Calendar Announcements:
5/5, Park Day @1-3pm at San Dimas Canyon Park
5/9, Campus Preview Day, more info HERE.
5/12, Branches Performing Arts “La Fiesta” end of year show, make a donation HERE.
5/19, Branches Open House & Senior Graduation
5/23 Last day of school, Kinder promotions & 8th Grade Promotions
5/23 @12pm, End of the Year Fiesta Potluck (Tuesday sign-up HERE)
5/23 NO AFTERNOON ENRICHMENT CLASSES. All students must be picked at 12pm or have a parent with them during the potluck.
Field Trips:
Field trips sign-ups and/or payment, click HERE.
5/19 & 5/26, La County Fair Kids Tickets, RSVP for tickets on the fair website, HERE.
6/9-6/11 Summer San Diego KOA Family Camping, make your reservation HERE by 5/1/23.
Field Trips:
Field trips sign-ups and/or payment, click HERE.
We will continue revisiting past modules for the remainder of the year. So you will not need to bring your science books anymore, except for me to record module completeness in your Student workbook.
Introduce Homework project (DUE MAY 16)
Name of Superhero/Villain at top
Catchphrase at the bottom
Picture of Atomic Model (printed or hand-drawn)
Picture of periodic square
Watch Chemical Bonding
1. Directions,Rubric, Links Element SuperHero Character (don't need to print)
2. Samples and Templates (optional to use, only print what you need)
3. Research, Element Character, and character backstory (print and turn in with drawing)
Copy of sign up sheet and what is still available. If you change elements, just let me know
Announcements about Element superhero/Villian
Use the illustrated periodic table to help build your character (suggested)
You may use graphic designs
You may partner your story with another class mate
You MUST turn in something that can be displayed physically, not just digitally, although that can be included
Students presented their Place in History research to class
Presidential Hoodie presentation and project
Watch Life and Story of Billy Graham and the Presidents of U.S
Billy Graham Speaking at Silicone Valley Conference (optional)
Read lessons 126-130; complete mapping, timeline, and read presidential biographies. Thinking biblically needs to be included for check+ in gradebook
Complete Unit 26 review
Print and complete Presidential Hoodie Project (due Tuesday)
Check Here on Mondays for announcements for Tuesday
Read intro to Lesson 25 Gothic Architecture:
-2 KWO - Pointed Arches & Rose Windows
-This will be a 6 paragraph essay (due May 16)
Discuss Unit 8: Formal Essay Models
Find and use helpful resources
Take limited notes from multiple resources
Find outside resources from the article in IEW book
Discuss Note Taking pages (print as many as you need)
How to keep organized notes for each resource
organize page by topic (2 this week)
Keep a working bibliography
Lesson 26-Conclusion
Restate topics, Most Significant, Why, Clincher
Lesson 26-Introduction
Hook, Background info, Mention of 4 topics.
Review Checklist/procedure
If Checklist is not included, it will be returned ungraded!
Include Modified MLA Format, guidelines on p.224.
Complete 2 KWO outlines for Lesson 25
Complete 2 paragraphs for this assignment and turn in with completed Lesson 25 checklists (include illustrations for extra credit)
(for following week) Final Checklist Lesson 26, turn in due date May 16.
Read chapter through ch 10 of The Last Battle
Purdue University Online Writing Lab: this link will review the basics of how tosite a source in your writing. There is also a quick video to the right of the page that will begin to play, press "stay" or it will switch to a different video.
This is also where you can copy and paste a webite address and it will help you form MLA citing format for that site.