Wednesday, September 9, 2026

 Social Studies

1.  Finish labeling the map of the 13 original colonies if you did not finish after the test!

Science

Finish the Flocabulary: Physical & Chemical Changes if you did not finish in class today. 

Finish the LearnEd assignment from Viking Time if you did not finish at school today. 

ELA

If you are absent, please remember to be checking the Google Classroom stream for the daily updates.

Prep for your quiz on Friday! Remember -- 

• the EXACT questions (without answer choices) that you will see on the quiz will be posted in Google Classroom TODAY so you can read through them. 
• Review your classwork from last Friday ("Check_1_Package" in Google Classroom). You can see the questions and your answers now.
• Study your handout from this week and last (All of Unit 1 Packet 1)
• The quiz will cover: theme, warm-up vocab from the current warm-up set, and evaluating evidence
• You will have a copy of all texts ("The Necklace" and "The Ransom of Red Chief")
• Unless you have an accommodation for extended time OR have a reason and have spoken with me ahead of time: you will have ONLY one class period to finish.

Core Connections:

1.  Please make sure you've turned in today's completed Picture Prompt: Lottery. 

2.  You should be working on your Periodic Table Projects.  

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

 Social Studies

1.  Study for your test which is tomorrow.

*The Jeopardy Review game will be posted at the end of the day

**The link to the game is in your google classroom account

Math I: Finish Relations and Functions Practice (check Google Classroom).

Math 8: Good work on today's quiz! No HW.

ELA:

1) Finish reading "Ransom of Red Chief" and filling in the gists on your Lesson 6 handout.

2) Prep for your quiz on Friday! Remember -- 

• the EXACT questions (without answer choices) that you will see on the quiz will be posted in Google Classroom TODAY so you can read through them. 
• Review your classwork from last Friday ("Check_1_Package" in Google Classroom). You can see the questions and your answers now.
• Study your handout from this week and last (All of Unit 1 Packet 1)
• The quiz will cover: theme, warm-up vocab from the current warm-up set, and evaluating evidence
• You will have a copy of all texts ("The Necklace" and "The Ransom of Red Chief")
• Unless you have an accommodation for extended time OR have a reason and have spoken with me ahead of time: you will have ONLY one class period to finish.

Science:

1 - Finish the Wizer review on Metals, Nonmetals, and Metalloids if you did not finish in class today. 

2 - Continue to brainstorm and work on your periodic table project. The exact due date will be communicated later in the project. For now, you should be selecting a topic, designing groups, and beginning to select elements for your table. 

Friday, September 4, 2026

 Social Studies

1.  Test next Wednesday. Use study materials to prepare.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Math I: Great job on the Unit Test! No HW over the weekend.

Math 8: Take the weekend to complete missing work (check Infinite Campus and Google Classroom). Quiz on Equations with Fractions and Equations with Different Numbers of Solutions on Tuesday!

Our first field trip will be Thursday, October 8. See below for details and the permission form. Parents, please complete the form for your student. Payments should be made in Infinite Campus. We look forward to a great experience!
Harris Energy Center Permission Form

Thursday, September 3, 2026

 Social Studies

1.  Study for your test next week.  Remember that we will play a Jeopardy Review Game next Tuesday, the day before the test.

Gimkit: Colonization

Math I: Be ready for tomorrow's test!

Math 8: Finish the classwork from today (check Google Classroom).

ELA:

-All classes have a short graded classwork assignment tomorrow about theme and evaluating strong evidence.

Period 1: Do the "Exit" section of your Lesson 4 handout.

Period 2: Make sure these sections of your Lesson 4 handout are FULLY completed: "My Claim," "Exhibit A," "Exhibit B," and "The argument against me"

Period 3: Finish the card sort chart on your Lesson 3 handout, if not finished in class. (The card sort materials are posted in Google Classroom).

Period 4: Review your "My Claim," "Exhibit A," "Exhibit B," and "The hardest box" sections:

• If you were moved to a corner you did NOT prepare for originally: Make sure that your evidence and explanations fit your NEW corner.
• If you ARE in your original corner: make sure your evidence fits the claim about the FINAL result of the story. "She is/is not greedy" is not sufficient to prove the END result is any single character's fault.

Period 5: 

If you changed corners, make sure you have at least ONE piece of evidence to support your new corner.

Science

Continue to brainstorm and think about ideas for your periodic table project.  I've seen many great ideas so far!

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

 Social Studies

1.  Complete the Flocabulary assignment if you did not finish in class (The Lost Colony of Roanoke)

2.  Study for Test 1- Study Materials listed below

Anchor Vocab and Colonization Vocab

History's Habits of Mind and What is Annotation handouts

5 Themes of Geography and I.N. Activities 1-3

Native American Culture Reading and European American Culture Reading plus questions

America 1.2 Team notes and First Language Questions

NC 2.4 The Lost Colony PPT notes and Jamestown Reading and questions

NC Ch. 3 Mapping and Fill in the Blank Activity and America 3.1 "First English Settlements" notes

Math I: Study for the Unit 1 Test on Friday (study guide on Google Classroom)!

Math 8: Finish the Equations with Different Solutions practice (See Google Classroom).

ELA:

Periods 1, 2, 4, 5: Finish the Lesson 3 handout if not done in class.

Period 3: 

1. Finish reading "The Necklace" (we left off on paragraph 93 in class). It's posted in Google Classroom.
2. Do sections "First Read" and "After the Last Line" in your Lesson 2 handout (in Unit 1 Packet 1).

Science: 

Finish the Periodic Table interactive reviews (posted in Google Classroom) if you did not finish at school today. 

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

 Science:

1 - Finish the Family Matters / P. Table Scavenger Hunt if you did not finish in class today. 

2 - Periods 1, 2, 4, 5 - Finish the Flocabulary: Properties of Chemical Families if you did not finish in class today. 

3 - Finish the Mixtures Questions if you have not finished them. This was assigned after last week's quiz on Friday. 

Social Studies

1.  Finish the reflection questions about "First Language" if you didn't finish in class.

2.  Study your new vocab: colonization

ELA:

Periods 1, 2, 4, 5: Finish reading "The Necklace" (posted in Google Classroom). As you read,

complete the "First Read" and "After the last line" sections of your Lesson 2 handout. As usual,

the challenge is optional.

Period 2: left of at paragraph 54.

Period 4: finished chunk 2.

Period 5: finished reading chunk 2, but you still need to answer the

question with it in the handout.

Core Connections:

-1st Period, 2nd Period, 4th Period, 5th Period - Make sure you've finished the Chemistry Activities.

Brain Pop (1 and 2), and Biotech Lab Safety.

-3rd Period - We'll get you caught up on Wednesday.

Math I: Inequalities practice (check Google Classroom).

Math 8: Equations with different solutions practice (check Google Classroom).

Monday, August 31, 2026

 Social Studies

1.  Make sure that you have viewed the first 25 minutes of "First Language:  The Race to Save Cherokee"

2.  Answer some of the reflection questions if you are able.  If you are not able, we will work on them tomorrow in class.

3.  Study your colonization vocab words-your first test will be on Wednesday September 9.  A study guide will be provided this Wednesday,

Science

Finish color-coding the periodic table (both sides). Be sure to follow directions.  Use pages 10-11 in your LearnEd to help you find the different groups. 

Math I: Finish your classwork (check Google Classroom). Reminder: Unit 1 Test is on Friday, study guide will be shared on Wednesday!

Math 8: Finish your Quiz Error Analysis sheet.