Thursday, October 10

Science: Today we continued investigating distance/time & speed/time graphs using the following websites: Position/Time Graph, Position Time Graph 2, and Position/Time & Velocity/Time. Remember that quiz corrections are due tomorrow, except for 3rd hour which are due on Monday.

Geometry: Today we continued discussing definitions of quadrilaterals and use the TI-Inspire calculators to investigate the properties of a parallelogram. Homework is to complete 8.2 notes.

Corrective Reading:  Reading logs are due Monday

R.Room Math:  Math test tomorrow and homework packet is due tomorrow.  Please review your homework packet that we will discuss as a great review for your test.

Humanities: Students checked chapter 4 assessment and shared current events in class. No homework. I will not be in tomorrow as my mother is having surgery. Students will work on atlas worksheets in class. Atlas worksheets will be due on Monday.

Creative Writing: Today in Creative Writing we continued writing/revising our literary essays. They must be typed and brought to class tomorrow. Homework: Type literary essays and read. 

Spanish 2: Study for the test on Monday. Finish all three worksheets for Monday. The conjugation worksheets passed out yesterday in 4th hour and today in 1st and 2nd hour are not homework. They are extra credit if you want to finish them.

French 1; Study your new vocab: the blue section on pg 45. The 1.2 worksheet packet is due Monday. the 1.2 unit quiz will be on Thursday. We will have a practice quiz on Monday.

Spanish 1 (Tomlinson):  jueves-el 10 de octubre - Vocab quiz tomorrow! Study.

ELA - As many students feel that they have read The Giver  I am allowing them the opportunity to "test out" of reading the book.  They may take the AR quiz and if they get at least a 80%, they may choose a Science Fiction book to read during this Reader's Workshop.

Chinese: Practice speaking pinyin combinations beginning with b, p, m, f, d, t, n, l, g, k, h

Pre-Algebra: Today we finished up our review of fraction operations. Students will have a "mini" quiz next week (2nd hour - Monday, 3rd Hour- Wednesday). Homework:

2nd Hour - finish Mixed Number Multiplication and Division worksheet (both sides)

3rd Hour -Mixed Number Multiplication and Division worksheet (fraction side only)

Course 3: We are working on the Distributive Property.  We have different homework for various classes due to MEAP testing.

 1st and 3rd hour-Worksheet 2.7, # 1 - 6. 

 2nd and 4th hours-Worksheet labeled distributive property.  Do not do the side labeled Like Terms.

 5th hour-No homework.

Algebra:  2nd hour took a quiz;  4th-7th discussed rates, ratios and proportions.  Homework is evens only on worksheet 3.5/3.6 (attached)

Spanish (Farah): What we did today: Today we took notes on the verb 'ser,' and played 'dedos locos,' a vocabulary game in preparation for our quiz tomorrow. Homework:

If you did not complete the 'ser' worksheet, complete at home and hand in at beginning of hour Friday. Study for Vocab Quiz tomorrow. 

Wednesday, October 9

Humanities: Students took the MEAP test in hours 1 and 2. During third hour, our second hour class worked on chapter 4 assessment. Homework is to complete chapter 4 assessment and a current event.

Spanish 2: study for the test on Monday. Finish all three worksheets for Monday.

French 1; Study your new vocab: the blue section on pg 45

ELA - Some classes finished "Rain Rain Go Away" by Isaac Asimov, all classes began reading "Future Tense" by Robert Lipsyte.  We will have all The Giver by Lois Lowry books distributed by the end of the week.  Homework: READ! Journal #24 (If students are having a hard time coming up with Journal topics please check my webpage for the 114 Things to Write About...or just download it here)

Science: We continued our discussion of speed vs. time and distance vs. time graphs using fairy tales. The Graphs of Motion without Numbers worksheet is homework. 

Spanish (Tomlinson): Vocab quiz--Friday Due Friday--#13, p. 38 (write out in complete sentences)

Geometry: We began our unit on quadrilaterals by coming up with our own definitions of quads and creating hierarchies of quads. 

C. Reading:  Logs due Monday.

RR Math:  Math packets due Friday.  Review math homework and ask about unclear questions and you will do great when we test Friday on this material.

Algebra:  2nd hour-we went over the material for the quiz tomorrow; 4th-7th hours-we took a quiz today and the homework is notes for Ratios, Rates, and Proportions

Course 3: We started distributive property today.  We will spend many days on this.  Homework is worksheet 2.7, #1 - 6.

Creative Writing: Today in Creative Writing we continued writing the literary essay. Many students are close to completing their first draft. Homework: Type what you have completed, save it, and bring a copy to class to revise it. We will continue to work on the essay all week. 

