Friday, January 31, 2020

Friday, January 31, 2020

Science: Finish your macromolecules poster if you did not finish in class today. 

Math: 80 minutes in IXL due Sun Feb 2nd (range Mon Jan 27 - Sun Feb 2)
1st & 4th - Review sheet due Wed; Test Thurs

Thursday, January 30, 2020

Thursday, January 30, 2020

Links for Science:
Amoeba Sisters
Macromolecules - 2 Minute Classroom
Biomolecules - FuseCells

Science:  Finish the handouts you received in class today.  Use the links above to help. 

Social Studies:  Review your notes on Ch. 15 sections 1 -4.  Continue to work with your partner to research your Civil War era Woman and her impact on the time period.  Foldables will be due tomorrow at the end of class.  Remember to include:

Title with 2 adjectives to describe her contributions

Role or job
Network of influencwe
Outcome of efforts
Motivation for "mission"

Test on the Civil War unit Wednesday February 12th.  Happy Birthday President Lincoln!

Math - 80 min IXL due Sun Feb 2nd (range 1/27-2/2)
1st & 4th - finish crossword puzzle
2nd, 3rd, 5th - thatquiz systems HW2

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Social Studies:  Review your Ch. 15 America notes and powerpoint material for sections 1, 2, and 3.  Continue to review the Civil War Unit vocabulary.

Science:  
1 - Finish your notes on Section 9.3, "Chemical Compunds in Cells." Use the format explained to you during class.
2 - Study the Quizlet word set - Chemical Compounds in Cells

ELA:
Finish if you didn't in class:
1. No Red Ink (due tomorrow morning)
2. book club reading and notes (due Friday)
3. evaluation of penny essay Google Form (due tomorrow morning)
4. Nature vs. Nurture CommonLit (due today)

Math - 80 Minutes of IXL  due Sun Feb 2 (range Jan 27 - Feb 2)
1st - Finish MTSS IXL AA.7(85 or 20 in); EITHER finish classwork worksheet OR complete IXL AA.4 to 85 or 20 min
4th - Finish MTSS IXL AA.7(85 or 20 min); IXL AA.4 to 85 or 20 min
2nd, 3rd & 5th - Finish MTSS google classroom assignment; Thatquiz Systems HW 1

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Science: Ecosystems test tomorrow.  Use links posted on Friday to help you review.  Use the Quizizz codes below for practice questions. 
Symbiosis - 494199
Ecosystems - 269650
Food Chains & Food Webs - 183042

Math - 80 minutes IXL due Sun Feb 2nd (range Jan 27-Feb 2)
1st & 4th - Polynomial Project due tomorrow
2nd, 3rd & 5th - attempt AA.2 - stop when the equations are no longer in y=mx + b form; we will continue this topic Wed & Thurs so don't be too frustrated if you are confused.

ELA:
Finish anything you didn't finish in class...

  • Book club reading and notes
  • No Red Ink
  • Awesome Ocean article annotations

Monday, January 27, 2020

Monday, January 27, 2020

Links for Science:
Part 1: Nitrogen Cycle

Part 2: Carbon Cycle
Part 3: Carbon / Oxygen Cycles (p.50-51) and Nitrogen Cycle  (p.52-53)

Science HW: Finish the Carbon, Nitrogen, and Oxygen cycle work from class today.  Study for Wednesday's Ecosystems Test. 

ELA:
Finish No Red Ink and article (read/annotate) if you didn't in class.

Book Club meets tomorrow. Finish your reading and notes.

Social Studies:  Complete your Civil War Flocabulary asssignments by Wednesday.  See google classroom.  (Video, vocab cards, read and respond, Quiz)  No re-takes on quiz!

