Language Arts 
Parents - Please Provide Pens!
The 4-in-1 Pens are
available at the Family Grocer in Duvall.
VOCABULARY LISTS for UNIT 5: Movement:
Week 1 list: UNIT 5
PART1.pdf
Week 3 list:
UNIT 5 PART2.pdf
Week 4 list:
UNIT 5 PART3.pdf
Analogy List: UNIT 5
PART4.pdf
Final test for this unit will be Friday, Oct. 17.
INDEPENDENT READING LOGS and Parent
Signatures
Language Arts students will be recording their Agendas at the bottom of each
day's column. Independent Reading Logs are worth 10 points per week for 60
minutes of reading.
They will be required to read anything as long as their reading adds up to
one hour per week. That is roughly 12 hours for 5 nights or about 10 minutes
each night for 7.
Students may read anything they choose, but they must record it in the log
for points. They will need to enter the title, the pages and the minutes. (More
on content later!)
This is worth 10 points per week. That adds up to about 120 points per
quarter and could mean the difference between whole letter grades.
AGENDA GRADING BEGINS THIS WEEK!
Each Monday now for the remainder of the year we will check Agendas for
Parent Signatures. Your student only needs ONE parent signature on ANY DAY of
the previous week. This is to help establish the habit of conversations about
school events, homework, assignments and concerns. Please sign the bottom of
your student's agenda once per week. This is worth 5 points per week (60 points
per quarter) that will help boost grades and good organizational habits.
This year we will be using Composition Notebooks for journals and NOT
spiral notebooks.
 
These notebooks are much smaller, less expensive and easier to store and use
in the classroom.
Loose-leaf notebook paper will be required for student use for all regular
assignments in both Language Arts and Social Studies.
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Social Studies 
HOMEWORK ALERT!
Geography Notebook pages 13-21 are due Monday
10-20-08
Students have their notebooks and their
Geography Alive books at home in order to complete this assignment.
COMING UP THIS WEEK:
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Wednesday,
Healthy Youth Survey
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Thematic
Maps
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Writing
Assessment Scores
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Sentence
Structure - The Subject
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Friday, Vocabulary TEST/
Current Events
Current Events
Every Friday is
Current Events. We take an article from the Seattle P-I and fill out the
Newspaper Article Response Sheet. If you are absent, please click on the links
below to download the response sheet and find an article from the Seattle P-I.
NEWSPAPER
ARTICLE RESPONSE SHEET
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
*Students are to use their GEOGRAPHY ALIVE! HOME BOOK. This
book stays at home for students to use throughout the year. It is checked out to
the student and will not be returned until the last week of school. This is to
help cut down on backpack weight for homework assignments.
The 5 Themes of Geography
- Location - Absolute and Relative
- Place - Physical and Human Differences
- Interaction - Human and Environmental
- Regions - Function or Physical Characteristics
- Movement - people, products and ideas
Five Themes Definitions
Click on the link below for a fun geography quiz.
Fun Geography Quiz
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Please make sure your student brings the
necessary tools for success this year:
- Notebook paper everyday! (Non-spiral bound, please)
- Black or Blue Pens for writing everyday
- Red Pens for correcting
- Composition Notebook for Journaling
- Jane Schaffer pen packs (black, blue, red and green pens) are supplied
for this writing program by the school.
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This site is a great way to boost vocabulary and feed the world.
This website consists of a vocabulary building game. Each time a vocabulary
word is correctly paired with a synonym, sponsors donate 20 grains of rice
through the UN World Food Program.
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