Science: Practiced conversions in the metric system. Students came up with their own mnemonic device to help them. King Henry Died By Drinking Chocolate Milk is the example we worked off of. We then used our mnemonic devices to do some conversions in the metric system. We will have our first quiz on Tuesday, October 4. Quizzes are open note & homework, meaning students may use any of their notes or homework worksheets to help them on the quiz. Lab corrections are due on Monday, October 3.
Geometry: Went over the 2.1 notes (inductive reasoning, conjectures & counterexamples) and the Chapter 1 test in class. 2.1 worksheet is homework. 2.1-2.4 quiz will be Friday, October 7.
Algebra (Hill): Today we continued our discussion regarding the distributive property. Homework Section 2.5 Problems 4-40 Multiples of 4
Algebra(Graham) Worked on the distributive property. No homework!
Language Arts: Students have been writing and rewriting Science Fiction Stories all week. We held Peer Conferences with those that had their rewrite done for class. Next week will begin our first novel unit The Giver by Lois Lowry....I know many students have heard this book read as a read aloud, please encourage them to read the chapter sections and make notes in their reader's journals as there are many mature topics that I'm sure previous teachers didn't touch on (euthanasia, communism, etc). The first of three AR quizzes should have been taken by last Friday, I have been encouraging students to get this done while we didn't have a class novel unit....most didn't take my suggestion to get on AR quiz under their belt and we are almost halfway through the marking period. I did enter zeros for those that haven't taken one yet to light a fire under the students. These quizzes are not due until the end of the marking period, but there is slim to no chance for a student to take 3 of these quizzes in one week. Please speak to your student about this and the factor of time management. I have been trying to guide the students, many feel they can get it all done at the end and that worries me. Homework: Read, Finish any revisions needed for Science Fiction paper
Pre-Algebra: We worked on subtracting integers. Homework-worksheet 1.6, evens.
Spanish I: Flashcards on 1.2 (pg 69) are due by next Wednesday.
Humanities: Students finished values presentations and shared current events in class. No homework.
