Homework
Week of November 23, 2009
Welcome to Noble House!! 
LA/SS:
• Please read for 30 minutes and record the title and pages in your planbook.
• Please be sure you bring the book you are currently reading and your planbook home and back to school EVERY DAY. After you complete your evening reading, be sure to put them into your backpack so you remember to bring them to school the next morning.
• Ellis Island Simulation is Tues. November 24. Please come to school dressed as your immigrant in the year 1900 and go directly to the theater. You should pack your regular clothes in your backpack. Please use the clothes in your closet- costumes should be simple.
• Optional: Please memorize the poem entitled “” by by Fri. . No poem this week!
UPCOMING DATES:
• Thanksgiving holiday: Wed. 11/25-Sun. 11/29. School resumes on Mon. 11/30
• Candlelighting is Friday 12/18. The time schedule is to be announced. School resumes Mon. 1/4.
Interesting Links:
• 2009 Notable Children’s Book List Link
WRITING SKILLS AND SPELLING:
Click here http://blogs.dalton.org/associates/ for Mr. Andre and Ms. Gordon’s homework assignments.
• Two excellent typing websites are:
MATH:
• As assigned by your math teacher and recorded in your planbook. It is up to you to record all assignments in your planbook and if you have lost your homework please go to your math teacher’s blog or moodle! Please do not work ahead.
SCIENCE:
• Observational drawing of a tree is due Nov. 4 in your science journal.
• Here is a link to the Observational Drawing Rubric. Please take a look at it.
• The Science Journal
Your Science Journal is a place for you to explore scientific topics, concepts and skills outside of school. It is an opportunity for you to delve more deeply into an area of study we are investigating in class, or to explore a new and different topic that is of interest to you.
Science Journal entries can take many forms. They can include:
- Detailed observational drawings of things you observe.
- Detailed written descriptions of things you observe.
- Conducting experiments and writing a Lab Report.
- Researching and writing about topics related to science, technology, or the natural world.
We will discuss and practice each of these individually first, and then you may choose which form you would like to use for each entry from that point on.
Throughout the year, you will:
- Complete 1 or 2 entries in your Science Journal every few weeks.
- Record Science Journal due dates in your planner to help you manage your time. Due dates will differ for each class.
- Follow the directions for each type of entry and use the rubric to help you assess your own work.
Begin each entry on a new page with a heading that includes the date and an appropriate title of your choice.
MUSIC:
• Assigned by the music teachers. It is up to you to write all assignments in your planbook!
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