Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Tuesday, April 23

Science: Finished watching the documentary "Tapped".

Geometry: Went over the 11.2 homework and took notes on 11.3. Homework is the 11.3 worksheet. Quiz on chapter 11 will be Friday.

Humanities: Students continued to present projects in class today. Folders are due tomorrow. 15.1 section assessment is due tomorrow.

Tech 8 (Stein): Family Budget Research


Spanish I: Study for 3.1 test on Monday and Tuesday of next week.


ELA - Students wrote a reflection on their Persuasive Essay.  This "on demand writing" was to reflect the student's thoughts on the project, what they felt they did well, and not so well.  The students also commented on what they learned during this project and what IB traits they used or expanded during the process.  I informed the students that this was to be more than a sentence or two, this was to be a mini-essay, to explain each item to me in detail, as if I had no idea what the project was.  This was attached to the Final Packet and the packet was turned in. Students then graded Grammar 5.4-5.5 (handed out yesterday).  They then began their 5.6-5.7 packet, due tomorrow. AR quiz reports will be printed on Friday.  I have emphasized that students should be reading at least one book every two weeks in order to stay on track.  Although all AR quizzes are not due until June 3rd, I will be entering zeros for the first AR quiz if they have not taken one by Friday.  Students need to see what procrastination will do to their grades.  Please understand that there will be no late point deduction for AR quizzes...if they are done by June 3rd they are entered...after that there will be no late AR submissions for 4th Marking Period. Homework: Grammar 5.6-5.7, READ, and Journal Entery #17

Pre-Algebra: I got a phone call just before class started that my son was throwing up at 5th grade camp.  I had to leave to pick him up.  Students were given a review packet that covers percent problems in various forms.  I will be out tomorrow, too, so they can continue working on the packet tomorrow.

Algebra: I got a phone call just before school started that my son was throwing up at 5th grade camp.  I had to leave to pick him up. The plans were thrown together for the guest teacher to give notes and have students try the homework.  I understand if we are going to need another day to go over it.  I will be out tomorrow, too, so the test scheduled for Friday will be postponed.



Course 3: Today we talked about triangles and how we classify them.  Homework is worksheet 8.2, # 1 -13. 2nd hour homework is worksheet 8.1, # 1 - 16.


Technology 8 - Orlando: What we did today: Students continued working on their family budget projects. Homework: Family Budget presentations will begin on Friday. Discussion topics: How many outstanding items do you need to complete for your project?


Monday, April 22, 2013

Monday, April 22

Today was Mrs. Petersen's last day of jury duty for Wayne County, she will be back tomorrow.

Geometry: Went over the 11.1 homework answers and took notes on 11.2. Homework is the 11.2 worksheet. 

Science: Watched the 1st half of the documentary "Tapped" in honor of Earth Day. We will finish the movie tomorrow and have a discussion following. 

Humanities: Students turned in, and began to present, projects today. No homework unless students did not finish 14.4 section assessment. No current events this week.


Spanish I: No homework, except begin studying for the 3.1 test on Monday.

Tech 8 (Stein): Family Budget Research

Course 3: Today we started to talk about angles and properties of angles.  Homework is worksheet 8.1, #1 - 16. 2nd hour finished their quarterly assessment.  No homework.

Pre-Algebra: Continuing to work on percents.  Homework: 7.4 (evens). Quiz on Thursday covering (7.1-7.4)


 
Algebra: Homework: 10.2 (evens). We are going to be finished with this portion of chapter 10 by Thursday.  Test on Friday!

Friday, April 19, 2013

Friday, July 19

*Mrs. Petersen is serving jury duty again today.

Science:Students read and took notes on sound.

Geometry: Took notes on 11.1, homework is the 11.1 worksheet. 

Spanish 1: Due Monday: 3.1 vocab worksheet and exs 5,6 ,9 & 10 pgs 181-184. Also study for the 3.1 vocab quiz on Monday. Study the words outlined or starred in pink on the 3.1 vocab sheet I have you. 


ELA - After a quick review of formatting papers (done with Poetry unit and Literary Analysis so this is a quick review) students were given the hour to work on their papers.  Some finished their Peer Reviews, some started their final draft, some finished revisions.
 Final Packet:(Evidence of Writing Process)
1. Rubric (WITH NAME)
2. Outline
3. Rough Draft
4. Peer Review
5. Final Draft
Homework: Final Packet Due Tuesday, April 23rd, READ! FYI: We will be working on Independent Reading and Grammar Next Week.  Historical Fiction Unit will begin April 30th


Technology 8 - Orlando What we did today: We reviewed the requirements for the final family budget presentation.  I showed students an example presentation, and I gave them a rubric as well as a checklist.  We then determined the last of our costs for our budgets. Homework: Family Budget presentations will begin next Friday. Discussion topics: How many outstanding items do you need to complete for your project?

Humanities: Students checked 14.3, turned in IB paragraphs and worked on 14.4 section assessment in class. Homework is to complete 14.4 and projects for Monday.


Thursday, April 18, 2013

Thursday, April 18

Apologies for the late blog posting, I was serving jury duty today, hence zero access to electronics of any kind! I will be out again tomorrow for another day serving my civic duty.

Science: Students took the quiz on Waves and were given an opportunity to work on extra credit puzzles. No homework.

Geometry: Students took the chapter 10 test, no homework.

Technology 8 - Orlando: What we did today: Students finished working on the Smarter Balanced Assessment Pilot test. If they finished early, they worked on their family budget project. Homework: Family Budget presentations will begin next Friday. Discussion topics: What feedback can you provide to the test writers to improve the test?

