Thursday, March 20

Science: Presented projects today. Tests are graded and posted on Skyward and will be returned tomorrow (there wasn't enough time with project presentations to also pass back and go over the test).

Geometry: Constructing tangents and the circumscribed angle theorem. Homework is practice on page 206 & 207 in the packet. Quiz tomorrow! 

C. Reading:  Logs are due Monday.

R. Room Math:  Your test will be next week on Thursday 3/27/14 the same date your homework packet is due.  Please remember to turn your homework in early if that is the tool you want to use to study.  I will correct it and return it to you prior to the test.  Also, I am available during lunch to receive extra help.

Spanish I: 6 sentences using the sequencing words on page 154 (complete Spanish sentences). Sequencing IS ON THE TEST!! Mexico tourism posters are due Friday 3/28 (instead of Monday 3/24). 2.3 TEST -- reading comprehension; ER/IR verb conjugation; personal "a"; using sequencing words in sentences (THURS 4/3). 2.3 TEST--listening comprehension; location vocabulary; writing answers to questions (FRI 4/4).

Spanish II: Study for the vocab quiz on Monday. 20 sentences on vocab are due on Monday

French I: 6.1 worksheet is due on Monday. Study new vocab on pg 197 as well as the new verb "aller"

ELA - Students finished Chapter 7 with Lesson 3 "Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases"  the unit quiz will be tomorrow as the chapter was so short.  Homework: Study - Read - Journal # 38

Tech- Students continued to work on their Family Budget Project. Rough drafts were due yesterday and students should be working on their Power Point or Poster for final presentation.  Presentations will be next week, Design Folders should be complete prior to presenting.  Design Folder

1 - Investigate (spreadsheet and print evidence of where dollar amounts came from)

2 - Design/Plan (rough draft sheets)

3 - Create (Power Point notes pages printed or final draft of speech for Poster)

4 - Evaluate (to be completed after presentation - Rubric)

The rubric was discussed yesterday, this should be in the Evaluate section of the Design Folder.

Course 3: We worked on mark ups and discounts.  They had time to work on their homework in class.  It is a packet, they could choose to do odds or evens.

Pre-Algebra: Proportion word problems, including similar figures and scale.  ISN notes on Scale. HW: Scale Models and Scale Drawings worksheet (evens)

Algebra - Factoring!!  Tomorrow is a work day.

Wednesday, March 19

Science:  Final project work day today- circuits and papers are due for presenting in class tomorrow! Attached is a copy of the rubric, the project planner and the testing/revisions log. 

Geometry: Began our discussion of tangent relationships in circles. Homework is the tangent worksheet. Quiz Friday! 

ELA - Moving on with our phrases and clauses, we did the majority of Chapter 2 Lesson 2 "Participles and Participle Phrases" together.  The remainder of the hour was for reading and taking AR quizzes. **The quiz will still be Friday!  Boys have some March Miracles Events.  They may come at lunch on Friday or at lunch on Monday to make up the quiz.  I repeat the Quiz will still be on Friday. Homework: Read  & Journal # 37

Tech - Rough Drafts are due today.  This will be included as a part of their final Design Folder.  The first section "Investigate" with their spreadsheet and print evidence of where the student found their information for their budget was due yesterday.  We will present next week.  There is no time to be late on this project.  Next Friday, March 28th is our last day of class. Rubric is attached. 

C. Reading:  Logs are due Monday.

R. Room Math:  Your test will be next week on Thursday 3/27/14 the same date your homework packet is due.  Please remember to turn your homework in early if that is the tool you want to use to study.  I will correct it and return it to you prior to the test.  Also, I am available during lunch to receive extra help.

Spanish I: No new HW. Wksht 2/3 due tomorrow (Thursday). Wksht 1--was due Tuesday (now late). MEXICO travel posters --due Monday 3/24

Chinese: We are going to learn to write the characters from Lesson 10 Text 1, and will continue practice how to ask and answer about time in Chinese. Class work will be on Workbook p.100 :4 and p.101:7.

Spanish II: study new vocab for a vocab quiz on Monday

French I: Do the worksheet for Monday.

Humanities: Students checked 14.1 and shared current events in class. No homework. I will be out of the building Thursday and Friday. Thursday's homework is to complete 14.2 guided reading. Friday's homework is to complete 14.3 section assessment.

