martes, 30 de noviembre de 2010

HOMEWORK - Language Art, 6A and 6B.

6A and 6B
For tomorrow, 1 Dec

Write the definition of the word
Write your own sentence with the word
Learn how to spell the word

The words:

ricocheted, hysterical, crestfallen, ecstatic, incapacitated, lamented, mirth, perishable


lunes, 29 de noviembre de 2010


SOCIAL STUDIES REVIEW:
 
Use the terms to complete the sentences (magna, rain shadow, tributaries, irrigation, metropolitan area)
 
Lava is ___________________or molten rock, that has reached Earth's surface.
 
Together a river and its ________________make up a river system.
 
People have developed systems of _____________to create forms in desert area.
 
The Tokyo _________________includes the city and the suburbs that surround it.
 
Because it is in a _____________, the land east of the Sierra Nevada is much drier than the land to the west of the mountains.
 
Answer the questions:
 
What forces cause the weathering of land?
Which is the world's largest ocean?
How does Antarctica's environment make it hard for people to live there?
How does vegetation affect where people choose to settle?
How is a pastorial society different from a farming society? Explain.
How did early harders and farmers use natural resources?
How are the terms civilization and complex society related?
How did having an oasis help Jericho succeed?
Where do most experts beleive the first modern humans lived?
Why was Hammurabi's code important to the Babylonian Empire?
How did the Nile River affect the development of Egyptian civilization?
How did the yearly flooding of the Nile River help shape the economy of Egypt?
In what ways has early Chinese civilization influenced Chinese people today?
Who was the last king of the Shang dynasty?
Why was the Olmec civilization called the "mother civilization"of the Americas?
 
 
Define words:
extinct, artifact, pastoral society, oasis, territory, monarchy, cuneiform, taxation, merchant, bureaucracy, decree, afterlife, dynasty.
 
 

HOMEWORK - 29 NOVEMBER, 2010

FOR GRADE SIX:

1) STORYTOWN: Read the first ten pages of the story: "Secrets of the Sphinx; The mysterious creature", book page 616.

sábado, 27 de noviembre de 2010

VESTUARIO: "BABUSHKA"

VESTUARIO DISPONIBLE EN EL COLEGIO O ASIGNADO SEGÚN INSTRUCCIONES TEACHER NADEJDA.
Las niñas deben adquirir medias pantyhose blancas y zapatillas, flats o balerinas a tono.
Para las botas de los varones, usar un zapato negro y ponerle encima un pedazo de tela negro agarrado con velcro para simular la bota.

miércoles, 24 de noviembre de 2010

HOMEWORK - Language Art, 6A and 6B.

6A and 6B
For Friday, 26/11

1.Choose a planet.
2. Write about the most important things according to you (4 sentences).
3. Draw the planet

SPELLING TEST ON FRIDAY, 26/11

The words:
Include
Comets
Rotate
Path
Complete
Realize
Surface
Distance
Disappear
Freeze
Atmosphere
Approach
Desert
Liquid

lunes, 22 de noviembre de 2010

HOMEWORK - Language Art, 6A and 6B.

6A for Wednesday, 24/11
6B for Thursday, 25/11


Write the definition of the word, draw the word and write your own sentences with the word.

The words:
Include
Comets
Rotate
Path
Complete
Realize
Surface
Distance
Disappear
Freeze
Atmosphere
Approach
Desert
Liquid

viernes, 19 de noviembre de 2010

Language Art, Homework and assignment, 6A and 6B

6A and 6B
For Monday, 22/11

Homework:
To do the missing homework that you haven't done.

Assignment:
To finish the shadow theater.

miércoles, 17 de noviembre de 2010

martes, 16 de noviembre de 2010

BOOK FLIX - Information

- en la pagina del colegio haz click en el icono de BookFlix
- Username: ndamedr
- Password: ndamedr

Upcoming Project: Egypt

Make sure your models and your oral presentations are ready for Monday, November 22nd, 2010. 
GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!!

domingo, 14 de noviembre de 2010

Language Arts Homework Nov 15th, 2010, 6A and 6B

FOR 6A, Wednesday 17/11
FOR 6B, Thursday 18/11

1.- Draw the boat and its parts on your notebook. Name each part.
2.- Write each word 5 times each on your notebook.
3.-Bring a shoe box, wax paper to cover the open side of the box, scissors, 1 candle, and glue for a shadow theater.

TEACHER MARTINA LÖFVEN

jueves, 11 de noviembre de 2010

LANGUAGE ARTS REVIEW- SPELLING TEST ON MONDAY

STUDY FOR THE SPELLING TEST ON MONDAY NOVEMBER, 15TH........FILL IN THE FOLLOWING CHART WITH EACH SPELLING WORD AS A SPELLING TEST REVIEW.
Use the chart for each word. Do the review in your notebook.

Huge, passengers, crew, voyage, staircase, cabin, propellers, icebergs, glaciers, lifeboats, compartments, sink, life jackets, mystery, jellyfish, dangerous, dials, gauges, glowed, dreaded, doomed, lavish, stroll along, upper deck, communal, dissatisfied, demands, apparent, indebted, bliss, stationary, arduous, prudent, entwined.

MISS MARTINA LÖFVEN

martes, 9 de noviembre de 2010

Language Arts Homework Nov 9th, 2010



6A
Ocean Requiem---> http://vimeo.com/14038219

1.-WATCH THE VIDEO AND COMMENT ABOUT THE TITLE>OCEAN REQUIEM (ONE PARAGRAPH).
2.- ILLUSTRATE THE VIDEO OCEAN REQUIEM. IMAGINE YOUR DRAWING WILL BE THE COVER OF THE DVD.

TEACHER MARTINA

lunes, 8 de noviembre de 2010

HOMEWORK - Language Arts, 6B

6B
For Thursday, 11/11

Finish the booklet about your journey.

Remember:
To write the title "My journey" and draw the boat you chose on the front page.
Draw and write in the booklet about your journey (like a diary).

Example of words to use:
Sea, ocean, water, food, fish, fishing, weather, stormy, sunny, windy, rainy, rainbow, waves, thunder, country, birds, sleeping, days, hours.......

miércoles, 3 de noviembre de 2010

Language Arts, EXPOSITORY NONFICTION


FOR MONDAY 8/11


USING THE CHART ON PAGE 694...
SUMMARIZE THE MAIN IDEAS AND THE MOST IMPORTANT DETAILS IN ONE OR TWO SENTENCES.

MISS MARTINA LÖFVEN

martes, 2 de noviembre de 2010

Language Arts Homework Nov 2nd, 2010



1.- Copy the following words in your notebook 5 times each: Huge, passengers, crew, voyage, staircase, cabin, propellers, icebergs, glaciers, lifeboats, compartments, sink, life jackets, mystery, jellyfish, dangerous, dials, gauges, glowed, dreaded, doomed, lavish, stroll along, upper deck.
2.-  Find pictures or make drawings that define each word.

TEACHER MARTINA LÖFVEN

lunes, 1 de noviembre de 2010

Language Arts Homework Nov 1st, 2010



In your notebook...
1. Write the words on page 388 five times each>communal,dissatisfied,demands,apparent,indebted,bliss,stationary,arduous,prudent,entwined.
2. Write the definition of each in your own words.
3. Write a sentence with each word.

Teacher Martina Lofven

Write a story with Native American's pictographs/LANGUAGE ARTS



Write a spiral story like the Native American's used to do with the picture dictionary posted above, in your notebook. And write under the spiral story your interpretation.

Teacher Martina Lofven