Mrs. Ogurick- Week of May 5- 9, 2008

 

I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE PRESIDENT INTERVIEW PARAGRAPHS THE CHILDREN WROTE. THEY ALL COMPLETED THE ASSIGNMENT WONDERFULLY !

 

Grade 7:

 

Literature- completing “Charge of the Light Brigade”; test on the poem; Spanish story “The Amigo Brothers” - one of my favorites for many reasons

 

Spanish-days, months, seasons, calender writing

 

English- test Tuesday on verbs; review linking verbs; active and passive voice

 

English Writing-focusing  on clarity replacing overused verbs( two assignments)

 

Advanced Math-  quiz Monday on simple probability; test Tuesday on Chapter 9:  Lessons 1-4;  using the % proportion;fractions,decimals and percents

 

 

Grade 8:

 

Literature- beginning a unit on traditions of the past- ballads, folk tales this week

 

Spanish-interrogative pronouns and sentence translations

 

Advanced Math- factoring; test Tuesday on adding and subtracting polynomials; multiplying a monomial and a trinomial;factoring out a monomial; start the “foil” process