Upcoming Christmas Workshop

 This will be the upcoming benchmark. Have a great workshop!


(1 - 4.) Answer questions about Dick Clark

Television      1925 - 1935           Arizona         Pennsylvania
New York        0.33                     Shine             Military

1. Dick Clark was born in ______________
a) 1935
b) 1929
c) 1925

2. In 1945, he worked for the _______________
a) Mailroom at a radio station
b) Host at children’s parties
c) show, “American Bandstand”

3. Dick Clark first hosted ___________________
a) American Bandstand
b) Cactus Dick and the Santa Fe Riders
c) The price is right

4. When leaving any broadcast, he ________________
a) gives a military salute
b) gives the peace sign
c) blows a kiss with his wife

5. Which presidents died on the same day (7/4/1826)?

a) James Monroe and James Madison
b) Theodore Roosevelt and James Monroe
c) John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

6. __________________ ________________________ was born on July 4th, 1872

a) James Madison
b) Calvin Coolidge
c) Warren Harding

7. _____________ _________________ was born on March 1st, 1994.

a) Calvin Coolidge
b) Justin Bieber
c) Dick Clark



8. _____________ was in use until August 27th, 2011.

a) Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
b) Walter Reed Army Medical Center
c) Joseph Edgar Elementary Medical Center

Read a story about Walter Mondale (1928 - ) and then answer the questions.

Walter Frederick “Fritz” Mondale (5 Jan 1928 - age 83) is an American Democratic Party Politician, who served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States (1977 - 1981), under President Jimmy Carter, and as a United States Senator for Minnesota (1964 - 1976). He was the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in the United States presidential election of 1984.

Mondale was born in Ceylon, Minnesota and graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1951. He then served in the US Army in the Korean War before earning a law degree in 1956. He married Joan Mondale (nee Adams) in 1955. He and his wife have 3 children (2 surviving, 1 daughter deceased) Working as a lawyer in Minneapolis, Mondale was elected to the position of attorney general in 1960. He was appointed US senator in late 1964 as a member of the Democratic Party upon the resignation of Hubert Humphrey, and held that post until 1976. In the Senate, he supported open housing, tax reform, and the desegregation of schools. He opposed United States involvement in the Vietnam War.

In 1976, Carter, the Democratic presidential nominee, chose Mondale as his vice presidential running mate in the forthcoming election. The Carter/Mondale ticket defeated incumbent president Gerald Ford. Carter and Mondale’s time in office was marred by a worsening economy, and although both were re-nominated by the Democratic Party, they lost the 1980 election to Republican Ronald Reagan.

In 1984, Mondale won the Democratic presidential nomination and campaigned for a nuclear freeze, the Equal Rights Amendment and a reduction of US public debt. In the election, Mondale and his mate, Geraldine Ferraro, was defeated in a landslide by President Reagan, gaining electoral votes from only Minnesota and Washington DC.

After the election, Mondale joined the Minnesota-based law firm of Dorsey & Whitney and the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (1986 - 1993), and was credited with successes in Poland and Hungary. President Bill Clinton appointed Mondale United States Ambassador to Japan in 1993; he retired in 1996. Since then, Mondale has returned to working at Dorsey & Whitney and remains active in the Democratic Party.






(9 - 11.) Finish several sentences based on the story on the previous page.

(9.) Walter, who is a __________, served as Jimmy Carter’s vice president.

a) Republican
b) Independent
c) Democratic

(10.) He was the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate during the _______ elections.

a) 1976
b) 1984
c) 1980

(11.) Walter _________ Mondale was born in Ceylon, Minnesota.

a) Fritz
b) Theodore
c) Frederick

(12.) What do you think he should have done so he could have won? Explain in complete sentences.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

(13.) At which times did he work for Dorsey & Whitney?

a) 1980 - 1984, 1993 - 1996
b) 1986 - 1993, 1996 - present
c) 1964 - 1976, 1981 - present

(14.) Who was his vice candidate for the 1984 election?

a) Geraldine Ferraro
b) Gerald Ford
c) Jimmy Carter

(15.) Which vice-president did Mondale replace in 1964?

a) Lyndon Johnson
b) Jimmy Carter
c) Hubert Humphrey


(16 - 17.) True/False

(16.) All of his children are already deceased.

a) true
b) false

(17.) His daughter is deceased and his 2 sons remain today.

a) true
b) false

(18 - 19.) Cross the words out

(18.) 1951                                                      receives degree on law after Korean War

(19.) 1956                                                      graduates from University of Minnesota

Checking concepts -

(20.) Walter Mondale ____________________ involvement in the Vietnam War.

(21.) Walter Mondale worked with Japan from ___________ to ___________.

(22.) Walter Mondale ____________________ as senator to become vice president.

(23.) While a ____________________, he was elected to be Attorney General.


















Read the element scale and then answer the questions.


(24.) What do the colors behind the greenish brown Color mean?

a) they are all metal, except for Hydrogen (H) 1
b) they are metalloids
c) all colors are non metal

(25.) Which color is the Staircase mostly located?

a) Yellow
b) red
c) greenish brown

(26.) The first ________________ elements are non-metal.

a) two - Hydrogen and Krypton
b) two - carbon and oxygen
c) two - Hydrogen and Helium


Please count the first 10 numbers in Italian.