Spanish (Farah) What we did today: Today we took notes on the the subject pronouns, and the concept of 'familiar' and 'formal' ways to say 'you' in Spanish. Homework: If you did not complete exercises 6 & 7 (p. 34) in class, finish at home, and hand in tomorrow. Study for Vocabulary Quiz on Friday (all words).   

Tuesday, October 8

Science: Continued working with graphs by analyzing speed time graphs. Quizzes were returned and we discussed quiz corrections. Quiz corrections are due on Friday. 3rd hour did not meet today due to MEAP testing. 

Geometry: Finished our cubes! Homework is to complete "The Cube...continued" worksheet. 

Spanish (Farah): WHAT WE DID TODAY: We went to the computer lab to practice our Unit 1 Etapa 1 vocabulary words on www.quizlet.com  HOMEWORK: Study vocabulary words for Fridays quiz. 

Creative Writing: Today in Creative Writing we continued to write our literary essays and also read independently. Homework: Continue to work on your rough draft and read. 

Course 3: MEAP testing in the morning.  Out in the afternoon, all work was done in class. 

No homework.

ELA - After a great morning of MEAPing we took it a little easy.  Students read Rain, Rain, Go Away by Isaac Asimov to introduce them into the strange world of classical Science Fiction. Homework: READ! Journal entry #23

Corrective Reading:  Turn in you reading log if you did not do so yesterday or today for reduced points.  New reading log is due on Monday next week.

R. Room Math:  Assessment Friday- Place Value.  Homework packet is due Friday and is a great review for your test.

Algebra:  homework: worksheet "Extra practice FOR the quiz" that is tomorrow.

Spanish 2: study for the test on Monday. Finish all three worksheets for Monday.

 

French 1; Study your new vocab: the blue section on pg 45

Chinese: Making corrections on Quiz on Strokes, and practice listening and pronouncing pinyin combinations.

Humanities: Students worked on chapter 4 assessment in class today. Chapter 4 assessment and current events are due Thursday.

Spanish (Tomlinson): No class today-- finish yesterday's assignment.

Monday, October 7

Science: Students worked in groups to match stories with distance vs. time graphs. Homework is to complete the distance vs. time graph worksheet. 

Geometry: Continued our work with "the cube" by building the outer cube, here is a link to the u-tube video if people need help. Homework is to complete the outer cube questions. 

Humanities: Students checked questions for 4.4, were introduced to chapter 4 assessment and began to work on chapter 4 assessment in class. Due to MEAP testing, chapter 4 assessment will be due Thursday. Current events are due Thursday as well.

Spanish (Tomlinson): Ejercicios 9, 10, 11 p. 36-37. No hay clase martes el 8 de octubre; lab en el miercoles el 9 de octubre. (no class Tuesday due to MEAP; class meets Wednesday from 10:07-11 at Avery lab-meet in front hall of Norup)

Course 3: Today we continued to talk about the commutative and associative properties.  Homework is worksheet 2.6, # 1 - 17.

Algebra:  Due to MEAP this week and teacher error, the quiz has been moved to Wednesday (Thursday for 2nd hour).  We did section 3.4/6.3 today, discussing the possibilities of getting all real numbers as a solution or no solutions at all.  Homework: worksheet 3.4/6.3 (attached)

Corrective Reading: Reading logs due today.  The next one is due next Monday.

Math:  Packets due this Friday.

Chinese: We are practicing speaking and listening to pinyin combinations, and students take a quiz on strokes.

Pre-Algebra: Today we briefly reviewed fraction operations in preparation for equation solving. Our focus was addition and subtraction. HW: Mixed Number Addition and Subtraction (front and back)

2nd Hour - due Wednesday (no math tomorrow due to MEAP)

3rd Hour - due Thursday (no math tomorrow or Wednesday due to MEAP)

P.E.: Flag Football Rules page 1, Flag Football Rules page 2

ELA- Students began their Science Fiction Unit by reading out of our Literature Anthology.  We examined non-fiction writing and were given clues as to how to take notes on the important information in non-fiction writing.  Homework: Read!  Practice making conclusions about characters based on stated facts and inferences in the books we are currently reading as Journal entry #21.

Creative Writing: Today in Creative Writing we continued writing our literary essays. Most students are completing their intro paragraphs and beginning their first body paragraph. (This is only the first draft, I'm hoping the essays will be completed by Friday.) Homework: Read! Continue writing your first draft. 

Friday, September 4

MEAP testing begins next week! 8th graders will have Reading on Oct. 8 & 9, Math on Oct. 15 and Science on Oct. 16.

Science: Took the Unit 1 quiz.  No homework! We will be completing the unit with more discussions of graphs next week, in addition to beginning our next lab "How Fast Am I?".