Math - 80 minutes in IXL due Sun Feb 2 (range is Mon Jan 27 - Sun Feb 2)
1st & 4th - IXL AA.1 and AA.2 (85 smartscore or 20 minutes); Project due Wednesday Jan 29th
2nd, 3rd & 5th - thatquiz systems solutions

Friday, January 24, 2020

Friday, January 24, 2020

Science:  Study for Wednesday's test on Ecosystems.  Use the links below to help you prepare.  
Ecosystems Test Review Sheet
Sample Questions
Ecological Relationships
Ecosystem Terms
Energy Roles
Food Webs and Food Chains
Energy Pyramids
Limiting Factors
Carbon, Nitrogen, and Oxygen Cycles
Amoeba Sisters - Carbon & Oxygen Cycles
Food Webs & Energy Pyramids - Amoeba Sisters
Ecological Relationships - Amoeba Sisters
Study Jams - Symbiosis
Carbon Cycle - Video 1
Carbon Cycle - Video 2
Nitrogen Cycle - Video 1
Nitrogen Cycle - Video 2
Nitrogen Cycle Summary

Social Studies:  All classes except for 3rd period, complete the America 15.2 assignment.  Read, write down 2 statements, write down 2 questions, and create 1 discussion question.

Math - 80 minutes in IXL due Sun Jan 26th (range TUESDAY Jan 21 - Jan 26)
1st&4th - Polynomial Project due Wed Jan 29th
2nd, 3rd & 5th - Test corrections due Tues Jan 28th.

Thursday, January 23, 2020

Thursday, January 23, 2020

Social Studies:  Open note quiz tomorrow.  Finish your "Music of the Civil War"  assignment (see google classroom).Homework check tomorrow.

Sample 15.1 notes are also provided on google classroom

EARBUDS are a required school supply/resource in 8th grade.  Over 15% of the team does not currently own earbuds.  Students disrupt the class when they are not prepared.  Please be prepared by purchasing earbuds for audio lessons!

Science:  Finish the packet we began in class yesterday.  Use the links below. Ecosystems test next week - most likely on Wednesday.  Stay tuned!
Food Webs & Energy Pyramids

Ecological Relationships

Math: 80 minutes in IXL due Sun Jan 26th (range is Jan 21 - Jan 26)
1st & 4th - Polynomial Project part 3 due tomorrow, Friday Jan 24th
2nd, 3rd & 5th - 80 minutes in IXL due Sun Jan 26th (range is Jan 21 - Jan 26)


Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Links for Science:
Food Webs & Energy Pyramids
Ecological Relationships
Study Jams - Symbiosis
Animal Relationships
The Most Gruesome Parasites

Science: The packet from class today is not homework.  Bring this to class tomorrow. 

ELA:
  • Next book club meeting is Friday. Finish reading and notes by 7:30am Friday.
  • Finish reading and annotating captive orca article if you didn't in class.
Social Studies:  Read America Ch. 15 section 1.  Take bullet pt notes and write a summary at the end of the reading.  Use paper.  Open note quiz on Friday.

Math: 80 minutes in IXL due Sun Jan 26th (range is Jan 21 - Jan 26th)
1st & 4th - IXL Z.8 (85+ or 20 min dated within 24 hours); Project Part 3 due Friday
2nd, 3rd & 5th - Test tomorrow on writing linear equations

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

ELA:
Next book club meeting is Friday. Finish reading and notes by 7:30am on Friday. 

Social Studies: Open Note Quiz on Friday. Study Materials:   ATSOU 5 CIVIL WAR, new unit Vocabulary, Comedy of Secession, America 15.1 notes (the America 15.1 assignment has not been assigned yet.  We will do this assignment after we finish the play tomorrow)

Science:  Write a summary paragraph that includes each vocabulary word from today's notesUnderline or highlight each term when you use it. 

Math - 80 minutes IXL due Sun Jan 26 (range is Jan 21-26)
1st & 4th - IXL Z.6
2nd, 3rd & 5th - Review Sheet due tomorrow; Test Thursday Jan 23

Friday, January 17, 2020

Friday, January 17, 2020

ELA:
First book club discussion is Tuesday. Make sure you finish your reading and notes over the long weekend.

