Friday, March 2

Field Trip to Berkley High School on Monday, March 5th for ALL Norup International and Anderson Middle School 8th Graders!  See attached permission slip.  Permission slips due to Mrs. Weiss' office no later than Friday, March 2nd.  Please see Mrs. Weiss with any questions.

Geometry: Took the chapter 8 test. We are skipping chapter 9 for now but will come back to it later in the year. 10.1 notes is homework.

Science: Completed the electricity note-taking guide today. Static Electricity worksheet is homework. We will beging working on the "What is Safe?" project next week as well as begin reviewing for the test. Electricity test is Tuesday, March 13.

Pre-Algebra: Quiz today.  No homework.

ELA: We reviewed the Class Discussion information and will have a brief quiz on Monday before moving on the Reading our next chapter section. In celebration of Dr. Suess's birthday students wrote their favorite book on a candle and colored it for placement on our Birthday cake for Dr. Suess! Remember March is reading month....students should be reading, reading, reading....we have a competition going on with the MYP grade levels, the grade that reads the most pages (and records these pages on the Reading Logs I handed out on Wednesday) will earn 300 spirit points. That would give the 8th graders a big lead. Let's go 8th Grade :)

Tech: We worked furiously to complete our Moodle modules. I will check all Moodle work on Monday before doing Progress Reports, this gives students the chance to complete any work over the weekend....the whole Moodle classroom is accessible from anywhere with internet access. Then we are off to Budget land. Students will launching into a real world situation and creating a family budget. You may see a great jump in your child's understanding of what you go through monthly.

Humanities: Students reviewed 11.3 and discussed the "Big Ideas" for chapter 11. Homework is to study the "Big Ideas" for a quiz on Monday. The "Big Ideas" are below.
-After the War of 1812 our country grows (Economically/population/geographically).
-North v. South-Each region grows differently-(North-industry due to geography-mountains-rivers-water-power-factories) v (South-agriculture-plantations-cotton-cotton gin.
-The issue with growth is slavery (All states that enter the union must decide if they will be free or slave-both North and South believe that if each side gets more states (representatives) they will change the other's way of life).

Algebra (Graham): Homework: Finish notes for section 8.6 Exponential Decay. We are finished with Chapter 8. Our test will be next week: 4th hour (Thursday) 7th hour (Wednesday). Have a good weekend.

Technology (Graham): We started presenting our "lesson" projects. They are looking great so far!