Tuesday, October 15

Science: 1st hour did not meet today due to MEAP. 3rd hour collected data for "How Fast Am I?". 5th-7th hours worked on graphs and data analysis for "How Fast Am I?". 

Geometry: Went over the 8.4 notes and quadrilateral investigation, we then began investigating kites and trapezoids. Homework is 8.4 worksheet. 

Creative Writing: Today in Creative Writing we read and took notes on the new unit, science fiction. We will also begin reading "Rain Rain Go Away" by Isaac Asimov. Homework: Read

Spanish (Tomlinson): No class today or tomorrow.  Do pronoun/verb sheet from Monday (due Thursday). Quiz-subject pronouns on Friday, Quiz- on "ser" on Tuesday 10/22

R.R. Math:  Packet and X due Friday.

C. Reading:  Logs due Monday.

Spanish II: No written homework. Begin looking at new vocabulary on pg 241

French I: Study for the 1.2 unit quiz tomorrow

Pre-Algebra: Today we only met for a short time and had a slate review in preparation for tomorrow's quiz. HW: Review for tomorrow's Quiz (Mixed number operations) **Be sure you are keeping up with homework assignments. If you have a missing assignment, turn it in for late credit. If you have been absent, be sure you are completing and turning in your missed assignments. 

Humanities: Students took the math MEAP test in first hour, and worked on projects in 3rd hour today. Homework is to complete our projects (chapter 4 summative assessment) by Thursday. Directions and rubrics are attached.

Algebra:  attached is the review for the chapter test on Friday (Monday for 2nd hour).  The review is due tomorrow (Wednesday).

ELA - Today we continued our Science Fiction Unit with Day/Session 3.  Attached are all the Reader's Workshop teaching points and active engagement, each activity counts as a journal entry. Homework: Read Chapters 9-12, Journal #30

Course 3: MEAP testing in the morning.  No homework today.

Monday, October 14

Science:Most classes collected data for "How Fast Am I?". We will continue working on this lab for the remainder of the week.  Students should calculate speeds. 3rd hour wrote their procedures and will be collecting data tomorrow.

Geometry: Continued our discussion of quadrilaterals by investigating relationships in rectangles, rhombusses and squares. Homework is the 8.4 worksheet

Pre-Algebra- 2nd Hour -  Today we completed our Mixed Number Operation Quiz and began taking notes on 2.1 which discusses how to use the properties of addition and multiplication to solve problems in an easier way, putting our "number sense" to work. (No homework assigned. We will not meet until Thursday due to MEAP.) 3rd Hour- Today we also began chapter 2 and took notes on section 2.1. HW: 2.1 Homework page, Mixed Number Operations quiz Wednesday, finish Fraction Multiplication and Division worksheet, if not done.

Algebra: We are reviewing for our test which will be on Friday.  2nd hour's test will be on Monday (due to MEAP and Fun Run).  Homework (4th - 7th): Equations and Inequality review [attached]

Spanish: No class Tues/Wed (MEAP). Subject pronoun/verb packet sheets--due Thursday, Subject Pronoun quiz-Friday (grammar quiz canceled)

Physical Education: Study for flag football test coming up on Friday or Monday, rules are attached (page 1, page 2)

Humanities: Students checked atlas work and were introduced to a summative assessment for chapter 4.

Summative assessments are due on Thursday. Instructions and rubrics for the assessment are attached.

Spanish II: Start studying the first set of new words on pg 241.

French I: Study for the Unit 1.2 quiz this Wednesday

Corrective Reading:  Logs due today.  New logs are due next Monday.  If you did not turn your log in today, please do so tomorrow for reduced points.

R.R. Math:  Packet due Friday.

Course 3: We are still working on Distributive Property and combining like terms. Homework- 1st, 3rd and 5th- Do the like terms side of the worksheet. 2nd and 4th-worksheet 2.7, #7-27.

