Monday, October 13, 2014

Monday, October 13

Student Council - Pink Out this Wednesday, October 15th. Student council will be selling pink and white bracelets to support Breast Cancer Research. Wear pink and then go support our football teams at the Blue vs White game at 4:00 on Hurley Field.

ELA - Students continued their study of Science Fiction with Reader's Workshop Day 6. We discussed nuanced characters and charted the nuances in three characters. I introduced the Final Project for Dystopian Society Science Fiction. Students are to create their own Utopia complete with map, rules, and a dystopian downfall.

Science: Students worked on the rough draft of their "How Fast Am I?" lab. Rough drafts must be printed and ready to go when students arrive in science class tomorrow- we will not be able to print in class tomorrow! Rough drafts do not have to be typed, but final drafts do.

Geometry: Began discussing angle bisection theorems and indirect proofs.

RR English: Reading logs were due today. If students forgot, they may turn it in tomorrow for a late point. New reading logs are being passed out today and will be due 10.20.14.



RR Math: Students have a homework packet due Friday and a test Friday.

Humanities: Students reviewed chapters 1 and 2 in class today, and began to work on 3.4. 3.4 free choice is due Tuesday. We will have a chapter 3 assessment on Thursday. No current events this week.

Pre-Algebra: Today we finished the notes on 2.1. The homework is 2.1, 1-13 all. The work may be done on the homework page. The notes and homework can be found at http://norupstein.weebly.com/pre-algebra-notes-and-homework .

French 2: The Unit 9 test has been moved to this Wednesday.