A Midsummer Night's Dream

This is the book I want you to have.
Amazon.com: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare Made Easy): William Shakespeare: Books

SAT 10 Help

Scholastic.com
Go to this site with your parents. It gives helpful hints and articles for you and your parents to read. I know you are all going to do great! Don't stress over the test. Make sure you do get plenty of rest and relaxation. It is also very important to eat a healthy breakfast every morning. Lastly, just breath, you are all intelligent capable students. I am proud of all of you.

SAT 10 Help

Standardized Test Preparation Scholastic.com
This is a great site to have your parents look at with you.

Your Year End Trip

The Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences of West Virginia

World Continents Quizzes - geography online games

World Continents Quizzes - geography online games
Click on this link. It will take you to a home page with several other links to games. Start out on the first level and work your way up.
Thank you,
M.

Local Interactive Weather Map - weather.com

Local Interactive Weather Map - weather.com

Don't forget you can't choose any of states that boarder West Virginia.
This is just the very basics of reading a weather map. You will be learning more next week. Have fun.

Election Center 2008 - Election & Politics News from CNN.com

Election Center 2008 - Election & Politics News from CNN.com

Here is a great site for finding the latest inforation on the election.

2008 Presidential Candidates | Campaign 2008: The Presidential Field | washingtonpost.com

2008 Presidential Candidates Campaign 2008: The Presidential Field washingtonpost.com

Click on the above link. Click on a candidate that you are interested in. Click on their profile. Choose several issues that you think are important, and read their responses. If you decide you do not agree with them, then go back to the list of candidates and choose again.
You are expected to take notes on what you agree, and disagree with concerning the issues. I also want you to write who you chose on a piece of paper with your reasoning for your choice. Tomorrow we will have a small debate on the big issues. I expect you to be prepared by backing up your opinion with statements you agreed with from your candidate

Shower Week

First of all I want to thank Mrs. Karen Armstead, and Mrs. Amy Bradley for throwing a baby shower for Lily, myself, and all of the sixth grade this coming Friday. I am sincerely grateful for all of your hard work, and for inviting Mrs. Bias' class as well. Thank you.

Obviously on Friday we will be having the shower, so we will not be having Science or Social Studies that afternoon.

In Science this week we will be learning about magnetism and light.

This week in Social Studies you will continue to learn about ancient civilizations.

In Math we will not be having a test this week. We will be working through lessons 65.

We will be having a Spelling test of words from our new book this coming Friday morning.

For English we will begin jobs for the paper. I do want to let you know that since I could go into labor at any time, we will only work on our paper through the rest of this month. We may come back to it at the end of the year.

Last but certainly not least, Reading. It is very important that you get Down the Rabbit Hole a.s.a.p. Empire at Pullman said that the order will be in today. All you need to do is go to the front desk, tell them the title of the book, and that you are from St. Joe.

Ancient Civilizations Activities

SuffolkWeb Kids - Ancient Civilizations

On this site you may choose any of the activities that you wish. If you have time try out more than one site. Have fun.

Amazon.com: Down the rabbit hole: Books

Amazon.com: Down the rabbit hole: Books

This link should go directly to the page containing Down The Rabbit Hole. You can purchase it used here, and the shipping should take no longer than 4 to 5 business days, hopefully.

Our New Lit. Book

We will be reading Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams for the next six weeks. I am sure you are all going to love it, plus we have the extra benefit of having literature groups again. I am very excited! I am listing a few places you can purchase your book. Remember it is your responsibility to have the book by next Monday. I would prefer you to have it sooner if possible.

You can buy the book at Borders, but I will be placing an order at The Empire, in Pullman square. I suggest http://www.amazon.com/ for a possible used copy. Beware that ordering online may take more time, but at least it is a sure thing. You may also check with the high school library, however I doubt they have more than one copy, if that. If all else fails check the public libraries just remember that you will need to re-check out the book.

Aztecs Research Page

Aztecs
Once you get to this page fill out your who, what, when, where, how foldable. You will be able to fill out the foldable by exploring the different areas. Everyone will have different information so do not worry, just do your best. :)

Back to Work

Welcome back to school. Wasn't it nice to have an extra day off? Last Friday was a great day to review, however this week we will begin new lessons.



We get to take what we learned from our field trip, and begin our class paper next week. It may take a week or two to publish the first paper, but I think you will have fun.



We should make it through lesson 62 in Math. That means we will have a test this week on lessons 56-60.

In Reading and Social Studies you will be learning about ancient civilizations.

Science will be a fascinating exploration of electricity.

It is going to be a great week back. I am excited to get back into a routine, as I hope you are as well.