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Week 1. Social Studies Practice:. Tuesday, July 8. The table below shows the main imports and exports of country X in rank order based on value. What could you infer based on the information in the table? a) Country X is dependent on exports of raw materials
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Social Studies Practice: Tuesday, July 8 The table below shows the main imports and exports of country X in rank order based on value. What could you infer based on the information in the table? a) Country X is dependent on exports of raw materials The economy of Country X is centered on manufacturing Country X is dependent on imports of finished products. d) The economy of Country X is centered on agricultural production. • Daily Math Problems: • Maria had $123. She spent $35, loaned $20 to a friend, and received her $90 paycheck. How much does she have now? $158 • Reading Comprehension: • World’s Longest Rivers
Wednesday, July 9 Daily Math Problem: Kelly wants to put $300 into the bank. She has $195 dollars and will earn the remainder of the money over the next 5 days. If she earns the same amount each day, how much will she need to earn each day in order to reach her goal? • This Week’s Vocabulary: • Science Vocabulary • Scientific method • Independent Variable • Dependent Variable • Hypothesis • Constants (Controls) $21 Journal Prompt: Describe an event that changed your life forever, or make up and describe an event that would change your life forever.
Thursday, July 10 Daily Math Problem Maria handed out 125 flyers that gave the time and location of tryouts for the school volleyball team. What is 125 written in exponential notation? • This Week’s Vocabulary: • Social Studies Vocabulary • Latitude • Longitude • Parallel • Meridian • Absolute Location • Relative Location • Region 53 • Reading Comprehension: • Olmec Heads
Friday, July 11 Quote of the Week: What does this quote me to you? “ Remember the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree but in the hearts of true friends” • Reading Comprehension: • Skeleton on the Ice Social Studies Practice: • 1. Justinian ruled at the height of Byzantine power. Which year was most likely to be when he ruled? • 565 CE • 780 CE • 1025 CE • 1143 CE 2. How would you describe the relationship between the population of the Byzantine Empire and the wealth of the Empire? When population increases, wealth increases. Population and wealth are not related When population decreases, wealth increases. The relationship cannot be determined using the chart.
Daily Math Problems: • 1) Michelle recorded the number of miles she ran each day last year. She used the following expression to represent the total number of miles: 3 · 3 · 3 · 3 · 3 · 3 · 3 • Write this expression in exponential. • Then calculate how many miles did Michelle run last year? • 2) Dr. Burgundy purchased new ceiling lights for each of the nine rooms in his house. He paid a total of $135 for the lights. How much did each light cost? • A. $15 • B. $45 • C. $150 • D. $9 Monday, July 14 • This Week’s Vocabulary: • Science Vocabulary • Matter • Element • Atom • Electron • Proton • Neutron • Nucleus 37 2,187 miles
Tuesday, July 15 • This Week’s Vocabulary: • Social Studies Vocabulary • Indigenous • Domesticated • Migration • Bering Land Bridge Daily Math Problem: In Tyrone’s science class he is studying cells. Cell A divides every 30 minutes. If Tyrone starts with two cells, how many cells will he have in 3 hours? 27 = 128 • Reading Comprehension: • Matter, Elements, Molecules, and Compounds
Daily Math Problem: Wednesday, July 16 1. Write the algebraic expression represents "the quotient of the sum of x plus 8 and 10” 2. William has 33 baseball cards and 43 football cards. Write the total number of sports cards that William has? (x+8) ÷ 10 The arrangement of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) village shows that (a) the League of Five Nations has been established (b) cooperation with nearby tribes was necessary (c) protection from enemies was important (d) farming was carried out by slaves 91 Journal Prompt: Imagine you had a hundred dollars, but you couldn't keep it. You had to give it away to a person or charity. Who would you give it to? What would you want them to do with it?.
