Santa Vs. the Snowman links

Santa vs. the snowman part 1 (click below)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uvAWYRg2Xg

Santa vs. the Snowman part 2 (click below)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hkeh87yvws&feature=related

Santa vs. the Snowman part 3 (click below)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQN_4R0HX70&feature=related

7th grade, awhile back....

how many of these youngsters can you name?????

Word 15

Cacophony: ▸

an unpleasant mixture of loud 

sounds

HOMEWORK tonight - 12.19

Comm. Arts: Vocab quiz TOMORROW - on our 15 words.  Many of them are on this blog if you need to review.  Also, NOTEBOOK check - you need to have all 15 words with "simplex" definitions and drawings.
Read 30 minutes and Record

Montana History: nothing!  We will continue skits from chapter 6 tomorrow.

Math: TEST 8 Tomorrow!  Word problem and Power-up portions of the test were sent home for extra practice!  Be well rested!  This is our last big thing before the holidays :-)

WORD of the DAY

For Thursday December 15, 2011....

BRUSQUE: adj.  Abrupt and curt in manner or speech:  discourteously blunt.

2 THINGS....

Thing #1:     SKI/SNOWBOARD forms are due TOMORROW - Thursday 12.15.11!!  Don't forget!


Thing #2:     Christmas store will take place TOMORROW - Thursday 12.15.11!!!  You don't have to do anything to prepare, just wanted to let you know!

TONIGHT's HOMEWORK!!! 12.14.11

Comm Arts: READ 30 minutes and record.  We are quickly approaching the 150 mark - only 7 more books are needed!!!

MT History - Nothing (unless you need to finish your picture drawing assignments, I know some of you have not turned those beautiful things in... here's your chance - FINISH!)

MATH - Lesson 43 # 1 - 30!

Rule #456,789

KEEP YOUR LOCKER CLEAN AND TIDY!!



Official reason: It will help you stay organized and do well in your classes.....



"REAL REASON" - because a wayward doll might decide your locker is a great place to live!  This actually happened once in a Middle School near Stevensville, way back in December of 2011...

P.S.  Middle School locker cleaning party.... coming soon!

SKI and SNOWBOARD forms!

DON'T FORGET TO TURN IN YOUR FORMS FOR DISCOVERY!!!!!

(and do some snow dances while you're at it!!!)

homework for TONIGhT - 12.13.11

Comm Arts: READ 30 minutes and record.  (Great work on your stories today!  We'll be finishing those up and sharing in class tomorrow!)


MT history: Draw an illustration to represent pages 105 - 106 (Routes into Montana) and another to represent pages 106 - 108 (life in the Gold Camps).  Just fold a blank sheet of paper in half and use each half for an illustration. Include as many details as you can!


MATh: Lesson 42 - odds!  # 13 requires a protractor and ruler.  If you do not have one at home you can do it FIRST thing in the morning in the classroom! 

Word of the Day

BROGUE:
A strong dialectal accent, especially a strong Irish or Scottish accent in English.

HOMEWORK tonight - MONDAY 12.12

Comm. Arts:   READ 30 minutes and record.
                          WRITE - one rule, the "official" reason and no more than 10 words explaining the "REAL" reason for this rule.  You can use the following link if you need assistance...
http://writingfix.com/Picture_Book_Prompts/SecretKnowledge2.htm

MT. HISTORY:  Finish drawings of the first 3 gold strikes in Montana and vocabulary that goes with it (unless you finished in class, in which case... you have no homework!)

MATH:  Lesson 41.  Finish!

word for today....

Word - 10
bourgeois - relating to or typical of the middle class, especially in espousing respectability and conventional middle-class materialistic values.


definition from onelook.com: 

typical of middle-class people and their attitudes. This word often shows that you dislike people like this, especially because you think they are too interested in money and possessions and in being socially respected

 more...

from Urbandictionary.com:

bourgeois	143 up, 69 down
	originally refers to the middle class people in a capitalist society, however now used to refer to posh people.

some boondoggles...

Quote for today!

"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but 


nothing can be changed until it is faced." 


- James Baldwin

Word of TODAY

BOONDOGGLE - an unnecessary or wasteful project or activity

Homework tonight!!

Comm Arts: READ 30 minutes and record that reading in your notebook
Vocabulary quiz on Thursday! (10 words this time!)

Social Studies: Nothing!  Tests will be returned tomorrow.  Prepare to begin CHAPTER 6!

Math: Finish lesson 39  (we will most likely have a test on Thursday)

Word of the Day...

Word 8
BONA FIDE - 1. Made or carried out in good faith; sincere. 2. Authentic; genuine

WORD of the DAY

BAROQUE:  adjective - Extravagant, complex, or bizarre, especially in ornamentation.