Finish Harry Potter Writing Journal
Will be collected and graded on Monday 1/5/15!
Notes:
Today we had our Holiday celebration in class! We enjoyed some treats and had a great day!
In English, we finished reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerers' Stone. Like listed in homework, the journal will be due when we get back. Check over your questions and make sure everything is answered in complete sentences! We watched the movie in class today. We talked about the comparisons of movie adaptation to JK Rowling's book.
In Current Events we read an article entitled West Jet Airlines Delivers "Delivers Christmas Miracles" To the Dominican Republic from Dogo News. For the last two years, Canada's WestJet
Airlines has been spreading holiday cheer by fulfilling the holiday wishes of
some lucky passengers.
This year, they upped the ante by delivering "Christmas miracles" to
the impoverished residents of
the Puerto Plata community of Nuevo Renacer in the Dominican
Republic. (Dogo News)
Rates and Unit Rates
#s 1-28 Worksheet
*Finish classwork if not done in class.
English:
Finish Journal for Chapter 13 "Nicholas Flamel"
Notes: Presentations:
Tomorrow is our presentations for New Years Resolution. We look forward to see you guys tomorrow. Please be here at 1 and it will last until 2. We will have some food for the presentations and we will also be creating Gingerbread Houses as a craft.
In Current Events we read an article entitled Eating a Carolina Reaper chili won't kill you---it'll just feel like it from NewsEla. The Carolina Reaper rates a searing 1.56 million Scoville heat units (SHUs), hotter than the previous record holder — the Trinidad Scorpion Butch T from Australia, at 1.46 million SHUs. A very hot jalapeno might reach 10,000 SHUs. Chili heat rankings may seem trivial, but they are a burning issue for people who sell hot sauce, salsa and other spicy things. After Guinness named the Reaper the world’s hottest pepper one year ago, sales at PuckerButt, Currie’s company, soared. Sales are eight times higher than they were last year, Currie said. (NewsEla)
In Current Events, we read the article entitled Ancient Japanese Giant Salamanders Win Top Marks For Being Awesome Dads. With their large flattened heads, small beady eyes and
slimy skins, Japanese giant salamanders are not destined to take home the prize for "best-looking".
However, according to a team of scientists they may just be eligible for the
most "awesome dad" award, at least amongst amphibian males who are not known for their nurturing personalities. Measuring almost 5-feet long, the ancient animal that
has inhabited earth for over 20 million years, ranks amongst
the largest of all amphibians, second only to their close relatives, the
Chinese giant salamanders. Found in the rivers of northern Kyushu Island and
western Honshu in Japan, they spend their entire lives in freshwater. Every year during breeding season, large males called
"den-masters", create burrows or dens along the stream banks, that
are accessible only to females. However, unlike many other
salamander species, the females leave soon after laying a string of between
300-600 fertilized eggs. It is the males that remain behind to ensure the
unborn babies are taken care of. The well-kept secret of this ancient creature
was unearthed and published on November 11th in the Journal of
Ethnology, by Japanese biologists Sumio Okada, Yukihiro Fukuda, and Mizuki
Takahashi. (DogoNews)
Presentations: Our New Year's Resolutions presentations will be on Thursday 12/18/14! Please join us from 1-2. We will be serving some snacks and drinks! Afterwards, we will be creating a gingerbread house for our craft. Let me know if you can come!
Math:
#s 1-30
Ratios and Rates worksheet
Write each ratio in simplest form!
Social Studies:
Benjamin Banneker Invention Worksheet
Complete Writing Prompt
In his letter to President Jefferson, Benjamin Banneker wrote that he
hoped Jefferson would help to insure that the values set out in the Declaration
of Independence were extended to black Americans also. What else do you think
he said in his letter? Notes:
In Current Events, we read the article entitled A World Without Chocolate? Oh My! The article was from Dogo News. The next time you eat a piece of chocolate, be sure to savor it, because according to two of the world's largest chocolate makers - Mars, Inc. and Barry Callebaut, the decadent treat may soon be in short supply. The problem? We are consuming the candy at a faster pace than farmers can grow cocoa.
