Thursday, April 18

Apologies for the late blog posting, I was serving jury duty today, hence zero access to electronics of any kind! I will be out again tomorrow for another day serving my civic duty.

Science: Students took the quiz on Waves and were given an opportunity to work on extra credit puzzles. No homework.

Geometry: Students took the chapter 10 test, no homework.

Technology 8 - Orlando: What we did today: Students finished working on the Smarter Balanced Assessment Pilot test. If they finished early, they worked on their family budget project. Homework: Family Budget presentations will begin next Friday. Discussion topics: What feedback can you provide to the test writers to improve the test?

Spanish I: Exercises 5,6, 9 & 10 pgs 181-184 are due on Monday, Apr 22nd

Wednesday, April 17

Science: Watched Bill Nye "Waves" and went over the Interaction of Waves worksheet. Quiz is tomorrow, students may use notes and worksheets on the quiz and they will have the opportunity to do quiz corrections. 

Geometry: Went over the chapter 10 practice test and worked on the chapter 10 review. Homework is the chapter 10 review odds. 

Humanities: Students checked 14.2 and relevance paragraphs in class today.  Students were also given the opportunity to work on IB paragraphs and rough drafts for projects in class. Homework is to complete IB paragraphs for tomorrow. No current events this week.

Spanish I: Study for the 3.1 quiz (part 1) on Monday, and finish the vocab packet also due on Monday.

Technology 8 - Orlando: What we did today: Students worked on the Smarter Balanced Assessment Pilot test.  Homework: No homework. Discussion topics: What are your thoughts on the assessment so far?

Pre-Algebra: Homework: worksheet 7.2 (evens) Anyone interested in test re-takes, needs to see me at lunch before next Wednesday

Algebra Test tomorrow.  Attached are the reviews and the answers to the practice test and the FOILing worksheet. (Chapter 9 Pretest Warmup, Chapter 9 Practice Test,   Answers to FOIL Problems, Answers to Practice Test).

Course 3: Today we took the chapter 7 test.  No homework. 2nd hour has their chapter 7 test tomorrow.

Tech 8 (Stein): SmarterBalanced testing

ELA - Day 10 had two teaching points! Students reviewed their outlines to be sure that each reason/focus question supports the thesis, and each fact or detail supports the reason/focus question.  We then discussed what "fully citing" a source means.  Not only do they need to have a properly formatted Bibliography, but they also need to cite the source within the text (parenthetical citations).  Some got this concept with the Literary Analysis at the beginning of the year, but some are still not grasping the concept of notating within the paper what source is being quoted.  Please review the Quotes & Paraphrasing: Parenthetical (In Text) Citations guide I gave them today.  This is an important step in the writing and researching process.We then moved on to convert our outlines into rough drafts, we will be peer reviewing tomorrow. Homework: Rough Draft, READ, Journal #16

Tuesday, April 16

Geometry: Went over the 10.7 homework and worked on the chapter 10 practice test, which is homework. Chapter 10 test is Thursday.

Science: Took notes on Pages 441-445 and went over the Waves homework from Friday. Wave Interaction worksheet is homework. Waves quiz is Thursday.

Spanish I: 3.1 vocab quiz (part 1) on Monday. Vocab sheet for 3.1 is due Monday. Restaurant skit is due tomorrow.

Technology 8 - Orlando: What we did today: Students worked on the Smarter Balanced Assessment Pilot test.  After a discussion about buying fish and fish tanks, students were set off on their own to tackle the performance task with the online test. Homework: No homework. Discussion topics: Did yesterday's practice test help prepare you for what you saw today on the test?

Humanities: Students checked 14.1, turned in project outlines, and worked on 14.2 free choice in class. Homework is to complete 14.2 free choice and have "relevance" paragraphs (for the project) written for tomorrow.

Tech 8 (Stein): SmarterBalanced Testing

Algebra: We have a big chapter 9 test this Thursday.  Attached are the reviews that need to be completed by Thursday! (Chapter 9 Practice Test & Chapter 9 Pretest Warmup)

ELA- We continued our Persuasive Research work today by learning about the importance of organization in a paper, the steps to take from being sure that their Thesis is supported by their reasons and their reasons are supported by their details.  We organized our details/research note-cards on pages that contained our thesis and reasons for our thesis statement.  We then physically moved our sheets around until we found the correct order of paragraphs (sequential, order of importance, etc).  After that was decided the students took their information and transferred it on to an official outline. This outline is a part of their final packet for this paper.  Homework: Outline, READ!, Journal # 14. Attachments: Day 9 Outline Samples, Persuasive Research Day 9, Rubric

Coure 3: We reviewed for our chapter 7 test tomorrow.  2nd hour has homework 7.8, all.  Test is Thursday.

Monday, April 15

Science: Completed Investigation 20-A by watching waves and their interaction with boundaries. No homework, quiz on waves Thursday.

Geometry: Went over the 10.6 homework and 10.7 notes (equations of circles). Homework is the 10.7 worksheet, chapter 10 test is Thursday.

Humanities: Students worked on turned in research for their projects, worked on 14.1 section assessment and began to outline papers for projects that are due Monday, April 22. Homework is to complete 14.1 and outlines for tomorrow. No current events this week.

Spanish I: 3.1 quiz (part 1) is on Monday, April 22nd. The 3.1 vocab sheet that goes with it is also due on Monday.

