Thursday, March 31, 2022

Core Connections:

1. Finish your Digital Citizenship activities from yesterday.

2. Two Truths and a Lie slideshow.

Social Studies:

1.  Arpillera painting (classwork)

Math:

1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th: You should be done with your frequency table, relative frequency table, and summary.

3rd: No homework

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

 ELA

1. Peer edit the rest of your narrative writing essay with your partner from Friday

2. Making any needed changes and finish writing

3. Final draft of your narrative writing essay is due Friday at 11:59!

Core Connections:

1. Finish missing work from digital learning.

2. Do the Digital Footprint In Class assignments.  (Several things to do).

Science:

1 - Warm Up #3 (use slideshow in GC if you were not in class today)

2 - Evolution Notes (in class, on paper; use slideshow if you were absent)

3 - Finish Natural Selection in Action assignment if you did not finish in class.

4 -  Use the Science Check In slideshow (posted in GC) to review for Monday's Check In.  No excuses! 

5 - Finish ALL assignments if you have missing work. Check PowerSchool to see if you have 0s on anything.  

Social Studies:

1.  Art day/painting Arpilleras (classwork).

2.  Warm ups 9-13 have been moved to next week.  You may complete them early if you would like.  The prompts are in GC now!

3.  See me ASAP if you would like to take part in a CONTEST related to the Bill of Rights.

REMINDER:  Students who arrive UNPREPARED to work on the Arpillera assignment will be given an ALTERNATE ASSIGNMENT which will be collected for a daily grade.

Math:

1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th: If your frequency table and relative frequency table are not finished, complete them. Then start working on your summary.

3rd:IXL U1 (85 smartscore)

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

 Science:

1 - 1st period only - Answer the attendance question in GC by 1 pm today. 

2 - Warm Up #2 - Use the slideshow in GC and answer the questions on your weekly Warm Up doc.

3 - Complete the EdPuzzle for Natural Selection. 

4 - Complete the BrainPop assignments for Natural Selection: video, challenge, and quiz. Please complete all 3 assignments.

5 - Check PowerSchool and complete any missing work! Today is a great day to get caught up on assignments if this applies to you.  

Math:

1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th: Work on your survey project: you should have your frequency and relative frequency tables done by the end of today.

3rd: IXL U8 (go to 80 smartscore)

Parabola Project due tomorrow, Wed March 30th at 10:15am

Core Connections:

1.  Do this 1st:  Google form - Digital Relationships (Attendance and Classwork grade).

2.  Watch the video:  Teen Voices: Friendships and Social Media.

3.  Do this 2nd:  Google form: - Friendships and Social Media (Journal/Writing grade)

Social Studies

1.  Sketch the design for your Arpillera on your CANVAS using a PENCIL.  Make sure that your design is dark enough to see yet light enough to correct with an eraser if needed.  We will begin painting the Arpillera designs tomorrow.  Make sure that you are ready to begin!

Monday, March 28, 2022

 Social Studies:

1.  Continue to plan for your Arpillera. Measure an 8x10 space on a piece of copy paper.   Sketch a rough draft version of your design on the paper. Be sure to mark colors used and 3D elements.

Science:

1 - 1st period only: Answer the attendance question in Google Classroom by 1:00 pm today.

2 - Warm Up #1 - Use the slideshow posted in Google Classroom. Answer the 6 multiple choice questions to prepare for your upcoming Science Check In.  CHECK your answers and follow directions on the last slide.

3 - Earth History LearnEd: Complete pages 12-13 in your notebook. See Google Classroom for more directions. Submit pictures of your work with this assignment in Google Classroom. 

4- FINISH any incomplete assignments from Friday (Warm Up #5, LearnEd pages 8, 10, 11, and the two EdPuzzle assignments).

Math:
1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th: Work on your Survey Project

3rd: Complete Substitution Worksheet (given in class Friday; copy is posted in GC also)

Work on your Parabola Project

Core Connections:

1. Google Form "3/28 Do this 1st - Digital Habits."  (Attendance and pre-teaching)

2. Watch the Video on Digital Footprints. (Resource/Activity)

3.  Google Form "3/28 Do this 2nd - Digital Footprint," (Journal/Writing grade)

Friday, March 25, 2022

 ELA

1. Find and partner to peer edit with

2. Use peer editing form in google classroom to edit each other's essays

3. Turn in peer editing form to partner and in google classroom assignment

Core Connections:

1. Don't forget to turn in your Water Poster.  The poster contest ends today.

2.  Please make sure you've finished your bird sculpture and bird silhoutte. I'd like to put the paints away.

3.  Complete the Archaeopteryx readings from yesterday's and today's Google Form, too.  

Science:

1 - Complete today's Warm Up (posted as a Google Slide in GC today during your class period).

