Monday, February 4

Today in Technology the Berkley high school counselors visited to discuss the importance of developing good work habits and ways to be successful in high school as well as some information college applications. Mrs. Weiss took this opportunity to share with students the academic and behavior expectations required for participation in events such as Cedar Point and the 8th grade dance. The 8th grade privileges letter needs to be signed by students and parents and returned to Mrs. Weiss by Friday. 

Science: Worked on graphs and data analysis of the "How Efficient is my ride?" lab, if not completed in class it is homework. We will continue working on the lab tomorrow and Wednesday. Rough drafts of the lab are due on Friday for peer review. Final drafts are due on Tuesday, February 12. 

Geometry: Went over the Law of Sines and Cosines homework and worked on the chapter 7 practice test. 

Pre-Algebra: We needed to take the second math quarterly today.  No homework.

Algebra: We started our third method of solving systems...elimination.  Homework:  lesson 7.3B (13-25 odd, and #26)  We will be having a quiz over all three methods on Friday.

Spanish I: Vocab packet 2.2 (part 2) is due on Monday, Feb 11th. Study for quiz 2.2 (part 2) on Monday, Feb 11th.

Humanities: Students reviewed 9.1 and were introduced to 9.2 in class. Homework is to complete 9.2 guided reading. Current events are due Friday.

Course 3: We finished the quarterly assessment.  Homework is a worksheet with 8 graphs on it.

ELA - Students turned in their Grammar 3.5 & 3.6 and were given about 15-20 minutes to read as we are starting To Kill a Mockingbird this week and I want the students to have time to finish any independent reading they are doing right now. Students continued their Pronoun study with 3.7 Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement and 3.8 Indefinite Pronoun Agreement.  This is due tomorrow and will be graded for accuracy. Homework: Grammar 3.7-3.8, Journal Entry #3, READ!