Monday, April 14

Science:  Reviewed wave interactions that we were studying before break. Homework is the Wave Interaction worksheet. Waves quiz is on Wednesday.

Geometry: Reviewed formulas for circles & parabolas. Homework is the circle and parabola practice. Quiz Wednesday.

Spanish II; Write 20 sentences with the new vocabulary passed out today. Due next Tuesday.

 

French I: Study for the chapter 6 test on Wednesday.

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

R. Room Math:  Homework packets will be passed out today.  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.

Spanish I: Welcome back! Flash cards due Wed-3.1. Lab on Wed. Please do your best to finish the activities the sub has given you on Mon and Tues so you won't have additional homework.

Chinese: Welcome back! We are going to review Lesson 12 Text 1, and learn radicals from Lesson 12.

Class work is to write radicals 3 times each. We are also reviewing last Friday's work in class.

Course 3: Today we went over homework from before the break and finished our quarterly assessment.  No homework.

ELA- Students continued their study of Historical Fiction with Reader's Workshop Day 6.  We then worked in reading groups to discuss books and any confusion students may have.  The groups discussed perspective and compared thinking on the effect perspective has on the story. Homework: Read and Journal #11

 

Technology - Kennedy - Students reviewed the spreadsheet environment and practiced its use in the guided "12 Days of Middle School." 

Algebra - Homework: finish notes for 10-2 (due tomorrow) and work on IB assessment (due on Wednesday)

Friday, April 4

Science: Students read and took notes on wave interactions. I've attached a copy of the reading for absent students, they should take notes on these pages in their note-taking guides- LOTS OF PICTURES! 

Geometry: Practiced completing the square & then finding the equation of a circle. Here's the link to the video from Kahn academy for help completing the rest of the practice for homework.  

C. Reading:  Read!!  No log, enjoy.

R. Room Math: X facts- work on fluency.  No math packet

Course 3: We took the quarterly assessment today.  No homework.  

Spanish 2: Study vocab for the listening section of the test after the break.

French I: The 6.2/6.3 worksheet is due April 14th. The chapter test will be on Wednesday April 16th

Algebra - We did some exploring today with the graphing calculator and parabolas.  No homework.

Spanish I: No HW--qué tenga buenas vacaciones. For those of you who wish to begin chapter 3.1, Flashcards are due on 4/17 Thursday. La leyenda azteca, for those of you who did not finish it, is due on 4/17 Thursday. Vocabulary quiz (3.1)--Wednesday 4/23

ELA - Students continued with their Historical Fiction Reader's Workshop with Day 5 teaching point and active engagement.  Please follow the schedule of the chosen novel. We will have "book club" discussions when we return from break, please be sure that reading happens!  If the student finishes the book, all the better! Homework: READ and have a great break.

 

Technology - Kennedy - We continued with our TypingWeb.com lessons to reinforce the skills taught in previous years. We will begin Microsoft Applications and Spreadsheets when we return.

Thursday, April 3

Science: Completed investigation 20-A, observing wave patterns in water.

Geometry: Developed the equation for a parabola. Homework is the parabola practice problems. 

RR Math:  Purple group-Friday is the last day you can turn in your take home test.  Remember, no work=no credit.  Both groups- all review pages that we have been working on in class are due Friday.

C. Reading:  Read- no logs!  Enjoy.

Spanish II: Study the vocab on pg 365. You will have the listening section of the test on Monday, April 14th.

French I: Study the vocab and the grammar for the chapter 6 test after the break.

Algebra - We started discussing Quadratics.  We graphed second degree equations.  We discussed our IB Box assignment (attached).  It is due Wednesday (4/16)

Humanities: Students checked 15.2 and began to work on 15.3 in class today. Homework is to finish 15.3 free choice. I will be out of the building tomorrow.  Homework for tomorrow, if not completed in class, is to finish 15.4 free choice.