The arrangement of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) village shows that (a) the League of Five Nations has been established (b) cooperation with nearby tribes was necessary (c) protection from enemies was important (d) farming was carried out by slaves
Thursday, July 17 Daily Math Problem: • Sentence Starters: • Choose 1 sentence starter to tell me about the book you are reading • I wonder what this means… • I really don't understand this part… • I really like/dislike this idea because… • This character reminds me of somebody I know because… • This character reminds me of me because… • This character is like (name of the character) in (title of book) because… • I think this setting is important because… • This scene reminds me of a similar scene in (title of book) because… • I like/dislike this writing because… • Twice the quantity of a number plus four • Translate the expression • What does this expression equal if the value of the variable 3? 2(x+4) 14 • Reading Comprehension: • The Cliff Dwellers
Quote of the Week: What does this quote me to you? “ If you try to shoot for the moon, if you don’t make it you’ll land among the stars” Friday, July 18 Social Studies Practice: • Reading Comprehension: • Mesoamerica Before the Spanish Which action should the UNICEF regions most likely take to maintain the trend depicted in the chart above? (a) Promote an effective vaccination program (b) Expand immigration restrictions (c) Spend more money for urban renewal (d) Force families to relocate
Monday, July 21 • This Week’s Vocabulary: • Science Vocabulary • Mass • Density • Volume • Chemical Change • Physical Change • Phase Daily Math Problem
Daily Math Problem: Solve: 3x + y If x=4 and y = 2 Tuesday, July 22 14 • This Week’s Vocabulary: • Social Studies Vocabulary • Monotheism • Polytheism • Pre-Columbian • Reading Comprehension: • Mayan Calendars
Social Studies Practice: Wednesday, July 23 • Daily Math Problem: • Peter and Eric bought a large pizza that has 12 slices. Peter and Eric ate all the pizza. If Peter ate 4/6 slices. • How many slices did Eric eat? • Who ate more pizza? 4 Slices - Peter ate more Journal Prompt: What would you do if you woke up one morning to find yourself invisible? The map above best supports which statement about President Theodore Roosevelt? (a) Conservationism was a major concern for President Roosevelt. (b) President Roosevelt participated in big-game hunting. (c) Preservation of land for the native Americans was a priority for President Roosevelt. (d) President Roosevelt supported the reclamation of land for agriculture use.
The map above best supports which statement about President Theodore Roosevelt? (a) Conservationism was a major concern for President Roosevelt. (b) President Roosevelt participated in big-game hunting. (c) Preservation of land for the native Americans was a priority for President Roosevelt. (d) President Roosevelt supported the reclamation of land for agriculture use.
Thursday, July 24 Daily Math Problem: It took Brianna 4 hours to paddle downstream on the Cape Fear River and 6 hours to paddle upstream. What is the difference in hours between the two trips • Sentence Starters: • Choose 1 sentence starter to tell me about the book you are reading • This part is very realistic/unrealistic because… • I think the relationship between ______ and ______ is interesting because… • I like/dislike (name of character) because… • This situation reminds me of one in my own life. It happened when… • The character I most admire is ______ because… • If I were (name of character) at this point, I would … 1 2 1 8 • 1 5/8 • Reading Comprehension: • The Bird Flu
Social Studies Practice: Friday, July 25 Quote of the Week: What does this quote me to you? “ I am not my memories. I am my dreams” • Reading Comprehension: • Weather in Prehistoric American Southwest The above cartoon appeared in Indian County Today, a Native American newspaper. This cartoon reflects the perspective that Native American cultures existed in North America before the arrival of Europeans. This perspective has inspired Native American groups to (a) abandon native languages. (b) celebrate Native American culture. (c) abandon traditional fishing and hunting methods. (d) avoid serving in the armed forces of the United States.
The above cartoon appeared in Indian County Today, a Native American newspaper. This cartoon reflects the perspective that Native American cultures existed in North America before the arrival of Europeans. This perspective has inspired Native American groups to (a) abandon native languages. (b) celebrate Native American culture. (c) abandon traditional fishing and hunting methods. (d) avoid serving in the armed forces of the United States.