Presentations: Our New Year's Resolutions presentations will be on Thursday 12/18/14! Please join us from 1-2. We will be serving some snacks and drinks! Afterwards, we will be creating a gingerbread house for our craft. Let me know if you can come!
Congratulations to Mr. Giangaspro's class! We won the voting for the best blueprint of a Gingerbread House in Ms. Ambrosio's Art class. Our class earned a party during next week!
In Current Events, we read an article entitled Are Smart Mouthguards The Solution To Sports-Related Concussions.very year, sports-related concussions affect several hundred thousand athletes - both professional and amateur. What's worrying is that despite advances in protective gear technology, the numbers are only increasing. According to CDC, emergency room visits relating to sports related injuries including concussions among children andadolescents, has increased by 60% in the last decade. While the fact that football and ice hockey players are the most susceptible to the head injury is not surprising, the high concussion rates in non-contact sports like lacrosse and soccer is certainly worrisome. The Vector Mouthguard is currently being tested by twenty players on Louisiana State University's football team. While the program is still in its initial stages, Jack Marucci, the director of athletic training is happy with the accuracy and the data he receives from this smart device. He plans to send a full report of his team's findings to the NCAA, in hopes of reducing injuries at the fall camp "two-a-day" practices, which are known for hard-hitting tactics. Senior associate athletic trainer Shelley Mullenix concurs, describing the alerts from the mouthguard, as a "second set of eyes." (DogoNews)
An Enlightening Experience
Coordinate Planes Graphing Sheet
(Plot the Points)
Social Studies:
Railroads Lead the Way
Section 5-1 Review Pick 2 questionsout of 1-7 on page 145
Science: Compare Plains, Plateaus and Mountains.
Describe each one's features.
Writing prompt
Notes:
During Winter Festivities Week, we will be presenting our New Year's Resolutions. We will also be creating a holiday craft(A Gingerbread house). Just let me know if you can join us from 1-2 on 12/18/14. We will also be cooking some food for the class to share.
Finish Chapter 8 Journal from 12/10/14 (Harry Potter & TSS)
Notes: Mall Trip (Holiday Shopping)
We went on the trip to the Sunrise Mall in Massapequa. We bought holiday presents and did an excellent job of navigating the mall and managing money. It was a blast
During Winter Festivities Week, we will be presenting our New Year's Resolutions. We will also be creating a holiday craft(A Gingerbread house). Just let me know if you can join us from 1-2 on 12/18/14. We will also be cooking some food for the class to share.
In Current Events we read the article entitled Guess What? Ancient Egyptians Had A Book of Magic Spells Long Before Harry Potter. An ancient Egyptian handbook that has been in the possession of Macquarie University's Museum of Ancient Cultures in Sydney, Australia, since 1981, has finally been deciphered. According to Macquarie University professor Malcolm Choat and University of Sydney professor Iain Gardner, the book contains magical spells that residents of ancient Egypt drew upon, to make all kinds of wishes come true. (Dogo News) In Science we talked about Glaciers. Glaciersare made up of fallensnowthat, over many years, compresses into large, thickenedicemasses. Glaciers form when snow remains in one location long enough to transform into ice. What makes glaciers unique is their ability to move. Due to sheer mass, glaciers flow like very slow rivers. Some glaciers are as small as football fields, while others grow to be dozens or even hundreds of kilometers long. Presently, glaciers occupy about 10 percent of the world's total land area, with most located in polar regions like Antarctica, Greenland, and the Canadian Arctic. Glaciers can be thought of as remnants from the last Ice Age, when ice covered nearly 32 percent of the land, and 30 percent of the oceans. Most glaciers lie within mountain ranges that show evidence of a much greater extent during the ice ages of the past two million years, and more recent indications of retreat in the past few centuries. (NDISC) Tomorrow we are going to the Sunrise Mall for the Holiday Shopping Trip. We will be going from 10:30 to 2:00 tomorrow. Bring some money for gifts and lunch!
Homework: Math:
Mixed Practice for Pythagorean Theorem/Square Roots #s 1-12
English:
Finish 12/8/14 Harry Potter journal (Chapter 6)
Notes:
In English, we created alternate endings with creative twists about Gingerbread in Space. Ask the students about the stories they wrote! They came out great.
