Math:
This week, we will be learning about improper fractions and mixed numbers.
Enjoy the holiday break!!!

Math:
The students are continuing to learn about fractions.
A quiz will be coming up, soon.

Math:
This week, the students will be learning how to multiply and divide fractions.
There will be a fraction quiz, late next week.

Math:
This week, the students are completing a financial project.
They will be creating a game involving all of the expenses
involved in life.

Math:
This week, the students are learning how to determine the Greatest Common Factor and Least Common Multiple of numbers.

There will be a quiz on Friday or Monday.

Math:
This week, the students completed learning about the order of operations.
Next week, they will learn about LCM and GCF.

***possible quiz Friday November 14th

Math:
This week, the students are continuing to learn about the order of operations.
They also will be learning how to write and evaluate expressions.

*There will be an order of operations quiz on Thursday or Friday.

Math:

This week, the students will be learning about the order of operations.
*The next quiz will be early next week.

Math:

**This week, the students are working on solving word problems involving multiplying and dividing integers.

**There will be a quiz on multiplying and dividing integers, on Friday 10-17-14.

Math:

This week, the students will be creating posters for the rules of multiplying  and dividing integers.

There will be a quiz during the week of  10-13-14.

Math:
This week, the students are learning how to add and subtract integers.
Next week, the students will learn how to multiply and divide integers.

On Friday 10-3-14......
the students will have a test on adding and subtracting integers.

Math:

This week, the students will be learning about
 adding and subtracting integers with like and unlike signs.

**There will be a quiz, late next week.

Math:
*The students will complete their first module, this week. They will have a test on Friday.
*The next module will be about adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing,
 positive and negative integers.

Welcome Back!!!!

Math:
In class, we are currently learning about INTEGERS.
Late next week, the students will be having a test on Integers, including:
*Integers and their opposites
*Comparing and ordering integers
*Absolute value
*Using tables to solve word problems
*Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, Dividing Integers

The students generally have homework every night!

Fridays = No Homework

Language Arts:
The students have completed reading The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.
All of their MARE projects and presentations were terrific!!!

Math 5th/6th:
The students are reviewing basic skills topics.

Math 7th/8th:
The students are reviewing using the order of operations.

Language Arts:
Writing: The students will be presenting their MARE projects, next week.
Reading: The students continue to read The Boy In The Striped Pajamas.

Math 5th/6th:
The students have learned how to name: points, lines, rays, line segments, and angles.

Language Arts:
Reading: The Boy In The Striped Pajamas
Writing: working on MARE projects

Math 5th/6th:
practicing using math symbols

Math 7th/8th:
learning how to use slope intercept form

Language Arts:
Reading: The students are reading "The Boy In The Striped Pajamas"
Writing: Currently, the students are preparing their MARE projects


Math 5th/6th:
The students are learning how to measure, draw, and identify angles.

Math 7th/8th:
The students are learning how to determine and identify kinds of slope.

Language Arts:
The students are focusing on grammar topics such as:  phrases that modify, pronouns, antecedents and editing grammar mistakes.

Math 5th/6th:
This week, the students are taking the NJASK.

Math 7th/8th:
The students are creating a "Geometric City."

Language Arts:
Writing: The students are learning about pronouns and antecedents.
Reading: The class is reading The Boy In The Striped Pajamas.

Math 5th/6th:
Currently, the class is learning;  how to determine the missing angle measurement of a triangle and how to determine the area of a triangle.

Math 7th/8th:
State Testing This Week

Language Arts:
Reading: The students will be starting to read The Boy In The Striped Pajamas.
Writing: Currently, the students are writing a narrative essay, together.

Math 5th/6th:
The students are learning how to identify triangles by using sides and angles.


Math 7th/8th:
The students are learning how to identify and name pairs of angles.

Language Arts:
Reading: The students are reading and analyzing "The Raven," by E.A. Poe
Writing: The students have been reviewing; parts of a story, parts of speech, and figures of speech.

Math 5th/ 6th:
The students are completing the unit on polygons and quadrilaterals.

Math 7th/8th:
The students are completing the unit on volume.