Daily Math Problem: Which table of ordered pairs shows the relationship between x and y described below? The y value is double the x value A Monday, July 28 • This Week’s Vocabulary: • Science Vocabulary • Solution • Pure Substance • Mixture • Solubility • Solute A B C D
Tuesday, July 29 • Daily Math Problem: • A caterer charges a setup fee of $50, plus $20 per person. • How much will the caterer charge if 35 people attend the party? • What if the customer has a coupon for $100 off the total? • This Week’s Vocabulary: • Social Studies Vocabulary • Mesopotamia • City-State • Hammurabi’s Code • Judaism • Cuneiform • Hierarchy • Strait • $750 • $650 • Reading Comprehension: • Comparing the World’s Pyramids
Social Studies Practice: Wednesday, July 30 • Daily Math Problem: • A part time employee worked 4 hours on Monday and 7 hours each day for the next 3 days. • What is the total number of hours worked? • If the worker makes $7 per hour, How much money did he make? • 25hrs = $175 Journal Prompt: Finish this thought: if I could change one thing about myself …. This map illustrates the Columbian exchange of plants and animals movement of early peoples for Asia settlement of Europeans in the Americas extent of the Maya Empire • Reading Comprehension: • War and Peace
This map illustrates the Columbian exchange of plants and animals movement of early peoples for Asia settlement of Europeans in the Americas extent of the Maya Empire
Daily Math Problem: Leaving her office, Allison took the elevator up 5 floors to a meeting. She then went down 12 floors to the cafeteria. The cafeteria is located on the fourth floor. Where is Allison’s office located? On the eleventh floor On the tenth floor On the fifth floor On the third floor Thursday, July 31 • Sentence Starters: • Choose 1 sentence starter to tell me about the book you are reading • When I started reading this book, I thought…. • I was surprised when….. • This book reminds me of…. • I predict that… • My favorite part so far is…. Grammar Practice: Fill in the blanks in these sentences with the appropriate form: who, whom, whose My friend, with __________ I live, wants a cat. • Whom • Reading Comprehension: • Lost World Found
Social Studies Practice: Friday, August 1 Quote of the Week: What does this quote me to you? “ A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new” - Albert Einstein • Reading Comprehension: • Life Giving Parasite Which statement is supported by the information in the map? (a) Berliners could travel freely to any part of the city. (b) Only planes had international access to Berlin. (c) The four occupying nations worked to unite Berlin under one government. (d) The Soviet zone lacked direct access to air travel.
Which statement is supported by the information in the map? (a) Berliners could travel freely to any part of the city. (b) Only planes had international access to Berlin. (c) The four occupying nations worked to unite Berlin under one government. (d) The Soviet zone lacked direct access to air travel.
Monday, August 4 • Daily Math Problem • At a community center there are a total of 11 tables in the dining room. Six of the tables seat 4 people each. Five of the tables seat 8 people each. What is the maximum number of people who can sit at the tables in the dining room? This Week’s Vocabulary: Science Vocabulary • Thermal Energy • Conduction • Convection • Radiation • Energy • Wave • Potential Energy • Kinetic Energy • The Electromagnetic Spectrum • 64
Tuesday, August 5 • Daily Math Problem: • 1. There is an ATT conference held at the Regency Hotel. 5 ATT managers shake the hands of 5 other managers. This continues for 3 rounds. How many hands were shaken? • 2. Evaluate the following expression: • 32 + 4 x 6 - 23 • A. 72 • B. 54 • C. 25 • D. 13 • This Week’s Vocabulary: • Social Studies Vocabulary • Monarchy • Aristocracy • Oligarchy • Democracy • Republic • Alexander the Great • 125 hands • Reading Comprehension: • Medical Practices in ancient Egypt
Social Studies Practice: Wednesday, August 6 Daily Math Problem: Jacob's bird feeder holds 5/6 of a cup of birdseed. Jacob is filling the bird feeder with a scoop that holds 1/6 of a cup. How many scoops of birdseed will Jacob put into the feeder? • 5 scoops Journal Prompt: What is the best book you have ever read? Why did you like it? Did reading the book change you in any way? What way? Based on the information in this graph, why did immigration increase rapidly between 1895 and 1905? (a) Railroad construction created jobs for immigrants. (b) Cheap land prices in the West attracted immigrant farmers. (c) Industrial growth provided factory jobs for immigrants. (d) World War I caused immigrants to flee Europe.
