Thursday, December 12

Science: Began Unit 3:Energy with a discussion of what we know about energy. We will be spending the rest of this week and next week conducting research and learning about hydraulic fracturing and nuclear energy as part of our cross-curricular project with language arts. 

Geometry: Continue the exploration into criteria for congruence in triangles. Homework is to complete the triangle congruence worksheet.

R. Room Math:  Math test will be tomorrow.  If you are OK on your homework, you will do great!  Please see me during Lunch tomorrow if you have questions.  Your homework will also be due tomorrow. 

Corrective Reading:  Reading logs are due Monday.  Do not forget to have your parents sign them.  Also, you need to have five different reader responses attached to your log.  This is not optional, it is your homework!

ELA - Students finished this portion of their Grammar study (oh yes, there will be more :). Verb packet 4.5-4.6 was given out yesterday, and 4.7-4.9 today.  Tomorrow I will be giving the students a take home test to be started in class, and then completed at home due Monday.  This will encompass all 4 Chapters we have worked on over the last month.  Students are allowed to use their notes and worksheets for this test.  They ARE NOT allowed to work together. Please ensure that your student only uses classwork for this test. Homework - Read, Journal entry #29, Grammar

Spanish (Tomlinson): Vocab Practice sheets--Due Monday. Finish back of yellow sheet ("tener with possessives") due Wed and La Familia packet (due Wed)

Spanish II: Start making flash cards for the new words on pg 291.

French I: Start making flash cards, the purple ones on pg 101

Chinese: We are working on L5 Text 2's characters today. We also begin to watch Monkey King.

Humanities: Students checked Constitution reviews and were introduced to a summative assessment project in class. Please review project instructions and rubrics this evening. Please be sure to ask if you have any questions.

Pre-Algebra: Today we talked about how exponents, and the laws of exponents, can be used to: write numbers in scientific notation, convert scientific notation to standard form and to compare/order numbers in scientific notation. HW: Scientific Notation worksheet (odds, both sides) 

Algebra - worksheet 5.6 (1-6, 8, 10)