8th Graders:
-Portfolio due: Wednesday June 4th

-Iron chef: Friday!
-Service Reflection due: Monday June 9th
-Letters to teachers due: Monday June 9th
-Class letters due: before the last day of school!!!
-Zines were due: On Monday June 2nd
-Final scrapbook due: Friday June 6th

Jean's farm trip on: Thursday June 7th
BRING:
-Any ingredients needed for Iron Chef
-Water bottle
-Lunch
-A good attitude

Final Science Inquiry due: Monday June 2nd
Zines due: Monday June 2nd
Letters to teachers due: June 8th
Run/Walk/Move: Friday
8TH GRADERS:
-Final portfolio due: Monday
-My Life So Far was already due on: Tuesday May 27th
-Remember Me Poem rough draft already due on: Wednesday May 28th
-Final Draft of Remember Me Poem due: Friday March 30th

EVERYONE! Bring money for tomorrow's off campus trip (Thursday May 29th), we suggest $10 or more :)

Celilo tommorow, thursday. What to bring:
Water
Ecore, and a good attitude
Science inquiry- due friday
8th grade letter #2
Novel choice due friday

May 6, 2014
1.Service learning- thursday
2.fort sumter-tommorow
3. and cuivil war heroine- thursday
Have a fun afternoon!

DUE NEXT WEEK:
-E-core for Wildlife Tours due: Tuesday, May 7th
-6th graders: Bull Run field study on Monday, May 5th
-Final of Influential speeches due: Tuesday, May 7th
-Jean's Farm make-up worksheet due: Thursday, May 8th
-8th graders: Final Hopes and Dreams due: Monday, May 5th
-8th graders: Final Bucket list due: Thursday, May 8th

ALREADY DUE:
-The Maternal Worksheet was due on Friday, May 2nd
-8th graders: Hopes and Dreams was due on Friday, May 2nd

Welcome back to Sarah's Blog to recount what has happened:
1.Jody is our new teacher! YAY!
2.Sarah is now on maternity leave
3.Less than 40 days of school left
New things due:
E-Core due Tuesday
Political cartoon due Monday
Influential Speech final draft due Monday
Civil war novel project due Monday
See everybody on Monday!

Due Monday:
- Finish 1st Civil War novel.  Tell Sarah what idea you are going to use for your final project

Due Tuesday:
- ECore assignment for Reed Canyon leaf packs
- Turn in Civil War novel if you are done!

Due Wednesday:
- Typed autobiography for civil war character
- completed family portrait for your character's family
- 8th graders: Final draft of Environmental symbol

Due Friday 3/21:
- Civil War novel #1 final project

Due Friday:
- 8th Graders: rough draft of I Am poem  You can email it to me if you want: sbacus@pps.net

Due Monday:
- Finish 1st Civil War novel.  Tell Sarah what idea you are going to use for your final project

Due Tuesday:
- ECore assignment for Reed Canyon leaf packs

Due Wednesday:
- 8th gradres: Final draft of Environmental symbol

Due Friday 3/21:
- Civil War novel #1 final project

Tomorrow the 8th graders head off for the 8th grade retreat!  The 7th and 6th grade students will be going to math/spanish classes and participating in health classes. 
**8th Graders: DON'T FORGET TO PACK A LUNCH FOR TOMORROW AND BE HERE AT 7:45!!!

Due Monday:
- Typed entry to the 'Best Town' contest.  You must write about 5 locations in your North or South town and try and use some of the Civil War slang.  Entries will be judged and winner will receive a prize!!!

Due Tuesday:
- Geography #12: slavery in the states -- use census data to compare percentage of slaves among states in the 1800s

Due Wednesday:
- Civil War novel assignment #3, please complete parts A and B (referred to as parts 1 and 2 in the explanation) in your response booklet.  Make sure you pay attention to the rubric and my comments as you work on this next assignment.

Due Friday:
- Civil War novel assignment #1 please complete just part A in your response booklet
- Research for a historic representation of the piece of your norther or southern town you are creating.  Remember: Northern town will be located near Philadelphia, PA; Southern town near Atlanta, GA

Due Tuesday:
- Geography #11: Life in the 1850's

Due Wednesday:
- Civil War novel assignment #2, please complete parts A and B in your response booklet.