Chinese: We started to make flashcards on pinyin combinations containing j, q, x, zh, ch, sh, r, z, c, s, y, w. Students are to finish making those 12 flashcards by tonight as homework.

Friday, October 11

Science: Today we planned the "How Fast am I?" Lab. Students need to have their procedures written for Monday's data collection. (3rd Hour is a day behind due to MEAP, homework for 3rd hour is the Graphs of Motion w/o Numbers Worksheet). 

Geometry: Completed the Parallelogram on the TI Inspire to investigate the relationships & properties of parallelograms. Homework is the 8.3 worksheet.

Spanish (Tomlinson): No practice

lunes--lab and gustar/no gustar

martes/miercoles--no hay clase

jueves--grammar review

viernes-grammar quiz

Humanities: Today students worked in the US History atlases to review the similarities and differences between the colonial regions. No homework.

Chinese: We continue making pinyin combination flashcards beginning with b, p, m, f, d, t, n, l, g, k, h; practicing pronouncing them in 4 tones.

Spanish II; First test is this Monday, Oct 14th. use the blog to study:  http://franciscaroth.weebly.com/spanish-2.html  All links have been posted today to get to each section quickly

French I: Study for the 1.2 quiz next week on Thursday.

Corrective Reading:  Logs due Monday.

Algebra:  2nd hour: homework wkst 3.5/3.6 evens only [attached] ;  4th-7th: homework proportion and special equation practice (all) [attached]

ELA- Students continued  their study of Science Fiction with Reader's Workshop Day 1 Teaching point.  We discussed the first few chapters of the book, and enjoyed about a half hour per class period of quiet reading time.  So nice! If students "tested out" of reading The Giver they should divide their book up into 8 equal sections so that they have a goal number of pages per day and are finished reading by October 21st.  FYI: There will be a project due on October 28th. Homework: At least up to Chapters 1-4 due for Monday but you may continue reading as far as you can!

Pre-Algebra: Today we had a "Slate Review" of mixed number operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division). Homework: Review homework sheets and 4-square in preparation for Mixed Number Operations Quiz, 2nd Hour -  Quiz Monday, 3rd Hour - Quiz Wednesday. The attached pages (Add/Subtract Mixed #'s and Multiply/Divide Mixed #'s) are great review and have plenty of examples of problems similar to those you will see on the quiz. 

Creative Writing: Today in Creative Writing we peer edited our literary essays and made revisions. Homework: Type final drafts of the literary essays. Turn in on Monday. Read!

Course 3: Homework: 1st and 3rd hour-Distributive worksheet. 2nd and 4th hours-Like terms worksheet

Thursday, October 10

Science: Today we continued investigating distance/time & speed/time graphs using the following websites: Position/Time Graph, Position Time Graph 2, and Position/Time & Velocity/Time. Remember that quiz corrections are due tomorrow, except for 3rd hour which are due on Monday.

Geometry: Today we continued discussing definitions of quadrilaterals and use the TI-Inspire calculators to investigate the properties of a parallelogram. Homework is to complete 8.2 notes.

Corrective Reading:  Reading logs are due Monday

R.Room Math:  Math test tomorrow and homework packet is due tomorrow.  Please review your homework packet that we will discuss as a great review for your test.

Humanities: Students checked chapter 4 assessment and shared current events in class. No homework. I will not be in tomorrow as my mother is having surgery. Students will work on atlas worksheets in class. Atlas worksheets will be due on Monday.

Creative Writing: Today in Creative Writing we continued writing/revising our literary essays. They must be typed and brought to class tomorrow. Homework: Type literary essays and read. 

Spanish 2: Study for the test on Monday. Finish all three worksheets for Monday. The conjugation worksheets passed out yesterday in 4th hour and today in 1st and 2nd hour are not homework. They are extra credit if you want to finish them.

French 1; Study your new vocab: the blue section on pg 45. The 1.2 worksheet packet is due Monday. the 1.2 unit quiz will be on Thursday. We will have a practice quiz on Monday.

