Date: Monday, March 8 2010 Period(s): English Assignment: Monday: Sentences for anyone, rule, science, afraid, women. (N2SSWTSW, 10 or more words per sentence, underline spelling words) Then list at least five nouns that have an irregular plural (like woman/women or moose/moose).Tuesday: Period 1 -- myths must be typed (double spaced) by Friday. Be sure to hand in all paperwork that goes along with the myth. Period 2 -- We'll be writing the final draft of the myths in class on Tuesday to be finished for homework due Wednesday. If you have a computer and printer at home, you may choose to type it, double spaced. Bring in a note from home if this is the case and you don't have it finished for class on Tuesday. No other homework on Wednesday.Thursday: Study spelling lists.Friday: No homework. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, March 8 2010 Period(s): Reading Assignment: The third reading project is due by April 6. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, March 8 2010 Period(s): Social Studies Assignment: Monday: No homework. Quiz on Friday for Ch. 9, lessons 1 + 2.Tuesday: Complete Venn diagram -- at least 10 facts.Wednesday and Thursday: Study for quiz.Friday: No homework. Questions (0)

Date: Thursday, March 4 2010 Period(s): Social Studies Assignment: Thursday: Choose #4 or #5 on page 251 to answer. Include a topic sentence and relevant details. Questions (0)

Date: Thursday, March 4 2010 Period(s): English Assignment: Thursday: Study spelling words. Myth drafts should be finished! Questions (0)

Date: Monday, March 1 2010 Period(s): English Assignment: Monday: Sentences for opposite, born, sense, cattle, and million (N2SSWTSW, 10 or more words per sentence, underline spelling words). Then list at least two other word forms for all of the words except cattle.Tuesday: Complete the draft of your original myth.Thursday: Study your spelling lists.SURVEY:Please let me know if you are using this site by emailing me or sending in a message in the agenda planner. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, March 1 2010 Period(s): Social Studies Assignment: Monday: We finised the test on China, so there is no homework tonight.Tuesday: Complete the map of Greece.Check back later in the week for Wednesday - Friday.SURVEY: Please let me know if you are using this site by emailing me or sending in a note in the agenda. Thanks! Questions (0)

Date: Monday, February 22 2010 Period(s): English Assignment: Monday: Sentences for stone, hit, wife, island, we'll (N2SSWTSW, 10 or more words per sentence, underline spelling word). Then list at least 5 words that form a plural by changing the f to v and adding es (wife/wives).Tuesday-Thursday: Work on your draft of your original myth. We'll be working on it in class as well.Thursday: Study spelling lists. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, February 22 2010 Period(s): Social Studies Assignment: Organize notes (pages 1-13) for notebook quiz on Tuesday. Study for the Chapter 4 test on China on Tuesdaya and Wednesday.Thursday: Complete the map of Greece. Questions (0)

Date: Wednesday, February 17 2010 Period(s): Social Studies Assignment: The chapter 4 test on China will be next Tuesday.Wednesday: Complete vocabulary preview worksheet. Questions (0)

Date: Wednesday, February 17 2010 Period(s): English Assignment: Wednesday: Myth packet due Friday (pages 3, 9,10) In class we wrote 2 to 3 paragraphs about playing in the snow (skip lines, please). No spelling this week. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, February 8 2010 Period(s): English Assignment: Monday: Sentences for addition, doesn't, dead, weight, thin. (N2SSWTSW, 10 or more words per sentence, underline spelling words) Then list at least 5 word forms for thin. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, February 8 2010 Period(s): Social Studies Assignment: Monday: Complete vocabulary worksheet. Be sure you have the geography and dynasty notes for the quiz tomorrow.Tuesday: Add at least 5 Chinese inventions to your t-chart and tell why they were important to the ancient Chinese people. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, February 1 2010 Period(s): English Assignment: Monday: Sentences for various, race, bit, result, brother (N2SSWTSW, TEN or more words per sentence, underline the spelling word). Place a star above one word in each sentence with "pizzaz." Then list at least 10 words like bit that change the short vowel sound to a long vowel sound when an e is added. bit/bite.Tuesday: Work on writing. Second period class will be typing the neat copy of their Tut classification essay in the computer lab on Wednesday and Thursday.Wednesday: Study spelling words.Thursday and Friday: No homework. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, February 1 2010 Period(s): Social Studies Assignment: Monday: Study ancient Egypt review notes for the DBQ test on Tuesday. Tuesday: Complete the map of China.Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: No homework. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, January 25 2010 Period(s): English Assignment: Monday: Sentences for cat, amount, garden, led, note (N2SSWTSW, 8 or more words per sentence, underline spelling word). Then list at least ten words with the letters "ou" and categorize them by sound. Tuesday + Wednesday: Writing workshop assignments should be caught up for period 1. Period 2 is working on a classification essay and may need to complete some of the draft at home.Thursday: Study spelling lists.Friday: No homework. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, January 25 2010 Period(s): Social Studies Assignment: Monday: Complete at least two sentences using vocabulary words from Ch. 4, Lesson 1 to tell about China's geography and two sentences telling about China's agriculture. Write these sentences on lined paper in your notebook.Tuesday: Lesson 1 worksheet.Wednesday: None.Thursday: Complete the map of China.Friday: Review Egypt notes for DBQ test on Tuesday. Questions (0)

