Friday, March 31, 2017

Science:  Finish the Fossil Walk lab if you did not finish in class today. 

Social Studies:  Bring in a shoe for your "Walk In My Shoes" project.  Bring in a poster board (regular size) for product 2.

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Science: Finish the drawings of fossils on the back of today's notes.  Follow directions.  Study your geologic timeline and notes on fossils.

Social Studies:

http://www.superteachertools.us/jeopardyx/jeopardy-review-game.php?gamefile=2147183#.WNwBXG8rLIU

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Science:  Finish the Geologic Time organizer - both sides.  Arrange the events in the correct time period.  On the back, draw diagrams to illustrate each period of time.  Include biological and geological events.  Extra Credit assignment is described on the blog entry for March 28; it is due Tuesday, April 25.

Core Connections: Bring in extra credit thank you note and gift bag/basket by Friday, March 31.

Social Studies:  Complete the Dust Bowl Migration map skills 1-7

Study for your test.

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Science Extra Credit:  Follow directions on the assignment.  Submit your assignment on the Submission Form. Extra Credit is only available for students who have completed at least 90% of the required science assignments for 4th quarter.  Extra Credit is due Tuesday, April 25, 2017 (the Tuesday AFTER spring break).

Climate and Culture Survey - by Guidance

Social Studies:  Read America 23.1 and take notes on the Great Depression.  Use the study guide to prepare for Friday's assessment.

Vocabulary:  hydroelectricity, disfranchisement, grandfather clause, relief, universal education, equalization, referendum, prohibition, compulsory education, Jim Crow Laws, paradox, armistice, Great Migration, Great Depression, "Black Wall Street", culture, suffrage, amendment

Content:
NC CH 11.1, 2, 4 and 5
Propaganda Worksheet WWI/Causes +U.S. involvement
ATSOU BOOM and BUST (worksheets)
America 23.1 (Great Depression notes)

Monday, March 27, 2017

Core Connections: Nutrition Project Step 5  One Day Menu due by the end of class today
link to help search food nutrients - just enter the food into the search bar - you do not need to create an account

Math I: Complete "Two Lines Again!" Worksheet and one side of "Test 13 Review" Worksheet
Math 8: Complete "House Hopping/Two Lines" Worksheet

Friday, March 24, 2017

Science:  Finish your disease project if you did not finish in class today.  Follow directions and use your rubric.  Completed disease projects are due Monday.  Skits and videos will be viewed in class on Monday, March 27.   Use this link for GoAnimate. 

Thursday, March 23, 2017

Science:  Finish 2 1/2 minutes of your disease project if you did not meet this goal in class today.  Follow directions and use your rubric.  Completed disease projects are due Monday.  Skits and videos will be viewed in class on Monday, March 27.   Use this link for GoAnimate. 


Core Connections:  
Nutrition Project Step 4  Exercise Plan due by the end of class Thursday

Nutrition Project Step 5  One Day Menu due by the end of class Monday

Math I: Complete HW #48 (Back)
Math 8: NONE

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Science: Work on your disease project. Use your rubric and instructions. Finish at least 1 minute of your video or skit if you did not meet this goal in class today.  Finished projects are due Friday, March 22 by the end of your class period.
Link for GoAnimate - be sure to use this link.  Your username and password will only work with the school account for GoAnimate.
If GoAnimate does not load, follow these steps and RELOAD the program:

1. Open a new window/tab in Chrome
2. In the URL bar, enter: chrome://plugins
3. You should see a page with a puzzle piece icon titled "Plugins", and a list of plugins.
4. Find "Adobe Flash Player", and tic the box next to "Always allowed to run"
5. Close the Plugins tab
6. Reload the problem website

Math I:  Quiz tomorrow (Distance and Midpoint)
Math 8: HW #46 & Quiz tomorrow (Pythagorean Theorem and Distance)

Social Studies: Pick three possible choices for your Native North Carolinian "Walk In My Shoes" project.  Review the project process. (page 2 of packet)

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Science: Work on your disease project (part B).  Complete the storyboard for your project if you did not finish during class today.  Follow directions. Script or video is due by the end of class on Friday, March 24. 
Link for GoAnimate (Be sure you access GoAnimate using this link.  Your password will not work on goanimate.com.)

Social Studies:  Review your notes and key terms on the new unit of study.

Monday, March 20, 2017

Science:  Finish part A of the disease project if you did not finish in class today.  Work on your storyboard for part B.  Your finished project is due Friday, March 24 by the end of your class period.  

