Tuesday, Sept. 10

Science: Today we worked on making graphs and writing the data analysis section for our candy melting data. Students will continue working on conclusions and critique reflections tomorrow and rough drafts on Thursday. Rough drafts will be peer reviewed on Friday, with final drafts due Tuesday. Students will receive the rubric for this assignment on Thursday. 

Geometry: Today we went over the 1.1 homework and took notes on section 1.2 (Using segments and congruence). Homework is the 1.2 worksheet and we will have our first quiz on Friday.

Chinese: #2 set flashcards of Greetings, 10 in total, both in English and Chinese pinyin.
Click here for information regarding the Chinese Club, which should be starting next week Thursday! 

ELA - Students will continue their Standardized Writing Assessment.  Today we will read two articles giving different statistics on High School Sports.  None of this assessment will be posted on the blog or my webpage as it is an independent assessment.  Students will need to see me before school or at lunch to make up any portion missed. Hopefully we stay cool! Homework: READ! Look for items to "decorate" or personalize their Reading/Writing Journal.  We will be doing this in class on Thursday.

Corrective Reading with Mrs. Canvasser:  Continue to work on your reading log each day (20 minutes, fill out the reading log which includes one reading log response.)  Make sure you choose a different reading log response to do each night and not the same one.  You can use additional paper for the responses and staples the sheets to the back of your reading log.  Reading logs are passed out on Mondays and need to be returned the following Monday.  Today you should fill it out for Tuesday.

Creative Writing: Continued the Informational Reading/Argument Writing Performance Assessment. We finished up the note-taking process and have begun to write an argument essay. We should have this wrapped up by Thursday. This paper will be graded but will not go into the grade book. I'll explain details tomorrow during Curriculum Night. Homework:

AR quizzes are due tomorrow for the summer reading. Continue reading Stargirl. 

Humanities: Students explored the concept of shared values in class today.  We discussed the importance of shared values,  where these values come from and what can happen if values are not shared. Homework is to interview parents about 9-11.  Interview questions are attached.

Pre-Algebra: Today students completed their Beginning-of-the-Year Pre-Assessment. For homework, students should finish the cover of their Interactive Student Notebook. Please also take some time to discuss how we will be using Remind101 and sign up, if you choose (directions attached).  

Spanish II; no homework.

French I: finish the maps for tomorrow

Advanced Art Grade 8  hour 6: **** Sketchbooks and portfolios needed by Friday Sept 13.

Currently students are learning a variety of techniques for adding value to a drawing. Elements and principles of design are being reviewed.

Art 7/8  hours 1,4,5: Currently painting old, donated books which will become student sketchbooks.

Course 3: Today we talked about order of operations.  Our homework is the order of operations worksheet, # 2 - 12 evens and 13 - 24 all.

Algebra:  We reviewed some basic math computations from yesterday's warm up.  Students must need to know how to add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions, along with a good grasp on equation solving. We worked in small groups on figuring out Cal's meal plan options for college. We will have some time tomorrow to finish it. Homework:  worksheet 1.1

Spanish I (Tomlinson): Make flashcards (paper or electronic) for Etapa Preliminar vocab list go to blog (sratom.blogspot.com)