Monday, February 27, 2012

Monday, February 27

Don't forget to bring your own lunch for our field trip tomorrow to see "Red Tails".

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: Completed the 8.5 & 8.6 notes (properties of trapezoids, kites and a review of quadrilaterals), 8.5 worksheet is homework. Chapter 8 test is Friday.

Science: Watched Bill Nye "Electric Current" and caught up on notes. Students were also given an opportunity to work on quiz corrections, which were due at the end of the hour today.

Spanish: A review packet for 2.2 test was passed out today and is due by Wednesday. The 2.2 test is this Wednesday, February 29th.

Humanities: Students received test grades, reviewed chapter 11 and discussed current events in class. No homework.


ELA: Students worked on their reading, chapter questions, and vocabulary for TKM Chapters 16-18. Packet section due on Friday - I am at meetings on Thursday. Don't forget tomorrow bring a bagged lunch as we are going to the "Red Tails" Movie and will return after lunch. Writer's Workshop: Persuasive Research - 12-20 note cards with a fact each are due by Wednesday. I will be checking for notes before we begin our next step in organization.

Tech (Kennedy): Module one was due prior to break, but I extended the due date to today. We started Module 2 and all tasks and forums are due by Wednesday. Mrs. Weiss will be in class on Thursday to distribute Career Cruising passwords and logins. We will be using this online program for all of the projects coming up so please check it out with your student.

Pre-Algebra: We continued to work on lesson 5.4.  Homework is worksheet 5.4, #17-25 and 27.  Quiz on 5.1 - 5.4 is on Thursday.

Algebra (Graham): We did an experiment today to show exponential growth. Homework was a 1/2 sheet review of section 8.3.

Technology (Graham): There are only 2 more work days left for the "Lesson" projects. The projects are due on Friday!!