Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Thursday, October 10

Science: Today we continued investigating distance/time & speed/time graphs using the following websites: Position/Time Graph, Position Time Graph 2, and Position/Time & Velocity/Time. Remember that quiz corrections are due tomorrow, except for 3rd hour which are due on Monday.

Geometry: Today we continued discussing definitions of quadrilaterals and use the TI-Inspire calculators to investigate the properties of a parallelogram. Homework is to complete 8.2 notes.


Corrective Reading:  Reading logs are due Monday


R.Room Math:  Math test tomorrow and homework packet is due tomorrow.  Please review your homework packet that we will discuss as a great review for your test.



Humanities: Students checked chapter 4 assessment and shared current events in class. No homework. I will not be in tomorrow as my mother is having surgery. Students will work on atlas worksheets in class. Atlas worksheets will be due on Monday.

Creative Writing: Today in Creative Writing we continued writing/revising our literary essays. They must be typed and brought to class tomorrow. Homework: Type literary essays and read. 

Spanish 2: Study for the test on Monday. Finish all three worksheets for Monday. The conjugation worksheets passed out yesterday in 4th hour and today in 1st and 2nd hour are not homework. They are extra credit if you want to finish them.
French 1; Study your new vocab: the blue section on pg 45. The 1.2 worksheet packet is due Monday. the 1.2 unit quiz will be on Thursday. We will have a practice quiz on Monday.

Spanish 1 (Tomlinson):  jueves-el 10 de octubre - Vocab quiz tomorrow! Study.

ELA - As many students feel that they have read The Giver  I am allowing them the opportunity to "test out" of reading the book.  They may take the AR quiz and if they get at least a 80%, they may choose a Science Fiction book to read during this Reader's Workshop.


Chinese: Practice speaking pinyin combinations beginning with b, p, m, f, d, t, n, l, g, k, h

Pre-Algebra: Today we finished up our review of fraction operations. Students will have a "mini" quiz next week (2nd hour - Monday, 3rd Hour- Wednesday). Homework:
2nd Hour - finish Mixed Number Multiplication and Division worksheet (both sides)
3rd Hour -Mixed Number Multiplication and Division worksheet (fraction side only)

Course 3: We are working on the Distributive Property.  We have different homework for various classes due to MEAP testing.
 1st and 3rd hour-Worksheet 2.7, # 1 - 6. 
 2nd and 4th hours-Worksheet labeled distributive property.  Do not do the side labeled Like Terms.
 5th hour-No homework.

Algebra:  2nd hour took a quiz;  4th-7th discussed rates, ratios and proportions.  Homework is evens only on worksheet 3.5/3.6 (attached)

Spanish (Farah): What we did today: Today we took notes on the verb 'ser,' and played 'dedos locos,' a vocabulary game in preparation for our quiz tomorrow. Homework:

If you did not complete the 'ser' worksheet, complete at home and hand in at beginning of hour Friday. Study for Vocab Quiz tomorrow. 


Wednesday, October 9

Humanities: Students took the MEAP test in hours 1 and 2. During third hour, our second hour class worked on chapter 4 assessment. Homework is to complete chapter 4 assessment and a current event.

Spanish 2: study for the test on Monday. Finish all three worksheets for Monday.
French 1; Study your new vocab: the blue section on pg 45

ELA - Some classes finished "Rain Rain Go Away" by Isaac Asimov, all classes began reading "Future Tense" by Robert Lipsyte.  We will have all The Giver by Lois Lowry books distributed by the end of the week.  Homework: READ! Journal #24 (If students are having a hard time coming up with Journal topics please check my webpage for the 114 Things to Write About...or just download it here)

Science: We continued our discussion of speed vs. time and distance vs. time graphs using fairy tales. The Graphs of Motion without Numbers worksheet is homework. 

Spanish (Tomlinson): Vocab quiz--Friday Due Friday--#13, p. 38 (write out in complete sentences)

Geometry: We began our unit on quadrilaterals by coming up with our own definitions of quads and creating hierarchies of quads. 

C. Reading:  Logs due Monday.

RR Math:  Math packets due Friday.  Review math homework and ask about unclear questions and you will do great when we test Friday on this material.

Algebra:  2nd hour-we went over the material for the quiz tomorrow; 4th-7th hours-we took a quiz today and the homework is notes for Ratios, Rates, and Proportions


Course 3: We started distributive property today.  We will spend many days on this.  Homework is worksheet 2.7, #1 - 6.


Creative Writing: Today in Creative Writing we continued writing the literary essay. Many students are close to completing their first draft. Homework: Type what you have completed, save it, and bring a copy to class to revise it. We will continue to work on the essay all week. 

Spanish (Farah) What we did today: Today we took notes on the the subject pronouns, and the concept of 'familiar' and 'formal' ways to say 'you' in Spanish. Homework: If you did not complete exercises 6 & 7 (p. 34) in class, finish at home, and hand in tomorrow. Study for Vocabulary Quiz on Friday (all words).