Spanish I: Exercises 5,6, 9 & 10 pgs 181-184 are due on Monday, Apr 22nd

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Wednesday, April 17

Science: Watched Bill Nye "Waves" and went over the Interaction of Waves worksheet. Quiz is tomorrow, students may use notes and worksheets on the quiz and they will have the opportunity to do quiz corrections. 

Geometry: Went over the chapter 10 practice test and worked on the chapter 10 review. Homework is the chapter 10 review odds. 

Humanities: Students checked 14.2 and relevance paragraphs in class today.  Students were also given the opportunity to work on IB paragraphs and rough drafts for projects in class. Homework is to complete IB paragraphs for tomorrow. No current events this week.

Spanish I: Study for the 3.1 quiz (part 1) on Monday, and finish the vocab packet also due on Monday.

Technology 8 - Orlando: What we did today: Students worked on the Smarter Balanced Assessment Pilot test.  Homework: No homework. Discussion topics: What are your thoughts on the assessment so far?

Pre-Algebra: Homework: worksheet 7.2 (evens) Anyone interested in test re-takes, needs to see me at lunch before next Wednesday


Algebra Test tomorrow.  Attached are the reviews and the answers to the practice test and the FOILing worksheet. (Chapter 9 Pretest Warmup, Chapter 9 Practice Test,   Answers to FOIL Problems, Answers to Practice Test).


Course 3: Today we took the chapter 7 test.  No homework. 2nd hour has their chapter 7 test tomorrow.

Tech 8 (Stein): SmarterBalanced testing

ELA - Day 10 had two teaching points! Students reviewed their outlines to be sure that each reason/focus question supports the thesis, and each fact or detail supports the reason/focus question.  We then discussed what "fully citing" a source means.  Not only do they need to have a properly formatted Bibliography, but they also need to cite the source within the text (parenthetical citations).  Some got this concept with the Literary Analysis at the beginning of the year, but some are still not grasping the concept of notating within the paper what source is being quoted.  Please review the Quotes & Paraphrasing: Parenthetical (In Text) Citations guide I gave them today.  This is an important step in the writing and researching process.We then moved on to convert our outlines into rough drafts, we will be peer reviewing tomorrow. Homework: Rough Draft, READ, Journal #16










Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Tuesday, April 16

Geometry: Went over the 10.7 homework and worked on the chapter 10 practice test, which is homework. Chapter 10 test is Thursday.

Science: Took notes on Pages 441-445 and went over the Waves homework from Friday. Wave Interaction worksheet is homework. Waves quiz is Thursday.

Spanish I: 3.1 vocab quiz (part 1) on Monday. Vocab sheet for 3.1 is due Monday. Restaurant skit is due tomorrow.

Technology 8 - Orlando: What we did today: Students worked on the Smarter Balanced Assessment Pilot test.  After a discussion about buying fish and fish tanks, students were set off on their own to tackle the performance task with the online test. Homework: No homework. Discussion topics: Did yesterday's practice test help prepare you for what you saw today on the test?

Humanities: Students checked 14.1, turned in project outlines, and worked on 14.2 free choice in class. Homework is to complete 14.2 free choice and have "relevance" paragraphs (for the project) written for tomorrow.

Tech 8 (Stein): SmarterBalanced Testing

Algebra: We have a big chapter 9 test this Thursday.  Attached are the reviews that need to be completed by Thursday! (Chapter 9 Practice Test & Chapter 9 Pretest Warmup)

ELA- We continued our Persuasive Research work today by learning about the importance of organization in a paper, the steps to take from being sure that their Thesis is supported by their reasons and their reasons are supported by their details.  We organized our details/research note-cards on pages that contained our thesis and reasons for our thesis statement.  We then physically moved our sheets around until we found the correct order of paragraphs (sequential, order of importance, etc).  After that was decided the students took their information and transferred it on to an official outline. This outline is a part of their final packet for this paper.  Homework: Outline, READ!, Journal # 14. Attachments: Day 9 Outline Samples, Persuasive Research Day 9, Rubric

Coure 3: We reviewed for our chapter 7 test tomorrow.  2nd hour has homework 7.8, all.  Test is Thursday.



Monday, April 15, 2013

Monday, April 15

Science: Completed Investigation 20-A by watching waves and their interaction with boundaries. No homework, quiz on waves Thursday.

Geometry: Went over the 10.6 homework and 10.7 notes (equations of circles). Homework is the 10.7 worksheet, chapter 10 test is Thursday.


Humanities: Students worked on turned in research for their projects, worked on 14.1 section assessment and began to outline papers for projects that are due Monday, April 22. Homework is to complete 14.1 and outlines for tomorrow. No current events this week.

Spanish I: 3.1 quiz (part 1) is on Monday, April 22nd. The 3.1 vocab sheet that goes with it is also due on Monday.

Tech 8 (Stein): Smarter Balanced Pilot (all week)

Technology 8 - Orlando: What we did today: I reviewed the purpose and structure of the Smarter Balanced Pilot Test.  Students logged in to the system as guests in order to complete some practice questions to familiarize themselves with the test structure.  Homework: No homework. Discussion topics: How does the Smarter Balanced Assessment differ from the MEAP test you are used to taking?

Pre-Algebra: We took our 3rd District Assessment today.  No Homework!
 
Algebra: We finished our notes for 9.6-9.8.  Homework is a worksheet for those sections (attached).
Our test for this chapter will be this Thursday!

ELA - Students wrote Thesis Statements, wrote reasons why the thesis is true, and sorted their facts backing up those reasons.  We looked at where we were lacking facts and where our strongest point was. Tomorrow we will be organizing our ideas and facts into an outline and drafting our first draft. Homework: Continue researching, READ!, Journal #12