1. Thomas Paine A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

2. Green Book HW Schedule 11-12-12 (Mon)  11-12-12 – Canned Food Drive Continues. Timed Test. Questions on Chapter 4 – Equations and Inequalities. Chapter Review using Chapter 4 Textbook Test. 4-9 Quiz.  DUE: Textbook, 4-8, odd  DUE: WB Lesson 4-8  HW: Textbook Chapter 4 Test, odd, DUE: 11-13-12  11-13-12 – Chapter 4 Test – Equations and Inequalities.  DUE: Textbook, 4-9, odd  DUE: WB Lesson 4-9  DUE: Textbook Chapter Test, odd (even for extra credit)  11-14-12 – Timed Test. Review Chapter 4 Test – Equations and Inequalities. Begin Chapter 5 – Ratios, Rates, and Proportions. Section 5-1 Ratios.  HW: Textbook 5-1, odd, DUE: 11-16-12  HW: WB Lesson 5-1, DUE: 11-16-12  DUE: Chapter 4 Test signed by parent for 5 points extra credit  11-15-12 – Timed Test. Questions on Section 5-1. Complete 5-1 GPS. Begin Section 5-2 Unit Rates and Proportional Reasoning.  HW: Textbook 5-2, odd, DUE: 11-19-12  HW: WB Lesson 5-2, DUE: 11-19-12  11-16-12 – Timed Test. Questions on Section 5-2. Complete 5-2 GPS. Begin Section 5-3 Proportions. 5-1 Quiz.  HW: Textbook 5-3, odd, DUE: 11-20-12  HW: WB Lesson 5-3, DUE: 11-20-12  DUE: Textbook 5-1, odd  DUE: WB Lesson 5-1

3. 6/7 th Science HW Schedule 11-12-12 (Mon)  11-12-12 – Continue Ecology Review Packet  Begin “Wolves of Yellowstone” video  11-13-12 – Ecology Review Packet  Complete “Wolves of Yellowstone” video  11-14-12 – Ecology Review Packet  Begin “Life” video  11-15-12 – Complete and turn in Ecology Review Packet  Complete “Life” video  11-16-12 – Begin Ecology - Chapter 5 - Conserving Life – Section 1 Biodiversity Guided Notes  HW: Conserving Life Vocab, DUE: 11-21-12  HW: Conserving Life Note Taking WS, DUE: 11-21-12

4. Blue Book HW Schedule 11-12-12 (Mon)  11-12-12 – Timed Test. Chapter Review using the Chapter 4 Textbook Test. Then 4- 9 Quiz.  DUE: Textbook 4-9, odd  DUE: WB Lesson 4-9  11-13-12 – Chapter 4 Test – Number Theory and Fractions  DUE: Textbook Chapter 4 Test, odd  11-14-12 – Timed Test. Review Chapter 4 Test. Begin Chapter 5 – Adding and Subtracting Fractions. Section 5-1 Estimating Sums and Differences.  HW: Textbook 5-1, odd, DUE: 11-16-12  HW: WB Lesson 5-1, DUE: 11-16-12  DUE: Chapter 4 Test Signed by parent for 5 points extra credit.  11-15-12 – Timed Test. Questions from Section 5-1. Complete 5-1 GPS. Begin Section 5-2 Fractions With Like Denominators.  HW: Textbook 5-2, odd, DUE: 11-19-12  HW: WB Lesson 5-2, DUE: 11-19-12  11-16-12 – Timed Test. Questions from Section 5-2. Complete 5-2 GPS. Begin Section 5-3 Fractions With Unlike Denominators. 5-1 Quiz.  HW: Textbook 5-3, odd, DUE: 11-20-12  HW: WB Lesson 5-3, DUE: 11-20-12  DUE: Textbook 5-1, odd  DUE: WB Lesson 5-1

5. 5 th Science HW Schedule 11-12-12 (Mon)  11-12-12 – Discuss “A Mysterious Kind of Place” and “A Lovely Gibbous Earth” Transparency Activity, DUE: at the end of class in Lab Books  DUE: Comparing the Sun and Moon Lab  DUE: Phases of the Moon Work Sheet  DUE: Moon Phases and Eclipses Lab  HW: SEM System Study Guide, DUE: 11-14-12  HW: SEM System Note Taking WS, DUE: 11-14-12  HW: SEM Review, DUE: 11-14-12  HW: SEM Directed Reading for Content Mastery WS, DUE: 11-14-12  11-13-12 – Review for SEM Test in class  HW: SEM Review WS, DUE: 11-14-12  HW: Prepare 3 x 5 Note Card for SEM Test tomorrow  11-14-12 – SEM Test  DUE: SEM Note Taking WS  DUE: SEM Study Guide  DUE: SEM Directed Reading for Content Mastery  DUE: SEM Review WS  11-15-12 – Future City  11-16-12 – Future City

6.  Penguin Beach  Members of the IceBridge team visited a colony of Magellanic penguins near Punta Arenas on a no-flight day. NASA's Operation IceBridge is an airborne science mission to study Earth's polar ice. For more information about IceBridge, visit: www.nasa.gov/icebridge Image Credit: NASA/ Maria-Jose Vinaswww.nasa.gov/icebridge