Thursday, November 30, 2017

Social Studies:
http://www.superteachertools.us/jeopardyx/jeopardy-review-game.php?gamefile=2336534

8th Grade Math: Review Worksheet (All problems)
Math I: HW# 29 (#1-8)

Science:  Finish your estuary booklet if you did not turn it in today during class.  If you turned in your estuary booklet today, no homework tonight. 

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Social Studies:  Study for your test.

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Science: Work on your estuary booklet.  Booklets are due on Thursday, November 30.  

Link for Science:
Where Rivers Meet the Sea

Field Trip tomorrow to the NC Estuarium.  Be at school at 7:15 a.m.  You can sleep on the bus. :-)  Bring your lunch and snacks for the bus.  Watch the weather and dress appropriately.  The estuarium is located in Washington, NC. 

8th Grade Math: Review Worksheet~Equations and Fractions to Decimals (Even #'s)
Math I: HW#28 (All problems)

Language Arts: Finish/Revise your quizzes and written responses for homework. (If you didn't finish in class today)

Monday, November 27

Science: Estuary Booklets are due on Thursday, November 30.  Use your textbook and links below for information.  Follow directions.  Bring earbuds to class tomorrow.

Estuary info (slideshow from class today)

All About Estuaries

Estuaries - Nature Works

Estuaries - EPA

Estuaries - NCEAS

Estuaries - National Geographic 

Estuaries - PBS

NC Estuaries
Mangrove Importance  

Social Studies:  Test on Friday.

Define sectionalism and add it to your vocab list that was originally posted on Nov. 6.

Study Guide
Vocab
America 4.3 Worksheet (Slavery review)
NC 8.2 Cornell Notes
George Moses Horton Bio plus his writing sample and poem
Crafting Freedom Reading-Elizabeth Keckly
5 Characteristics of Enslaved Entrepreneurship
Discovery Ed Notes/4 part graphic organizer
Slave Narratives/Unchained Memories

Short Answer Questions:

1.  Use the 5 features of enslaved entrepreneurship to tell me about the legacy of one of the "Freedom Crafters".  (George Moses Horton, Elizabeth Keckly, Henry "Box" Brown)
2.  Describe daily life for the enslaved.
3.  What kind of impact did the growing institution of slavery have on America during the mid 19th century?
4.  How did the Underground Railroad impact society in the mid 19th century?

8th Grade Math: Review Worksheet (#1-15)
Math I: HW#28 (#1-10)

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Happy Thanksgiving!  Have a wonderful and enjoyable break! 

Science: Work on your estuaries booklet if you can.  Follow directions. You will have class time on Monday, 11/27 to work on your booklet.  Tentative due date for booklets: Thursday, 11/30.   Please remind your parent to pay for the NC Estuarium field trip through Orgs Online if they have not already done this. 

Estuary Information Resources:

All About Estuaries

Estuaries - Nature Works

Estuaries - EPA

Estuaries - NCEAS

Estuaries - National Geographic 

Estuaries - PBS

NC Estuaries

Parents, please pay for the NC Estuarium field trip through OrgsOnline; it is listed as "8th Grade 2017 NC Estuarium Field Trip." 

Monday, November 19, 2017

 Parents, please pay for the NC Estuarium field trip through OrgsOnline; it is listed as "8th Grade 2017 NC Estuarium Field Trip." As of today, we have received payment for 45 students. 

Science: Finish annotating the estuaries articles if you did not finish during class.  Work on your estuaries booklet.  Follow directions.  Please remind your parent to pay for the NC Estuarium field trip through Orgs Online if they have not already done this. 

Links for Science:

All About Estuaries

Estuaries - Nature Works

Estuaries - EPA

Estuaries - NCEAS

Estuaries - National Geographic 

Estuaries - PBS

NC Estuaries

Math (ALL classes): Quiz tomorrow.

Friday, November 17, 2017

Language Arts:  NO Reading Conferences on Monday, November 20th.

Math (ALL classes): NONE

Social Studies:  If you are going to be out of school next week you will need to pick up your writer's workshop folder and work on your essay planning with the graphic organizer.  (as discussed in class)

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Core Connections:

• Completed Digital Portfolio updates due by 10pm Friday evening, 11/17.
• Water Poster mini-project rubric  - rough draft due Friday by the end of class

8th Grade Math (3rd Period): Practice 10-7 (#6, 9, 12, and 13).
8th Grade Math (1st and 2nd Periods): Practice 10-7 (#1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 12, and 13).

Math I: HW#25 (Even #'s)

Science:  Quiz tomorrow - use the links posted on the blog this week to review.  Study your notes on water quality, pollution, and water treatment (pages 5 - 11 in your binder).   Finish the Pollution Activity if you did not turn it in today.   