2 - Complete the Earth History LearnEd assignment - pages 8, 10, 11.  Follow the directions posted in GC to help you.

3 - Complete the 2 EdPuzzle video assignments posted in Google Classroom today. 

4 - If you finish 1-3, study the Quizlet word set for Fossils & Geologic Time. 

Thursday, March 24, 2022

Hey, Here's a real life survey. My son, Daniel Higdon, is in the running for News and Observer Athlete of the Week. Please  follow the link to vote for Daniel: https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/high-school/article259629594.html. Thanks everyone! 

ELA

1. Work on narrative writing essay

2. Tomorrow your plot map and at least 3 paragraphs of your rough draft are due!!! Remember we will be peer editing tomorrow, so make sure you have your rough draft ready to go for your partner.

Math:

1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th:

Took notes in class - INB p82 Relative Frequency Tables and INB p83 How to find Relative Frequencies

Vote on your classmates surveys.

Complete Relative Frequency Tables in GC

3rd: Start new unit

INB p106 Unit 7 Systems

INB p107 Systems

INB p108 Solve by Graphing

INB p109 Solve by Graphing Examples

INB p110 Types of Solutions

Complete Solve by Graphing (Google Slides)

Science:

1 - Warm Up (complete if you were not in class today)

2 - Absolute Age notes (complete these if you were not in class today; use the slideshow posted in GC)

3 - Finish the Radioactive Decay lab if you did not finish in class today. 

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Science:

1 - Warm Up (completed in class; posted in GC with today's slideshow)

2 - Relative Age Practice - Part B: finish for HW if you did not finish in class.

Math:

1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th:

Make sure you have your survey question, created your survey form, and shared the link with Mrs. Higdon.

Complete Two-Way Frequency Tables Day 3 (posted in google classroom)

3rd: Work on Parabola Project

Hey, Here's a real life survey. My son, Daniel Higdon, is in the running for News and Observer Athlete of the Week. Please  follow the link to vote for Daniel: https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/high-school/article259629594.html. Thanks everyone!

ELA

1. Finish Animal Farm Theme assignment, chapter 10 questions, vocab, and character analysis - due tonight at 11:59pm

2. Work narrative writing essay first draft - I will be checking for at least 3 paragraphs to be finished on the first draft at the beginning of class on Friday for peer edit day. 

3. Final draft of Narrative Writing Essay is due next Friday, April 1st, 2022

 

Social Studies:

1.  Complete warm up #6 (classwork)

2.  Complete the Arpillera webquest in GC (classwork)

3.  Brainstorm ideas about social reform as listed on your classwork doc from today (homework)

Tuesday, March 22, 2021

Science

1 - Warm Up for 3/22 (see GC if you were absent or missed anything)

2 - Relative Age notes (see document & slideshow in GC if you missed class)

3 - Relative Age Practice, Part A - finish for HW if you did not finish in class today 

ELA

1. Chapter 10 theme, questions, vocabulary, and character analysis assignments - all due 3/23/22 at 11:59pm

2. Narrative writing notes

3. Work on narrative writing essay first draft

Social Studies:

1.  Complete warm up #5 (classwork)

2.  Presentation practice/Enrichment clusters (classwork)

*No homework tonight

Core Connections:

1. Hope is... revisted.  Please answer the comments in the Sauer Copy.

Math:

1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th:
Come to class Wednesday with your Survey Question

Complete Survey Results - Frequency Tables posted in google classroom

3rd:

We will continue to work on your Parabola Selfie Project in class Wednesday. Come to class ready to work on it. This will be the last day of class devoted to the project. Finish the project on your own time by Wed March 30th.

Monday, March 21, 2022

 ELA

1. Discuss Animal Farm Chapter 9

2. Read Animal Farm Chapter 10 - YAY!!!! We've made it to the last chapter

3. Notes on fictional narrative writing introductions

4. Work on writing first draft of narrative essays following the format discussed in class and guidelines on the assignments

Science:

1 - Warm Up (completed in class)

2 - Index Fossils: Notes & Practice (completed in class, notes are in GC)

3 - Index Fossils Review (GC assignment; complete for HW if you did not finish in class)

Core Connections:

1. Finish the Snakes and St. Patrick credible sources activity.

2. Make sure you've completed the Hope Is figurative language activity and Journals that were due on Friday.

Math:
1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th: Complere Two-Way Frequency Tables (doc in google classroom)

3rd: Good work on your project today. Come to class Tuesday ready to work on your project.

