Thursday, January 21, 2010

Thursday, January 21

Science: Finished collecting data for the efficiency lab and began working on calculating efficiency and writing up the rough drafts of the lab.

Geometry: Presented kitchen geometry projects. Homework is to the book cumulative review on page 428 & 429. Midterm exam is January 26 & 27.

Course 3: Austin- Students took a quiz on lessons 6.1 and 6.2. No homework.

Algebra: Today we reviewed 5.7 and the learned 6.7 (how to graph inequalities). Students have Pg. 409 #1,2, 4-48 every other even for homework. Tomorrow we are going to do a practice test for Chapter 5 (due Monday) and Chapter 5 Test is on Tuesday, January 26th.

Algebra 2: Today we went over compound interest and exponential growth and decay models. Students learned that it would be beneficial if interest rates were componunded monthly. Some students expressed interest in going to banks to search for the best interest rates to make the most money over a specific period of time.

Pre Algebra: Today students had the opportunity to catch up on any missing assignments. All missing assignments are due on Tuesday, January 26th. Chapter 4 Test corrections are due tomorrow, Friday.

Course 3: Baker- Today we went over 6.3 Worksheet. Students had the opportunity to do practice problem in class using stations. No homework tonight.

Social Studies: Students finished their presentations in class today. Current events were due today. No homework.

LA - Journal #13 - If you won the lotto what would you do with your money? (besides sharing half with Ms. Klein!) Students received their tests and test grades from there literary elements test. We went over the test and discussed and questions or confusion. Students checked their grammar homework. Quiz is tomorrow on "state of being verbs, action verbs and helping verbs"
HW - WGTB - Ch1 and TKM Ch1-3 due tomorrow. Students should study for their grammar quiz.

Journalism - discussing due dates for the next issue. Students worked on and finished up their news feature on an important African American. HW - none.