Tech 8 (Stein): Smarter Balanced Pilot (all week)

Technology 8 - Orlando: What we did today: I reviewed the purpose and structure of the Smarter Balanced Pilot Test.  Students logged in to the system as guests in order to complete some practice questions to familiarize themselves with the test structure.  Homework: No homework. Discussion topics: How does the Smarter Balanced Assessment differ from the MEAP test you are used to taking?

Pre-Algebra: We took our 3rd District Assessment today.  No Homework!

 

Algebra: We finished our notes for 9.6-9.8.  Homework is a worksheet for those sections (attached).

Our test for this chapter will be this Thursday!

ELA - Students wrote Thesis Statements, wrote reasons why the thesis is true, and sorted their facts backing up those reasons.  We looked at where we were lacking facts and where our strongest point was. Tomorrow we will be organizing our ideas and facts into an outline and drafting our first draft. Homework: Continue researching, READ!, Journal #12

Friday, April 12

Geometry: Went over the 10.6 notes and quizzes were returned, homework is the 10.6 worksheet.

Science: Reviewed notes and concepts from the past week (amplitude, wavelength, speed, frequency, transverse & longitudinal) and completed Properties of Waves worksheet. Homework is Waves Worksheet, (both worksheets are attached here).

Spanish I: Study 3.1 words for a vocab quiz on Monday, Apr 22nd.

Technology 8 - Orlando: What we did today: Students met with high school counselors to discuss their schedules for next year. All next week will be dedicated to the pilot of the online Smarterbalanced Assessment.  Monday, they will familiarize themselves with the test, and the rest of the week with be dedicated to completing the math and English tests. Homework: No homework. Discussion topics: What did you get accomplished today with the counselors?

Humanities: Students checked 13.4, discussed current events, and worked on projects in class. Homework is to complete find a minimum of fifteen facts to include in projects for Monday.

Tech 8 (Stein): 9th Grade Scheduling 

Pre-Algebra: We finished our really difficult chapter 6 test.  No homework.

Algebra: We continued our factoring work.  Homework: 1/2 sheet of factoring.

ELA- Students continued their Writer's Workshop with Day 7 Persuasive Research.  They were given the hour to research their Persuasive Research Topic.  They are to put each fact for or against their topic on a note-card or 1/2 sheet of lined paper.  The resource should be indicated on the back of the note-card and cited on Easybib.com.  Students should have between 12 and 20 note-cards ready for Monday's class.  We will be talking about organization of facts and how to format a Persuasive Paper - they need their facts in order to benefit from this lesson. Persuasive Research Paper due Tuesday, April 23rd.

Course 3: Today we talked about probability today.  Homework is worksheet 7.8, all.  2nd hour has no homework.

Thursday, April 11

Humanities: Students checked 13.3, turned in project topics and questions, and worked on 13.4 guided notes in class. Homework is to complete 13.4 guided notes. No current events this wee. Friday is a project work day.

Spanish I: Homework is finishing the verb sheet. It will be graded for accuracy and is due tomorrow for a big grade. 2.3 test is tomorrow.

Tech 8 (Stein): Picked careers, researched housing options for the Family Budget Project.

Course 3: We did a menu activity today.  No homework.

ELA - Students continued on their Persuasive Research, testing their statements, searching for sources, and citing those sources. They should have a good handle on the path their Persuasive Research will take and be moving forward on finding 12-20 facts written on note cards. We will use those note cards to organize our information into comprehensive paragraphs. Persuasive Research due April 23rd - no late submissions will be accepted. Homework: READ! Journal Entry #9 RESEARCH

Science: Completed Notes for pages 435-439 (2nd & 7th hour worked on investigation 20-A). 

Geometry: Took quiz on 10.1-10.5, homework is to complete the 10.6 notes. 

Pre-Algebra: We started our Chapter 6 test.  We will finish it tomorrow.

Algebra: We started factoring.  Homework: 9.5 (evens only)

Technology 8 - Orlando: What we did today: Students received their surprise costs to add to their budget sheets.  They then started adding costs for household item costs, personal care costs, and grooming costs.  Homework: No homework. Tomorrow, students will be meeting with the high school counselors to discuss their schedules. Discussion topics: How much money did you spend/receive with the surprise costs today?

Wednesday, April 10

Science: Mrs. Petersen's classes completed investigation 20-A about waves. Mrs. Kettner's class took notes on properties and speed of waves. No homework. Waves quiz will be on Wednesday, April 17.

Geometry: We went over the 10.4 homework and took notes on 10.5 (other angle relationships in circles). Homework is the 10.5 worksheet, quiz tomorrow on 10.1-10.5. 

Spanish I: Students needs to study the vocabulary on pg 167, all irregular verbs, and the ar,er,ir verb endings for the test this Friday. They also should practice the five questions that will be on the test.

Tech 8 (Stein): Started the Family Budget Project

Humanities: Students turned in parent signatures for projects, reviewed 13.1/13.2 and were introduced to 13.3 in class. Homework is to finish 13.3 section assessment and write project topics, three possible questions, and three possible resources for inquiry projects for tomorrow.

Course 3: Today we reviewed many percent concepts.  We went over this in class.  No homework. 2nd hour homework is worksheet 7.7, 1-11 odds and 13-16.

Pre-Algebra: We worked on a Chapter Review.  If you didn't finish it, it is homework.  We have a test tomorrow.

 

Algebra: Homework:  FOIL practice!  Crazy amount of problems, but most of you finished in class (or close to it).  We need to be super proficient at multiplying polynomials before we start factoring tomorrow.