Date: Tuesday, January 19 2010 Period(s): Social Studies Assignment: Tuesday: Revise and edit your comparison essay on Egypt and Nubia and rewrite or type the final copy -- due Thursday.Wednesday: Complete map of Asia.Thursday: Complete map of China.Friday: No homework. Questions (0)

Date: Tuesday, January 19 2010 Period(s): English Assignment: Tuesday: No spelling sentences this week. Draft at least one limerick following the correct rhythm and rhyme scheme.Wednesday - Thursday: Choose one hiaku and one limerick to write as a final copy and illustrate.Friday: No homework. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, January 11 2010 Period(s): English Assignment: Monday: Sentences for period, blood, rich, team and corner (N2SSWTSW, 8 or more words per sentence, underline spelling word). Then you have a choice: Write at least four other word forms each for rich and team. OR Illlustrate both the literal and figurative meaning of one of these sayings -- "to have turned the corner" or "to see something out of the corner of your eye."Tuesday: No homework.Wednesday: Work on haiku poems.Thursday: Work on haiku and limericks and study spelling lists.Friday: No homework. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, January 11 2010 Period(s): Social Studies Assignment: Monday: Lesson 3 worksheet and crossword due Tuesday. Complete the neat copy of the comparison writing for Egypt and Nubia by Wednesday, handwritten or typed (double spaced if typed). Chapter 3 test on Friday.Tuesday: Study and finish neat copies.Wednesday: Study and complete pyramid if necessary.Thursday: Study!Friday: No homework. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, January 4 2010 Period(s): Social Studies Assignment: Happy New Year!Monday: Organize notebooks for notebook quiz on Friday. All papers for Chapter 3, lessons 1 and 2 should be clipped in. Be sure to add anything new this week!Tuesday: Finish Edhelpers worksheet for homework if not completed in class.Wednesday: Complete Venn Diagram on Egypt and Nubia if not finished in class.Thursday: Finish commparison writing -- edited draft.Friday: Write a neat copy of your comparison writing to be graded. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, January 4 2010 Period(s): Reading Assignment: Second reading projects are due by Jan. 22. Please do your best to hand them in earlier than that! Questions (0)

Date: Monday, January 4 2010 Period(s): English Assignment: Welcome back and Happy New Year!Monday: Sentences for forward, huge, ride, region, nor (N2SSWTSW, 8 or more words per sentence, underline spelling word). Then list at least 5 words with g that say /j/ and 5 that say /g/. Bonus: List at least 5 words where the g is silent.Tuesday and Wednesday: No homework, but keep up with writing in class!Thursday: Study spelling lists.Friday: No homework. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, December 14 2009 Period(s): Social Studies Assignment: Due Thursday: Egypt projects are due on Thursday. We've been researching in the library. Students should work on organizing their notes into a one-minute talk from their Egyptian person's point of view. A planning page will be completed in class on Tuesday to help organize the talk. Also, plan on creating a small project (to be held in your hand) that will represent something important to your Egyptian persona. It can be made out of clay, leggos, paper and/or cardboard, food (?!) or anything else you can think of. It cannot just be a picture. Please follow the guidelines on the packet handed out last week! Questions (0)

