April 22

Science: Quizzes were returned and students took the Legacy Day Survey.

Geometry: Reviewed properties of quadrilaterals, which we then applied to our recent review of slope to complete coordinate proofs. Homework is the coordinate proofs practice. Test Monday. 

Humanities: Students continued our introduction to the Civil War in class. No homework. 

C. Reading:  Logs are due today.  If you did not turn in your reading log, I will accept it tomorrow for late points.  Your new reading log is being passed out today and will be due Monday 4/28/14.  You still need to have five days filled out, even with the short week.  Pick a weekend day!

R. Room Math:  Your test is Monday 4/28/14.  Your homework packet is also due 4/28/14.  Please turn in your homework early if you want me to check it prior to the test.  It is a great tool to study from!

Spanish I: STUDY for VOCAB quiz--TOMORROW!!!!  (Wed). We will take it in the lab and then work on lab activity

Spanish II: Study your preterite verbs

French I: Make flash cards for the chapter 7 words.

Pre-Algebra: Today we delve more into using a proportion (is/of = %/100) to solve problems involving percent. HW: 7.2 (odds, 4, 8, 12) FYI...Quiz on Friday (4/25) over 7.1-7.4

ELA - Students began their Writer's Workshop - Compare Contrast with Day 1.  Historical Fiction AR quizzes are due today.  The next AR quiz is due May 2nd. Homework: Read, Journal # 18.

Technology - Kennedy - Students began an internet search and bibliography project.  They are to search the answers and enter a bibliography for each item.

Chinese: We are practicing speaking and writing about personal questions during class, and class work is on p.93:9. Unit 4 quiz will take place on this Friday.

Algebra - Test tomorrow!  (sections 10.1 - 10.3)  attached is the Practice Test (omit #8 and remember we changed #7)

 

Thursday, April 17

Science: Students investigated properties of sound by visiting different sound stations.

Geometry: Investigated slope and perpendicular lines, homework is the slope and perpendicular lines practice.

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

R. Room Math:  Homework packets were passed out Monday.  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. Red group should finish their workbook pages if they did not in class today.

Humanities: Students completed our chapter 15 assessment in class today. No homework.

Spanish I: Today we are beginning our classwork packets, starting with Escuchar. HW--3.1 WKST #3 (ser vs. estar review)--due Tuesday. 3.1 vocab quiz-Wednesday.

ELA - Historical Fiction Day 9 Teaching point- Power. Students finished up their Historical Fiction books with reading the Author's notes and discovering the how much of the book was fiction and how much was actual historical fact.  AR quizzes for the Historical Fiction books are due Tuesday, April 22 (when we get back from the long weekend). Please take the long weekend to talk to your student about the Compare and Contrast Project, we will begin work next week. Homework: READ! READ! READ!

Technology - Kennedy - Students printed their surveys and posted them in the hall. 

Spanish II: Study for the vocab quiz on Tuesday.

French I: Begin flashcards for chapter 7.

Chinese: We are going to continue practicing how to ask and express how and when someone goes somewhere by what transportation in speaking and writing. We are learning to write L12 Text 2 characters. Class/home work will be writing L12 Text 2 characters.

Pre-Algebra - Today we discovered a proportion that can be used to solve percent problems. We completed examples in which a proportion was used to solve. (is/of = %/100). HW: Daily Math 4/14-4/17 will be collected Tuesday

Course 3: We started lesson 8.8.  Homework is worksheet 8.8, #1 - 4, & 10.

Algebra - Homework is 10.3  Have a great weekend!

Wednesday, April 16

Science: Took the "Waves" quiz today, no homework! 

Geometry: Took quiz on circles & parabolas, homework is slope and parallel lines practice.

Spanish I: Flashcards--due tomorrow. La leyenda azteca--due tomorrow (this is from BEFORE break). 3.1 WKST#1--handed out today; get it from 8th grade blog or sratom.blogspot.com -- due tomorrow

Spanish II: The verb worksheet is due on Tuesday.

