Tuesday, November 26, 2019

ELA:
1. Read however much you want!
2. Next book club meeting is the NEXT TUESDAY. In other words, if you don't get the work done in class today, and you don't want to do it over the break, you'll still have Monday to work on it.
3. Eat pie! (optional but strongly encouraged)

Science:  Finish your Estuary Booklet if you did not turn it in today.  Enjoy your break!


Social Studies:  Eat, rest, eat, repeat:)  Make sure that you are ready to begin our art week/arpilleras when you return!

Monday, November 25, 2019

Science: Finish your Estuary Booklet project.  Follow directions and do your best work.  Finish the Ocean Water Chemistry handout if you did not finish during class.  

ELA:
If you chose not to take your vocabulary test today, study for it. You'll take it tomorrow.
Finish book club reading/notes. Next book club meeting is tomorrow!

Math: 
1st & 4th - Exponential Functions test tomorrow
2nd, 3rd & 5th - Slope Name Art

(No IXL this week. Next IXL due date is Sun Dec 8th)

Thursday November 21, 2019

Math: 80 minutes in IXL due Sun Nov 24th (range 11/18-11/24)
1st & 4th - Review Sheet Due Mon 11/25; Test Tues 11/26

ELA:
Read 20+ minutes.
Study vocabulary (link to Quizlet on GC).
Book club tomorrow! Finish reading/notes.
3rd period: "The Gift of Death"

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Science:   Work on your Estuary Booklet project.  Completed booklets are due on Tuesday, November 26 at the beginning of class.  You will work on this project in science and CC classes each day this week.  Pace yourself and follow directions on the blue handout (also posted in Google classroom).

Math: 80 minutes in IXL due Sun Nov 24th (range is 11/18-11/24)
1st & 4th - Review sheet due Mon 11/25; Test Tues 11/26
2nd, 3rd & 5th - finish any incomplete classwork

Spanish: Project due Friday, November 22
-Interview Questions (Writing Part 2) - turn in on Google Classroom
-Presentation in class - remember costume/props!

ELA:
Read 20+ minutes.
Finish NRI if you didn't in class.
1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th periods: Finish reading "The Gift of Death," and complete the comprehension questions.
Next book club meeting is Friday.

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

ELA:
Read 20+ minutes.
Finish NRI if you didn't in class.
Study "The Gift of Death" vocabulary. Quizlet set on Google Classroom. Quiz next week.
Next book club meeting Friday. Finish reading/notes by then. 
"The Gift of the Magi" (CommonLit) due tomorrow. If you've already got your results and you're unsatisfied, ask me to submit it back to you.

Science:  Finish annotating the Estuaries in NC information packet.  Work on your Estuaries Booklet. Due date to be determined. 

All About Estuaries in NC

Estuaries - Nat'l Ocean & Atmospheric Admin.
Estuaries - Nature Works

Estuaries - EPA

Estuaries - NCEAS

Estuaries - National Geographic 

Estuaries - PBS

Mangrove Importance  

Social Studies:  Open Note Test Tomorrow!  Be prepared.

Math: 80 minutes in IXL due Sun Nov 24th (range is 11/18-11/24)
2nd, 3rd & 5th - finish classwork tables and graphs
Math Check-In is Thursday - bring your own calculator (if not, you must use the calculator built into the test)

Monday, November 18, 2019

Science NC Check-In is tomorrow.  Please be on time and bring your device (fully charged!) and charger.  All classes will meet once testing is completed. 

Social Studies:  Prepare for the open note test on Wednesday.  Here is a link to an older Jeopardy game on the slavery unit.

Spanish: Write at least 4 of the interview questions for your project. Entire project due Friday, November 22.

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

Directions below for the extra credit field trip this Friday 11/22. 

Tour begins at the Old Well 

on UNC's campus at 3:30 and 

will last one hour!

The address of the Old Well is across the street from the
South Building and Campus Y 

(180 E. Cameron).

Math: 80 minutes in IXL due Sun Nov 24th (range is 11/18 - 11/24)
1st & 4th - work on IXL X.5
2nd, 3rd, & 5th - finish classwork tables and graphs

Friday, November 15, 2019

Links for Science:
Balancing Act 
It's Elemental
ChemBalancer
Element Math Game
Name that Atom
Build an Atom

Science:  Finish the review handout from class today if you did not finish - Chemical Equations and Atomic Structure. The Science NC Check-In is Tuesday, November 19.  Be on time for school with a fully charged device. 

