Monday - Sep 12, 2016

Civics

• Finish Richmond Tourism Poster
• What does the mayor do/have control over?
• Let's look at the Richmond City Website
• Take notes on a FSP - use cornell style notes
• Research city council
• What do they control?
• Read RTD and Style articles - what are the issues?

Language Arts

• Spelling Quiz
• I need your favorite city essay from last week
• Make spelling flash cards - http://schoolinlilah.blogspot.com/2016/09/spelling-sep-12-16-2016.html
• Read the story The Mad Moon by Stanley G. Weinbaum (We printed this last week)
• Start it today - finish by Wed
• Take notes on the main points
• http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0604211h.html
• Print and do this worksheet: https://go.hrw.com/resources/go_sc/hst/HSTAFAM1.PDF 

Science

• Quiz tomorrow - Review notes on planets
• Study: be able to
• List the inner planers and outer planets
• What does it mean that a planet is terrestrial?
• Pick three planets and list 3 -4 characteristics
• Look up Pluto
• When was it discovered?
• Why is it not a planet? 
• Do you think this matters?
• research the International Space Station
• NASA - build a model
• https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/616947main_Build_Station_Simulation.pdf 
• https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Build_the_Station_Simulation.html
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Spanish

• Practice Vocabulary
• Set up Blog

Math

• Practice multiplication: http://www.multiplication.com/games/play/quick-flash-ii
• Solving equations WS

Other

• Let's get this ordered:
• http://www.johnnyseeds.com/
• http://www.johnnyseeds.com/v-74-recommended-for-winter-harvest.aspx?source=Home_Slide2_082016-v1

Homework

• Practice spelling words
• Practice Spanish vocab - create a comic using t