Science: Food Web projects are due on Tuesday, January 21.  Follow directions and use the rubric

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Science: Food Web projects are due on Tuesday, January 21.  Follow directions and use the rubric

Math: 80 minutes in IXL due Mon Jan 20th (range Jan 13 - Jan 20)
1st & 4th - IXL Z.5; Project parts 1 & 2 due Tuesday Jan 21st
2nd, 3rd, & 5th - BINGO; show work and work problems until you get BINGO

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Wednesday January 15, 2020

Math: 80 minutes in IXL due Mon Jan 20th (range is Jan 13-Jan20)
1st & 4th - IXL Z.4 (20 minutes or 85+ smartscore)
2nd, 3rd, & 5th - thatquiz "write equations 2 points"

Core Connections: Commercial due 1/17
You must tape a 30-60 second commercial.  It must tell a story, target a certain population, and incorporate music.

Social Studies:  Review your new unit vocabulary definitions from Monday. (Vocab quiz coming soon)

Science: Food Web projects are due on Tuesday, January 21.  Follow directions and use the rubric

8th Grade Project Celebration 2/7/20

Your businesses need to be ready to open up on 2/7.  The rubric is on Google Classroom.

Commercial due 1/17

You must tape a 30-60 second commercial.  It must tell a story, target a certain population, and incorporate music.

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Science:  Study and review all your notes on Ecosystems.  Food Web project is due Tuesday, January 21.  Follow directions and use the rubric as you complete your project. 

Social Studies:  Review your new unit vocabulary.  Seminar tomorrow (John Brown's words at trial)

ELA:

Logical fallacy projects were due today. If you didn't present today, you'll go tomorrow. 


Should Girls Play High School Football? (CommonLit) was due yesterday. 

Math: 80 minutes IXL due Mon Jan 20 (range is Mon Jan 13 - Mon Jan 20)
1st & 4th - IXL Z.1 (complete to 100 or 20 minutes); Google Classroom assignment
2nd, 3rd & 5th - complete today's classwork; thatquiz on writing equations with point slope, IXL Y.9 (20 minutes or 85+), complete google classroom assignment

Monday, January 13, 2020

Monday, January 13, 2020

Social Studies:  Define the following words/Civil War Unit Vocabulary (America Ch. 15):

border state, neutral, marital law, blockade, casualty, emancipate, habeus corpus, draft, income tax, inflation, siege, total war, ironclad, secession, Confederate States of America, supply/demand, industrial revolution, States' Rights, popular sovereignty, antebellum  (20 words)

Quiz tomorrow (open note)/see the study guide

Science:  Finish steps 1 and 2 of your Food Web project draft (select all the organisms).  You can sketch the food web and draw arrows tomorrow in class.  Food Web project is due January 21 at the beginning of class.  

ELA:

Logical fallacy projects are due tomorrow. You got the assignment and rubric last Tuesday. You had Wednesday's, Thursday's, and Friday's class periods to work on it. Be prepared to present in class on tomorrow.


Should Girls Play High School Football? (CommonLit) is due tonight. If you want a chance at redoing it, submit it before then for scoring. 

Math: 80 minutes IXL due MONDAY Jan 20 due to MLK holiday (range is Mon Jan 13 - Mon Jan 20)
1st & 4th: Due Wed - IXL Z.1 and Google Classroom assignment
2nd, 3rd & 5th: Due Wed - 20 more min of IXL y.9, thatquiz, and google classroom assignment

Spanish: Review for quiz tomorrow


Friday, January 10, 2020

Friday, January 10, 2020

Links for Science:
You will need to enable Flash for some of these. 
Food Chains - quiz yourself
Quizlet Study list - Ecosystems & Food Webs

Science HW: Finish the Food Web analysis if you did not finish during class.  Review food webs and ecosystems using the links above. 

ELA:

Logical fallacy projects are due TUESDAY. You got the assignment and rubric three days ago. You had Wednesday's, Thursday's, and today's class periods to work on it. Monday, you may have a bit of time but not the whole period. Be prepared to present in class on Tuesday.

Should Girls Play High School Football? (CommonLit) is due Monday night. If you want a chance at redoing it, submit it before then for scoring. 