In English today we read Chapter 6 of Harry Potter and the Sorcerers' Stone. We answered the questions...
Here is what happened today:
Do you know someone who is like the main character in the book?
In Science we learned about the landform Swamps. A swamp is a piece of land usually covered with
water that lies near a river, lake, or ocean. Most of its plant life consists
of trees. The water in a swamp is very slow moving, if it moves at all. The
land around the water is very wet and muddy. Swamps are so wet and muddy that
most of them are uninhabited except for the many animals that call them home. In Social Studies we talked about the Sioux Native Americans. The Sioux were not just one tribe, but seven
related tribes who all spoke the same language. They were one of the largest
prairie groups. They had three names for themselves that varied among the dialects
of the tribes — Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota. The words meant "allies"
or "the people."
Notes:
Mr. Giangaspro will be out tomorrow 12/5/14. We will still be completing work as usual in class! Ms. Krissy will be with the class. I will be back as usual on Monday 12/8/14 Holiday Shopping
On 12/10/14, we will be taking a trip to the Sunrise Mall for Holiday shopping.
In Health, the students finished their presentation about healthy eating. They will be presenting to Mrs. Gagliardi next week.
In Current Events, we read an article entitled ICEHOTEL's 25th Makeover Is Spectacular! from Dogo News. While the igloo has
now transformed into a 5,500 square meter (59,200sq.ft.) structure that is
world famous for its artistic excellence, it is still made entirely from frozen
water - 1000 tons of ice and 30,000 tons of 'snice' a mixture of ice and snow -
to be exact! In order to ensure
there is enough supply, workers harvest 5,000 tons of ice from the Torne River
before it begins to melt in March and April, and transfer it to cold storage.
Things really start to get busy in November, when 100 workers, half of them artists commissioned to design
special areas, descend upon the region to build the
beautiful structure. Within six to eight weeks, the hotel is ready to welcome
its first guests. Its 65 rooms that are built to accommodate even the
most-budget conscious visitor, range from luxurious suites to rooms that contain
just an icy bed and a reindeer skin. (Dogo News)
Pythagorean Theorem Worksheet
#s 1-6 Solve for the missing side
Social Studies:
Chapter 3 Vocabulary Syllables Worksheet
Notes:
In English, we continued reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerers' Stone by J.K. Rowling. We continued working on our Reading Journal. We read Chapter 3 and kept up with! It will be collected and due on the last day we finish the book.
In Current Events, we read an article Free clothing boutique opens for kids in need. Lynda Walsh wants kids to look fashionable no matter how tight their budget is. To provide young people with clothing of all sizes and accessories to match, Walsh recently opened the Cool Clothes Closet of South Palm Beach County. Kids can shop at the nonprofit boutique without worrying about how much money is in their wallet. The 69-year-old retiree’s main goal is to provide both everyday and professional clothing — at no cost. Her boutique provides clothes to children in foster care, older kids looking for their first jobs and children of returning veterans who have not found work yet, she said. “We are here to give clothes away to kids who need them,” said Walsh, a court-appointed advocate for children from Delray Beach, Florida. An advocate watches out for the rights and interests of kids in the foster care system. Children who cannot live with their families or who do not have families are placed by the state with foster parents until they can find permanent homes. (NewsEla)
Finish English Chapter 2 Journal of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Notes: In Science we watched the video America's Best Idea: National Parks by PBS. Yesterday, we talked about the Yosemite National Park and the need for preserving nature. A National Park is defined as an area of land that is owned and protected by a national government because of its natural beauty or its importance to history or science
Homework: Math: Square Root Work #s 1-40 Finding the Power of 2 ALL Classwork needs to be finished English: Finish Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone December 1st, 2014 Reading Journal in Packet Science
The Ever-Changing Surface of the
Earth - Part 1: Erosion
Finish Both Writing Prompts
1. Make
a list of land forms. Beside each, name the process that created the landform.
For example, Niagara Falls was created by water erosion. List as many as you
can think of.
2. Compare and Contrast) Compare wind
erosion to water erosion. How are they alike? How are they different?
