Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Humanities:  Read!  Review your Ch. 15 notes and vocabulary.

Read and annotate the letter from Robert Gould Shaw to his wife Annie about the incident at Darien, Georgia.  You also need to answer the questions on the back of the packet.  This assignment is due on Thursday.

Science: Ecosystems test on Wednesday (or whenever we return to school) Use your review sheet, notes, Quizlet, and links to review and prepare. 

• Click here to play a food chain game review (starts easy & gets harder!)  
• Go here to build an energy pyramid and review trophic levels - click "skip login" on the left, then begin.  
• Go here for a predator/prey interactive.  
• Use these links to review the cycles of matter:  Carbon cycle, Carbon cycle game, Carbon cycle animation,  Oxygen cycle, Nitrogen cycle, Nitrogen cycle review (click through the stages)

Monday, January 27, 2014

Humanities:  Read!   Shoe presentations tomorrow.  Review your Ch. 15 vocabulary and notes.

Science:  Test Wednesday on Ecosystems.  Study pages 1-14 in binder and your review sheet.  Use the Think & Link strategy you learned in class today.  Use quizlet to review vocabulary (UN: kmidkiff   PW: voyager8)

Friday, January 24

Math 8 CW Link

Thursday, January 23

Science: Finish diagrams of C/O and N cycles.  Textbook quality!  Must have color, text, arrows, labels.  Use the links from yesterday to help you. No quiz tomorrow.  Ecosystems Test next week.

Wednesday, January 22

Science: 
Finish handout on C, N, and O cycles.  Use any of the links below to help.

Pages 50-53 from Environmental Science book

Carbon Cycle
Carbon Cycle - overview with human impacts

Oxygen Cycle

Nitrogen Cycle
Humans and the Nitrogen Cycle

CC1 - Complete polynomial practice.

     Go here for +/- practice.

     Go here for x practice. 

Math 8 - Complete word problem practice.

Humanities:  Read!  Get all of your art supplies for your shoe.  Review your notes and vocabulary for Ch. 15.  Writing product one is due by next Friday.  Journal responses due by Friday, Jan. 24th.

Tuesday, January 21

Science:  Finish your journal entry about your journey as a nitrogen molecule.  Use your passport and the questions to guide you as you write.

Humanities:  Read!  Journal responses are due by Friday.  Read Amer. 15.4 and take Cornell Notes.  Study your Ch. 15 vocabulary and section notes.  

Make sure that you are finished with your Legacy 2 research.  The Shoe Lab begins tomorrow!!

Friday, January 17

Links for Science class:

Food chain game

Energy pyramid game - click "skip login" in the box on the left; then begin!

Predator-prey interactive 

Thursday, January 16

Science:  No quiz tomorrow!  Review your notes on food webs and energy pyramids.

Humanities:  Read for at least 30 minutes.  Make sure that you are at least half way to finishing your research notes on your famous North Carolinian.

HW Check on Amer. 15.3 tomorrow.

January 15, 2014

Science: Finish the Deer Me handout if you didn't understand it last night.  Use today's discussion to help you complete the assignment.  Check your answers if you did complete it.  No quiz this Friday!

Humanities:  Read!  Research information about your famous North Carolinian and their legacy.  Permission slips for "Glory" need to be turned in by Friday.

Tuesday. January 14

Math 8 - Quiz tomorrow (Answers to Review)
CC1 - Test tomorrow
Tutoring moved to Thursday this week (Parker's 4th B-day is Wednesday!)

Science: Finish the "Deer Me!" activity from today - all questions.  Be sure your graph has 2 lines; use a different color for each population line. 

Humanities:  Read.  Decide who you are going to study for LEGACY pt 2.  Research begins tomorrow so bring your packet and calendar.

Thursday, January 9

Math 8 - None (Quiz Wednesday)
CC1 - Data Test Review (Test Tuesday)

Science: Quiz tomorrow on ecosystems. Study all notes (pages 1-8 in your binder). Use Quizlet to review vocabulary. Finish your Imaginary Symbiosis poster if you did not finish during class today.

Humanities:  Read!  Complete your first draft of writing piece one if you have not done so already.  Be prepared to edit and revise during tomorrow's writers workshop.  Define your Civil War Unit Vocabulary. Read over your notes on 15.1 and 15.2 (America).

Wednesday, January 8

Math 8 - Exponent Rules Notes
              Write and Solve 12 Exponent Questions
CC1 - None

Science: Quiz on Friday.  Review your notes and use Quizlet to help study vocabulary.  Imaginary Symbiosis due on Friday.  

Humanities:  Read.  Finish your Cornell Notes on 15.1 (Nease) and define your Civil War Unit vocabulary words.

Tuesday, January 7

Science: Quiz Friday!  Study notes on Ecosystems.  Use quizlet to help review vocabulary.  Be sure you can identify examples of different types of interactions and symbiosis. 

CC1 - Link to CW/HW
Math 8 - Complete Exponent Practice

Humanities:  Read.  Work on writing product 1.

Monday, January 6, 2014

Science: Happy New Year!  Welcome back!  Finish the summary on today's notes. Quiz Friday on ecosystems.  Study ALL notes in binder.  Click here for a list of vocabulary to review.  Use quizlet to help (word set: Ecology and Ecosystems; username: kmidkiff   password: voyager8)

Humanities:  Read (Independent Novel).  Review your syllabus and writers guide.