences between how the Europeans and Native Americans viewed and used the land. Draw conclusions on how these differences impacted them.
Second essay question -- Europeans and Indians had different views on religion and ways of living. Share some of these differences. Explain how these differences impacted their encounter.

IV. Science
a. Study for tomorrow's test on Light. Use your study guide.

V. Other
a. Dare: pages 18-29, situation 1-6 and page 29 Lesson 4 will be due next week Monday.
b. Japanese worksheet due next week Tuesday.
c. Show parents communication folder.

Homework Assignments

I. Language Arts
a. Read 30 minutes and write down pages read.
b. Wordly Wise 6A & 6B. Write sentences for words 1-7.
c. Writing: make sure all information is written in your project sheet paper. Write down Bibligraphy sources.

II. Math
a. On folder paper, write out steps and show all work for the following problem:
2/3 + 1/4
b. Study for tomorrow's Math Retest on Equivalent Fractions and Comparing Fractions. Use the notes that you wrote today.

III. Social Studies
a. Read Chapter 4, Lessons 2 & 3 (pages 56-66). Complete problems #3 & 4 on study guide.

IV. Science
a. Study for Friday's exam on light.

Homework Assignments

I. Language Arts
a. Read Biography book for 30 minutes. Write down pages read.
b. Wordly Wise 5E #8-15. Write words 8-15 5x each. Study for tomorrow's Spelling and Vocabulary Test.
c. Writing: finish all research and complete information on project sheet. Include sources by writing out bibliography information.

II. Math
a. Complete 10-step basketball problem.
b. Math Fraction 10-Step Test: on folder paper, make corrections to the problem.

III. Social Studies Study Guide
a. Complete #1 and explorer table.

IV. Other
a. Japanese handout due next week Tuesday.
b. DARE: page 18-20 situation #1-6.
page 29 lesson #4. Due Friday.
c. Test Folders: get parental signature on Thursday.

Homework Assignments

I. Language Arts
a. Wordly Wise 5E #1-7. Write words 1-7 5x each. Spelling and Vocabulary Test on Wednesday.
b. Read biography book for 30 minutes and write down jpages read in reading record.
c. Writing -- Presidential Essay: find information on presidential candidates. Write down information on project sheet. Due Wednesday.

II. Math
a. Fraction handout -- explain in complete sentences and provide illustrations (pictures) for each question.

III. Science
a. Review Chapter on Light (pages 556-562) and complete Study Guide questions. Due tomorrow. (Test on Friday.)

IV. Social Studies
a. Read Chapter 2, Lessons 2-3 (pages 27-34). Complete questions #1 and table. Due Wednesday.

V. Other
a. If you received a pink slip, complete work and have parents sign slip.

Homework Assignments

Dear students,
Thank you for working hard and putting quality into all of your assignments. I hope you are excited about the upcoming Presidential election. Who is the best candidate for President? Find out by completing research for your Presidential persuasive essay! Work on finding background information (use websites given at the end of the Barack Obama or John McCain article in Achieve 3000) on the presidential candidates. Here are your assignments for the weekend.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Dela Cruz :)

I. Language Arts
a. Read your biography book. Total pages read, have parents initial by weekly total and sign homework page.
b. Wordly Wise #5C & 5D. Write sentences for words 8-15. For 5D, write the word and suffix. Underline the suffix in red.
c. Presidential Persuasive Essay: complete research on the 2 presidential candidates Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain on the following information: background information, work experience and 3 important public issues such as War in Iraq, Economy, Taxes, Environment, Energy and Health Care. Use the project sheet to record you information and write down bibliography information.

II. Art
a. Finish drawing and coloring geometric shapes.

III. Other
a. Return communication folder and complete parent-teacher confirmation forms.

Homework Assignments

I. Language Arts
a. Read 30 minutes and write total pages read.
b. Wordly Wise 5A & 5B. Write sentences for words 1-7. Underline the word.

II. Math
a. Textbook page 333 #1-3 (all), #4-18 (all). Write problem and show work on folder paper. Study for tomorrow's test on Equivalent Fractions, Simplest Form, Improper Fraction and Mixed Numbers.
b. Retest tomorrow for Mean, Median and Mode Test. If you are retaking this test, complete worksheet: page 24 #11-13 and page 25 #1-6. Show all work. Study for test.