Geometry: We began our unit on quadrilaterals by making cubes out of Origami paper. Homework is to answer the questions related to the small cube. We will continue this next week with a larger cube followed by constructions of quadrilaterals. 

Corrective Reading logs due Monday with five different responses.

Resource Room Math packets are due Friday.

Spanish II: The three review sheets are all due Mon, Oct 14th. I am moving the test day to the 14th because we have MEAP on Tuesday. Your homework until then, is to work on these worksheets. answers will be posted on my blog (franciscaroth.weebly.com) The answers will be on my blog by tonight. Look at the unit 3 worksheet tonight and put stars by the parts you don't know.

French I: Study your new words: the blue words on page 45 and make flashcards for them. You will have a quiz on these words on Monday.

Spanish (Tomlinson): Ejercicios:  3,4,5,7-pp. 32-34; write answers in complete sentences in Spanish

ELA - We will be starting our Science Fiction Unit next week so all students needed to be done at least two books by today.  We were reading and taking AR quizzes all this week, hoping this helped students that were behind in their reading.  If your student still has some reading in their novel please have them read this weekend. Homework: READ! 

Chinese: Practice writing Chinese characters by making cards for Chinese Teacher's Day.  

Humanities: Students reviewed 4.3, were introduced to 4.4 and began working on 4.4 notes in class. Homework is to complete 4.4 notes. Have a great weekend.

Course 3: We started to talk about the commutative and associative properties.  No homework.

Creative Writing: Today in Creative Writing we discussed yesterday's grammar assessment, continued writing intro paragraphs for the literary essay, and read independently. Homework: Read your novel. 

Thursday, October 3

Science: Took notes on distance vs. time graphs and speed vs. time graphs. Homework is to study for tomorrow's quiz!

Geometry: Took a quiz on Pythagorean theorem and special right triangles. No homework!

Spanish (Tomlinson): Flashcards due: TOMORROW. Practice due: Monday ( #'s 3,4,5,7-pp. 32-34; write in complete sentences in Spanish).

ELA - We will be starting our Science Fiction Unit next week so all students need to be done at least two books by the end of this week.  We will be reading and taking AR quizzes all this week. Homework: READ! Journal Entry #20.

C.Reading:  Logs due Monday.

R.Room Math:  Packets due next Friday.

Spanish II: The three review sheets are all due Mon, Oct 14th. I am moving the test day to the 14th because we have MEAP on Tuesday. Your homework until then, is to work on these worksheets. answers will be posted on my blog (franciscaroth.weebly.com) The answers will be on my blog by tonight. Look at the unit 3 worksheet tonight and put stars by the parts you don't know.

French I: Study your new words: the blue words on page 45 and make flashcards for them. You will have a quiz on these words on Monday.

Pre-Algebra: Today we took the Unit 1 Assessment. Students that did not finish will have more time tomorrow. 

Humanities: Students checked 4.2 guided reading and were introduced to 4.3 in class. Homework is to complete 4.3 guided questions.

Sign-up link to NIS Chinese Club: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C48ACAF23ABF49-register

Algebra:  Homework: worksheet 3.3/6.3 (attached)

Wednesday, October 2

Science: Today we continued practicing calculating speed, distance and time as well as how to complete a problem solving box. Homework is the complete the speed worksheet.  Our first quiz is on Friday!

Geometry: We continued practicing constructions, homework is to complete the construction packet. Quiz tomorrow on Pythagorean theorem and special right triangles!

Course 3: We took our quiz today.  No homework.

ELA - We will be starting our Science Fiction Unit next week so all students need to be done at least two books by the end of this week.  We will be reading and taking AR quizzes all this week. Homework: READ! Journal Entry #19.

Humanities: Students reviewed 4.1 and were introduced to 4.2 in the text. Homework is to complete 4.2 guided reading.

Corrective Reading: We are switching from reading to writing this week.  Reading logs and 5 different responses will still be due on Monday.

Resource Room Math:  Math packets due next Friday.

Spanish (Tomlinson):Work on flash cards -- due Friday.

Creative Writing: Today in Creative Writing we took AR quizzes in the media center, wrote from a journal prompt and read independently while searching for the signpost of contrasts and contradictions within individual novels. For those students finished with their novels, they worked on writing a theme sentence/intro paragraph for a literary essay.    Homework: Read your novel. Begin intro paragraphs for the literary essay. 

Spanish II: Use the review worksheets to study for the test on Tuesday. The answers will be on my blog by tonight. Look at the unit 3 worksheet tonight and put stars by the parts you don't know.

French I: Study your new words: the blue words on page 45 and make flashcards for them. You will have a quiz on these words on Monday.

Algebra:  Reminder that the IB assessment is due tomorrow along with worksheet 3.2/6.2 both attached.

Chinese: Students made correction on Dictation 2, and we began introducing China with handout and video.