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February 20, 2012

Dear Parents,

Please remember that our class sings at the Ash Wednesday service this week at Trinity, Wednesday at 6:30pm.  All are welcome to come to the meal at 5pm and students may go directly to their seats in the balcony before the service begins.

We will switch gears in reading for a bit as we get ready for forensics, coming up quickly in March this year rather than April.

Thanks for the field trip responses.  I now need to compile results and check on available dates.  A few did not respond; if that is you and you'd like input, please get that to me as soon as possible.

Mr. Knickelbein

Tests this week:
Science (Monday)
Math (Wednesday)
Bible History and Spelling (Friday)

Tests next week:
Spelling (Friday)

Upper grades end of year field trip thoughts
Please discuss these options with your children and mark which ones you are interested in.

Name: ____________________________

Mt. Olympus -- theme park / water park in the Dells *

____ We are interested in this

____ This is my first choice

Madison area -- take a capitol tour, and visit the Henry Vilas Zoo or Cave of the Mounds

____ We are interested in this

____ This is my first choice

Bay Beach -- rides and roller coasters in Green Bay

____ We are interested in this

____ This is my first choice

Milwaukee County Zoo

____ We are interested in this

____ This is my first choice

Camp Phillip retreat -- team building, Christian mini-camp for class *

____ We are interested in this

____ This is my first choice

____ We would be interested in making this an overnight trip

____ We would be interested in the high-ropes course

The options marked with an asterisk may require funding beyond what is available to our class with field trip fees.  I would certainly apply any dollars I can find to such a trip, including some that the class has earned throughout the year from various events.  If interest indicates one of the asterisked options above:

____ Paying additional money toward such a trip would be a hardship for our family.

____ We would be open to having the students work to earn such a trip (sponsoring a hot lunch for others, sponsoring a lent supper, car wash, etc.).


Please return this by Friday, February 17th.

General Classroom Information for 2011-2012 School Year

•  Classroom Schedule
• IXL Math website - Username is: FirstLast117; password is the same as The Slate
• Classzone for American History
• One-Point perspective letters for Art
• MLC Meet Math results (7-8th is division A-5; 5-6th is division B-7)
• Art Crismons
• Someday
• The Gimp Pic to Use
• Graphing Calculator

English Quizzes

• Verb BE [1]
• Transitive/Intransitive [1] [2] [3]
• Identify Direct Objects [1] [2] [3]
• Find Indirect Object [1]
• Passive vs Active Voice [1]
• Perfect Tenses [1]
• Choosing Tenses [1] [2]

Music

• [1]
• [2]
• [3]
• [4]

Scholastic

• Scholastic Book Clubs (Our classroom code is FJ6FX)

7th & 8th Catechism

• TLS Catechism Page

Science Chapter 3-4 Practice Quiz 

1. Click here to take practice quiz

History Reports

Grades 7-8 Topics

Battle of the Little Big Horn

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-little-bighorn

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1531.html

Geronimo

http://www.history.com/topics/geronimo

http://www.biography.com/people/geronimo-9309607

George Custer

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/custer.htm

http://www.history.com/topics/george-armstrong-custer

William Cody

http://www.biography.com/people/buffalo-bill-cody-9252268

http://www.answers.com/topic/buffalo-bill

Annie Oakley

http://www.answers.com/topic/annie-oakley

http://www.biography.com/people/annie-oakley-9426141

Thomas Edison

http://www.biography.com/people/thomas-edison-9284349

http://www.thomasedison.com/biography.html

Alexander Graham Bell

http://www.history.com/topics/alexander-graham-bell

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/bell_alexander_graham.shtml

John D Rockefeller

http://www.answers.com/topic/john-d-rockefeller

http://www.notablebiographies.com/Pu-Ro/Rockefeller-John-D.html

Andrew Carnegie

http://www.history.com/topics/andrew-carnegie

http://www.biography.com/people/andrew-carnegie-9238756

Booker T Washington

http://www.biography.com/people/booker-t-washington-9524663

http://www.answers.com/topic/booker-t-washington

William Randolph Hearst

http://www.history.com/topics/william-randolph-hearst

http://www.biography.com/people/william-randolph-hearst-9332973

Grade 6 Topic

The Pony Express

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pony-express-debuts

http://www.ponyexpressdoc.com/pages/the-pony-express

IXL Math Options

8th Grade
Lesson 50: 8.U.7
Lesson 49: 8.H.4, 8.H.8, 8.H.9
Lesson 48: 8.J.4, 8.J.7
Lesson 47: 8.V.5, 8.V.6, 8.V.7
Lesson 46: 8.G.3, 8.G.4
Lesson 45: 8.H.2, 8.H.3, 8.H.4
Lesson 44: 8.H.8, 8.V.9, 8.V.10
Lesson 43: 7.P.28
Lesson 42: 7.P.29
Lesson 41: 8.V.4, 8.V.6, 8.V.7
Lesson 39 & 40: 8.Q.18

7th Grade
Lesson 49 & 50: 7.N.3, 7.N.4, 8.L.1, 8.L.3
Lesson 48: 8.J.1
Lesson 47: 7.A.8, 7.A.9
Lesson 46: 7.J.5
Lesson 45: 6.X.4
Lesson 44: --
Lesson 43: 7.H.2, 7.K.2
Lesson 42: --
Lesson 41: 7.Y.2
Lesson 40: 7.P.4, 7.P.5
Lesson 39: 7.J.8
Lesson 38: 7.O.5

6th Grade
Lesson 50: 6.B.9, 6.W.1, 6.W.2, 6.W.3
Lesson 49: 6.X.4
Lesson 48: 6.U.6, 6.U.7
Lesson 47: 6.Z.26
Lesson 46: 6.O.6
Lesson 45: 6.O.4
Lesson 44: 6.B.5
Lesson 43: 6.P.6
Lesson 42: 6.T.2
Lesson 41: 6.AA.8
Lesson 40: 6.R.11
Lesson 39: 6.O.1
Lesson 38: 6.J.2