Thursday, February 7

Geometry: Went over the midterm, chapter 7 test and kitchen geometry projects. We then completed an activity to discover how the number of sides of a convex polygon affect the sum of the angles and wrote a rule for polygon angle sum. No homework.

Science: Students had the option to work on their projects or work on the review for the midterm. Rough drafts for peer review are due tomorrow. In the event of a snow day on Friday, students should have someone use the attached checklist to review their paper as we will be missing peer review, final drafts will still be due on Tuesday, February 12. I've also attached the midterm review, which will be due on Wednesday. 

Spanish I "In case of snow day" study your vocabulary for the 2.2 quiz on Monday. Don't forget the 2.2 vocab packet is also due Monday.

ELA - Day 1 of our Realistic Fiction Reader's Workshop.  Students copied their Teaching Point with the Elements of Realistic Fiction into their Journals.  I then read about 10 pages to the students, explaining some of the more hard to understand points to them.  I encouraged the students to write down new characters as they arose and to start a "working" map of the Finches' street so they have a visual of the area Scout is describing.  They then continued to read on their own tonight's reading goes to page 27.  I am open at lunch for reading time and discussion on points students don't understand. IF we happen to have a snow day tomorrow, students are still responsible for their reading (and will have more time to do it :) the reading for Friday-Sunday is pages 28-78. Homework: TKM reading to page 27 - Journal entry #7. Have a great day!

Humanities: Students worked on chapter 9 assessments and current events in class. Homework is to finish chapter 9 assessment and current events for Friday.

Orlando - 8th Grade Technology: Students turned in their Six Word Memoirs.  We introduced the Career Cruising website and students logged in to begin creating their EDP.  Students will continue exploring the site and taking interest inventories tomorrow. Homework: No homework Discussion Topics: What did the preliminary results for the Career Cruising inventory tell you?

Course 3: Students took a quiz on lessons 11.1 - 11.4.  In and out boxes for homework. 5th hour-review for our quiz tomorrow.