Due Friday:
- Civil War novel assignment #1 please complete just part A in your response booklet
- Research for a historic representation of the piece of your norther or southern town you are creating.  Remember: Northern town will be located near Philadelphia, PA; Southern town near Atlanta, GA

Due Tuesday:
- Geography #11: Life in the 1850's

Due Wednesday:
- Civil War novel assignment #2, please complete parts A and B in your response booklet.

 
Due Monday 2/24
- Final Novel Project

- Finish Pop Up speeches
- More 7th grade speeches!  Claire H, Damon, Wren, Chloe, Cole...
- READ A THON PLEDGES DUE
- Bring in Civil War novel if not using one supplied by school

Due Tuesday:
- Geography #10 Oceania

Due Friday:
- Use Persuasive Organizer to continue Pop Up speeches
- 7th grade speeches from Issaiah, Cedar, Anna

Due Monday 2/24
- Final Novel Project
- Collected Read A Thon pledges
- More 7th grade speeches!  Claire H, Damon, Wren, Chloe, Cole...

Due Tuesday:
- Geography #10 Oceania

No School Monday!  ...lots of time for homework :)

Due Tuesday:
- Read A Thon pledges and record of your reading
- 7th Grade rough draft of service speech
- Geography #9 Asia and Middle East
- Finish haiku and water color from Art

Due Wednesday:
- Final draft of Shrunken Story (I think I put it was due on Tuesday in the parent email...whoops!)

Due Thursday:
- Persuasive Organizer for an issue related to water -- will be used for impromptu pop-up speeches

Due Monday 2/24
- Final Novel Project

It's Read-A-Thon time!  Make sure you are reading every day and go out and get some pledges!

Due Thursday:
- Complete draft of your 'Shrunken' story including: paragraph on how you shrink, 5 stops along Portland's water system, satisfying conclusion...Don't forget!  I'm going to be looking for a revised sentence of yours from passive to active voice!

- Pro/Con handout used with your bottled water article

Due Tuesday:
- Geography #8: ocean currents and gyres

Due Modnay:
- Incredible Shrinking Person story --write rough draft including introduction and at least 3 'destinations' your character visits along their journey (remember: you will have a total of 5)


Due Tuesday Feb. 4:
- Geography #7 South America
- Mercy Corps Field Study

PLEASE BRING IN $5 FOR OUR TRIP TO MERCY CORPS THIS THURSDAY!

Due Friday:
- Incredible Shrinking Person story -- finish planning worksheet and write rough draft of how your character shrinks to the size of a water molecule
- Monitoring Good Reading Skills worksheet
- Any prep/responsibility you have for completing your 3D Infographic about United Arab Emirates to be on display this Friday!

Due Tuesday Feb. 4:
- Geography #7 South Africa

PLEASE BRING IN $5 FOR OUR TRIP TO MERCY CORPS THIS THURSDAY!

Due Friday:
- Incredible Shrinking Person story -- finish planning worksheet and write rough draft of how your character shrinks to the size of a water molecule

Due Tuesday Feb. 4:
- Geography #7 South Africa

Due Friday:
Map of Portland's Water System, follow instructions from purple worksheet and complete your map on the 11x17 piece of paper

Please turn in all Applebee's money and any unsold tickets!!!
Last day of term -- all late work must be turned in

No School Monday -- Grade Day for teachers

Due Tuesday:
Field study assignment from Wastewater Treatment Plant
Geogpraphy #6 -- Water Use Worldwide

Due Tuesday:
- Hunger Banquet Reflection -- I posted the requirements below in case you lost your instructions
- Geography sheet #5 -- the geography of North America.  DON'T FALL BEHIND ON THESE GEOGRAPHY SHEETS.  YOU'LL BE GETTING ONE/WEEK!

- Finish NEXUS worksheet: the solutions part and the 'bumpersticker/slogan' section
- SERVICE REFLECTION FOR THE TERM -- this can be a school or community based project.  You should turn in what you consider to be a final draft.  An accompanying creative/art piece can be done as extra credit.

**Please remember to sell your Applebee's tickets and bring the money into school!

Hunger Banquet Reflection

The Hunger Banquet takes place once during Martin Luther King, Jr’s day of recognition.  Sometimes it takes place during the school day and all of the middle school classes take part while other times it takes place during the evening and students can come with their families.  A major goal of this banquet is to have people think about the distribution of world resources and the hunger that so many people have each day.  Thanks for attending this important event.

