Geometry: Went over the 9.6 worksheet and took notes on 9.7 (dilations). Homework is the 9.7 worksheet, chapter 9 test will be on Wednesday, May 23.
Science: Today we started our last unit on Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum with a jigsaw note-taking activity on pages 478 & 480-483.
ELA: The copier was broken yesterday, so we did a little extra in our Grammar Unit. Grammar 6.2-6.4 were covered in class. The last journal section was checked and our last Book Club will be tomorrow. The year feels like it is flying by at mach 10! Completed Reader's Journals are due on Monday for a Project/Test Grade.
Tech: All individual and shared drives are down and are expected to be down until some time tomorrow. A devastation to any tech project being completed! We worked on finding educational game sites and evaluating them.
Algebra (Hill): Homework finish the section 11.2 worksheet all problems
Art 7/8: Students have started a Piet Mondrian inspired painting. The layout is geometric like Mondrian's. The students painting will be monochromatic (tints and shades of one color.)
Advanced Art grade 8: Portfolios are at the high school for review by high school art teachers. Students have started a Picasso inspired monochromatic (tints and shades of one color) painting. Students did 5 simple line drawings of 5 different chairs. Currently, students are cutting the chair drawings into pieces and creating a collage of chairs. Once the collage is complete, the monochromatic painting will begin.
Spanish I: The 28 answers to the reading comprehension on Jose Ordonez are due tomorrow. We will go over the answers in class.
Algebra (Graham): Added, subtracted, multiplied and divided square roots today. Homework: 11.2A (4-28 multiples of 4)
Pre-Algebra: We worked on the y-intercept and the x-intercept. Homework is worksheet 8.3, # 1-7 odds and # 11 - 15 odds.