Friday, March 18, 2022

 Core Connections

1. Make sure you've completed all aspects of the Reflection spreadsheet work that we did during class.

2. Three Journals due today

3.  Snakes, St. Patrick's Day, and the Fossil Record (finding credible sources classroom activity) 

Science

1 - Warm Up #3 (finished in class; submitted in GC)

2 - Mold & Cast Fossil Activity (classwork)

3 - "Show What You Know" Fossils review quiz (done & checked in class)

4 - Fossils Puzzle (in GC; completed in class; finish for HW if you did not finish)

5 - LearnEd Notebook assignment - posted in GC; follow directions

Thursday, March 17, 2022

 Social Studies:

1.  Complete warm up #2 on your Q4 Warm up doc (classwork)

2.  Review the slide show in GC on NC Ch. 9 section 4 (classwork)

3.  Review the Q4 syllabus (classwork)

4. Review for your quiz on Reconstruction next Monday (homework)4

5.  Finish ATSOU #6 Heartland Questions 1-5 (classwork)

Science:

1 -  Warm Up (classwork)

2 - Fossils Notes (classwork)

3 - Fossils Review (classwork for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th)

4 - EdPuzzle: Fossil Types - finish for homework if you did not finish in class

5 - BrainPop Fossils Movie & Quiz - finish for homework if you did not finish in class

Math:

1st: INB p79 Line of best fit

INB p80 Write Equation of line of best fit

Complete Practice (in class and turn in at the end of class)
HW: IXL FF Identify Line of Best Fit (go to 100) and IXL FF10 (go to 80)

2nd: INB p79 Line of best fit

INB p80 Write Equation of line of best fit

Complete Practice (in class and turn in at the end of class)
HW: IXL FF Identify Line of Best Fit (go to 100) 

3rd: Printed Notes p103-104 Calculator Instructions

INB p105 Compare Functions

IXL CC2 (warmup) & IXL CC4 (homework)

Quadratic Review Sheet due Monday

Selfie and Picture for Parabola Project due at the beginning of class Friday

4th: INB p79 Line of best fit

INB p80 Write Equation of line of best fit

Complete Practice (in class and turn in at the end of class)
HW: IXL FF Identify Line of Best Fit (go to 100) 

5th: INB p79 Line of best fit

INB p80 Write Equation of line of best fit

Complete Practice (in class and turn in at the end of class)
HW: IXL FF Identify Line of Best Fit (go to 100) and IXL FF10 (go to 80) ((optional)

Core Connections

1. Finish your Reflection Spreadsheet activities.

2. Begin the Snakes, St. Patrick, and the Fossil Record.

3. Work on Journals

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

 ELA

1. Animal Farm Chapter 8 Vocabulary due 3/17/22

2. Animal Farm Chapter 8 Questions due 3/17/22

3. Animal Farm Chapter 8 Character Analysis due 3/17/22

4. Read Animal Farm Chapter 9 as a class

Science:

1 - Warm Up (posted in GC if you missed class today)

2 - Watch the Geologic Time Scale video if you missed class today. 

2 - Notes on Geologic Time Eras (posted in GC if you missed class today)

3 - Finish the Geologic Time Organizer with events.  Cut / paste the event into the correct section of the chart.  Finish this if you did not finish in class today. 

Social Studies:

1.  Create a new Q4 warm up doc and complete warm up entry #1 (classwork)

2.  Review the Q4 Syllabus in GC (classwork)

3.  Read NC Ch.9 section 4 and take notes as you read (Classwork)  Answer questions 1-4 on p.311 on a piece of paper and turn in your paper when finished! 

4.  Quiz on Reconstruction next week (homework)

Math:
1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th:

In class took notes p74, 75, 76, & 77.

Complete "Sort by Association" in google classroom

Complete IXL EE16 (go to 100 smartscore)

3rd:
Went over Friday's test in class

Introduced Project - have a selfie and parabola picture for project due by the beginning of class Friday

Quadratic Review - show work; due Monday March 21st

Core Connections:

1. End of Quarter Reflections - Spreadsheet work using your grades

2.  Journals (3 Due by Friday).

Friday, March 11, 2022

 Science;

1 - Finish today's Warm Up (if you missed class) and submit your Warm Ups for this week.

2 - Finish your Most Wanted Pathogen mini-project and submit by 6 pm tonight.  This will count as your first grade for 4th quarter. 

3 - No school for you on Monday or Tuesday.  Enjoy your weekend!

