Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Wednesday, October 15

Science: Students had time to work on the final drafts of their "How Fast Am I?" lab, the final drafts are due tomorrow, see yesterday's post for copies of the rubric. 

Geometry: Investigated how perpendicular bisectors are related to reflections. No homework.


French 2: Start studying the purple words for Unit 10, pg 321

RR Math: Students have a test this Friday. Please study each night- we talked about how to study for math. Homework packets are due ON or BEFORE Friday. If you turn it in early, you can use it to study for your test.

RR English: Logs are due Monday. Following what each response asks you to do.

ELA - Students discussed the deeper meaning or theme of dystopian literature, usually making a statement about our society. We then formulated theories about what each student thought The Giver was trying to say about our society and backing it up with evidence from the text. We then wrote a final draft as our second On Demand Writing for Day 8 of our Writer's Workshop. Homework: Journal #1.39 (free write or work on project in journal) Independent Read (Marking Period ends October 31st).

Humanities: Students had a second day of review for our test tomorrow. Homework is to study for the test. A study guide is attached.

Algebra: We caught up on section 6.4 and passed back the PSW. We have several students that need to take the chapter test so I did not hand them back, but results are on Family Access. Homework: finish worksheet 6.4A

Pre-Algebra: We started 2.2, the distributive property. The homework is Practice B 2.2, 2-22 even. There will be a quiz on sections 2.1 - 2.3 on Wednesday, October 22. Notes and homework can be found at
http://norupstein.weebly.com/pre-algebra-notes-and-homework .