Language Arts:

Writing: The students are learning about prepositions. Currently, they are writing an essay about "What would you do if you found an envelope full of money?"
Reading: The students are comparing and contrasting two stories. The students are preparing for the NJASK test.


Math 5th/6th:
Currently, the students are learning about polygons and quadrilaterals.


Math 7th/8th:
The students are learning how to determine the volume of cylinders, cones and spheres.

Language Arts:
In writing, the students are learning about irregular verbs. They also are writing an essay about what they would  do if they found an envelope full of money. In reading, the students are practicing their standardized test taking skills.

Math 5th/6th:
This week, the students are learning how to determine perimeter, area and volume.


Math 7th/8th:
This week, the students are continuing to learn about the Pythagorean Theorem.

Language Arts:

Writing: The students are learning about suffixes. They are continuing to write an essay about "Is Lying Always Bad?"

Reading: The students are preparing for the standardized tests.


Math 5th/6th:
The students are learning how to convert within the customary system of measurement.


Math 7th/8th:
The students will be learning how to use the Pythagorean Theorem.

Language Arts:

Reading: The students are taking practice tests in order to prepare for spring standardized testing.

Writing: The students are writing persuasive essays about "Is Lying Always Bad?"


Math 5th/6th:

Currently, the students are learning how to convert measurement.


Math 7th/8th:

The students are learning how to dilate and rotate shapes on a coordinate grid.

Language Arts:

Reading: The students will begin reading a new book, very soon.
Writing: The students will be practicing their peer editing skills.

Math 5th/6th:
The students are learning how to convert measurements within the metric system.

Math 7th/8th:
The students are learning how to translate and rotate shapes on a coordinate grid.

Language Arts:

Reading: This week, the students will be completing the book Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie.
                Today, we read about some of the traditions of Mardi Gras.

Writing:  Currently, the students are learning about plural possessives. The latest essay topic is 
                about being stranded in a winter storm.

Math 5th/6th:
The students are completing their unit about percent.


Math 7th/8th:
The students will be learning about transformations.

Language Arts:

Writing: Currently the students are writing a narrative essay about being stranded in a winter storm.

Reading: The students have been reading about the Winter Olympic Games and its history.



Math 5th/6th:

This week, the students are learning about percent.



Math 7th/8th:

Currently, the students are learning about proportions.

Language Arts:


*The students will complete their quotation mark projects and present them, this week

*In reading class, the students will continue to read Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie. They will also be reading about Olympic topics.


Math 5th/6th:

*This week, the students will be learning about ratios and proportions.


Math 7th/8th:

*The students will be learning how to use roots in order to solve equations.

Language Arts:

Reading: The students are currently reading Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie.

Writing: This week, the students will practice using quotation marks and punctuation marks by creating their own cartoons.

Math 5th/6th:

The students will be learning about reflections on coordinate grids.


Math 7th/8th:

The students will be learning how to multiply and divide with scientific notation.

Language Arts:

Writing: This week the students should be presenting their "Dream City" projects.

Reading: The students are continuing to read: Girls, Drums, and Dangerous Pie.



Math 5th/6th:

The students will be taking a quiz on comparing and ordering integers and absolute value.
They will begin working on coordinate grids.


Math 7th/8th:

The students will be learning about scientific notation and linear equations.

Language Arts:

Writing: The students will be completing and presenting their "Dream City" projects.

Reading: The students are reading Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie. Through reading this book, the students are learning how a middle school student deals with his brother having leukemia.


Math 5th/6th:

The students are learning how to compare and order rational numbers.


Math 7th/8th:

The students are learning about square roots and square numbers.

Language Arts:
In writing, the students are continuing to work on creating their own "Dream City."
In reading, the students are reading Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie.

5th/6th Math:
The students are ordering and comparing integers.

7th/8th Math:
The students are learning how to write numbers in decimal expansion form and how to estimate the value of irrational numbers.

Language Arts:

In writing, the students are developing an essay and completing a map project about designing their own city.

In reading, the students are reading short informational texts in order to improve their comprehension skills.


Math 5th/6th:

The students will be learning about integers, rational, and irrational numbers.


Math 7th/8th:

The students will be learning about decimal expansion and square roots.