Social Studies:

1.  Watch the first 25 minutes of "America the Story of Us" Episode 6 called "Heartland".  (classwork)

2.  Answer the questions 1-3 about the film (classwork)

Thursday, March 10, 2022

ELA

1. Finish Animal Farm Chapter 7 assignments - due tonight

2. Finish plot map for narrative writing essay

3. Read Chapter 8 of Animal Farm

Core Connections

1.  Discuss your Birds And activity with another group (Think-Pair- Share - and Share Again!)

2. Finish your bird silhoutte.

3.  Tomorrow's journal is posted - Hope Is... figurative language review on Google Forms.

4. Check for missing work -specifically 

• Birds And 
• Birds and Art, 
• Bird Research and 
• Tic Tac Crow.

Social Studies:

1.  Review the 16.2 notes from the America text in GC (classwork)

2.  Review the video on Reconstruction (classwork)

3.  Qualify your project!  Only 1 day remaining! (classwork)

4.  Review your new unit vocab.  Quiz next week! (homework)

REMINDER:  Enrichment cluster products must be qualified before 3:45 tomorrow.  NO ADDITIONAL EXTENSIONS WILL BE PROVIDED!  The due date for project completion was last Friday, March 4.

Products must reflect 8th grade level work revealing that a proper investigation has been made and creative efforts to produce a product have been completed.

Science:

1 - Warm Up (completed in class)

2 - Most Wanted Pathogen mini-project (classwork) We will work on this during class tomorrow as well.

Math: TEST TOMORROW, Friday March 11th

pdf and video of review sheet are posted in google classroom

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

 Social Studies:

1.  Qualify your product presentation before Friday! (classwork)

2.  Make sure that you have completed your Flocabulary assignment "Reconstruction" (classwork)

2.  America 16.1 Read Aloud/Discussion (classwork)

3.  Read America Ch. 16 Section 2 and take notes "The Battle over Reconstruction" (homework)

Science:

1 - Warm Up (see GC if you missed class today)

2 - Finish your Contagion reflection questions (posted in GC) if you did not finish during class or MTSS today. 

3 - Please finish any missing work! This is the last week of the quarter. 

Core Connections

1. Birds And... (Jamboard Think-Pair-Share Actvity)

2 . Make sure you've finished your Journal - Birds and Art activity from yesterday.

3.  Finish your Bird Silhoutte painting/cutout.

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

 Math:

1st - Test Friday

2nd - Work on Review Sheet; Test Friday

3rd - Finish word problems from class; Review Sheet due Wed at 11:59pm; Test Friday

4th - Work on Review Sheet; Test Friday

5th - Test Friday

Science:

1 - Warm Up (posted in GC)

2 - Contagion, Day 2   Movie guides will be collected for a classwork grade this week!

Core Connections:

1. Bird Silhoutte Art: Read the article about contemporary art project and answer the questions as a journal article.  

2.  Refer to your Bird Research (due today) and pull the picture from your chosen bird that shows it flying.

3.  Draw, then PAINT, then cut out your bird. silhoutte.  

Monday, March 7, 2022

Core Connections

Class Registration is today. Several people have not submitted their Google Forms that we went through with Ms. Dodson and Ms. O'Kane on Feb. 28.   It is required that you complete this even if you think you might go to a different high school.  You can copy and paste the link.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdcgCJRYl-eTmkJvZuAPjP0slP6ncZeR-m_mGk44DbGQsRTyg/viewform

Social Studies:

1.  Make sure that your warm up doc for Q3 has been submitted in GC.  You have had 2 weeks to make sure that the document is complete!  (classwork)

2.  Create a quizlet for the new unit vocab:  Reconstruction (classwork)

3.  Begin the Flocabulary "Reconstruction" assignment.  This will be your first graded assignment of Q4. (classwork and homework)

4.  Qualify your Enrichment Cluster presentation (classwork)

ELA

1. Animal Farm Chapter 6 Vocab due tonight

2. Animal Farm Chapter 6 Character Analysis due tonight

3. Animal Farm Chapter 6 Questions due tonight

4. Work on narrative writing essay plot map

Science:

1 - Warm Up (posted in GC if you were absent)

2 - Contagion - Bring back your movie guide tomorrow.  You will use it in class each day as we view the film and discuss. 

