1.8: October 23-27, 2017

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Important Dates
October
31: Field Trip to Bull Run Watershed, depart 9:00 a.m., return 2:50 p.m..
Volunteer Background Check (Required)
Bring a sack lunch and dress for rain and cold. Be prepared!

November
3: End of Quarter Planning Day, No School
8: Parent Teacher Conferences, No School
9: Parent Teacher Conferences, No School
Call the office for conference scheduling. 503.916.6200
10: Veterans Day, No School
22-24: Thanksgiving Vacation, No School

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This week in…
MATH –
EngageNY Module 2: Multi-Digit Whole Number and Decimal Fraction Operations

Topic F:  Partial Quotients and Multi-Digit Whole Number Division
Lesson 19 Objective:  Divide two- and three-digit dividends by multiples of 10 with single-digit quotients and make connections to a written method. Homework Due Tuesday
Lesson 20 Objective:  Divide two- and three-digit dividends by two-digit divisors with single-digit quotients and make connections to a written method. Homework Due Wednesday
Lesson 21 Objective:  Divide two- and three-digit dividends by two-digit divisors with single-digit quotients and make connections to a written method. Homework Due Thursday
Lesson 22 Objective:  Divide three- and four-digit dividends by two-digit divisors resulting in two- and three-digit quotients, reasoning about the decomposition of successive remainders in each place value. No Homework
Lesson 23 Objective:  Divide three- and four-digit dividends by two-digit divisors resulting in two- and three-digit quotients, reasoning about the decomposition of successive remainders in each place value. No Homework
KHAN ACADEMY: Topic F: Partial quotients and multi-digit whole number division

HUMANITIES
READING
• Daily Directed Reading
October’s Genre: Fiction- Mystery
• October’s Book Study
Omnivore’s Dilemma
Part 1: The Industrial Meal: Food From Corn- Chapters 1-10

  • 4: The Grain Elevator
  • 5: The Feedlot- Turning Corn into Meat
  • 6: Processed Food
  • 7: Fat From Corn

WRITING
• Scientific Inquiry
Black Soldier Fly Larvae Inquiries
Part 1: Background Information and Question/Hypothesis (hypothesis will be in written and graph from) due Thursday, October 6
Part 2: Materials List and Procedures, due Thursday, October 12
Part 3: Experiment: Observations, data table and graph, due Friday, October 20
Part 4: Analysis: What story does the data from your experiment tell. Conclusion: Make a graph of your hypothesized data and your experiment (actual data). Compare and contrast. Due Friday, October 27.  Print completed BSFL Inquiry on Monday, October 30.


SOCRATIC SEMINAR
Topic: Francis Bacon On Revenge
Agreements for a productive seminar:
1. Speak so that all can hear you.
2. Listen closely and respectfully
3. Speak without raising hands
4. Refer to the text!
5. Talk to each other, not just the leader
6. Ask for clarification if you are confused
7. Invite and allow others to speak
8. Consider ALL viewpoints and ideas
9. Stay on topic!
10. Know that YOU are responsible for the quality of the seminar

SCIENCE
Systems Thinking Lorax Projects (Ecology)
Systems thinking tools: BOTG’s, connection circles, causal loops, mental models
1. Identify waste in the system
2. Create a system with less/no waste (learning to stack functions, long-term vs short term planning)

日本語

Friday’s hiragana quiz 1.8 pdf

Hiragana Tested↓
あいうえお　と　かきくけこ　(review: week one)
さしすせそ　と　たちつてと   (review: week two)
ないぬねの　と　はひふへほ　(review: week three)
まみむめも　と　や　ゆ　よ　(review: week four)
らりるれろ　と　わ　　　を　(review:week five)
ん
きゃきゅきょ　ぎゃぎゅぎょ　 (review: week six)
しゃしゅしょ　じゃじゅじょ　 (review: week six)
ちゃちゅちょ　ぢゃぢゅぢょ     (review: week six)
にゃにゅにょ　ひゃひゅひょ　(review: week seven)
びゃびゅびょ　ぴゃぴゅぴょ   (review: week seven)

Real Kana Practice
hiragana-stroke-order-chart pdf
Blank Paper for Writing Japanese pdf

 

Hiragana Romaji Hiragana Romaji
みょうが  myouga かぼちゃ  kabocha
きいろ  kiiro だいこん  daikon
さつまいも  satsumaimo せんせい  sensei
こんばんは  konbanha(wa) みょうじ  myouji
おばけ  obake おやすみなさい  oyasuminasai
こうもり  koumori だいだいいろ  daidaiiro
りょこう  ryokou こども  kodomo
はっぱ  happa おちゃ  ocha
りょうり  ryouri りゅうこう  ryuukou
でんしゃ  densya きょう  kyou

This weeks dialogue practice (make sure you can read the dialogue in blue)
△二 (review)
女：すみません、にほんごがわかりますか。
男：はい、すこし。
女：あなたは、アメリカじんですか。
男：はい、わたしはアメリカじんです。えいごがわかりますか。
女：いいえ、わかりません
△三 (new)
男：おはようございます。
女：おはようございます。
男：いいおてんきですね。
女：ああ、にほんごがわかりますね。
男：はい、すこし。でも、まだじょうずじゃありません。
女：あなたは、アメリカじんですか。
男：はい。 女：でも、にほんごがよくわかりますね。