Pre-Algebra: Today students completed a quiz over sections 6.1-6.5 (Rates, ratios, proportions, similar figures). No homework was assigned. As the term comes to a close, please be sure all absent work has been completed and turned in. 

Course 3: Today we worked on mark ups and discounts.  Homework is worksheet 7.6, all.

Algebra - homework: Zero Product Property worksheet 

Tuesday, March 18

Science: Project work day for Alarm Circuit projects. Circuit and paper are due on Thursday.

Geometry: Investigated inscribed quadrilaterals. Homework is the 10.4 worksheet.

Humanities: Students checked 13.4 and were introduced to 14.1 in class. Homework is to complete 14.1 guided reading.

C. Reading:  Logs are due on Monday 3-24-14. 

R. Room Math:  Math packets will be due Thursday 3/27/14.

Spanish II: Exercises 12, 13, 14 pgs 355-356. Due tomorrow

French I: Study vocab on pg 197

Spanish I: HW--Worksheets 2 and 3 due Thursday.

Chinese: We are learning how to tell time on the clock. Classwork will be asking and answering about different times.

Algebra - We started multiplying polynomials.  Homework: 9.2B (1-19 odd, 20, 21) 

Pre-Algebra: Today we discussed how proportions of similar figures can be used to find the measure of a missing side. We also reviewed for tomorrow's quiz over 6.1-6.5. HW: complete the odds on the "Mid Chapter Quiz Review"

Course 3: We took a quiz today on lessons 7.1- 7.4.  Homework is worksheet 7.5, odds.

ELA - Students continued their grammar study with Chapter 6 Lesson 1 - Gerunds and Gerund Phrases.  We did the first two pages together and the remainder was to be completed in class. The rest of the hour was allocated to reading and taking AR quizzes.  I have a few students that are coming to me during lunch to read.  If your student is behind in reading you may offer this time to them as well. Homework : READ & Journal #35

Tech - Students continued checking in their "Investigate" we discussed what they were missing and they should have any problems fixed before handing in their final folder.  Rough drafts are due tomorrow.

Monday, March 17

Science: Took the Electricity Unit Test. Tomorrow & Wednesday are project work days, alarm circuit project due on Thursday.

Geometry: Investigated inscribing regular polygons in circles. Homework is to complete the inscribed square and worksheet 5.2. Quiz on Friday.

C. Reading:  Logs are due today.  If you forgot to bring yours, please make sure you turn it in tomorrow for late points!  Read tonight.  Your new log was passed out and will be due Monday 3/24/14.  You may use your ELA novels for your reading log.

R. Room Math:  Homework packets will be passed out today and will be due next week on Thursday 3/27/14.

Chinese: Students are going to present their business cards in class. 2015 China Trip's Information meeting will be held at 7PM tomorrow.

Spanish II: Start studying the vocab words on pg 365 for a vocab quiz on Monday.

French I: Start studying the vocab words on pg 197. Remember that there are no more vocab quizzes, but you still need to practice writing the words

Spanish 2: The 20 sentences on pg 365 are due by Monday.

Humanities: Students reviewed 13.3 and were introduced to 13.4 in class. Homework is to complete 13.4 section assessment.

Course 3: Today we reviewed for our quiz on 7.1 - 7.4.  No homework

Spanish I: Today we worked on the Escuchar packet in class (listening to CD)

WS #1-due tomorrow

HW due today was the ¿Qué beben? set of worksheets

Absent students need to makeup Friday's vocab quiz at lunch ASAP

LAB tomorrow

ELA - Students took their Grammar Quiz on Chapter 6 - Prepositions, Prepositional Phrases, Conjunctions, and Interjections.  Students were then given time to read and take AR Quizzes. Chapter 7 - Phrases and Clauses is very short, therefore we will have our Quiz on Friday. Homework: Read, Journal #35

Tech - Students checked in their Investigate section of their Design Folder.  I checked to be sure they had all the print evidence for each line item in their spreadsheet. Homework - Rough Drafts due Wednesday.

Pre-Algebra: Today students completed a Unit Rate Collage in their Interactive Student Notebooks. They looked through grocery ads to calculate unit rates, such as dollars per ounce of ice cream.