Based on the information in this graph, why did immigration increase rapidly between 1895 and 1905? (a) Railroad construction created bobs for immigrants. (b) Cheap land prices in the West attracted immigrant farmers. (c) Industrial growth provided factory jobs for immigrants. (d) World War I caused immigrants to flee Europe.
Thursday, August 7 Daily Math Problem: The equation 3x+3 = x + 9 What value of x makes the equation true? X = 3 X = 6 X = 12 X = 4 • Sentence Starters: • Choose 1 sentence starter to tell me about the book you are reading • Today, what happened was…. • I like the way the writer… • My favorite character is… because… • This book would be better if… • I felt sad when… • Reading Comprehension: • A Glimpse of Integrated Life
Social Studies Practice: Friday, August 8 Quote of the Week: What does this quote me to you? “ Two roads diverged in a yellow wood. I took the one less traveled. And that has made all the difference” - Robert Frost • Reading Comprehension: • The World’s Biggest Wave The graph above indicates that rapid population growth is most likely to occur in (a) stage I only (b) stage II only (c) stages I and III only (d) stages II and III only
Daily Math Problem • This Week’s Vocabulary: • Science Vocabulary • Longitudinal Wave • Transverse Wave • Medium • Frequency • Amplitude • Reflection Monday, August 11 1. What is the product of and 2. Which algebraic expression represents "the quotient of the sum of x plus 8 and 10?" a) 10(x + 8) b) 10 ÷ x + 8 c) (x + 8) ÷ 10 d) (x + 8)10 3. Twice the quantity of a number plus four. a) 6x b) 2 (x + 4) c) x + 4 d) 2(4x) 8/5 = 1 3/5 2 5 4 5
Sentence Starters: Choose 1 sentence starter to tell me about the book you are reading Tuesday, August 12 • I began to think… • I love the way… • I can't believe… • I wonder why… • I noticed… • I think… • I observed… • I wonder… • If I were… • I'm not sure… • I felt sad when… • I like the way the author… • I wish that… • This made me think of… • This Week’s Vocabulary: • Social Studies Vocabulary • 12 Tables • Republic • Senate • Plebian Council • PaxRomana • Barbarian • Mount Vesuvius • Constantine Daily Math Problem: Evaluate the following expression: [(32 + 4) • 6] - 23 70
Social Studies Practice: Wednesday, August 13 Based on the information in the chart, in which of the following places did people adapt to their environment rather than adapting their environment to them? (a) Mesa Verde, North America (b) new Orleans, Louisiana (c) Ancient Rome (d) The Netherlands, Europe Which property would be used first to simplify the following expression? 6(x+5) + 2x a) Commutative b) Associative c) Multiplicative d) Distributive Reading Comprehension: A day Without Immigrants
Thursday, August 14 Daily Math Problem: Which situation is best represented by the equation x – 4 = 16? Miranda picked 16 apples and ate ¼ of them. The x is the number of apples she had left. B) Felipe ran for 16 minutes and walked for 4 minutes. The x is the difference between the time he spent running and the time he spent walking? C) Jordan spent $4 of his allowance and had $16 left. The x is the total amount of Jordan’s allowance. D) Cecilia has hit 4 of the last 16 balls pitched. The x is the total number of balls pitched. Journal Prompt: If you were ruler of the world, what things would you banish absolutely for all time (rain on weekends, eggplant, and so forth)? Make a list. Use your imagination.