• Pollution notes (study these if you turned in your Pollution Activity today; your pollution notes were on this handout)
• Quizlet - Search for kmidkiff.  Study the Water Quality word set
• Scroll back to see links posted throughout the week

Bring back your signed permission form for the NC Estuarium trip if you have not already done this.  Permission forms are due Friday, 11/17.  * Parents, please pay for this trip through OrgsOnline; it is listed as "8th Grade 2017 NC Estuarium Field Trip." *

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Core Connections:
Links for class today - This is NOT homework
Water Filtration Project Digital Portfolio Entry
Google Form - please paste your digital portfolio link
Directions for students NEW TO Voyager to create a Digital Portfolio

Social Studies:  Study your notes and vocab.  Complete the coding of the Keckly "Crafting Freedom" reading.  
Classwork thinking from today...
What does it mean to craft something?  What is an entrepreneur?  What is the relationship between the enslaved and freedom?

Math I: HW #24
8th Grade Math: NONE

Science:  Finish the Pollution Activity if you did not finish in class today.  Quiz on Friday, 11/17.  Study your notes on water quality, water treatment, and freshwater pollution.  Review pages 5-11 in your science binder and use the links below:

• Water Treatment steps - animation
• Water Treatment video - (reviews the terms discussed in class today)
• Water Treatment process - click through this to review the process
• Water Quality notes - temperature, turbidity, hardness
• Water Quality notes - hardness, pH, DO
• Water Quality notes - nitrogen, phosphates, ammonia
• Water Quality notes - bioindicators, interpreting water quality results
• Water Treatment notes
• Water Pollution notes

Bring back your signed permission form for the NC Estuarium trip if you have not already done this.  Permission forms are due Friday, 11/17.  * Parents, please pay for this trip through OrgsOnline; it is listed as "8th Grade 2017 NC Estuarium Field Trip." *

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Language Arts: OpEd Rough Draft due tomorrow by midnight. Final Draft will be submitted Friday, November 17th.

Core Connections: Link for today's classwork - Due Thursday, November 16 - will have class time Wednesday to complete - This is NOT homework

Math (ALL classes): NONE

Bring back your signed permission form for the NC Estuarium trip if you have not already done this.  Permission forms are due Friday, 11/17.  * Parents, please pay for this trip through OrgsOnline; it is listed as "8th Grade 2017 NC Estuarium Field Trip." *

Science:  Lab Report due on Wednesday, 11/15.  Use the Lab Report Rubric/Checklist to double check your work.  Use links posted on blog last week for reference and help.  Quiz on Friday, 11/17.  Study your notes on water quality, water treatment, and freshwater pollution.  Review pages 5-11 in your science binder and use the links below:

• Water Treatment steps - animation
• Water Treatment video - (reviews the terms discussed in class today)
• Water Treatment process - click through this to review the process
• Water Quality notes - temperature, turbidity, hardness
• Water Quality notes - hardness, pH, DO
• Water Quality notes - nitrogen, phosphates, ammonia
• Water Quality notes - bioindicators, interpreting water quality results

Social Studies:  Study your notes and vocab from the new unit.  Quiz this week.

Monday, November 13. 2017

Bring back your signed permission form for the NC Estuarium trip if you have not already done this.  Permission forms are due Friday, 11/17. 

Science:  Lab Report due on Wednesday, 11/15.  Use the Lab Report Rubric/Checklist to double check your work.  Use links posted on blog last week for reference and help.  Quiz on Friday, 11/17.  Study your notes on water quality, water treatment, and freshwater pollution.  
Water Quality notes - temperature, turbidity, hardness
Water Quality notes - hardness, pH, DO
Water Quality notes - nitrogen, phosphates, ammonia
Water Quality notes - bioindicators, interpreting water quality results

8th Grade Math (ALL classes): NONE
Math I: Test tomorrow! Use the Test Review Answer Key to double check your work:  
Test Review Answer Key

Social Studies:  Study your notes on Ch.8 NC and your new unit vocabulary.  Quiz coming this week!

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Links for Science:
Results and Conclusions - Use this to see slides from class today. 
Lab Report Guide
Procedure Pages
Turbidity Procedure  
Class Data - Voyager Pond
Class Data - Duke Pain Clinic Pond

Science:  Water Quality Lab Report due on Wednesday, 11/15.  You will have Monday, 11/13 in class for writing and editing.  Quiz Friday, 11/17 on water quality, freshwater pollution, and water treatment.  Study pages 5-9 in your science binder and Sections 3.2 and 3.3 in your textbook.  Use the links posted on the blog (scroll back to previous weeks) to access links for water quality notes.  

Bring back your signed permission form for the NC Estuarium field trip. Return your permission forms to Mrs. Graham.  

Math (ALL classes): NONE

Social Studies:  Review your new vocabulary definitions.  Quiz coming next week.  Enjoy the extra weekend time:)

Core Connections: If you did not yet complete the Freshwater Resources Guided Reading, complete over the weekend.  Due Monday.

