Thursday, December 6

Science: Students continued working on the "Is The Force With You?" lab. Today we concentrated on making graphs, data analysis and conclusions. We will continue working on rough drafts tomorrow and Monday. Rough drafts are due for peer review on Tuesday, December 11. Final drafts will be due on Friday, December 14.

Geometry: Went over the practice test and completed the review foldable brochure. Homework is to complete the chapter 5 review (odds).

Art 8: 1st hr. Students are working on poem portion of their monochromatic collage.

"Crowded Elevator " drawing and "What's in the fridge?" drawing are still works in progress.

Art 7/8: 5 th and 6th hrs. "Crowded Elevator" drawing will be completed this week. 6th hr.will also be completing "Amazing Playgrounds."

Advanced Art 8 Students are currently on the colored pencil portion of the mixed media fruit still life. Gray value charcoals and chalk pastel portions are soon to follow.

Pre-Algebra: After reviewing, we took our quiz.  We need some more time tomorrow, so no homework!

Algebra: Graphing lines packet is due on Friday.  No other homework today.  We worked on graphing piecewise functions today.

Humanities: Hours 1-3 took the chapter 4 test and were introduced to the colonies "mini" project, and hours 4-7 began work on the colonies "mini" project. Homework is to work on the project and complete a current event. Current events are due Friday and the project is due Monday.

Spanish I: Study the review sheets for the test on Monday.

ELA - We continued to review our Literary Terms, the Power Point is Posted on my webpage on the Berkley Website.  Tomorrow we will start reading our short stories and begin our Literary Essay Writer's Workshop. Homework: Read, Journal Entry #27

Wednesday, December 5

Science: Continued collecting data, began making graphs and writing the data analysis section of the "Is the Force With You?" lab. We will work on conclusions and critique reflection tomorrow and rough drafts on Friday. Rough drafts for peer review are due on Tuesday, December 11. Final drafts will be due on Friday, December 14. 

Geometry: Discussed indirect proofs and worked on making a fold-able to help us review all of the centers of triangles. Practice test is homework, chapter 5 test is Friday. 

Humanities: Students in hours 1-3 checked 4.4 section assessment and reviewed for chapter 4 test.  Students in hours 4-7 took chapter 4 test. Homework is to study for the test if you have not already taken it, and to complete current events by Friday.

Spanish I: Study for the test on Monday, using the review sheets from yesterday and today.

Tuesday, December 4

Morning classes did not meet today due to the ACT Explore test.

Science: Began collecting data for "Is The Force With You?", we will continue with data collection tomorrow and will spend the remainder of the week working on the lab. Rough drafts for peer review will be due on Tuesday, December 11 and final drafts are due Friday, December 14. The Unit 2 Test is Tuesday, December 18.

Humanities: afternoon students reviewed for tomorrow's test. Chapter 4 test will be tomorrow for afternoon students, and Thursday for morning students. Homework is to study, current events are due Friday.

Spanish I: Exercises 13, 14, & 15 pg 83. Due Wednesday, Dec 5th. Study for the test on Monday, Dec 10th.

ELA - Students took the ACT EXPLORE during the morning hours.  Afternoon classes presented the remainder of projects and were given quiet reading and AR quizzing time. Homework: Journal Entry number 25.  READ! Turn The Giver book by Thursday.

Course 3: Today we did simple one-step equations.  Homework is worksheet 3.1 all.

Monday, December 3

Geometry: Went over the 5.4 homework, took a quiz and took notes on 5.6 after the class voted to take their test on Friday versus Monday. Homework is front side (#1-10) of 5.6 worksheet. Chapter 5 test will be Friday, December 7.

Science: Went over the momentum homework and quiz corrections were returned. Students then began planning the "Is the Force With You?" IB inquiry lab. We will be collecting data tomorrow and Wednesday and will work on the lab for the remainder of this week. Peer review will be Tuesday, December 11 and the final draft will be due on Friday, December 14. Click here for a copy of the lab planner. 

Pre-Algebra: Because of the ACT Explorer Test that will be given on Tuesday, our quiz has been moved to Wednesday.  Our quiz will cover sections 4.1-4.4, topics such as, greatest common factor and least common multiple and simplifying fractions.  Students have all had this before, but now we are finding all of these when variables are involved.  We received an enormous review packet today that will be due on Wednesday.

Algebra: Our 4th Problem Solving Workshop was handed in today.  We discussed slope-intercept form (y=mx+b) and direct variation (y=kx).  Homework: worksheet 4.5

Course 3: Today we took our chapter 5 test.  No homework.

Humanities: Students worked on the Explore Test with Mrs. Weiss today. Homework is to complete 4.4 section assessment. Current events are due Friday.

ELA - Students turned in their projects, those that didn't print needed to present, so we watched as many presentations that we could and will continue through the week.

 Tomorrow A.M. is the ACT EXPLORE Test - please be sure your student has a good night's sleep, a good breakfast, and a book to read when they are done.

Homework: READ!