Math:
1st: Took notes p72 & 73 Word Problems; Finish classwork worksheet; Test Friday

2nd: Took notes p72 & 73 Word Problems; Finish setting equations for the front of the worksheet; Test Friday

3rd: Took notes p100, 101, & 102; Will finish p102 in class Tuesday; Finish characteristics of quadratic functions worksheet (using desmos); Test Friday

4th: Took notes p72 & 73 Word Problems; Finish front of classwork worksheet; Test Friday

5th: Took notes p72 & 73 Word Problems; Finish front of classwork worksheet: Test Friday

Friday, March 4, 2022

 ELA

1. Finish Animal chapter 5 activities - started yesterday

2. Read Animal Farm chapter 6

3. Work on narrative writing plot map for your specific essay

Science

1 - Warm Up (completed in class; submit today)

2 - Watch the cholera video (shown in class; linked in the slideshow if you are absent)

3 - Finish How Lou Got the Flu (in GC) if you didn't finish in class. 

4 - Finish Solve the Outbreak (in GC) if you didn't finish in class.  Follow directions. 

Core Connections

1. Finish the Bird Research

2. Tic Tac Crow activity

Social Studies:

1.  Make sure that your Enrichment Cluster investigation and product creation are complete.  You will "qualify" for the 5th grade presentation next week.  

*Make sure that your presentation is 8-10 minutes in length.  Most groups will present 2x, some groups will present 1x. If your project is incomplete by next Wednesday, you will be an audience member.  

*Make sure that the text that you are providing is split up into manageable parts

Thursday, March 3, 2022

ELA

1. Do all Animal Farm Chapter 5 assignments on google classroom

2. Work on narrative writing notes

3. Begin selecting each historical event for our narrative writing paper and working on your plot outline

Math:

1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th:

Notes p71 Solve by Substitution

Practice sheet (work on in class and turn in at the end of class)
Homework: systems google form

3rd: Notes p78 Graph using vertex

Practice sheet (work on in class and turn in at the end of class)

Homework: 1/3 sheet - graph using vertex and tables on your own graph paper

Science

1 - Warm Up (completed in class)

2 - How Pandemics Spread (watched & discussed in class)

3 - Finish "Epidemic or Pandemic?" assignment in Google Classroom.  Follow directions.

Core Connections:

If your class is able to handle it, bird watching. We're near an Important Bird Area: Eno River Bottomlands. 

If we're not able to, there is an alternate assignment.

 

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

 ELA

1. Journal prompt on google classroom

2. Read chapter 5 of Animal Farm

3. Continue narrative writing notes

Science:

1 - Warm Up (classwork)

2 - Finish the West Nile Virus Transmission game questions if you did not turn this in during class.  This will count as a lab grade.

3 - Finish the West Nile Virus BrainPop video & quiz if you did not finish during class. 

Core Connections:

1. Please make sure your bird sculpture is completed. 

2. Continue/working on the Bird Research Google Doc.  

3. We'll need cereal boxes/shoe boxes for the next step - painting.

4.  Do you have any questions regarding 9th grade registration?

Social Studies:

1.  Test today.

2.  Make sure that you bring your supplies to work on your enrichment cluster product TOMORROW!

Math:
1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th: Took notes p70 Find other coordinate

Practice doc posted in GC(classwork and finish for homework)

3rd: Took notes p97 Vertex

Practice doc posted in GC (classwork and finish for homework)

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

 Social Studies:

1. Play Jeopardy!  Review game is posted in GC.(classwork)

2.  Continue to work on your Enrichment Cluster investigation.  You should be producing a product which will be presented to a 5th grade audience on March 22.  All products should be completed by this Friday.

3.  Test Tomorrow.  Be prepared by reviewing the notes in the study guide list, your vocab and by playing the Jeopardy game. 

Science

1 - Warm Up (classwork; see today's slideshow if you are absent)

2 - Infectious Disease notes (use today's slideshow if you are absent)

3 - Infectious Disease Review, Section 11.3  Use your textbook (Section 11.3) to answer the questions posted in GC. 

Math:

1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th:

Worked on word problems in class (digital copy posted in GC for those who were absent)

Homework: complete systems google form

3rd:

Worked on graphing sheet in class

Complete IXL BB3 to 85 smartscore or 20 active minutes

Homework (and worked on during mtss): Solve by Factoring Sheet - you will need to use the quadratic formula on the 3rd column; leave your answers with a square root

Core Connections:

1. Finish your bird sculpture.

2. Ask  if you have any questions about high school registration - I'm here to help.

3. Bird Research - Allaboutbirds.com is a good site for most info.

4.  Don't forget your cereal box/shoebox.  We'll be painting towards the end of the week.  

ELA

1. Chapter 4 Assignments due for HW

2. Narrative Writing Intro