French I: Continue studying for the second part of the test tomorrow.

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

R. Room Math:  Homework packets were passed out Monday.  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.  Purple group should finish their workbook pages if they did not in class today.

Algebra - Collected IB assessment.  Continued our discussion of graphing quadratics.  Worksheets for 10.2 (first 2 pages only) and extension 10.2 are due tomorrow. Test on Chapter 10 Part I next Wednesday.

ELA - Day 8 of our Historical Fiction Reader's Workshop.  Students should be finishing up their books and thinking about their Compare Contrast paper.  We will begin the Writer's Workshop for their Compare Contrast on Tuesday. Homework: Read, Journal entry #15

Technology- Kennedy- Students finished up their surveys and created their bar charts, due tomorrow. 

Pre-Algebra - Today we worked on defining a percent and how we can find the percent of a number. HW: Fraction/Decimal Conversion worksheet (evens)

Humanities: Students reviewed chapter 15 in class today.  We also reviewed for our summative assessment for Thursday.The question for the assessment is below.  Homework is to study for this essay exam.How did the issue of slavery lead to the Civil War?  In your answer, be sure to include a minimum of three of the following terms and names.

-Economic differences between the North and South

-Wilmont Proviso

-Land session from Mexico

-Compromise of 1850

-Fugitive Slave Act

-Kansas Nebraska Act

-"Bleeding Kansas"

-Republican Party

-Dred Scott

-Lincoln Douglas Debate

-John Brown

-Election of 1860

-Southern succession

-State's rights

-Confederate States of America

Tuesday, April 15

Science: Watched Bill Nye "Waves" to review for tomorrow's quiz. No homework, permission slips for Cedar Point are due tomorrow!

Geometry: Finished reviewing equations of circles and parabolas for tomorrow's quiz. We then began discussing slope & parallel lines. Homework is the slope and parallel lines practice #1-6. 

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

R. Room Math:  Homework packets were passed out yesterday.  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.  Red group should finish their workbook pages if they did not in class today.

Spanish II: Exercises 9 and 10 pg 376. Due tomorrow

French I: Study for the chapter 6 test tomorrow. The 6.2/6.3 worksheet is also due tomorrow

Chinese: We are practicing expressing how to go to school/work/places by various transportation tools.  We will also learn to write the first 4 characters from Lesson 12 Text 1. Class work is to write characters 3 times each by steps.

Spanish I: Please finish work from sub and flash cards.  Meet in hall to go to lab tomorrow.

Pre-Algebra: Quick review of multi-step equation solving. Daily Math: Cumulative Practice. ISN foldable and jigsaw activity to review converting between fractions, decimals and percents. HW: Complete the Common Percent Table worksheet.

ELA - Students are finishing up their Historical Fiction with Day 7 and scrutinized in depth descriptions.  Books should be done by Thursday with their AR quiz due Tuesday, April 22.  Cross Curricular projects were introduced so that students may start working on their Compare Contrast.  This project is due May 2nd. Homework: Read, begin research for paper, Journal #13

 

Technology - Kennedy - Students completed their 12 Days of Middle School Excel chart and learned how to make pictograms with a survey.  They now will be creating their own survey with a minimum of 6 items and a minimum of 50 survey subjects.

Course 3: Today we started to talk about congruent polygons.  Our homework is worksheet 8.5, #1 - 6.  Students were given plenty of time to work on it in class.

Humanities: Students reviewed chapter 15 in class today.  We also introduced our summative assessment for Thursday. The question for the assessment is below.  Homework is to study for this essay exam. How did the issue of slavery lead to the Civil War?  In your answer, be sure to include a minimum of three of the following terms and names.

 

-Economic differences between the North and South

-Wilmont Proviso

-Land session from Mexico

-Compromise of 1850

-Fugitive Slave Act

-Kansas Nebraska Act

-"Bleeding Kansas"

-Republican Party

-Dred Scott

-Lincoln Douglas Debate

-John Brown

-Election of 1860

-Southern succession

-State's rights

-Confederate States of America

 

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.