Math I:  Complete "Two Lines" worksheet (Front only)
             Volume EOG practice due tomorrow 3/21
             QUIZ this week on Midpoint and Distance
Math 8 (All classes): "Pythagorean Theorem" EOG practice worksheet.

Social Studies:  Review your new unit vocabulary (Progress) and notes.

Friday, March 17, 2017

Science: Work on Part A of the Disease Project packet.  Use the links below. 

Resources for Science Disease Project

Comparison between epidemic & pandemic:

• CDC - discussion of epidemic / pandemic
• Web MD - what are epidemics, pandemics, outbreaks?
• Biology for Kids - epidemics and pandemics
• http://www.diffen.com/difference/Epidemic_vs_Pandemic 
• Epidemic vs Pandemic description 
• Brittanica
• Factmonster

Specific epidemics / pandemics:

• 10 Deadly Diseases 
• History's Worst Epidemics  
• Deadliest pandemics in history infographic (look at this, then research a disease in more detail):
• CDC:  type a disease in the search box, or search alphabetically
• Medline Plus: Type a disease in the search box to get more info.
• FDA: Type a disease in the search box, or click on a letter in the A-Z tabs to search for the name of your disease by first letter.

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Science: Finish the Microbes in the News assignment if did not finish during class today. 

Links for Science:
Microbes in the News response sheet
Submission Form 
Beyond Lyme (required)
Zika Birth Defects
Teen Invents Dip to Keep Germs Away
Microbes Mine Treasure from Waste
Beaches can be a Germy Playground
Slime Cities
Superbugs

Social Studies:  Review your new unit vocabulary.  Finish your notes on NC's involvement in WWI (NC 11.5).  

Math I: HW #47 due tomorrow
            EOG Practice worksheet due Monday 3/20/17
Math 8 (3rd Period): Reteaching 11-2 (#1-10)
Math 8 (1st and 5th Period): Practice 11-2 (All problems)

Core Connections:
Complete and submit Step 2 (Initial Data Analysis) and Step 3 (Nutrition Targets) by the START of class on Friday.

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Social Studies:  Read NC 11.2 and 11.4 and take notes.  Finish your flashcards for the new unit vocabulary if you did not finish them in class.

hydroelectricity, disfranchisement, grandfather clause, universal eduation, equalization, referendum, prohibition, compulsory education, Jim Crow Laws, paradox, shotgun house, armistice, strike, auction, Great Migration

Math I: Midpoint worksheet due tomorrow
             EOG Practice (P. 161-162) due Monday
Math 8 (1st and 5th Periods): EOG Practice (P. 161-162)
Math 8 (3rd Period): EOG Practice (P. 150)

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Core Connections:  key for vocabulary assignment

Nutrition Project - put this document in your drive - this is NOT homework

Social Studies:  Read NC Ch. 11.1 and take notes.

Math I: HW #46
Math 8 (3rd Period): EOG Practice worksheet (P. 136 and P. 139)
Math 8 (1st and 5th Periods): EOG Practice worksheet (P. 150 and P. 155)

Science: Finish the West Nile transmission game questions if you did not finish during class.

Friday, March 10 , 2017

Math I: BONUS ASSIGNMENT~Mastery Connect

             Test ID: (2nd Period)~656002

                           (4th Period)~113226

Science:  Finish "The Great Flu Pandemic of 1918" assignment if you did not finish during class today.  Annotate the article and use your annotations to answer the questions. 

  ❆❄❄❆❄❄ Stay warm !  Enjoy the snow. ❆❄❄ ❆❄❄

Thursday, March 9, 2017

Links for Science Class:
How Lou Got the Flu
Disease Database
Germs - be sure to start at the beginning!
Virus Explorer
Solve the Outbreak

Math I: Quiz tomorrow (Exponents and Exponential Growth/Decay Functions)
Math 8 (3rd Period): Quiz tomorrow (Volume~Cones, Pyramids, and Spheres)
Math 8 (1st and 5th Period): NONE

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Social Studies:  Study for your Test.  Your Persuasive essay is due on March 14th. 

Science:  Finish the infectious disease review questions on the back of today's notes.  Use Chapter 11 Section 3 and your notes to help.  
* Bring headphones / earbuds tomorrow if you have them. *

Math I: Quiz on Friday (Simplifying Exponents, Linear Functions and Exponential Functions)
Math 8 (3rd Period): Practice 10-9 (#2, 3, 4, 5). Quiz Friday (Volume~Cones, Pyramids, and Spheres)

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Science:  Finish the reflection about parasitic infections if you did not finish during class.  Use your notes on Parasitic Infections to help.  You should respond to at least two of the writing prompts (last slide of the presentation linked) and write a well-constructed paragraph for each prompt.  

