Monday, September 12, 2016

NEWSFLASH!!!!! Mid-quarter grades are updated in PowerSchool.  Parents, please check the portal to see your student's grades.  If you do not have a PowerSchool login or password, please contact Justin Smith (jsmith@voyageracademy.net) or Jayme Ung (jung@voyageracademy.net). 

Science:  Finish your Physical & Chemical changes lab report if you did not finish in class.  Use evidence from your lab results to support your conclusions and answers.  Follow directions.  Quiz on Friday.  Study these topics: periodic table; properties of metals, nonmetals, & metalloids; physical and chemical changes, balancing equations. 

Use these Study Jams videos to help you review.  Play the video, then take the practice test/quiz.
Elements & Compounds
Physical & Chemical Changes in Matter
Atoms: Protons, Neutrons, & Electrons
Solids, Liquids, & Gases
Periodic Table

Language Arts: SRI assessment tomorrow, Tuesday, September 13, 2016.  Check Google classroom for link and details about the assignment.
 Here's the link http://sri.students.domain:55880/slms/StudentAccess  
Your log in information is username student ID# and password is birthdate mmddyy

Math I: Statistics Test Review -- DUE WEDNESDAY 9/14
              TEST 2 on THURSDAY 9/15
8th Grade Math: Complete IXL lesson G.1 (Scientific Notation)

Social Studies:  Read NC 5.2 and take Cornell Notes

Social Studies: TEST 2 Study Guide                

September 16, 2016

Vocabulary: Whig, Tory, petition, revolution, duty, alliance, monopoly, minuteman, militia, immigrant, boycott, frontier, Regulator, popular sovereignty, compromise, debate, negotiation, independence

Review your notes on the following readings:  NC 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 5.2, 

                                                                       America  5.2, 5.3, 6.1  

Review your notes on the following film:   ATSOU American Revolution

Review your notes on the following Primary Sources:  Mecklenburg Resolves, Halifax Resolves, Declaration of Independence

Essential Questions:  What led the colonies to war?  How can conflict be resolved?  What is the role of compromise, debate and negotiation?  What were the causes of the American Revolution?  How are the Mecklenburg Resolves and the Declaration of Independence similar yet different?