Spanish 1 (Tomlinson):  jueves-el 10 de octubre - Vocab quiz tomorrow! Study.

ELA - As many students feel that they have read The Giver  I am allowing them the opportunity to "test out" of reading the book.  They may take the AR quiz and if they get at least a 80%, they may choose a Science Fiction book to read during this Reader's Workshop.

Chinese: Practice speaking pinyin combinations beginning with b, p, m, f, d, t, n, l, g, k, h

Pre-Algebra: Today we finished up our review of fraction operations. Students will have a "mini" quiz next week (2nd hour - Monday, 3rd Hour- Wednesday). Homework:

2nd Hour - finish Mixed Number Multiplication and Division worksheet (both sides)

3rd Hour -Mixed Number Multiplication and Division worksheet (fraction side only)

Course 3: We are working on the Distributive Property.  We have different homework for various classes due to MEAP testing.

 1st and 3rd hour-Worksheet 2.7, # 1 - 6. 

 2nd and 4th hours-Worksheet labeled distributive property.  Do not do the side labeled Like Terms.

 5th hour-No homework.

Algebra:  2nd hour took a quiz;  4th-7th discussed rates, ratios and proportions.  Homework is evens only on worksheet 3.5/3.6 (attached)

Spanish (Farah): What we did today: Today we took notes on the verb 'ser,' and played 'dedos locos,' a vocabulary game in preparation for our quiz tomorrow. Homework:

If you did not complete the 'ser' worksheet, complete at home and hand in at beginning of hour Friday. Study for Vocab Quiz tomorrow. 

Wednesday, October 9

Humanities: Students took the MEAP test in hours 1 and 2. During third hour, our second hour class worked on chapter 4 assessment. Homework is to complete chapter 4 assessment and a current event.

Spanish 2: study for the test on Monday. Finish all three worksheets for Monday.

French 1; Study your new vocab: the blue section on pg 45

ELA - Some classes finished "Rain Rain Go Away" by Isaac Asimov, all classes began reading "Future Tense" by Robert Lipsyte.  We will have all The Giver by Lois Lowry books distributed by the end of the week.  Homework: READ! Journal #24 (If students are having a hard time coming up with Journal topics please check my webpage for the 114 Things to Write About...or just download it here)

Science: We continued our discussion of speed vs. time and distance vs. time graphs using fairy tales. The Graphs of Motion without Numbers worksheet is homework. 

Spanish (Tomlinson): Vocab quiz--Friday Due Friday--#13, p. 38 (write out in complete sentences)

Geometry: We began our unit on quadrilaterals by coming up with our own definitions of quads and creating hierarchies of quads. 

C. Reading:  Logs due Monday.

RR Math:  Math packets due Friday.  Review math homework and ask about unclear questions and you will do great when we test Friday on this material.

Algebra:  2nd hour-we went over the material for the quiz tomorrow; 4th-7th hours-we took a quiz today and the homework is notes for Ratios, Rates, and Proportions

Course 3: We started distributive property today.  We will spend many days on this.  Homework is worksheet 2.7, #1 - 6.

Creative Writing: Today in Creative Writing we continued writing the literary essay. Many students are close to completing their first draft. Homework: Type what you have completed, save it, and bring a copy to class to revise it. We will continue to work on the essay all week. 

Spanish (Farah) What we did today: Today we took notes on the the subject pronouns, and the concept of 'familiar' and 'formal' ways to say 'you' in Spanish. Homework: If you did not complete exercises 6 & 7 (p. 34) in class, finish at home, and hand in tomorrow. Study for Vocabulary Quiz on Friday (all words).   

Tuesday, October 8

Science: Continued working with graphs by analyzing speed time graphs. Quizzes were returned and we discussed quiz corrections. Quiz corrections are due on Friday. 3rd hour did not meet today due to MEAP testing. 