Numbers - (the word order is incorrect)

1. Uno
2. Dieci
3. Quattro
4. Cinque
5. Due
6. Tre
7. Sette
8. Sei
9. Nove
10. Otto

(27.) ____________________ is 7
(28.) ____________________ is 4
(29.) ____________________ is 1
(30.) ____________________ is 3
(31.) ____________________ is 2
(32.) ____________________ is 5
(33.) ____________________ is 8
(34.) ____________________ is 6
(35.) ____________________ is 10
(36.) ____________________ is 9.

(37.) Which language did you take? Explain how you felt about taking the language.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(38.) If you should have taken Italian. Explain what would have happened better if you took Italian.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________




(39 - 48.) complete the multiplication chart.

(39.) 1 x 1 =

(40.) 2 x 2 =

(41.) 3 x 3 =

(42.) 4 x 4 =

(43.) 5 x 5 =

(44.) 6 x 6 =

(45.) 7 x 7 =

(46.) 8 x 8 =

(47.) 9 x 9 =

(48.) 10 x 10 =

(49.) Explain how you felt when you got an F on any subject for your quarter average. (especially LOTE)

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(50.) What is 20 times 20?

a) 200
b) 400
c) 100

Progress as of December 16th

Michael is doing well at the Junior High School. See his report card for quarter 1.

N.G.A for Quarter 1 - 88.6667 (only 1.3333 less than the minimum line for any honor roll or high honor)

• math - 83%
• science - 84%
• Italian - 93%
• Art - 96%
• Family Consumer Science - 88%
• Orchestra - 96%
• Phys. Ed. - 90%
• Communication (speech) - P
• I.C.T. skills - P
• E.L.A. - 80%
• Social Studies - 88%

      Now Michael is trying to get a 90% of his N-G-A for quarter 2. So far, it is going fine.

      Report for quarter 2 (as of 12/21) :

      Science - 85%
      Math - around 89%
      ELA - around 83%


     Today, Michael did 3 tests in school. He had a Social Studies Test, Science Test, and the Italian                Benchmark. The student teacher, who finished his student teaching at sachem high school grade 10 the day before, surprisingly came to visit. Mr. Parlapiano, the Italian student teacher, graduates tomorrow. Also, I received a 91% on my math test. The score was the reason I decided to put an 89% on math in the possible report card above.

Happy holidays!

The Summer trip 2011 as of July 19th, 2011.

The summer trip has been good so far. On July 1st, we went to Geno's near Boston Massachusetts. On July 4th, we went to Pete's near Annette's house. Annette is Geno's sister. The next day, we went back home for a break. The next day, we went to Holly's because we were pet sitting while they were on vacation. While we were there, we went to the swimming pool at Caledonia State Park about 5 times. On July 18th, which is yesterday, we went to Scott Shoemaker's in Ohio. Today, we mite go to the water park. The plans for today depends on the weather. Tomorrow, we will start our road to Minnesota to see my grandparents and father. Hopefully, the whole trip will be great.

The end of 6th grade and pre-start of 7th Grade

In the past two months, I finished 6th grade and I am going to 7th Grade at Longwood Junior High School. On June 2nd, 2011, I had a tour at the Junior High School. We switch classes every hour or 40 minutes. When you're there, you have lunch for 39 minutes and no recess. You can get homework help after school. If you're a part of the Special Education Department. I felt sad to leave the Middle School. I had a great time at the Middle School. I hope that 7th Grade will be more successful than other grades. In order to play school sports, you'll have to get certain grades. Also, you'll have to probably get an 85 or over to run the student government in 7th Grade like 6th Grade. 
If you would like to find more information, you can look at a website called : http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/

Memorial Day Weekend

This weekend is Memorial Day. This purpose of memorial daiy is to remember veterans. Today, I went to the apartment complex pool twice. During the first time, I was freezing myself off and we left after a short time so my mother could listen to the Autism Conference video. At the next time, they were more kids at the pool including my friends. When we got there, six yelled "Michael's Here!". And then, we played volleyball and had a jumping contest.

Tomorrow, I am going to church in Jamesport. And then, we are meeting some friends in Riverhead for a festival. It is going to be an awesome weekend. I hope you are enjoying the holiday too.

Notice of Freaking News

Do you know about freaking news. There is a picture of Donald Rumsfeld. Remember, I put the picture on facebook today. If you want to know more about freaking news, go to http://freakingnews.com/. For that, you can also go to "Google Images". Do know who he looks like in this picture? I have been interested in freaking news for several months. It is a funny website.

Lucky for "Hurricane Starts Early"

        This morning, I learned that the Hurricane Season is not going to start on June 1st. It is expected to start earlier. We may have more time for hurricanes and tropical storms. I am waiting for many tropical storms and hurricanes to hit before June. I could be lucky about this. I am totally going to be lucky about more storms hitting us. Since the road trip of 2008, I have been interested in weather. Since it has been raining a lot this month, I have been lucky. If a hurricane hits you, what should you do?

Welcome to My World

Here are a few of my favorite things:

Weather
French Fries

Icarly
Music : Glee
Game Shows

The weather is the part of nature. I really like that if a storm dumped an inch or two. I like controlling weather. Most of the time, We would have T-Storms on Long Island. I always wanted to eat French Fries around every week. iCarly has got good comedy in the episodes of 4 seasons. I also watch 'The Price is Right' and 'Wheel of Fortune'. I like about everything I know about. I also play the violin in the orchestra. If you like to read more about me and my autism treatments, go to http://www.michaelsrecovery.blogspot.com.