III. Other
a. Show parents communication folder.
b. Sally Foster Gift Wrap order and money due tomorrow!
c. Lego League informational meeting tomorrow at 12:15 p.m. in B21.

Homework Assignments

I. Language Arts
a. Read 30 minutes and write down total pages read.

b. Revise Little Mole Response: use the information I gave you today and revise your response on folder paper to the Little Mole question. Make sure you find 2 investigative skills the little mole used in your stance and 2 specific evidence from the story. Underline each part like you did in assignment 1.
You can find the story online by searching for the book title: "The Story of Little Mole Who Went in Search of Whodunit" by Werner Holzwarth, Wolf Erlbruch. If you search for this title on Google, there will be a website called www.flickr that will allow you to click on the pages of the book. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynnola/sets/72157606255246430

c. The Kid Who Ran for President: complete reading questions for Chapters 21 & 22.

d. Kid Biz: complete 5 steps online tonight -- answer today's email, activity question, thought question, take poll, and math activity. Record your first score in your reading folder.

II. Math
a. Simplest Form handout. For questions #1-6 write "yes" if it is an equivalent fraction or "no" if it isn't. If it is not in simplest form, also write down the fraction in simplest form. (Show work).
b. For #7-18, write the fraction in simplest form and show all work. Write what you divided the numerator and denominator by. Remember to use the GCF greatest common factor.

III. Other
a. Show parents test folder for signature. Return signed folders tomorrow.

Homework Assignments

I. Language Arts
a. Read Biography book for 30 minutes and write down pages read.
b. S.E.E. Reading prompt: For assignment #1, underline the different parts of the reading response to Little Mole prompt. For assignment #2 (on back), answer the prompt using the S.E.E. process. Then, underline the different parts just like you did in Assignment #1.
c. The Kid Who Ran for President: read chapters 21 & 22.
d. Wordly Wise: page 33.

II. Math
a. Equivalent fraction worksheet.

III. Other
a. Test folder will go home tomorrow for parent signature.

Homework Assignment

I. Language Arts
a. Read 30 minutes and write down pages read in reading record.
b. Wordly Wise page 32, study words from lesson 1.

II. Math
a. What's Missing Worksheet

III. Japanese
a. Finish map worksheet

IV. Other
a. Test folder
Record grades for Wordly Wise spelling and vocabulary exams and Math Mean, Median and Mode exam. Make test corrections on back of Wordly Wise exams. For math test, make corrections on separate folder paper.

Friday's Homework Assignments

I. Language Arts
a. Read Biography book for 30 minutes and total pages read for the week. Have parents initial by pages read and sign under week #7 in Homework page.
b. Wordly Wise
a. First page of crossword puzzle after Wordly Wise 4E.

II. Math
a. Fraction handout and write down 5 fractions that you converted to 1 whole during class.

III. Other
a. Return communication folder on Monday.

Homework Assignments

I. Language Arts
a. Read 30 minutes and write down pages read.
b. Wordly Wise 4E #8-15. Write words 8-15 5x each. Test tomorrow.

II. Math
a. Finish journal entry on the fraction activities you participated in today.
b. Worksheet: finish questions about fractions.

III. DARE
a. Page 29, Lesson 3 due tomorrow.

IV. Art
a. Completed color wheel due tomorrow.

*Show parents communication folder.

Homework Assignments

I. Language Arts
a. Wordly Wise 4E #1-7. Write words 1-7 5x each.
b. Read Biography book for 30 minutes and write down pages read.
c. The Kid Who Ran for President: study for tomorrow's exam on Chapters 17-20.

II. Math
a. On folder paper, if I have 1 more strip of orange paper, write the directions on how to fold and cut it so it will be the next fraction strip in the pattern. Explain your answer. (You can also use drawings to help explain your written answer).

III. Science
a. In your composition book, define the vocabulary terms, draw a picture and explain what the picture shows for: ray, beam and reflect.
b. Answer the following question: Judging from the results of today's lesson, is there a relationship between the angle at which light hits a mirror and the angle at which light is reflected by the mirror? Expain your answer.

IV. Social Studies
a. We will continue Power Point presentations tomorrow. If your group did not make your presentation yet, please practice for your oral presentation.