ELA - Students continued with their Historical Fiction Reader's Workshop with Day 4 teaching point and active engagement.  Please follow the schedule of the chosen novel. Homework: READ, and Journal #8

Technology - Kennedy - Due to break looming in a day we decided to continue with our TypingWeb.com lessons to reinforce the skills taught in previous years. We will begin Microsoft Applications and Spreadsheets when we return.

Spanish: TEST--2.3 tomorrow (listening portion). La leyenda azteca--due 4/17. 3.1 flashcards --due 4/17. Vocab quiz (3.1)--4/22

Course 3: Today we continued to practice more difficult problems with angles and triangles.  Homework is a worksheet that I made with 5 questions. Vacation students-Page 407, # 24 - 26 and page 414, #23 - 25.

Pre-Algebra: Today we completed our 3rd Quarterly Assessment. No homework was assigned. 

Chinese: We are working on text P.85 questions about partners.

Wednesday, April 2

Science: Practiced drawing waves with different amplitudes and wavelengths, followed by some practice problem solving speed, wavelength and frequency questions. Homework is "Properties of Waves". Quiz on wave properties and wave interactions Wednesday, April 16.

Geometry: Investigated how to derive the equation of a circle and practiced completing the square. Click here for a video to help with completing the square.  Homework is the practice problems AND 10.7 worksheet (odds). Quiz on equations of circles & parabolas on Wednesday, April 16.

Humanities: Students checked 15.1 in class and began to work on 15.2 notes. Homework is to complete 15.2 notes.

R. Room Math:  Purple group has a take home test due Friday.  I will not take it late.  You must show your work to get credit!  Both groups should be working on X fluency!

C. Reading:  Read- no log.  Enjoy!

Spanish I: 2.3 TEST TOMORROW (and Friday). Review (distributed yesterday) is due tomorrow. CLASSWORK PACKETS (are due tomorrow). ALL WORK FROM 2.3 is due TOMORROW. CHECK FAMILY ACCESS for your missing work (if any)

Algebra - Chapter 9 test today!  No homework.

Spanish II: 5.2 test is tomorrow. The review worksheet is due tomorrow. Answers to the worksheet will be posted on my blog by tonight.

French I: The unit quizzes for 6.1 and 6.2 will be tomorrow. Study the practice quizzes we did today.

ELA - Students continued with their Historical Fiction Reader's Workshop with Day 3 teaching point and active engagement.  Please follow the schedule of the chosen novel. Homework: READ, and Journal #6

Technology - Kennedy - The High School Counselors came in and students logged in to their Student Access and chose their schedules for next year. Very Exciting!  We then continued with our TypingWeb.com lessons to reinforce the skills taught in previous years.

Pre-Algebra: We continued to practice using the Pythagorean Theorem to find a missing side of a right triangle. We also discussed how to simplify radical expressions. HW: 5 notebook problems on simplifying radical expressions (attached)

Course 3: Today we worked on lesson 8.2.  Homework is worksheet 8.2, all. Vacation students only-read lesson 8.2 in your textbook and do questions #6 - 25 on pages 413 and 414.

Chinese: We are doing exercises on p.115:15; p.116:17;p.117:19,20.

Tuesday, April 1

Science: Took notes on wave properties and speed of waves.

Geometry: Took the circles & centers of triangles test. Homework is to complete example 1- equation of a circle. 

C. Reading:  Read-  no log this week or over vacation.  However, two students have a log due tomorrow!!

R. Room Math:  We are reviewing this week.  No homework packets will be handed out.  Everyone should keep working on their X fluency.  Also, the purple group will be given a take home test today.  The test is due Friday- no exceptions.  No work shown on the test=no credit.  No calculators! 

ELA - Students continued with their Historical Fiction Reader's Workshop with Day 2 teaching point and active engagement.  Please follow the schedule of the chosen novel. Homework: READ, and Journal #4

Technology - Kennedy - Today we took our baseline touch typing test, lights off, no looking at hands.  We then continued with our TypingWeb.com lessons to reinforce the skills taught in previous years.