Social Studies
Finish The
Yosemite Indians of the Ahwahnee Valley
Short
Answers/Crossword Work
Notes:
In Science we learned and talked about erosion of the Earth. If
you've ever had the privilege of traveling to foreign countries or even across
the United States, you've certainly observed the many different land forms that
make up the fascinating surface of our Planet Earth! But there's something
about these land forms that is impossible to notice with just a casual glance.
From the vast plains and plateaus to the rolling hills, towering mountains, and
deep valleys, the Earth's surface is very gradually, but very constantly, being
molded and worn down by a process called erosion.(EdHelper)
In Social Studies we learned and talked about the Yosemite Indians. Native
Americans lived in North America thousands of years before non-Native Americans
set foot here. They grouped themselves together into clans, or tribes. Each
tribe had its own way of living. This made each tribe unique. The Yosemite
Indians belonged to a group or clan known as the Miwok. Yosemite, pronounced
yoh-sem-i-tee, was a name given to this tribe of Native Americans by the white
newcomers. It is thought to be close to the pronunciation of an Indian word
"uzumati," which means grizzly bear.(EdHelper)
In Current Events, we read an article entitled Lucky Ohio Turkeys "Mac" And "Cheese" Trot Away To Retirement! from Dogo News. Every year, two turkeys manage to escape the Thanksgiving table thanks to a special pardoning granted by the President of the United States of America. This year was no exception! On Wednesday, November 26th, President Obama used his powers to free a 49-pound turkey named "Cheese" and a lucky spare named "Mac" and allowed them to trot off to Morven Park, in Leesburg, Virginia, where they will spend the rest of their lives in blissful retirement. (Dogo News)
You are one of the five themes of geography—location, place, region,
human/environment interaction, or movement. Write a monologue that explains to
your fellow themes why you are important to geography. Be specific. *Finish CLASSWORK* Social Studies: Native Americans in the Northern Area Reading Comprehension Circle the correct word worksheet
Notes:
Thanksgiving Feast is tomorrow. Mr. Giangaspro is bringing in his famous ziti. Can't wait to try all of the exciting food! In English we took our Red Badge of Courage test. I will be grading and returning them before the Thanksgiving Day Break! Stay tuned In Current Events, we learned about the history and logistics of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. What do you do on Thanksgiving morning? You might
watch Macy's Parade. It is in New York City. This parade has floating, helium
filled balloons. Snoopy will be there. You might see Dora. Kermit will be
there. You might see Buzz or Shrek. There are giant floats. There are funny
clowns. There are marching bands, too. The parade route is two miles long.
Every year, about three million people are there. They watch it live. More than
forty million Americans see it on TV. This parade began in 1924. There were no
balloons or floats that year. It had live animals from the zoo. In 1969, the
first floats were made. They are built in New Jersey. Some of them may be forty
feet tall! They must be folded when they come into the city. The balloons are
inflated the night before. Workers toil all night! They must be ready for the
parade's nine o'clock start. More than four thousand volunteers help along the
parade route. Macy's Parade is a tradition for many people. This packet is an
informational that you will use to help you understand the tradition that
entertains millions and millions of people! (EdHelper) We watched the 85th anniversary special and took notes. We wrote down 14 relevant facts and shared them with the class. Here is the link below.
We also had an activity where they had to design their own float/balloon for the parade and it had to meet a certain criteria. Here are the questions they answered.
Imagine
you are in charge of creating the next big hit float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving
Day Parade. What would you choose? Why would you choose it? How can you justify
it to your bosses that this float will have the longevity of some of the
greatest floats in parade history.
Identify what movie, TV show or popular culture
reference your float is from
In Current Events, we read an article from Dogo News entitled Indonesia Announces Multi-Billion Plan To Save Jakarta From Sinking. Rising sea levels are a growing worry for many coastal cities around the world. While all are expected to be impacted, some like Indonesia's capital Jakarta, are more vulnerable. Located in the northwest coast of the Java Sea, Southeast Asia's most populous city lies on a low flat basin at the mouth of the Ciliwung River on the Jakarta Bay. Though its average elevation is 8-meters (26 feet), 40% of the city lies below sea level and is sinking by as much as six inches, annually. Experts speculate that if this pace continues, much of northern Jakarta will be underwater by 2030.
