Monday, February 24, 2014

Monday, February 24

Science: Jigsaw notes on conductors & insulators, resistance and series vs. parallel circuits. Electricity quiz is Wednesday, February 26.

Geometry: Began our mini-unit on the Law of Sines and the Law of Cosines. Homework is Law of Sines practice #1-6.


Humanities: Students took the chapter 12 pre-test and were introduced to chapter 12 in class. Homework is to complete 12.1 section assessment.

C. Reading:  You received your new log today.  It is due Monday 3/3/14.  All five days and five responses need to be filled out!  Parents also need to sign it.

R. Room Math:  Your homework is due this Thursday 2/27/14.  Your test is also on Thursday 2/27/14.  Please remember, if you turn your homework in by Wednesday morning, I will check it and return it to you in the afternoon so you can use your homework to study for the test with correct answers!!  STUDY this week prior to the test this Thursday!!  I am also available during lunch if you have math questions.

Spanish II: Draw a person/monster and write 5 sentences about body parts that hurt.
Study for the 5.1 test on Monday, Mar 3. Study guide and practice links are on my blog.

French I: Work on the 5.1 worksheet, due Mon Mar 3rd. No vocab quiz this week.

ELA - Students turned in their Novel Portfolio and we closed out our study of To Kill a Mockingbird with a quick study of "walking in another man's shoes" and wrote a journal entry on the activity.  We then continued our Grammar study with Chapter 5 - Adjectives and Adverbs.  Students were given time to work on Grammar 5.1, due tomorrow.  Homework: Grammar 5.1, Journal #23, READ! (AR2 for 3rd Marking Period is due on Feb 28th)

Technology- Students turned in any late submissions for their Globalization Essay.  We then moved on with Career Related terms, getting students ready to do a "self study" to find their strengths and weaknesses.  Topic 6 Task- 5 terms and their definitions created in a properly formatted chart. This assignment can be found in their Moodle classroom.


Chinese: We are starting Lesson 9 Occupation today, and we are learning a few occupations in Chinese. Students will review a few phrases in characters first in class, and then practice asking whether someone does certain type of jobs. Classwork will be writing down new vocabulary from Lesson 9 3 times in pinyin.

Course 3: Today we reviewed and started talking about finding the slope of a line given two ordered pairs.  Homework is a review sheet labeled Chapter 11 warm up.


Pre-Algebra: Today we spent some time reviewing the procedure for multi-step equation solving. Students completed 10 problems and scored them for accuracy. This is a good indicator of how well they have mastered this skill. HW: Complete and turn in Mixed Equations worksheet if you have not already done so.

Spanish (Tomlinson): Telling Time packet--due Wednesday, 2/26, 2.2 test (time ONLY)-Friday 2/28
restaurant skit-due Monday, 3/3

 

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