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FSA Schedule for Middle School is posted here for each grade below their homework.
Homework for the week of April 16, 2018:
6th Grade: Monday: Math: Lesson 21 lesson practice; Science: Study Vocabulary words
Tuesday: Math: Lesson 22 Lesson practice; Science: Study Vocabulary words – test tomorrow!
Wednesday: Math: Lesson 23 Lesson practice; Science: Chapter 4 Lesson 3 test
Thursday: Math: Lesson 24 Lesson practice – Domain Test tomorrow; Science: Study Vocabulary words
Vocabulary Words: Cell Wall: a rigid layer that surrounds the cell; Nucleus: cell control center, contains genetic material largest organelle; Organelle: small organs inside the cell that carry out specific functions; Ribosomes: grain shaped organelle produces proteins; Cytoplasm: fluid in the cell that moves organelles around; Mitochondria: rod shaped organelle that produces energy for the cell; Endoplasmic Reticulum: organelle with a network of membranes that produces many substances; Golgi Apparatus: organelle that receives proteins and distributes them to other parts of the cell; Vacuole: stores water, food or other materials; Chloroplast: organelle in plants that carries out photosynthesis; Lysosomes: sac like organelles that break down large food particles to make them more available to the rest of the cell.
Testing Schedule for 6th grade: ELA April 23 – 24, Math May 9 – 10, IReady Final Diagnostic: April 26 ELA, April 27 Math
7th Grade: Monday: Lesson 15 Lesson practice; Science: Study Vocabulary words;
Tuesday: Math: Lesson 16 Lesson Practice; Science: Study vocabulary words
Wednesday: Math: No Homework – Domain 3 Test (Algebra); Science: Study Vocabulary words
Thursday: Math: Lesson 17 Lesson practice; Science: Chapter 11 Lesson 2 Seismic Waves Test
Vocabulary words: Plate: the pieces of the Earth’s crust broken into pieces; Divergent boundary: The place where two plates are moving away from each other; Convergent boundary: The place where two plates are moving toward each other; Transform boundary: The place where two plates are sliding by each other; Plate tectonics: The theory that the Earth’s plates are in slow, constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle; Fault: breaks in the Earth’s crust where rocks have slipped past each other; Rift Valley: pieces of Earth’s crust diverge on land, a deep valley forms;
Testing Schedule for 7th: Reading: April 25-26, Math: May 14-15, Civics: May 4th IReady final diagnostic: Reading: April 30, Math: May 1
8th Grade: Monday: Math: Lesson 15; Science – Lessons 25 practice
Tuesday: Math: Lesson 16 Lesson practice; Science: Lessons 26 and 27 lesson practice
Wednesday: Math: Domain 3 Functions; Science: Lessons 28 and 29 lesson practice
Thursday: Math: Lesson 14 lesson practice; Science: No Homework – Test
Testing Schedule for 8th: Reading: April 30 – May 1; Math: May 16 – 17; Science: May 2nd; IReady final diagnostic: Reading – May 3; Math – May 4
6th Grade: In Math we are reviewing writing and solving algebraic expressions, equations and inequalities. In Science we are learning about homeostasis.
7th Grade: In Math we are reviewing solving algebraic equations and inequalities. In Science we are working on the seismic waves.
8th Grade: In Math we are reviewing functions. In Science we are reviewing physical science including chemical and physical changes, how temperatures changes states of matter, the law of conservation of mass, and acids, bases and salts.
Thanks for all you do!