Social Studies Practice: Quote of the Week: What does this quote me to you? “Remember there’s always going to be a battle but it doesn’t always have to matter” Friday, August 15 • Reading Comprehension: • The Way We See Based on the photograph above, which statement best explains why the Anasazi homes at Mesa Verde were built into the sides of cliffs? (a) The cliffs provided mineral resources for trade. (b) The cliffs made protecting the community easier. (c) The cliffs allowed water to be divided for irrigation. (d) The cliffs made trapping animals more productive.
Social Studies Practice: Daily Math Problems: 1. In three weeks time, the 6th grade class a Piedmont Middle School collected a total of 357 cans of food for their annual food drive. They collected 125 cans the first week and 138 cans the second week. How many cans did they collect the third week? 2. What is the greatest common factor of 36 and 40? Monday, September 8 94 cans 4 This 1937 cartoon shows the concern of some Americans that - (a) The government was spending too much money (b) Too many Americans were overspending (c) Social programs mainly benefited the rich (d) President Franklin D. Roosevelt was ignoring the needs of the people Reading Comprehension: Colossus of Rhodes
This 1937 cartoon shows the concern of some Americans that - (a) The government was spending too much money (b) Too many Americans wereoverspending (c) Social programs mainly benefited the rich (d) President Franklin D. Roosevelt was ignoring the needs of the people
Tuesday, September 9 Daily Math Problem: 1. What fraction comes next in the sequence? , 1 , , , 2 , ____ 2. Which number is prime? A. 9 B. 61 C. 102 D. 363 3. What should be done first when solving for m? 32 - 12 = 5m A. add 12 to both sides B. divide both sides by 5 C. subtract 5 from 12 D. subtract 12 from 32 • 2 1/3 Reading Comprehension: Berlin Wall is falling Down 2 3 4 3 5 3
Wednesday, September 10 Daily Math Problem: Use the distributive property to simplify these expressions 2( 5x + 3) 5( 4x + 6y + 1) 3(2 + x – 4y) Social Studies Practice: 10x + 6 20x + 30y + 5 6 + 3x – 12y This device, invented by Archimedes more than 2,200 years ago, had a great impact on Egyptian – (a) architecture (b) warfare (c) agriculture (d) transportation Journal Prompt: What is the best advice you have ever received?
Sentence Starters: • Choose 1 sentence starter to tell me about the book you are reading • What you liked or disliked and why • What you wish had happened • What you wish the author had included • Your opinion of the characters • Your opinion of the illustrations, table and figures • What you felt as you read • What you noticed when you read • Questions you have after reading Quote of the Week: What does this quote me to you? “There is but one correlation with success and that is attitude” Thursday, September 11 Daily Math Problem: Which of the following represent the statement: "Sally has three more stickers than John. If Sally has 14 stickers, how many does John have?“ a. 3 + x + 14 c. 3 = 14 + x b. 3 + x = 14 d. 3 + 14 = x
Friday, September 12 Quote of the Week: What does this quote me to you? “A friend is someone who will listen to your problems until you are bored with them” Reading Comprehension: Prometheus
Science Practice: The picture shows a sample of liquid in a graduated cylinder. • a. Identify what property of the sample is being measured with the graduated cylinder. • b. Identify the measurement of the sample in the graduated cylinder. Include units and use the correct number of significant digits in your answer. Daily Math Problems: 1. Find the Least common Multiple of 4, 5, and 16 2. Monica was making candy bags for her party. She made one for each person coming to the party not including herself. She had 14 lollipops, 42 gumballs, and 35 small chocolate bars. All the bags had the same amount of each candy and nothing was left over. How many bags did she make? Monday, 9-15 80 7 Measuring Volume 36.5 ml3