Spanish I:: Exercises 13, 14, & 15 pg 83. Due Wednesday, Dec 5th. Study for the test on Monday, Dec 10th.

Friday, November 30

Science: Completed our discussion of Investigation 3-A and went over the momentum homework. Next week we will go begin the next IB Inquiry lab "Is The Force With You?". 

Geometry: Went over the 5.5 homework and notes from yesterday and the 5.4 notes (medians and altitudes). 5.4 worksheet is homework. 

Pre-Algebra: We reviewed equation solving and GCF.  We worked on section 4.4.  Homework:  4.4 (odds).  Our next quiz will be next Tuesday! (sections 4.1-4.4)

Algebra: We finished up section 4.4 on finding slope.  We worked in class on worksheet 4.4 and the Problem Solving Workshop #4.  Any unfinished work is homework!

Spanish I: finish exercises 10 & 11, pgs 80-81 due Monday. Rough draft of family project due Monday.

Humanities: Students shared 4.3 free choice and current events in class today. Homework is to begin to study for our chapter 4 test next Wednesday. We will have a test review on Tuesday.

Choir:  Emily Muench, has a role in Meadow Brook Theater's production of "A Christmas Carol" this year, and everyone is invited to take advantage of a discounted ticket opportunity to see the show. The show is on Friday, December 21st at 8PM and tickets are $31.20/person (regularly over $40). Anyone who is interested should turn in their order form and money to me by Monday (December 3rd).. We're hoping to get a big group from Norup, so please feel free to invite friends, family, anyone who would like to come!

Course 3: Today we reviewed for our chapter 5 test on Monday.

Today Mrs. Weiss visited all 8th grade Science classes to discuss the upcoming EXPLORE test. Her power point can be reviewed here.  All 8th graders will start the EXPLORE on Monday. In their Humanities class, they will complete the Student Interest portion.  On Tuesday, academic testing will occur during 1st, 2nd and 3rd hours. Please do your best to be in school both Monday and Tuesday for testing. 

Thursday, November 29

Geometry: Went over the 5.3 homework and took notes on 5.5 (we will go back to 5.4 tomorrow). Homework is the 5.5 worksheet, chapter 5 quiz is on Monday.

Science: Students in Mrs. Petersen's class completed the notes on Newton's 3rd Law of Motion and Mrs. Kettner's class worked on the momentum investigation. Homework is the momentum worksheet.

Pre-Algebra: We are continuing to work on equation solving.  It is so important for students to be proficient with this skill in order for them to be successful in Algebra next year.  We are also working on GCF and LCM.  Our homework is 4.3 (evens).  Our next quiz will be next Tuesday!

Algebra: We worked on our third method for solving linear functions today...slope-intercept form (y=mx+b).  We just got into our discussion, so there is no homework on this section, yet.  I passed out our 4th Problem Solving Workshop (everyone was so excited ;) ).  It will be due on Monday.  Please remember that we are focusing on Perseverance and Precision!  Show your work and explain your answers!

Course 3: Students worked on a review in class.  We will review tomorrow for a test on Monday.

Spanish I: Exs 10 & 11, pgs 80-81. Due Monday. Family project rough draft due Monday.

 

ELA - Students held "Vocabulary Bees" at their tables and then the table winners competed in a "Vocab Off" for class title of Vocabulary Master (and WOW tickets).  This was to help review for the Vocabulary Test tomorrow.  The remained of the hour was dedicated to project work with a few students going to the Tech Lab or working on the classroom computers.  Remember all projects are due Monday, December 3rd - presentations ready to present, music ready to play, and all rubrics turned in with projects.

 

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Homework - STUDY VOCABULARY.  Work on Project.

Wednesday, November 28

Geometry: Went over the 5.2 worksheet and took notes on 5.3 (angle bisectors and incenter). Homework is the 5.3 worksheet, quiz on chapter 5 will be Monday, December 3. 

Science: Mrs. Kettner's class took notes on Newton's 3rd Law. Mrs. Petersen's classes started an investigation into the 3rd law and momentum. We also watched a quick cartoon to help us understand mass and weight (click here!). Quiz corrections are due on Friday. We are almost finished with this unit! Next week we will begin the "Is the Force With You?" IB inquiry lab. The test for unit 2 is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, December 18. If students will be leaving early for vacation they should take the test prior to leaving! 

Spanish I: Exercises 10 & 11, pgs 80-81. due Monday, Dec 3rd.

ELA - Students were given instruction on Bibliography requirements (not only for the current ELA project, but for all projects).  They were then given time to work on their The Giver Reader's Journals (final draft due tomorrow with all chapter sections filled in and cover illustrations complete in final draft format) and their projects. Homework: READ! Reader's Journal due Thursday, November 29   Study for Vocabulary Assessment on Friday, November 30.  Work on Project due Monday, December 3rd

Course 3: Today we worked on mean, median, mode, and range. Homework is worksheet 5.8, all.

Humanities: Guest speaker, Kevin Howley, helped Student learn about the social influences of Quakerism in class today. No homework. Current events are due Friday.