Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Wednesday, October 16

Science: 1st hour did not meet today due to the MEAP. 3rd hour worked on graphs, data analysis is homework. 5th-7th hours worked on conclusions and critique reflection. 5th-7th hour's rough drafts are due for peer review on Friday, 1st & 3rd hour rough drafts are due on Monday for peer review.  5th-7th hour will take the Unit 1 Test on Wednesday, October 23, 1st & 3rd hour will take the test on Thursday, October 24. All labs are due on Friday, October 25. 

Geometry: Investigated kites and trapezoids, homework is the 8.5 worksheet. Quadrilateral test will likely be on Friday, October 25. 

R. Room Math:  Packet due Friday- test Friday.

Corrective Reading:  Logs are due Monday.


Humanities: Students took the final portion of the MEAP test in first and second hours today. During third hour, students had a chance to work on colonies projects that are due Thursday. Projects were assigned Monday and are due tomorrow. Project rubrics and instructions are attached.

Spanish (Tomlinson): No class again today due to MEAP. Fun Run (7/8 grades) tomorrow during class. HW sheets from Monday due Thursday, Quiz-Friday on subject pronouns, Quiz-Tuesday on verb "ser"

Algebra:  We did Stations today.  More review problems.  There is no official homework tonight.  In preparation for the test on Friday (Monday for 2nd hour), check out classzone.com and try problems from sections 3.1-3.6 and 6.1-6.3.  Attached are two of the review packets (review part 1 and review stations).

ELA - Students will continue their study of Science Fiction with Reader's Workshop Day 4. All should be halfway done with their books. Homework: The Giver chap 13-15, Journal #32


Spanish II: study words on pg 241 for a quiz next week.

French I: begin studying the orange words on pg 45

Chinese: We learn to write numbers in characters from 1-10, and homework is to write each number 5 times.


Course 3: Homework: 3rd and 5th hour-worksheet 2.7, #7-27. 1st, 2nd, and 4th hour-No homework.

Creative Writing: Today in Creative Writing we practiced with predicate nouns and adjectives in grammar and read a science fiction short story. Homework: Read