ELA:
Read 20+ minutes.
Finish NRI if you didn't in class.
Next book club meeting is Tuesday. Finish reading and notes before then.


Social Studies:  For those attending the Women's History Tour on 11/22.  Here are the details:  We will meet at the Old Well at 3:15.  The Tour begins promptly at 3:30 and will last an hour.  

Assignment:  After taking the tour, compose a 1-2 page double spaced reflection about the experience.  It is due the last week before Winter Break.

Math: 80 minutes in IXL due Sunday Nov 17th (range Nov 11th- 17th)
1st & 4th - finish pennies activity

Thursday, November 14, 2019

Science:  Re-test on Water Quality if you made a D or F on this week's quiz.  The quiz will be given during MTSS.

ELA:
Read 20+ minutes.
Finish NRI if you didn't in class.
Finish book club work (reading & notes). Next discussion is tomorrow.

Math:
Roller Coaster Project Due Friday Nov 15th (you will have 10 minutes in class to finish but finishing should be limited to final gluing; come to class with all pieces completed and ready to be glued)
IXL due Sun Nov 17th (range is Nov 11 - Nov 17)

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Quizizz Codes for Science Class:
Log in to Quizizz; Be sure you get at least 90 % correct on each quiz!
Identifying Matter - 473075
Element, Compound, or Mixture - 381431
Heterogeneous / Homogeneous - 580645

Physical & Chemical Changes - 508793

Spanish: 
-Biography of athlete due today 11/13
-Vocab quiz on Monday 11/18 (body parts & health verbs)

Social Studies:  Presentations tomorrow.  Be prepared!  Review for your OPEN NOTE test next Wednesday.

Study Guide

New Unit Vocabulary on Blog 11/4
Poetry of Freedom Crafter George Moses Horton
Enslaved Entrepreneurship:  Urgency, Stress, Pursuit, Agency, Opportunity
Freedom Crafter Biographies
Slave Narratives/Unchained Memories
NC 8.2 Notes
America Worsheet 4.3 Slavery in the Colonies (review)
Discovery Education:  America's Journey Through Slavery

Math:
Roller Coaster Project Due Friday November 15th (if you are not on track to finish by the end of Thursday's class, you need to work on it tonight and/or tomorrow night)
IXL due Sunday November 17th (range is Nov 11th - Nov 17th)

ELA:
Read 20+ minutes.
Finish NRI if you didn't in class.
Finish CommonLit if you didn't in class.
Next book club session is Friday. Make sure you've done the reading and notes. (Use the same Notes form on Google Classroom.)

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Social Studies:  Work on your product.  Deadline is tomorrow.  Presentations begin on Thursday in Social Studies.  

Test 2 next week.  More info to come tomorrow.  

Science:  Study - quiz on water quality, pollution, and water treatment tomorrow.  Use the links posted last week to review. 

Quizizz Codes for Science Class:
Log in to Quizizz; Be sure you get at least 90 % correct on each quiz!
Identifying Matter - 473075
Element, Compound, or Mixture - 381431
Heterogeneous / Homogeneous - 580645

ELA:
Read 20+ minutes.
Finish No Red Ink (due tomorrow before school).
Finish book club reading and notes (due Friday before school).

Math:
thatquiz
Roller Coaster Project due Friday
IXL due Sun Nov 17th (range is Nov 11th-17th)

Spanish: Biography of athlete due tomorrow (Wednesday) by midnight. 

Friday, November 8, 2019

Science: 
1 - Finish any incomplete assignments from this week (Waterborne Illnesses, Water to Drink, lab report)
2 - Quiz on Wednesday.  Use the links posted earlier this week to review and study.  Study your notes on water quality, water treatment, and pollution. 

ELA:
Read 20+ minutes. (Your book club book counts!)
Finish NRI if you didn't in class.
Finish your book club assignment (reading & Book Club Notes form) for Tuesday. No school Monday!

