Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Tuesday, September 13

Geometry: Began taking notes on section 1.3 (midpoint and distance formulas). We completed the first half of the notes, through the midpoint formula. Homework is to complete #1-15 on the 1.3 worksheet. First quiz will be Friday, September 16!

Science: Today students were introduced to some of the equipment we will be using this year, such as photogates and timers. Tomorrow we will break out the cars and tracks and see how the photogates are used to collect extremely accurate data. Homework is to complete a rough draft for the "Candy Coated Lab" for peer review on Thursday. The final lab is due on Monday, September 19.

Art 7/8 : Students continue working on sketchbook covers. Today I will demonstrate adding black marker to the drawing.

Advanced Art grade 8 : This is day 2 of still life drawings. Students will also work on creating 2 value bars today. One will be blended and the other textured.

Pre-Algebra: We continued to work on Box-and Whisker plots. We were making double Box-and Whisker plots with partners in class. We did not get finished. No homework.

Spanish 1- Reminder: Spanish I vocab quiz this Thursday

Algebra (Hill): What we did today, Today we studied how to represent and solve inequalities. Home work: Section 1.3 Problems 3-33 only the multiples of three

Algebra (Graham): We started notes on section 1.3. Their assignment is to do the problems on the back of the notes. Quiz Friday! (sections 1.1 to 1.5)

Language Arts: We had another assembly during 2nd hour, so work was light so 2nd hour could catch up with the rest of us :) Please use 3-4 vocabulary words in your journal entry. Write at least a half a page on one of the following prompts:  Would you rather be a dog or a cat? Give at least three reasons why. Who or what makes you laugh? Why? Topic of your choice. Students discussed and answered questions on strategies of reading a Magazine article. Silent reading time for AR requirements. Reminder: Friday is our first Vocabulary quiz, please work on studying and using the words.

Humanities: Students continued our conversation on current events related to values in class today. No homework.