V. DARE
a. Page 30, Lesson 3 due Friday.

VI. Art
a. Color Wheel due Friday. Make a pattern. Trace it on each color, tint and shade. Label color on back. Glue colors on black construction paper and label each color with white crayon.

*Picture taking tomorrow. Wear nice clothing or bring change of clothes.

Homework Assignments

I. Language Arts
a. Read Biography book for 30 minutes and log down pages read.
b. Wordly Wise 4C & 4D. Write sentences for words 8-15.

II. Math
a. Write question in composition book. Answer the question in words and draw a picture to show what the fraction 1/3 looks like.
What does the fraction 1/3 mean?

III. Social Studies
a. Rehearse for power point presentation. Print out 1 copy of the slide show for Mrs. Dela Cruz.

IV. Art
a. Completed color wheel due Friday. Trace pattern on each color, tint and shade. Cut out colors. Glue color cut outs on black construction paper to form a color wheel. Label all colors with white crayon.

V. DARE
a. Write what you learned about tobacco and marijuana on page 30 Lesson 3. Due Friday.

Homework Assignments

I. Language Arts

a. Wordly Wise 4A & 4B. Write sentences for words 1-7. Underline the word. Spelling and Vocabulary test this Friday.

b. Reading Record: read for 30 minutes and write pages read in reading record.

c. The Kid Who Ran for President: read chapters 19 & 20. Complete reading questions.

Add #7 question to your handout: According to the latest Presidential poll, which candidate for President is in the lead? Find out the percentage of Americans who favor Republican John McCain and what percentage of Americans favor Democratic candidate Barrack Obama for President. (Go on the internet and look at CNN or Honolulu Advertiser website)

II. Math

a. Use your notes to study for tomorrow's test on mean, median and mode.

III. Social Studies

a. Complete Explorer's power point. Due tomorrow.

IV. Other

a. Art Color Wheel: Cut out pattern for primary, secondary and complimentary colors, tints and shades that you painted. Glue colors on poster to make the color wheel. Label all colors, shades and tints. Due this Friday.

b. If you received a homework slip, complete your assignment and have form signed by parent.

c. Picture taking this Thursday.

Homework Assignments

Dear Students,
I hope you have a fantastic weekend! These are your assignments:
I. Language Arts
a. Reading Record: read your Biography book for a minimum of 30 minutes and write total pages read for the week. Haver your parents initial pages read and signature for homework page for week #6.

II. Math
a. Are You a Square? Calculate all boys heights (if you are a boy) or all girls heights (if you are a girl) in inches. Height in cm divided by 2.5 = height in inches. Show your work.
b. Make a stem and leaf plot with your results. Stem = tens digit, leaf = ones digit. Remember to use labels and make a title.

III. Social Studies
a. Finish Explorer power point. Due Tuesday September 9th.

IV. Other
a. Show parents communication folder.
b. Turn in parent-teacher conference forms and
picture taking order and funds.

Homework Assignments

I. Language Arts
a. Read biography book for 30 minutes and write down pages read in reading record.

II. Math
a. Worksheet page 24 #1-2, #3-13 odd, page 25 #1-6 all. Show all work on separate sheet of paper.

III. Social Studies
a. Finish power point due Tuesday September 9th.

IV. DARE
a. Page 10, 11, 28 Lesson #2. Due tomorrow.

V. Other
a. Hawaiiana: finish design. Due next week Wednesday.
b. Book orders due tomorrow.
c. Turn in picture taking forms (due before September 11th) and parent-teacher conference forms.

Homework Assignments

Dear Students,
I hope you had a restful Labor Day weekend! The following are your assignments for today:

I. Language Arts
a. Read your biography book for 30 minutes and write the amount of pages you have read.

II. Math
a. Recheck your work for mean, median and mode. Make sure your bar graph showing the body shape is labelled. You will continue to work on your excel chart tomorrow.

III. Science
a. Read pages 556-561 in Science textbook. Make a web and write down what you know about Light. Then, make a 3 column chart. Write the defintions for each of the following terms. Draw a colored picture of an example and write an explanation for your example:
Reflection, Opaque, Translucent, Transparent, Refraction and Absorption.

IV. Other
a. DARE assignment: page 10 "My Warning", page 11 situation 1 & 2, page 28 Lesson #2. Due Thursday.
b. Federal Survey Card: have parents complete it in pen and sign their name. Completed cards due tomorrow!