Thursday, January 9

Science: Today we continued our unit on Energy with an investigation of how energy transforms from potential to kinetic by dropping a car from different heights on the track. Tomorrow I will be checking in with students to verify that they have their 4 articles for our cross-curricular research project with language arts.

Geometry: Reviewed the dilation work we began before break. 5.1 and 5.2 practice is homework. We will have a "quest" for this unit instead of both a quiz and a test to make up some of our lost time. The Quest will be on Friday, January 17. After this unit we will begin preparing for the midterm, which is Thursday, January 23.

Chinese: We reviewed Unit 2 by doing workbook exercises.

Course 3: We did a review of lessons 6.1 - 6.3.  Homework is a worksheet on lesson 6.3. It is 8 questions.

Spanish II: 4.2 worksheet is due tomorrow. 4.2 flash cards are due on Monday. 4.2 vocab quiz on Monday.

French I: 3.1 worksheet is due tomorrow. 3.1 flash cards are due on Monday. 3.1 vocab quiz is on Monday.

Corrective Reading:  There will be no long this short week, but please read every night!

R.R. Math:  Homework packet will be passed out today and it needs to be completed and turned in by Friday 1-17-14.  If you turn it in early, I will check it and return it back before the assessment next Friday 1-17-14.

Spanish (Tomlison): 1.3 Test---Wednesday 1/15 (rescheduled). HW-Repaso (1.3) pp 90-91 # 1-2 due Friday; 3-5 due Monday. If not finished, your presence will be required at HW Club on Monday to complete.

Art 7/8: Continue Henri Matisse "Drawing with Scissors" collage.

Advanced Art Grade 8: Completing mixed media drawings.

Humanities: Students presented Amendment projects and discussed current events in class. No homework.

Pre-Algebra: Review of Transformational Geometry (translations and reflections). Notes on Dilatations.

HW: Dilations HW page (#1-5)

Algebra - Geo packet on Dilations (all)

ELA- Students caught up (slightly) from the extended vacation.  We began our Op-Ed Writer's Workshop with Day 1 (finding the differences between fact and opinion) and starting Day 2 (what is an Op-Ed and the differences between and Editorial and an Op-Ed).  All sessions

Creative Writing: Today in Creative Writing we began writing a story/poem about a picture using several adjectives to make the story as descriptive as possible. Homework: Type your story. We will continue with our nonfiction writing tomorrow.