Pre-Algebra: Today students discover the Pythagorean Theorem using a visual representation of the theorem. We discovered that, in a right triangle, the square of a leg (a) plus the square of the other leg (b) equals the square of the hypotenuse (c). Students then used the Pythagorean Theorem to solve problems in which they needed to find the length a missing side of a right triangle. HW: Complete the blue ISN examples (all 8) using the Pythagorean Theorem

Algebra - Chapter 9 test tomorrow!  Attached are answers to the review stations,  pre-test warmup and practice test.  Good luck!

Spanish I: We took a practice "grammar quiz" and played "conjugation toss". HW is the review packet -- due Thurs (you may do it early and turn it in tomorrow). LAB--tomorrow (working on personal "a")

Spanish II: Chapter test on Thursday. Today's worksheet is due on Thursday.

French I: Practice quizzes tomorrow, and the real quizzes on Thursday. The 6.2/6.3 worksheet is due after the break.

Course 3: Homework is worksheet 8.1, all.  If you are struggling with 17 - 19, set them up as equations equal to 180 or equal to each other.

Monday, March 31

Science: We started investigating properties of waves using period and frequency.

Geometry: Went over the review for tomorrow's circles test. Homework is pg. 345 #9-17 and page 709 #7-13 &17-19.

Spanish II: Study for the 5.2 chapter test this Thursday

French I: Study for the unit quizzes this Thursday

Humanities: Students continued to present projects in class today. No homework.

C. Reading:  Read- no log, enjoy!  Two students have logs due this Wednesday.

R. Room Math:  No homework packet this week.  However, keep up with your X facts.

Algebra - Homework: Chapter 9 Practice Test.  Our test is this Wednesday.

Spanish I: Repaso (in text) due today. WKST#7 due tomorrow. LAB is now Wednesday instead of Tuesday. TEST--2.3 is Thursday and Friday (remember that tests are 60% of your grade!)

Course 3: Chapter 7 test today.  No homework.

ELA- Students took their Chapter 8 Grammar Quiz.  I then handed out Historical Fiction Books.  Students had a choice of 3 books With Every Drop of Blood by J. Collier and C. Collier, In My Father's House by Ann Rinaldi, or Soldier's Heart by Gary Paulsen.  Each book has it's own schedule, all should be completed by April 17th, AR Quiz taken by April 22nd, and a final Compare Contrast Paper due by April 29th. Homework: Read first chapter section, Journal #2

Tech-Kennedy - Students found their seats, reviewed the Practices and Expectations.  Signatures due by Friday.  We then organized our H: Drives and explored the J: drive.  Our first touch typing quiz will be tomorrow.

Chinese: We learn how to say someone is doing something at a certain time during the day. Class work is on p.73.

Pre-Algebra: Today students took a look at square roots. We explored what it means for a number to be a perfect square. We also practiced some equation solving that requires using square roots to solve. HW: 9.1 (2-18 evens, 22-24 all)

Friday, March 28

Science: Only 1st & 3rd hour science classes met today. 1st hour electricity projects were returned and we talked about corrections. While today is the last day of the card marking I can update grades next week if students do corrections by Wednesday, April 2. We then went outside and students experimented with variables on the swing sets to see how those variables affected the period of the swings. 

Spanish II: Study for the chapter test on Thursday

French I: Study for the chapter 6 quizzes next Thursday

Course 3: We had fun with probability today.  No homework.  Chapter 7 test on Monday.

Algebra - Attached are the answers to the worksheet 9.6-9.8.  Have a great weekend!

From Mrs. Canvasser- Please note students do not have LRC with me today, so their planners will need to be filled out on their own.

R. Room Math:  Students have no homework over the weekend.  Enjoy.

C. Reading:  Read.  Only a few students have reading logs due Wednesday.

Humanities: Students presented projects in class today. No homework.

Spanish I: We were busy today!! Classwork--more writing practice; WKST # 8; exercises 15,16,17,18 pp. 157-158. Homework--REPASO (chapter review) ALL  and IN COMPLETE SENTENCES pp 164-166. 2.3 TEST--Thursday and Friday

Pre-Algebra: Today students worked on finishing up the Chapter 6 Test