Thursday, October 29, 2015

Survey

Science:  Finish your Aquifer Lab Reflection TODAY (if you did not finish during class).  Proofread your work carefully and use the spelling tool to check misspelled words.  

8th Grade Math:  Mathletics is due FRIDAY 10/30 by 11:00pm!
     Review the Number System:

• Operations with Fractions
• Comparing Fractions with signs
• Multiplying 2 Fractions 2
• Divide Fraction by Fraction 2

Math I:  Mathletics is due FRIDAY 10/30 by 11:00pm!

     Review the Number System:

• Are You Ready?
• Ordered Pairs
• Integers (PEMDAS)
• Ordering Integers
• Comparing Integers

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Science Links for Class (None of this is homework!)
Aquifer Lab Reflection
Submission Form

Humanties:  Read.  Quiz tomorrow....Trail of Tears, Lewis and Clark Expedition, Democracy, Flash Card Vocabulary....BE PREPARED!
Make sure that you have an answer to the DQ:  What is the legacy of the forced removal of Native Americans?

Math I:  HW #21 (Odd numbered problems)
8th Grade Math:  HW #19

Core Connections: Final Draft of Then and Now Essay due Thursday

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Science:  Finish your diagram of the water cycle if you did not finish in class today.  Follow directions.  Optional terms to include for challenge:  sublimation, infiltration, groundwater, 2 different types of surface water.

Links for Science Class:
Water Cycle
Water Cycle Guide
Water Cycle image with labels

Humanities:  Read.  Complete the Writers Workshop Prep assignment. 

Math I:  Complete Rate of Change Investigation ("Abbott & Bailey problems) and HW #20
8th Grade Math:  HW #18

Monday, October 26, 2015

Science:  Listen the the Groundwater Song (or find it here)!  You do not need to finish any part of today's handout.

Math I:  HW #20
8th Grade Math:  Review (A-C and #1-8)

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Science:  Quiz tomorrow on Water Properties and Energy.  Use quizlet.com to review vocabulary (Username; kmidkiff  Password:  voyager8).  See yesterday's homework blog entry for energy presentations to review.  Study ALL notes in your science binder!

Math I;  Cumulative Review due tomorrow
8th Grade Math:  HW #17

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Science:
1. Finish the questions (1-8) after the "Water on Earth" activity handout if you did not finish during class.
2.  Quiz Friday on water properties and energy.  Study all notes in your science binder and Chapter 2, Section 1.  Click on a student presentation below to review a specific type of energy. Remember to review all types of energy, not just the ones listed here:

Wind Energy by Kiera & Ashley H
Solar Energy by Ashley S & Madison
Solar Energy by Brita
Biomass & Natural Gas by Rosie
Nuclear Energy by Ian, Ian, & Gabe
Hydroelectricity by Caroline & Maeve
Hydroelectricity by Cordi & Will
Biomass by Liana, Christian, & Cylie
Natural Gas by Alex, Cameron, & Jared
Nuclear Energy by Audree, Cameron, & Kolby

Core Connections; Landmark Lesson Checklist for Wednesday Classwork

Humanities:  Read.  Finish your flashcards with a non-linguistic representation for the unit vocabulary.  

suffrage, credit, democracy, territory, Indian Removal Act of 1830, literate, illiterate, expedition, custom, treaty

Math I:  Assignment on Slope/Rate of Change (#1-20); Cumulative Review due FRIDAY.
8th Grade Math: Writing Rules Worksheet (A-D)

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Humanities:  Read for at least 20 minutes.  Answer the guiding questions regarding the Trail of Tears.

1.  What was the Trail of Tears?
2.  Who was responsible for it?
3.  What happened?
4.  What was the consequence of the Trail of Tears for America?

Essential Questions for the Westward Expansion Unit:

1.  Why do people move?  Why live there?  Why does inequality exist?  Will inequality always exist?

Science:  Quiz Friday on energy and water properties.    Use strategies and tips from the Study Skills video.  Finish the Water Properties review handout (A - D, all sections) if you did not finish during class.  Click here for a brief review of various water properties.

Monday, October 19, 2015

Science:  Quiz Friday on energy and water properties.    Use strategies and tips from the Study Skills video  and today's presentation.  1st period - finish the Water Properties review handout (due Wednesday).

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Humanities:  Test tomorrow on the Government unit.

Core Connection:  Finish Mathletics Set 2.

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Core Connections:
link for classwork

Science:  Finish the diagrams on your Properties of Water chart.  Use labels, details, and color in your diagrams. Completed diagrams should represent 8th grade quality work (or you may be asked to re-do the assignment). Listen to the Water Properties song and review your notes.

Humanities:  Read.  Study for your test on Friday.  Benchmark in LA tomorrow. 

http://www.superteachertools.us/jeopardyx/jeopardy-review-game.php?gamefile=1508515#.

Monday, October 5th, 2015

Field Trip Reminders:
Please bring-

• a notebook and writing implement
• a photo taking device and charger
• $$$ for lunch
• optional - photo for Then and Now photo

Core Connections:

Mathletics Set 2 due Friday, October 9th

8th Grade Math:

Review - The Number System

• Ordered Pairs
• Integers: Order of Operations
• Ordering Integers
• Comparing Integers
• More with Integers

HS Math 1:

Review - The Number System

• Divide Fractions by Fractions 2
• Comparing Fractions with Signs
• Multiply Two Fractions 2
• Operations with Fractions

Humanities:  Read.  Study for your test on Friday.  Be prepared for the field experience tomorrow.  Bring paper and a writing utensil, a camera and an inquisitive mind!

Study Guide/Government Unit

History Alive WS/3 Branches of Government

U.S. Constitution/focus on the Preamble

Vocabulary:  Federalist, Anti-Federalist, veto, ratify, compromise, War of 1812, precedent, judicial review, state's rights, Bill of Rights, bicameral, Electoral College, ingenuity

Presidency WS

Jim Crow Laws

Science:  Study & review all notes on water properties discussed so far.  Be familiar with the examples and activities we used to demonstrate each water property.  

Friday, October 2, 2015

Core Connections: link for Friday classwork

Project Teams

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Core Connections:  Continue work on Mathletics - due Monday, Oct. 5

Assignments:

• HS Math (CCI) - Statistics and Probability:
• Scatter Plots
• Correlation
• 2-Way Probability Tables
• Relative Frequency
• Data Analysis of Scatter Plots
• Math 8: Review-Expressions and Equations
• Expanding with brackets
• Expanding with negatives
• Expand then simplify

OPTIONAL - Honors extension for Photography Basics: Submit one photo into this Google presentation that YOU took that demonstrates ALL FIVE of the techniques we discussed.  Write a brief paragraph explaining how this photo fulfills each of the five techniques.

Math I:  HW #18, Quiz tomorrow (Inequalities Review, Slope, and Graphing Lines)
8th Grade Math:  HW #12 and Practice 1-10

Science:  Finish Cornell notes on Section 2.1 if you did not finish in class.  Remember to write a summary after your notes!

Humanities:  Read.  Study for your government test next Friday.  Review Vocabulary, Bill of Rights, Branches of Gov....

Finish your Cornell Notes on the "Station History" reading.  Write your reflection paragraph.