Monday, November 30, 2009

Monday, November 30

Science: Today we collected data for the "Is the Force With You?" lab. Groups who did not come prepared to collect data must come at lunch on Tuesday to collect data. We will spend the remainder of the week working on writing the rough draft of this lab. Rough drafts are due Friday. Research about Isaac Newton is homework. Please click for the lab planner and rubric.

Geometry: 5.1 notes in class, 5.1 worksheet for homework.

Algebra: Today we learned about slope, Ch. 4, Section 4. Students analyzed the rate of change of data as well as calculated the ratio of rise to run. Please see attached homework sheet for the rest of chapter 4. I am also looking for donations of old Barbies. If anyone would like to donate them permanently to my classroom, I would appreciate it! Thank you!

Algebra 2: Today we did 5.9 lesson. The homework is due on Wednesday. Please see attached homework sheet and Chapter 5 Test is on Friday.

Pre Algebra: Today we did lesson 3.5 Solving Inequalities by Multiplication and Division. Please see attached homework sheet.

Course 3: Baker- Students must turn in their mathematical puzzles today. Then we did lesson 5.5. Attached is lesson 5.5 Worksheet. Please do ODDS on page 1 only. Austin- We took notes on multiplying fractions. Homework-Worksheet 5.3, # 1 - 14.

Social Studies: Students shared notes on 6.4 and began to read 7.1 in class. For homework students should finish reading 7.1 and begin to work on current events for Wednesday.

LA - Daily journals are due and were collected today. I went over how to revise their essays which are due tomorrow 12/1. They must be typed. Final drafts are due 12/4. We also corrected the grammar homework and the quiz is Thursday Dec. 4th. (Nouns). HW- working on their papers

Journalism -
working on their news features. Students wrote letters to their 3rd and 4th hour teachers regarding missing class on Dec 4th for the in school field trip.

Spanish 1: For Wednesday the students must write and memorize a small paragraph about the contents of their school bag. They will share their paragraphs with their classmates.

Spanish 8: We are starting a unit about Spain. No home work.