Math: 80 minutes in IXL due SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10th (yes, Sunday)

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Science:  
1- Finish your Water Quality lab report - due tomorrow in Google classroom.  Use the rubric and proofread carefully.  
2 - Quiz next week (Wednesday) on water quality, water treatment, and pollution. Study pages 5-10 in your science binder. 
Water Quality terms
Quizizz Codes: 423659 (Water Treatment & Quality) 793563 (Water Quality)

Spanish: Mini Biography of Hispanic athlete (part 1 of project) due Wednesday, November 13

Math: 80 minutes in IXL due Sun Nov 10th
1st & 4th - thatquiz writing equations review; Roller Coaster Project due Friday Nov 15th; bring a posterboard to class by Nov 12th

2nd, 3rd, & 5th - Roller Coaster Project due Friday Nov 15th; bring a posterboard to class by Nov 12th

ELA:
Read 20+ minutes.
Finish conjunctions quiz (Flocabulary) if you didn't in class.
"Lamb to the Slaughter" (CommonLit) is due Wednesday, but if you turn it in before then, I can score it and return it to you for corrections. 

Business Set Up Research

This is due on 12/15

1) Watch and reference two business Youtube videos.
2) Write the vision of your business.
3) Set goals for your business.
4) What is your target population? How many customers are you planning for?
5) Define your unique selling point. How is your product different? How are you different?
6) How do you plan to know your customers wants and needs? Create a survey and hand it out to at least 20 students or parents not in 8th grade.
7) Research your competition.
8) Research the demand for your business. You may use the survey for this as well.
9) Set your market goals. What will be your cost? Price margin? How will you advertise or promote your business?

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Links for Science:

Water & You - The Treatment Process

How Do Treatment Plants Work?

Review Video - Water Treatment Process

Animation - read captions and click arrows to advance

Water Treatment Steps - hover over each picture and read the captions

Quiz Yourself - drag the steps into the correct order

Science:  Finish the Water Treatment assignment from class today, including all links above.  Work on your Water Quality lab report. Lab reports are due Friday, November 8. 

Math: 80 minutes in IXL due Sun Nov 10th
1st & 4th - thatquiz more evaluating exponential functions
2nd, 3rd, 5th - Roller Coaster Project due Friday Nov 15th; we will be working on it in class but students may need to followup with it at home to complete by the deadline; BRING A POSTER BOARD TO CLASS by TUESDAY NOV 12th.

Social Studies:  Product Workday Tomorrow.  Be prepared.

Read NC Ch.8 section 2 and take notes.  Due on Friday 11/8.

ELA:
Read 20+ minutes.
Finish Flocabulary video and Read & Respond if you didn't in class.

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

ELA:
Read 20+ minutes.
Finish any late NRI or CommonLit work.

Spanish: Work on project. Part 1 (Mini biography of athlete) due Wednesday, November 13

Math: 80 minutes in IXL due SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10th
1st & 4th - thatquiz evaluating exponential functions
2nd, 3rd, & 4th - thatquiz angles; finish examples of 4 functions and 4 nonfunctions (may have finished in class)

Science: Work on your Water Quality Lab Report (due Friday).  You should complete the Purpose, Procedure, and at least 1 paragraph of your Results by tomorrow.  You will work on this in Core Connections tomorrow. 

Monday, November 4, 2019

Social Studies:  Your Legacy of our Constitution PRODUCT is due on November 13th.  Make sure that you are continuously making progress.   

New Unit Vocabulary:  Triangular trade, free black, racism, slave code, subsistence farming, agrarian, bartering, plantation, staple crops, artisan, emancipation, abolitionist, quarters,  Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850

Spanish: Review for quiz tomorrow (sports vocab, gustar, ir + a + infinitive, saber/conocer)

Math: 80 minutes in IXL due Sun Nov 10th (extra credit if done by Friday Nov 8th)
1st (will be assigned to 4th tomorrow)- thatquiz evaluating exponential functions
2nd (will be assigned to 3rd & 5th tomorrow)- thatquiz angles
make sure you are caught up on thatquiz assignments

ELA:
Read 20+ minutes.
Finish any late NRI or CommonLit work. 
3rd, 4th, and 5th periods: Idioms test tomorrow. (It's easy. If you can do the jeopardy, you can do the test.)

Friday, November 1, 2019

Science: Review the procedure you are doing at the Duke Pain Clinic pond.  You will have a modified schedule next week on Monday and Tuesday.  Watch the weather and dress accordingly.  1st and 2nd periods will conduct water quality testing on Monday; 3rd, 4th, and 5th periods will conduct water quality testing on Tuesday.  Your Water Quality Lab Report is due Friday, November 8 in Google classroom. 

Math: 80 minutes in IXL due Sun Nov 3rd
make sure you are caught up with all thatquiz assignments