During school we baked Apple Crumb Cake with Mr. Mergl. We did a great job and can't wait to share it at the Thanksgiving.
Wednesday, 11/26/14 will be our Thanksgiving Feast. The students will enjoy an array of food and we will also discuss what we are thankful for on this holiday! We will be baking Apple Crumb Cake on Monday in school for the event. Can't wait.
In Current Events today we read an article entitled Crafty Seals Follow Tracking Device Signals to Catch Fish from Dogo News. We discussed the benefits and possible reasons to use tracking devices on wild animals. The class came up with these reasons: to follow or trace an animal's lifestyle, follow their eating habits, track movements, provide protection and awareness to the dangers and study how far and where they go. Tiny monitoring devices have become an increasingly common way for
scientists to study elusive animals that are difficult to track on a day-to-day
basis. However, now it seems that smart seals have caught on to the trick and
are using it to their advantage to catch fish! This stunning finding was revealed in a study published on
November 19th, in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B by a team
of researchers from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. The scientists
decided to embark on the investigation after previous research indicated
that while ultrasonic frequencies produced by acoustic tags (the kind used in fish)
were imperceptible to the animals they were being used on,predators like seals and sea
lions were able to detect the signal quite easily. To verify if that was true, the scientists selected a group of
ten juvenile grey seals that had been born in captivity. This meant
that the marine animals had never encountered the ocean, nor been exposed to
any kind of acoustic tags. The researchers then placed the seals one at a time,
inside a pool that contained 20 foraging boxes, only two of which housed fish - one with tags and
the other without. (Dogo News)
Finish Chapter 24 (the Finale) Questions from Red Badge of Courage
Notes:
Today in English we finished the Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane. We will be completing a Review Sheet tomorrow with comprehension questions and vocabulary words. We will be taking the test on the whole book on Monday 11/24/14.
In Current Events, we read an article entitled World's Most Complicated Watch Auctions For Record $24 Million from Dogo News. The world's most complicated watch, a 1933 timepiece made by luxury watchmaker Patek Phillipe was sold for an astounding $24.4 million USD at a Sotheby's auction in Switzerland on November 11th. The historic price for the aptly
named 'Supercomplication' masterpiece smashed the world record set by
same watch in 1999, when it was bought by Sheikh Saud Bin Mohammed Bin
Ali Al-Thani, a member of Qatar's royal family, for $11 million USD. According to Sotheby's, it took the anonymous buyer just 15 minutes to outbid the other five watch enthusiasts
that were competing for the rare timepiece that started bidding at
$16.8 million USD. While that may appear a lot for an old pocket watch,
to collectors, the Henry Graves Supercomplication that is often
described as "the most important watch in the world," "one of the
wonders of the world," and "the collector's holy grail", is the best
there is. (Dogo News)
Finish Chapter 23 questions for Red Badge of Courage
Science:
Tycho Brahe Reading Comprehension and Grammar Activity
Notes:
In Current Events, we read an article from Dogo News entitled Vampire Fanged Deer Sighted After 66 years. The recent report of the sighting of a few Kashmir musk deer has given conservationistshope that the species may be alive and well amongst the forests in Afghanistan.The study published by the World Wildlife Foundation in the November edition of the journal Oryx, states that a team of researchersscouringthe country's Nuristan Province in 2008 and 2009,encounteredthe animals on five separate occasions. Kashmir musk are one of seven known species of the deer that can be found amidst the forests and alpine scrubs in the mountains of Asia. They were last seen in the area in 1948, by a team of Dutch researcherstraversingacross Afghanistan's Parun Valley. (Dogo News)
Finish #s 1-16 on Scientific Notation on worksheet
English:
Finish Chapter 22 Red Badge of Courage Questions
1. Why do you think Crane
describes guns and flags as if they are human? 2. Consider these descriptions
of the battle. Does it seem organized or chaotic? What made you arrive at your
conclusion? 3. What were the rebel forces
hiding behind? 4.Based on the events of the
battle thus far, what do you think will be done in response to this crisis? Notes: Field Trip Today we took our trip to the Roosevelt Field Mall. We did a scavenger hunt and had to find specific items in the stores. We also enjoyed lunch in the food court. The class did a great job :)