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Links for Science Class:
Lab Report template
Submission Form 
Lab Report Guide
Procedure Pages
Turbidity Procedure  
Class Data - Voyager Pond
Class Data - Duke Pain Clinic Pond

Science homework:  Finish the Purpose and Procedure sections of your Water Quality Lab Report if you did not finish in class today. Quiz next week - stay tuned for the date. Study your notes on water quality; see blog posts from last week for links to access the slideshows that accompany your notes. 

8th Grade Math (ALL classes): NONE
Math I: Bonus Assignment (optional) is due tomorrow. 

Language Arts: Complete the Introduction and Body paragraph 1 for homework tonight.  We will continue with paragraphs 3, 4, 5 tomorrow.

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Social Studies:  All classes need to read NC Chapter 8, section 2 and take Cornell notes by Thursday, November 9th.  There will be a homework check for these notes on Thursday.

Science:  Use your reference chart and rank your data for the Duke Pain Clinic data you collected this week.  Rank the DO, pH (both measurements!), ammonia, nitrates, and turbidity.  Each factor should be ranked 1-4 and poor/fair/good/excellent.  Follow the examples we practiced in class on Friday.  

8th Grade Math (ALL classes): Quiz tomorrow (Scientific Notation and Pythagorean Theorem)
Math I: Quiz tomorrow (Writing the equations, Graphing Lines, Rate of Change word problems)

Monday, November 6, 2017

Social Studies: (Special schedule today due to water sampling lab.  Periods 3-5 will refer to this assignment tomorrow)
 Define your new unit vocabulary.  I prefer flashcards but you can use quizlet.

free black, plantation, cooper, subsistence farming, barter, textiles, artisan, emancipation, quarters, abolitionist, agrarian, slave code, cotton gin, staple crops

*Use the NC glossary to define the words.  Agrarian and cotton gin can be found on dictionary.com


Homework due on Thursday, Nov. 9:  Read and take notes on NC Ch. 8 section 2.  There will be a check for this assignment on Thursday.  

8th Grade Math (1st and 2nd Periods ONLY): Complete "Scientific Notation Word Problems" and "Pythagorean Theorem Word Problems". QUIZ Wednesday 11/8 on this content.

1st Period Science:  Use your reference chart and rank your data for the Duke Pain Clinic data you collected today.  Rank the DO, pH (both!), ammonia, nitrates, and turbidity.  Each factor should be ranked 1-4 and poor/fair/good/excellent.  Follow the examples we practiced in class on Friday.  (2nd period - you did this in class today.  No homework!)

3rd, 4th, and 5th period Science:   Field experience to Duke Pain Clinic pond for water quality testing tomorrow. Be ready!  :-)

• Check the weather and dress appropriately.  
• Review the procedure for the test(s) you are performing.  
• Study your notes on Water Quality (p.7 in science binder) Use the link below and scroll back through the blog to see the other slideshows / notes each day this week. 
• *Bring back your signed permission form for the pond water testing if you have not already done this.  
• Water Quality notes - bioindicators and interpreting data 

Friday, November 3, 2017

Core Connections: Be sure to finish your "Personal Watershed" illustration if you have not yet done so and finish questions 2 and 3 on the back of "Water Filtration Project: Part I."  Project Grade Rubric provided here.

Science:  Field Experience next week to test the water quality in Duke Pain Clinic's pond.  On Monday, 1st and 2nd period science classes will visit the pond; on Tuesday, 3rd, 4th, and 5th period science classes will visit the pond.  

• Check the weather and dress appropriately.  
• Review the procedure for the test(s) you are performing.  
• Study your notes on Water Quality (p.7 in science binder) Use the link below and scroll back through the blog to see the other slideshows / notes each day this week. 
• *Bring back your signed permission form for the pond water testing if you have not already done this.  
• Water Quality notes - bioindicators and interpreting data 

8th Grade Math (ALL classes): NONE
Math I: Bonus Assignment due Wednesday 11/8/17.

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Social Studies:  Test Tomorrow
http://www.superteachertools.us/jeopardyx/jeopardy-review-game.php?gamefile=2315147

Science:  Study and review your Water Quality notes from this week.  Use the link below and the two links posted yesterday.  Bring back your signed permission slip if you have not done this yet.  Pond water testing at the Duke Pain clinic pond will occur on Nov. 6 (1st and 2nd periods) and Nov 7 (3rd, 4th, and 5th periods). Watch the weather and dress appropriately!
Water Quality notes - nitrogen, phosphates, ammonia

Language Arts: 'Questions and Opinions' are DUE by midnight tonight. If you were sent questions to answer, please respond to those questions this afternoon.

Figurative Language Activities are DUE tomorrow night @ 11:59 pm.  You will be receiving another figurative language practice tomorrow and it will need to be completed and submitted by midnight Friday, November 3rd.

8th Grade Math (ALL classes): Complete the two "You Try" problems on your notes.
Math I: HW #20

Core Connections: Complete your "personal watershed" if you did not complete it in class today.

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Science:  Bring back your signed permission form for water quality testing if you have not done this yet.  Study your notes on Water Quality from this week.  
Water Quality - temperature, turbidity
Water Quality - hardness, pH, DO