Monday, October 6

Science: Today student's planned their experiment for the "How Fast Am I" lab. This lab is a summative assessment for students to demonstrate both their understanding of the scientific method and their understanding of how distance, time and velocity are related and represented graphically. Students must have their research, purpose, hypothesis, materials and procedures written for class tomorrow and be prepared to go outside and collect data in class tomorrow.

French 2: Unit 9 quizzes tomorrow. Study the practice one from Friday, and make sure you check it against the answers on the blog.

Pre-Algebra: Today we began the Chapter 1 Cumulative Review. This is due Wednesday. The will work on this in class today and Wednesday. The Chapter 1 Test is also Wednesday, October 8. I will answer questions Wednesday before the test. For extra practice before the test, go to http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/pre_alg/resources/applications/eWorkbook/index.html . This link is also available on my website. I will also post the answers to the Cumulative Review Tuesday night. The Cumulative Review is available at http://norupstein.weebly.com/pre-algebra-notes-and-homework .

RR English: Reading logs were due today. If you did not turn one in, please do so by tomorrow. Your new reading log was passed out and will be due Monday 10.13.14

RR Math: Homework was due today. If you did not turn in your homework, please do so by tomorrow. Students took a test in class today.

Geometry: Went over the Unit 1 Test and discussed some of the terms we will investigate in Unit 2 which is on transformations.

Algebra: We discussed Rates, ratios and proportions. Homework: wkst 3.5/3.6

ELA- Students took their Grammar Chapter 2: Nouns quiz. We then moved on to our Reader's Workshop Science Fiction. After The Giver by Lois Lowry was handed out we discussed the setting and read the first few pages together. Those students that said the read this book in 5th grade were given the book anyway. There are many topics that are beyond 5th grade understanding, trust me they didn't "get" the full meaning of the book. The students were given about 20 minutes to read in class. Homework: Read Chapters 1-2, Journal entry #1.26

Physical Education

8^th grade

Homework

Answer the following questions

·         What skill is hard for you to master in flag football? Explain why and how you might improve.

·         Where would you most like to see improvement in yourself?

·         How do you know when you really understand something?

Criteria

• Essay should be informative and 1-2 pages in length.
• Double check your spelling.
• A typed paper is preferred but you may hand write it. Must be legible.

This homework is due on Wed.,October 8th

You may turn it in before the due date, but it will be late (lower grade) if not turned in when you come to class.