Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Wednesday, September 11

Science: Today we worked on writing the conclusion and critique reflection on the "How Scientists Communicate ( or Candy) Lab". At this point students are ready to begin working on their rough drafts, which we will do tomorrow. Rough drafts for peer review are due on Friday and final drafts will be due Tuesday next week.

Geometry: Investigated the midpoint and distance formulas, followed by notes and examples from section 1.3. The 1.3 worksheet is homework.

Spanish II: no homework

French I: no homework

Corrective Reading:  Work on reading log each night- due Monday (all 5 days should be turned in.)
R.Room Math:  Study X facts

ELA - Students completed their Standardized Writing Assessment today.  If a student missed a day this week he/she will need to come in during lunch to complete the assessment.  This cannot be done at home for homework. Homework: READ! Look for items to "decorate" or personalize their Reading/Writing Journal.  We will be doing this in class tomorrow. Please send tape and/or glue sticks in to help with this project.

Creative Writing: Today we took our Summer AR quizzes in the media center and continued to write an argument essay for the Fall Pre-Assessment writing. We should finish these papers up by tomorrow. (Thursday). Homework: Continue reading Stargirl.

Advanced Art Grade 8 hr.6: **** Sketchbooks and portfolios needed by Friday Sept.13 Students are learning different value techniques and reviewing the Elements and Principles of Design.

Art 7/8hrs. 1,4,5: Students are painting books donated from Angell Elementary's Media Center. These will become the students sketchbook.

Course 3: Today we finished talking about order of operations.  Homework is worksheet 1.4, #1-18 all, 20 - 30 evens.

Humanities: Students discussed 9-11, shared interview questions and were introduced to current events in class.  Homework is to have parents read and sign current event expectation forms.

Spanish (Tomlinson)-Continue working on flashcards; finish exercises 1,2, and 4 from page 3 (from Monday); study for quiz on Friday.

Algebra:  We finished figuring out which meal plan Cal should choose.  There is no homework tonight!