Monday, May 14, 2012

Monday, May 14

Tomorrow is the 8th grade trip to Cedar Point, be here by 7:30!

Science: Discussed amusement physics and the requirements for tomorrow's trip.

Geometry: Went over the 9.4 homework and took notes on 9.5 (compositions). Homework is the 9.5 worksheet.

ELA: Students turned in Grammar 3.9 Pronoun Problems (distributed on Thursday 5/10) and were given time to complete their Historical Fiction reading. Emphasis was placed on reading the after words in the books, both give great insight into the historical figures and facts that were included in the novels Last Chapter section check of the Journals will be this Thursday, 5/17.  The final packet (all sections completed including the vocabulary and the questions at the end) is due for a Project Grade on Monday May 21st ( a week from today). Humanities/ELA Compare and Contrast Project will be presented this week in Humanities, the grade for the is project will count for both classes.  Looking forward to Cedar Point tomorrow! It should be great weather.

Tech: We took the 8th grade Tech Assessment today and then worked on finalizing the 8th Grade video. It will be delivered to the production house by the end of the week!

Humanities: Students reviewed Civil War quizzes, discussed 18.2 and were introduced to 18.3 in class. Homework is to complete 18.3 for Wednesday. I hope everybody has a wonderful trip to Cedar Point!

Spanish I: Check your new class work/homework log and make sure you have completed the following work:
Due Monday May 14th:

1) Flash cards for 3.2 (either on paper, using phone apps or using quizlet.com - you need to email me the flash cards to franciscaroth@yahoo.com)
2) rough draft of your All About Me
3) verb cards
Due Wednesday, May 16th

1) flash cards on the questions words on pg 143 (the who, what, when, where, why, which, where, to where)

Pre-Algebra: Students took a quiz on lessons 8.1 and 8.2.

Algebra (Graham): Problems #1 and #2 from the notes.