Geometry: Finished our cubes! Homework is to complete "The Cube...continued" worksheet. 

Spanish (Farah): WHAT WE DID TODAY: We went to the computer lab to practice our Unit 1 Etapa 1 vocabulary words on www.quizlet.com  HOMEWORK: Study vocabulary words for Fridays quiz. 

Creative Writing: Today in Creative Writing we continued to write our literary essays and also read independently. Homework: Continue to work on your rough draft and read. 

Course 3: MEAP testing in the morning.  Out in the afternoon, all work was done in class. 

No homework.

ELA - After a great morning of MEAPing we took it a little easy.  Students read Rain, Rain, Go Away by Isaac Asimov to introduce them into the strange world of classical Science Fiction. Homework: READ! Journal entry #23

Corrective Reading:  Turn in you reading log if you did not do so yesterday or today for reduced points.  New reading log is due on Monday next week.

R. Room Math:  Assessment Friday- Place Value.  Homework packet is due Friday and is a great review for your test.

Algebra:  homework: worksheet "Extra practice FOR the quiz" that is tomorrow.

Spanish 2: study for the test on Monday. Finish all three worksheets for Monday.

 

French 1; Study your new vocab: the blue section on pg 45

Chinese: Making corrections on Quiz on Strokes, and practice listening and pronouncing pinyin combinations.

Humanities: Students worked on chapter 4 assessment in class today. Chapter 4 assessment and current events are due Thursday.

Spanish (Tomlinson): No class today-- finish yesterday's assignment.

Monday, October 7

Science: Students worked in groups to match stories with distance vs. time graphs. Homework is to complete the distance vs. time graph worksheet. 

Geometry: Continued our work with "the cube" by building the outer cube, here is a link to the u-tube video if people need help. Homework is to complete the outer cube questions. 

Humanities: Students checked questions for 4.4, were introduced to chapter 4 assessment and began to work on chapter 4 assessment in class. Due to MEAP testing, chapter 4 assessment will be due Thursday. Current events are due Thursday as well.

Spanish (Tomlinson): Ejercicios 9, 10, 11 p. 36-37. No hay clase martes el 8 de octubre; lab en el miercoles el 9 de octubre. (no class Tuesday due to MEAP; class meets Wednesday from 10:07-11 at Avery lab-meet in front hall of Norup)

Course 3: Today we continued to talk about the commutative and associative properties.  Homework is worksheet 2.6, # 1 - 17.

Algebra:  Due to MEAP this week and teacher error, the quiz has been moved to Wednesday (Thursday for 2nd hour).  We did section 3.4/6.3 today, discussing the possibilities of getting all real numbers as a solution or no solutions at all.  Homework: worksheet 3.4/6.3 (attached)

Corrective Reading: Reading logs due today.  The next one is due next Monday.

Math:  Packets due this Friday.

Chinese: We are practicing speaking and listening to pinyin combinations, and students take a quiz on strokes.

Pre-Algebra: Today we briefly reviewed fraction operations in preparation for equation solving. Our focus was addition and subtraction. HW: Mixed Number Addition and Subtraction (front and back)

2nd Hour - due Wednesday (no math tomorrow due to MEAP)

3rd Hour - due Thursday (no math tomorrow or Wednesday due to MEAP)

P.E.: Flag Football Rules page 1, Flag Football Rules page 2

ELA- Students began their Science Fiction Unit by reading out of our Literature Anthology.  We examined non-fiction writing and were given clues as to how to take notes on the important information in non-fiction writing.  Homework: Read!  Practice making conclusions about characters based on stated facts and inferences in the books we are currently reading as Journal entry #21.

Creative Writing: Today in Creative Writing we continued writing our literary essays. Most students are completing their intro paragraphs and beginning their first body paragraph. (This is only the first draft, I'm hoping the essays will be completed by Friday.) Homework: Read! Continue writing your first draft.