Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Wednesday, April 16

Science: Took the "Waves" quiz today, no homework! 

Geometry: Took quiz on circles & parabolas, homework is slope and parallel lines practice.


Spanish I: Flashcards--due tomorrow. La leyenda azteca--due tomorrow (this is from BEFORE break). 3.1 WKST#1--handed out today; get it from 8th grade blog or sratom.blogspot.com -- due tomorrow


Spanish II: The verb worksheet is due on Tuesday.

French I: Continue studying for the second part of the test tomorrow.

C. Reading:  Reading logs got passed out Monday.  All five days, filled out completely, will be due Tuesday 4/22/14.

R. Room Math: 
Homework packets were passed out Monday.  Tentative due date is Monday 4/28/14.  If we keep that date, that is when our next test will be as well.  Keep up on your X facts!  This is part of your homework packet.  Purple group should finish their workbook pages if they did not in class today.

Algebra - Collected IB assessment.  Continued our discussion of graphing quadratics.  Worksheets for 10.2 (first 2 pages only) and extension 10.2 are due tomorrow. Test on Chapter 10 Part I next Wednesday.

ELA - Day 8 of our Historical Fiction Reader's Workshop.  Students should be finishing up their books and thinking about their Compare Contrast paper.  We will begin the Writer's Workshop for their Compare Contrast on Tuesday. Homework: Read, Journal entry #15

Technology- Kennedy- Students finished up their surveys and created their bar charts, due tomorrow. 


Pre-Algebra - Today we worked on defining a percent and how we can find the percent of a number. HW: Fraction/Decimal Conversion worksheet (evens)

Humanities: Students reviewed chapter 15 in class today.  We also reviewed for our summative assessment for Thursday.The question for the assessment is below.  Homework is to study for this essay exam.How did the issue of slavery lead to the Civil War?  In your answer, be sure to include a minimum of three of the following terms and names.
-Economic differences between the North and South
-Wilmont Proviso
-Land session from Mexico
-Compromise of 1850
-Fugitive Slave Act
-Kansas Nebraska Act
-"Bleeding Kansas"
-Republican Party
-Dred Scott
-Lincoln Douglas Debate
-John Brown
-Election of 1860
-Southern succession
-State's rights
-Confederate States of America