Date: Monday, December 14 2009 Period(s): English Assignment: No homework this week. Work on the social studies project! Questions (0)

Date: Monday, December 7 2009 Period(s): Social Studies Assignment: Chapter 3: Egypt and NubiaMonday: None.Tuesday: Lesson 2 worksheet.Wednesday: None.Thursday and Friday: Each student is researching an Egyptian person for an oral report and small 3-D project due next Wednesday. Paperwork will be sent home for this on Thursday. Friday: Work on research and project. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, December 7 2009 Period(s): English Assignment: Monday: Sentences for material, isn't, thousand, sign, guess (N2SSWTSW, 8 or more word per sentence, underline spelling words). Then list at least four other word forms for sign and guess. Bonus points for 4 other word forms for material.Tuesday + Wednesday: None.Thursday: Study spelling lists.Friday: None. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, November 30 2009 Period(s): Social Studies Assignment: We're starting Chapter 3, Egypt and Nubia. Notebooks have been cleaned out for a fresh start. Keep your pages labeled, dated and in order!Monday: No homework.Tuesday: Complete the map of Egypt.Wednesday: Complete the lesson 1 worksheet. Ch. 3, Lesson 1 quiz on Friday.Thursday: Study for quiz.Friday: None. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, November 30 2009 Period(s): English Assignment: Monday: Write five sentences for each spelling word: tail, wait, difficult, general, cover. (N2SSWTSW, 8 or more words per sentence, underline spelling word). At least three sentences must include correctly punctuated dialogue. Then list at least two words that use the spelling pattern -ay to make the long a sound. Then do the same for the spelling pattern a-consonant-e.Tuesday -- Wednesday: We're working on writing, so make sure your writing piece draft is finished.Thursday: Study spelling lists.Friday: None. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, November 23 2009 Period(s): Social Studies and English Assignment: There is no spelling homework this week. Study for the chapter 2 social studies test tomorrow! Have a Happy Thanksgiving! Questions (0)

Date: Monday, November 16 2009 Period(s): Social Studies Assignment: Due Tuesday: Lesson 2 worksheet.Due Thursday: Lesson 3 worksheet.Due Friday: Notebook quiz in class. You must have your notebook with the pages in order and dated correctly.The Chapter 2 test will be on Tuesday, Nov. 24. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, November 16 2009 Period(s): English Assignment: Due Tuesday: Write sentences for pair, ahead, wrong, practice, sand (N2SSWTSW, 8 or more words per sentence, underline spelling words). Then list at least 5 other word forms for sand.Due Friday: Study spelling lists (including your Words to Learn list) for the review on Friday. Questions (0)

Date: Tuesday, November 10 2009 Period(s): Social Studies Assignment: Complete the take home quiz for Chapter 2, lesson 2 due on Thursday, Nov. 12. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, November 9 2009 Period(s): English Assignment: Due Tuesday, 11/10: Sentences for party, force, test, bad, temperature (N2SSWTSW, 8 or more words per sentence, underline spelling words). Then list at least 5 other word forms for force. Questions (0)

Date: Tuesday, November 3 2009 Period(s): Reading Assignment: The first independent reading project is due on Wednesday, Nov. 4. Questions (0)

Date: Tuesday, November 3 2009 Period(s): English and Social Studies Assignment: Mrs. Lambert is glad to be back in the classroom! Homework for English assigned on Friday and due on Wednesday, 11/4, is spelling sentences for subject, skin, wasn't, I've and yellow. N2SSWTSW, 8 or more words per sentence, underline each spelling word. Then list at least 10 contractions that use the word "not" (like wasn't). Social Studies homework, the map of Mesopotamia, assigned last week and given an extra day to complete is due on Wednesday, 11/4. Assigned Monday and also due on Wed. is the Chapter 2, lesson 1 worksheet which we began in class on Monday. Questions (0)

Date: Thursday, October 15 2009 Period(s): Social Studies Assignment: Due Oct. 19: Lesson 2 worksheet -- graded. Prehistoric timeline -- graded. Lessons 1 + 2 quiz Oct. 21. STUDY! Questions (0)