Social Studies:  Finish your rough draft for Persuasive essay 2 if you did not complete it in class.  The final product is due next Tuesday, March 14.  

Read America 18.4 and take notes.  Be prepared to share the main ideas from this section tomorrow.  Study for your test this Thursday.

Math I:  HW #40
Math 8 (1st and 5th Period): Quiz tomorrow ~ Volume of Pyramids, Cones, and Spheres
Math 8 (3rd Period): Quiz Friday ~ Volume of Pyramids, Cones, and Spheres.

Monday, March 6, 2017

Science:  Study for your quiz on Tuesday.  Quiz will cover bacteria, viruses, and fungi. Study Chapter 11, Sections 1, 2, and 5 in your textbook and all pages in your science binder.   Use these links for review:
Study Jams - Kingdoms of Life
Amoeba Sisters - Viruses
Amoeba Sisters - Bacteria
Amoeba Sisters - Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes
Amoeba Sisters - Introduction to Cells
Microorganisms Vocabulary words
Quizlet - Search for kmidkiff, then use the Microorganisms word set
Practice Quiz - use WebCode cna-0110
Sample Quiz Questions 

Core Connections:
1. Complete project edits to prepare your project for display
2. Complete the Current Events Project digital portfolio entry- template here

Social Studies:  Trading cards due tomorrow. Be prepared to share information about your person of interest.

Read America 18.3 and take notes.  

Study Guide for Thursday's Test/Immigration and Industrialization


Vocabulary:  technology, bright leaf tobacco, monopoly, graded school, normal school, urban, rural, supply and demand, merchant, interest, Industrial Revolution, urbanization, immigration

FOR REVIEW

ATSOU 7 cities/poem by Emma Lazarus
NC 10.1 and 10.2 notes
America 18.3 and 18.4 notes

Be prepared to answer the following questions in complete sentences:
1.  What was the role of agriculture, textiles and tobacco in the development of the state/
2.  How do technological advancements influence our quality of life?  Give and example of an advancement and explain its impact.

Math I: Complete HW #39
Math 8 (1st and 5th Periods): Quiz tomorrow on Volume~Prisms, Cylinders, Pyramids, Cones and Spheres.
Math 8 (3rd Period): Quiz tomorrow on Volume Prisms and Cylinders.

Friday, March 3, 2017

Science:  Study for your quiz on Tuesday.  Quiz will cover bacteria, viruses, and fungi. Study Chapter 11, Sections 1, 2, and 5 in your textbook and all pages in your science binder.   Use these links for review:
Study Jams - Kingdoms of Life
Amoeba Sisters - Viruses
Amoeba Sisters - Bacteria
Amoeba Sisters - Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes
Amoeba Sisters - Introduction to Cells
Microorganisms Vocabulary words
Quizlet - Search for kmidkiff, then use the Microorganisms word set
Practice Quiz - use WebCode cna-0110
Sample Quiz Questions 

Language Arts: Quiz 1 on your reading of chapters 1, 2, 3 from 'And Then There Were None' on Tuesday, March 7th. The quiz is multiple choice with 25 questions.  Use your reading notes to prepare for the quiz. Pay special attention to the characters, setting and dialogue.  A chart was added to Google classroom for your convenience.

Thursday, March 2, 2017

Science:  Finish the Fungi Review on the back of today's notes if you did not finish in class.  Read about Dr. Fleming's historic (and expensive!) mold here.  Quiz on Tuesday, March 7.  Study your notes on viruses, bacteria, and fungi.  Use Quizlet to review vocabulary - search for "kmidkiff," then use the "Microorganisms" word set. 

Math I: Properties of Exponents I and II (All problems)
Math (1st period and 5th period): Practice 10-9 (#1-10)
Math (3rd period): Reteaching 10-7 (#1-6)

Social Studies:  Work on your rough draft using your completed graphic organizer.  Essay 2 due on March 14th.  Be prepared to work on your trading card in class tomorrow.  Bring your colored pencils.

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Link for Science:  
Amoeba Sisters video - Bacteria
Bacteria Multiplication song 

Science:  Finish the Viruses / Bacteria review if you did not finish during class today. Study and review all of your notes on microorganisms.  Finish your Bacteria Lab Report if you did not turn it in today. 

Social Studies:  Finish your notes on NC 10.1 and 10.2 if you didn't finish in class.  Finish your flashcards on the Industrialization/Immigration unit if you have not already done so.  

Persuasive essay #2 is due on March 14th.

Last S.S. test of the 3rd Quarter will be on Thursday, March 9th,  A study guide will be provided next Monday.

Link for MTSS: Yearbook Superlative