We also took notes on similar figures in our ISN. We used colors and symbols to label corresponding sides and angles. HW: 6.4 evens (both sides) ** 6.1-6.5 Quiz moved to Wednesday (we will review in class tomorrow)

Algebra - Re-takes for Chapter 8 must be completed by this Friday.  Homework: 9.1 worksheet (all)

Creative Writing: What we did today: For St. Patrick's Day, we watched a PowerPoint and listened to a guest speaker discuss Ireland's history and the revolution of poetry. Homework: Revise compare/contrast papers. Read your historical fiction book.

Friday, March 14

Science: Went over the review for Monday's test. Homework is to study and continue working on the circuit project.

Geometry: Practiced constructing circumscribed circles. Homework is the circumcenter handout. Quiz next Friday.

Spanish II: Study for the two quizzes on Monday on the verb doler and body parts hurting and command forms. There are links on my blog for practice.

French I: I moved the test to Monday, because today we had the Upstander program. Use the links on the blog to practice, as well as your old quizzes.

Humanities: Students checked 13.2 and were introduced to 13.3 in class. Homework is to finish 13.3 notes.

R. Room Math:  If you did not turn in your homework today, please make sure you do on Monday for late points. Keep working on your multiplication facts!

C. Reading:  Logs are due Monday.  Happy Reading!

Algebra - we had our chapter 8 test.  Attached is the homework.  Have a great weekend

ELA - With the snow day and PT conferences this week we were a little behind.  Thankfully the grammar lessons were only on Conjunctions and Interjections, so we just combined both today in class.  Love those School House Rock episodes :) We will still have our Grammar Quiz next week and continue with one lesson a day and reading time each day. Homework: Study Grammar for Quiz...READ!!!!!

Tech - Investigate is going swimmingly!  Students are loving/hating this project.  Investigate is due on Monday - this entails three items 1) Spreadsheet complete 2) printed evidence of their numbers and where they came from 3) Bibliography for sources. Happy Budgeting :) Rough Drafts are due on Wednesday, March 19th

Pre-Algebra: More review of word problems involving rates, ratios and proportions. We also started looking at similar and congruent figures, and discussed how ratios and proportions can be used to compare the sizes of figures.  HW: Complete test corrections, if necessary, by Monday. Please bring grocery ads from the newspaper for an ISN activity we will complete on Monday.  

Spanish I: ¿Qué beben? packet--due Monday

Calentamientos (bellwork) -due today

Para leer (from Monday)-due today

Course 3: Homework is worksheet 7.4, evens.

Thursday, March 13

Science: 1st & 3rd hour had a project work day. All classes will take the Electricity test on Tuesday.

C. Reading:    Your new log was passed out and will be due on Monday, 3-17-14.  Remember, you can use your book that you are reading for your English class.

R. Room Math:  You have a test this Friday.  Take your math books home and study!  Also, your homework packet will be due Friday as well, 3-14-14.  

Spanish II: Study for the quizzes on Monday on the verb doler with body parts and the negative and positive tú commands. Use the study guide.

 

French I: Study for the second part of the chapter 5 st tomorrow.

Spanish I: Vocab quiz--TOMORROW (3.2)-Today we are reviewing conjugations and performing restaurant skits.

Algebra - Check your answers to the Practice Test.  Come see me at lunch if you need help.  Test tomorrow!! Attached is another review and solutions. 

Humanities: Students received chapter 12 tests, reviewed 13.1 and began to work on 13.2 section assessment in class. Homework is to complete 13.2 section assessment.

ELA - No classes today.  Homework: Read and Journal #34

 

Tech - Investigate (research) due Monday.  I will be checking spreadsheets and print evidence for a grade.

Pre-Algebra: Today students worked on a course reflection and also looked at word problems that involve rate and proportions. HW: Rate Word Problems worksheet, Quiz Tuesday

 

Wednesday, March 12

Another snow day- wow, what a year!

Science: With the extra day off hopefully many students got a lot done on their circuits! 1st & 3rd hour test is still scheduled for Friday as we will meet tomorrow (1/2 day) to go over the review. 5th, 6th & 7th hour will take their test on Monday.

Algebra: Answers to the practice test are attached.