Science-Wilcox-rest of the week

Students should be working on building their alarm circuit project either in class or at home. Computers are available for students to type their written lab report in class as well. We have additional work days tomorrow as well as Monday.

Alarm project and paper due Tuesday, March 28.

Project guidelines and rubric posted in the science folder.

Canvasser 3.23.17 Thursday

RR ELA- Reading logs are due Monday ( 3.27.17) students should be reading for a minimum of 30 minutes for five days a week. Students must also complete the short reader's response section, along with having a parent signature for all five days.

RR Math- Both groups took their math test today. The homework packet and multiplication sheet were due today, if you did not turn one in you may do so tomorrow for late points.

*Students need to bring their AR books to class and home daily!*

Ramin - ELA

Don't forget: Essays are due on Google Classroom by 11:59 PM! :)

 

Math 8 - Stone

Today, we used our equations for cone, cylinders, and spheres to help us solve problems for investigation 2.4. We helped Ester decide how many cartons of ice cream she would need to buy for a charity event.

Notes: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9_EAUW_J80vc0hITnh5c3l3d1RWVzZwSnB4MHFVRVhNVXVv/view?usp=sharing

Homework: page 34 (13-15), Quiz corrections due tomorrow, Partner Quiz Friday

 

Stein - Math 8 Plus - 3.22.17

What We Did Today:

Students went over the answers from Problem 3.2 and completed Problem 3.3-Spinning on a Grid: Coordinate Rules for Rotations. Students had to determine patterns between sets of ordered pairs as well as rotate a given figure on a coordinate plane.  Notes for 3.3 are available at http://norupstein.weebly.com/math-8-plus-blog. 

Focus Question:

What are the coordinate rules that describe "motion" of points on a grid under turns of 90° and 180°?

Homework:

None.

Stein - Individuals & Societies 8 - 3.22.17

What We Did Today:

Students discussed Chapter 12, Section 2 and used a note-taking guide/summary sheet to help with summarizing skills. Students started reading Chapter 12, Section 3 in class. Students defined the bolded words in the section using the reading, not the glossary, to build familiarity with context. A copy of the Guided Notes/Summary of section 2 as well as the mp3 files of all readings is available at http://norupstein.weebly.com/individuals--societies-blog

Section  Main Ideas:

            1.         The spread of mills in the Northeast changed workers' lives.

            2.         The Lowell system revolutionized the textile industry in the Northeast.

            3.         Workers organized to reform working conditions

Homework:

Finish reading Chapter 12, Sections 1 and 2 if not completed in class.

 Announcements:

There will be an open-book test over Chapter 12 on Tuesday, March 28.

Greer - 8th Grade Science

Greer - 8th Grade Science

All hours:  Bring your electrical circuit project and writing materials with you to school tomorrow.  We will be working over the next few days on finalizing these projects.  The final paper and project are due on Tuesday, March 28.