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Name: Melanie Burroughs
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Welcome to a brand new year.  All assignments must be turned in on time.  When the assignment is late will cost them 5% for each it's not turned in.  Also, when your child is absent, it will be up to them to come to me and asked for all missing assignments.  There will be no excuses for not getting the work done.

5th grade has an assigned scientist biography report & 6th grade has an assigned mathematician report.  Both reports are have a deadline of Wed. February 1st.


5th Grade Math
Mon.: Obj - no school...holiday
Tues.:  Obj -  multiply by a 3-digit number; pp154-155
Wed.:   Obj - no school - parent/teacher conferences
Thurs.:  Obj - solve problems involving money; pp156-156A.
Fri.:  Obj - review multiplying 2- and 3-digit numbers; p158 #1-32

HW for the Week:
Mon - none; Tues - p162 set G; Wed none; Thurs R4-11 review sheet; Fri - none

5th Grade Science
Mon.:  Obj - no school - holiday
Wed.:  Obj - no school - parent/teacher conferences
Thurs.:  Obj - observe how the slope of a ramp affects the effort required to move an object along a ramp; calculate the mechanical advantage of an inclined plane - ppC42-C45

6th Grade Math
Mon.:  Obj - no school - holiday
Tues.: Obj. - to use exponents; to apply the order of operations to simplify powers and expressions; pp139-141
Wed.:  Obj - no school - parent/teacher conferences
Thurs.:  Obj - to find areas of rectangles; to use the distributive property; pp143-145
Fri.:  Obj - Same as Thursday

Homework:
Mon - none; Tues - p525 #9-16; Wed none; Thurs p525 #17-20; Fri -none;

6th Grade Science
Mon.:  Obj. - no school - holiday
Wed.: Obj - no school - parent/teacher conferences
Thurs.:  Obj - specify the position of an object; find the distance along a path determine the average of a moving object; pp380-390

7th Grade Science
Tues.:  Obj - define work; calculate work done on an object; pp116-120
Wed.:  Obj - no school - parent/teacher conferences
Fri.:  Obj - describe how work can produce kinetic, potential and thermal energy; specify that energy is transferred when work is done; pp121-133

8th Grade Science
Tues.:  Obj - relate the work of Crookes, Thomson, Becquerel, & Rutherford to the study of the atom; describe radioactivity; list characteristics of alpha & beta particles & gamma rays; pp110-121
Wed.:  Obj - no school - parent/teacher conferences
Fri.:  Obj - trace the development of the model atom; distinguish among electrons, protons, and neutrons; pp122-134
Hey there folks! Take the time to check out this week's assignments & homework for the week of 1-16-06.