Friday, February 5, 2010

Friday, February 5

Science: Took our midterm (7th hour will take theirs on Monday due to the Internet Safety Assembly). Lab Re-Do's for Mrs. Petersen's class are due Monday.

Geometry: 7.4 notes (special right triangles). 7.4 worksheet is homework.

Algebra: Students took notes on 7.1 and did #2-44 even in their books for 7.1. Students also received the super bowl scavenger hunt worksheet (see attached) that is due on Monday.

Algebra 2: Students can finish up their midterms today. Anyone finished took notes on 8.1 and did problems #1-50 odds. Students are responsible for completing the super bowl scavenger hunt worksheet for Monday (see attached) .

Course 3: Students did 2 activities (see attached) for the Super Bowl. Worksheet 1 and 2 are due on Monday as well as the Scavenger Hunt (see attached). Students have a Chapter 6 Test on Tuesday. Austin-We worked on a chapter review in class. If students did not finish, they should finish for homework. #1 - 18.

Pre Algebra: Students filled out a fund-raising questionnaire in preparation for our fund-raising event benefiting The Food Bank of Michigan through the Piston's Care Telethon. Afterward, students completed 2 Super Bowl worksheet activities (see attached) and then have a Scavenger Hunt (see attached) activity due on Monday.

LA - Journal #23 - Some people can't smell. In one paragraph make them understand "skunk". Book discussion on novels TKM 10-12 and WGTB 5-6. Students also worked on the reflection worksheets for those particular chapters. HW - TKM Ch 13-15 and WGTB Ch 7-8 should be completed by Tuesday 2/9. TKM worksheets Ch 7-12 and WGTB 4-6 will be collected on Monday.

Journalism - rough drafts of their articles are due at the beginning of the hour. The rest of the hour students attended an assembly on internet safety. HW - none.

Social Studies: Students discussed 10.3, read 10.4 aloud and worked on 10.4 guided reading in class. 10.4 guided reading is due Monday. Homework folders are due Tuesday. Chapter 9/10 test on Wednesday.

Spanish 1: Remember the semester final is Tuesday. To prepare, look at the vocabulary every day. One effective technique to look at the words right before bed. There is research that supports the idea that when the conscious brain goes to sleep, the rest of the brain continues to process the information, especially the most recently added information. I suggest the students add one more chapter each night, so that by Tuesday, they are reviewing all of the chapters that are covered.

Also, on Wednesday and Thursday if time is needed, the students will have a speaking quiz. They are charged with speaking continuously for 60 seconds. Because they cannot read the words, I am not going to grade them for perfect speech (although that would be fine!). I will instead grade for smooth speech without pauses. The goal is for them to get into Spanish and stay there.

Spanish 8: There is no homework over the weekend, however, please make sure that any homework already assigned is completed. Parents and guardians should have seen and written notes to verify that they have seen the class syllabus and the sheet with memorization techniques.