Monday, March 12, 2012

Monday, March 12

Parent Teacher conferences are Wednesday & Thursday!

Pi Day is Wednesday, 3.14! All math classes will hold competitions to see which students can recite the most digits of pi, with the top 2 students from each class competing in a school wide competition the following week. Click here for 100,000 digits of pi!

Geometry: Quizzes were returned and 10.5 notes completed. 10.5 worksheet is homework. Chapter 10 test is scheduled for Thursday, March 22.

Science: Went over the electricity review for tomorrow's test. Homework is to STUDY! Students can play jeapordy (see Friday's post), go over the review, review the electricity quiz and go over homework assignments to help them study. We will spend the remainder of this week working on the "What is Safe?" project.

Pre-Algebra: We reviewed for our chapter 5 test.  It is tomorrow.

ELA: We finished our lesson on Introductions and Conclusions. Students then moved forward with their second draft and wrote their conclusion. Peer Editing began and will continue tomorrow. Remember, Final papers are due by Friday, March 16th....that means if you are going on the Chicago Trip it is due to me on Thursday, March 15th (wether you see me or not on the half day). Final packets should be in the following order:
1. Rubric
2. Outline
3. First Draft (body paragraphs)
4. Second Draft (Introduction, rewritten body paragraphs, and conclusion)
5. Final Draft - 12pt font, double spaced, 1" margins.
TKM: Chapters due this week are 25-27. Packets will be checked on Monday due to the half day and the trip.

Tech - Students are still in the "Investigate" stage of the Design Cycle. They are gathering print evidence of the expenses and income for their "life" being sure to cite each source. The only evidence allowed to come from parents are : Food, Clothing, and Household Items. Investigate is due for checking by Monday, March 19th. Students will present their folder with their printed spreadsheet and all print evidence.

Algebra (Hill): Homework finish all odd problems in your section 9.2 worksheet.

Algebra (Graham): 4th hour- 9.1 worksheet (1-21), 7th hour- 9.2 worksheet (1-15)

Technology (Graham): Workday on Family Budget

Humanities: Students explored Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy in class. Homework is to read 12.2 in the text and summarize (5 W's) Jackson's policy.