Math - 80 minutes IXL due Sun Jan 12 (range is Mon Dec 16 - Sun Jan 12)

Thursday, January 9, 2020

Thursday, January 9, 2020

Social Studies:  Close Reading America 14.4.  Open Note quiz next Tuesday.

ELA:

Logical fallacy projects are due TUESDAY. You got the assignment and rubric two days ago. You had yesterday's and today's class periods to work on it; you'll also have Friday in class. Monday, you may have a bit of time but not the whole period. Be prepared to present in class on Tuesday.

Math: 80 minutes IXL due Sun Jan 12th (range is Dec 16 to Jan 12)

Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Links for Science:
Energy Flow in Ecosystems (Section 2.1 from green books)
Energy Roles - definitions
Energy Roles - definitions / explanations
Energy Roles - forest examples
Scavengers
Review animation / game

Science:  Finish the Energy Roles handout if you did not finish during class today. Finish the Flocabulary (Food Chains topic) assignments if you did not finish during class. Practice the dance moves and energy roles "song" you learned in class today.  Study your notes on ecosystems, limiting factors, and energy roles (pages 1-4 in your science binder).

ELA:
Logical fallacy projects are due TUESDAY. You got the assignment and rubric yesterday. You had today's class period to work on it; you'll also have tomorrow and Friday in class. Monday, you may have a bit of time but not the whole period. Be prepared to present in class on Tuesday.

Spanish: Comic Strip Worksheet - due Friday, January 10
-Quiz: Tuesday, January 14
-Quiz Topics: preterite (regular AR, ER, IR verbs and CAR, GAR, ZAR verbs); vocab (1st 3 sections on the vocab list: "En la computadora," "Los electrónicos," "Verbos")


Social Studies:  Quiz next Tuesday.  Antebellum America.  Study Guide:  Word Wall w/Pizazz vocabulary, 1820-1860 Reform movements (America Ch. 12 worksheet), America Ch. 14 section 1 and 2 notes, notes on John Brown (Discovery), geography of the South  (which states are considered southern states?), popular sovereignty, antebellum, close reading America Ch. 14.3 and 14.4)

Math - 80 minutes IXL due Sun Jan 12 (range is Dec 16 to Jan 12)

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Links for Science:
* You will need to enable Flash for these games *
Producer, Consumer, Decomposer game
Animal Diet Game
Animal Diet Game 2

Science HW: 
1 - Finish the Limiting Factors packet (annotate the article and answer all questions).  
2 - Finish the Flocabulary assignments for Ecosystems. 

Social Studies:  John Brown Discovery:  Write 3 paragraphs about information related to the life of John Brown.  You may use any resources just be sure to use at least 2.  Copy and paste the web addresses at the bottom of your paragraphs.  Do not worry about writing it like an essay (no transitions or themes required).  The modification is 3*5*7.  (This was explained again in class)

Math - 80 minutes in IXL due Sun Jan 12 (range is Dec 16 - Jan 12)
1st & 4th - make sure 8th grade IXL F15, F16, F17, F20 and F22 are complete
2nd,3rd& 5th - Alg1 IXL S.10 Write equation from table (smartscore above 70 or work 20 minutes)

Monday, January 6, 2020

Monday, January 6, 2020

Science: Finish the "Oh, Reindeer" activity from class.  Use the Limiting Factors article (received before Winter Break) to help you answer some of the questions.  See below for the class data. 
Oh, Reindeer Class Data


Social Studies:  Finish the America 14.1 reading.  Make sure that your notes reflect the main ideas and supporting details.  Complete the Mid Year "Checkup" on your google classroom account.  Please take the time to give genuine feedback.  Thank you!

Math: 80 minutes in iXL due Sun Jan 12th
1st & 4th - 8th grade IXL F15, F16, F17, F20, F22; (smartscore 85 or above)
2nd, 3rd, & 5th - 2 thatquiz assignments (1-write equation and 2-graph using y=mx+b)

Core Connection Test Friday, January 10, 2020

You will need to know the biography of each president.  Biography includes but are not limited to the following:  where they were born, siblings, middle schools, spouses, jobs, honors, books, etc.