Date: Wednesday, October 14 2009 Period(s): English Assignment: AM and PM groups -- Spelling sentences due on Friday, Oct. 16.: record, copy, forest, especially, necessary (N2SSWTSW, 8 or more words per sentence, underline the spelling word). Then list at least 5 nouns that change the y to i and add es to make a plural (such as copy/copies).AM group -- Talk to 20 people (by next Wednesday) about the number 350 and get them to agree to check out 350.org and make one commitment to leave a smaller imprint on the planet. Start listing ways that people can make a difference to contribute to the class list of 350 ways to leave a smaller footprint on the planet.Also, first narratives should be finished and typed by next Wednesday (Oct. 21). Questions (0)

Date: Tuesday, October 13 2009 Period(s): AM English and Reading Assignment: Due Wednesday, Oct. 14: Find out what significance the number 350 has to the planet. Questions (1)

Date: Tuesday, October 13 2009 Period(s): Social Studies Assignment: Tuesday: Start studying for a quiz on Ch.1, lessons 1 and 2 coming up next Wednesday, Oct. 21. One way to study is to make a three column chart of vocabulary, a picture that reminds you of the definition and the definition of each word. Reread your notes and think of short answer questions that might be on the quiz. Thursday: Continue to study for the quiz. Complete the lesson 2 worksheet, a graded assingment. Questions (0)

Date: Tuesday, October 6 2009 Period(s): Social Studies Assignment: Tuesday, Oct. 6: Complete lesson 1 worksheet - graded. Questions (9)

Date: Monday, October 5 2009 Period(s): Reading Assignment: Monday: Be sure to finish Friday's worksheet for "The Scribe" in your study hall class and hand it in on Tuesday, Oct. 6. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, October 5 2009 Period(s): English Assignment: Monday, Oct. 5. Sentences due on Wednesday. The words are object, age, minute, wall, meet (N2SSWTSW, 8 or more words per sentence, underline the spelling words). Then list at least three other word forms for object (add suffixes to make other word forms). Questions (0)

Date: Thursday, September 24 2009 Period(s): English Assignment: Spelling sentences are due on Tuesday, Sept. 29: Students are to write two sentences for each homograph (words like object and minute that can be pronounced different ways and have different meanings)showing each meaning. This equals ten sentences all together. Then list at least four other homographs after the 10 sentences. Questions (20)

Date: Monday, September 21 2009 Period(s): English Assignment: AM Class -- Monday: See last Friday's assignment. Tuesday + Wed.: No homework.Thursday: Spelling sentences (check back for the words)due next Tuesday.Fri.: No homework.PM Class --The only homework this week is spelling sentences assigned on Thursday. Check back for the words. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, September 21 2009 Period(s): Reading Assignment: Monday: Complete a character paragraph for either Rachel or Mrs. Price which includes at least two traits with evidence, a topic sentence and a concluding sentence.Tues. - Friday: No homework. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, September 21 2009 Period(s): Social Studies Assignment: Monday: Understanding Latitude and Longitude and the map review on the back is due on Wednesday. Wednesday and Friday: Study for map quiz next week. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, September 14 2009 Period(s): Reading Assignment: The reading project sheet will be passed out on Wednesday. Please read it over and both the student and parent/guardian should sign the last page and return it to school. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, September 14 2009 Period(s): Social Studies Assignment: AM and PM Groups: Tuesday -- Label the world map(both sides)--ungraded hw. Thursday -- Complete hemispheres worksheet due Monday -- graded hw. Study map vocabulary words. Make memory strategies to learn definitions. Questions (0)

Date: Monday, September 14 2009 Period(s): English Assignment: AM and PM Groups: Sentences will be assigned on A Day, Wednesday this week. This week's words are shape, eight, edge, soft, and village (N2SSWTSW, 8 or more words per sentence, underline the spelling words). Then list at least 4 words that end in -ght besides the word eight. Sentences are due on C Day, Friday. AM Group: Think about the writing piece that we've begun working on this week. Questions (0)

Date: Wednesday, September 9 2009 Period(s): English and Social Studies Assignment: Welcome to Bailey Middle School! This week's homework is to get the necessary supplies for the team (see the class curriculum sheets sent home with students on Wednesday or go to the file manager here and look under Lambert), bring in a large paper grocery bag on Friday so we can cover our social studies books, and bring in the necessary paperwork sent home by Friday (registration card, early dismissal plan, and the first page of the agenda planners). Questions (0)