Choose one of the following options:

1. Written Reflection (choose 4 of the following questions to address in your reflection)

Please write a one-page reflection that addresses the following points (it does not have to be in this order but should flow from one idea to another):

1.              Provide a dictionary definition of hunger.  Now, break this definition down into your meaning.  What do all the words in the definition mean?  What are causes of hunger?  What are results of hunger?

2.              Describe the hunger banquet.  Describe the “tickets” that someone could have had.  What did each ticket represent?  What “ticket” did you have in the banquet?  What did you eat?  What did you drink? Where did you sit?  How did your ticket compare to that of other people?

3.              How did you feel during the banquet?  What do you think is the goal of the banquet?  Do you think the banquet meets this goal?  Why or why not?

4.              Why do you think people in Portland are hungry? What are your hopes for feeding people that are hungry?

5.              What was the biggest idea you took away from the Hunger Banquet experience?

2. Creative Piece (please answer question #5 from above to include with your art piece)

            How can you capture your experience and provide someone with a glimpse into the feelings you had during the Hunger Banquet?  Using at least one page, make a creative piece using photos, drawings, a poem or any other idea that you may have.  The goal is to make a beautiful and creative piece that invokes the spirit of the banquet and your knowledge of world hunger issues.

 

Due Friday:
 Good Readers: Inference worksheet (a pink worksheet). Only do one side.




Due Tuesday:
- Geography sheet #5 -- the geography of North America.  DON'T FALL BEHIND ON THESE GEOGRAPHY SHEETS.  YOU'LL BE GETTING ONE/WEEK!

- Finish NEXUS worksheet: the solutions part and the 'bumpersticker/slogan' section
- SERVICE REFLECTION FOR THE TERM -- this can be a school or community based project


HUNGER BANQUET IS THIS FRIDAY THE 17TH!
**Please remember to sell your Applebee's tickets and bring the money into school!

Due Monday- "Good Readers Ask Questions" worksheet: track your 'clarifiying' and your 'ponderable' questions from your choice novel
-Infographic worksheet (on a 1/2 sheet) -- Most of you finished this in computer lab -- if you needed more time, don't forget to finish it and turn it in on Monday

Due Tuesday:
- Johnson Creek Restoration field study
- Geography sheet #4 -- the geography of Portland.  DON'T FALL BEHIND ON THESE GEOGRAPHY SHEETS.  YOU'LL BE GETTING ONE/WEEK!

**Please remember to sell your Applebee's tickets and bring the money into school!

Due Friday:
- Initial Brainstorm of Cultural Iceberg
- Home Water Audit Data Collection. Here's the link to the website: http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/freshwater/change-the-course/water-footprint-calculator/
Remember: when it asks you to sign up, you either can, or click on the SIGN IN and then close the box that opens up.
- 4 connections for your personal novel -- record these on the worksheet (only one side -- we'll save other side for later)

Due Tuesday:
- Johnson Creek Restoration field study
- Geography sheet #4 -- the geography of Portland.  DON'T FALL BEHIND ON THESE GEOGRAPHY SHEETS.  YOU'LL BE GETTING ONE/WEEK!

**Please remember to sell your Applebee's tickets and bring the money into school!

Due Wednesday:
- Final draft of winter break poem -- 14 line poem written on the colored notecard handed out in class


Due Friday:
- Home Water Audit Data Collection. Here's the link to the website: http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/freshwater/change-the-course/water-footprint-calculator/
Remember: when it asks you to sign up, you either can, or click on the SIGN IN and then close the box that opens up. 
- 4 connections for your personal novel -- record these on the worksheet (only one side -- we'll save other side for later)

Due Tuesday:
- Geography sheet #4 -- the geography of Portland.  DON'T FALL BEHIND ON THESE GEOGRAPHY SHEETS.  YOU'LL BE GETTING ONE/WEEK!

**Please remember to sell your Applebee's tickets and bring the money into school!

HOMEWORK:

Due Tuesday:
- Bring in your choice novel
- Make sure your service learning journal is at school

Due Wednesday:
- Final draft of winter break poem -- 14 line poem written on the colored notecard handed out in class

**Please remember to sell your Applebee's tickets and bring the money into school!