End of Year Slideshow and Group Picture

 Congratulations to you!

Here is a link to a video of the end of year slideshow played at the beginning of ceremony.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F8rOcNdLaQxQv8lU44fyCxb_3w082Onq/view?usp=sharing

Here is a link to a group 8th grade photo:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12rxMGEjRvNLQXMBMHkhkMSuB8OeE4b48/view?usp=sharing

Have a great summer!

Monday, May 23, 2022

 Please bring back your textbooks (science & SS) if you have not already done this!  THANKS!

Core Connections

1. Refer back to your Two Truths and a Lie assignment on 3/31 in GC.  Reread your slides and the three cites you chose.  Do you remember which one was the fallacy/lie?

2.  Think-Pair-Share:  Share your old Two Truths and a Lie examples with a friend and with another classmate.  

3. Read TODAY's discussion article from the LA Times about NC politics.  NC Politics are notorious for smear and mudslinging campaigns.  

4.  Read WRAL's useful information about their coverage of local politics.

5.  Use the Fallacy Review to find examples of fallacies in last week's election campaign advertisements.   The ones I notice most often are bandwagon and slippery slope.  

Tuesday, May 17th, 2022

 ELA

1. Google Form Reading Passage: " Dingoes: Dangerous or Desperate" 

Science:

1 - Complete the EOG Review LearnEd notebook pages 18-19.  Attach pictures of your completed work in Google Classroom for on-time credit. 

2 - Review and practice the Brain Dump strategy you learned in class for marking your periodic table.  A video is posted in Google Classroom if you need to see this again (or if you missed class last week). I have also posted a link to a periodic table that can be printed if you would like a hard copy.  Let me know if you have any questions. 

Have a GREAT day and I'll see you Wednesday! 

Core Connections

1. Please do the Google Form with the reading for Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken

Monday, May 16, 2022

Core Connections

1. Google Form for Monday, 5/16

Science:

Complete pages 12-13 (Diversity of Life) and 16 (Health &Disease) in your EOG Review LearnEd notebook.  You  must upload pictures of your completed work in Google Classroom for on-time credit.  Let me know if you have any questions!

Math: Complete Review Form #2

Friday, May 13, 2022

 ELA

1. "A Treasure Found" Reading Passage and Question Google Form

2. "The Shells of Sanibel Island" Reading Passage and Question Google Form

Core Connections

1. Please make sure you've completed any missing work.

2. Biotech review of LearnEd supporting work.

3.  Submit Story Corp, Time Capsule, Reflections from this week.

4.  Make sure you've completed and finalized your Digital Portfolios for 8th Grade Adventure Pages and your Rachel Carson mini-projects. Don't forget to spell-check your work.

Math:

All classes - finish Review Form from class

Thursday, May 12, 2022

 ELA

1. Go over Reading for Informational Text Test Prep Worksheet

2. Complete Reading Literature Test Prep Worksheet - due tonight at 11:59pm

Science

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

2 - Review Games (classwork)

3 - EOG Review LearnEd for Earth History (pages 10-11)

4 - Practice or review the Brain Dump strategy you've practiced in class this week! You will do this again tomorrow by yourself, possibly for a grade.  See today's slideshow for a completed copy of the Brain Dump on the periodic table.

Core Connections

1.  Finish andy incomplete work.

2.  Options for Reflections Journal Prompts

a. Virtual Parks

b. Bird Cams

c. Museum Trip

d. Shark Tracker

Social Studies:

1.  Study and play Jeopardy!

https://www.superteachertools.us/jeopardyx/jeopardy-review-game.php?gamefile=2733021#.Yn09NOjMKM8

Math:

1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th: Functions Review Form

3rd: left side of quadratics and zeros review sheet

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

 ELA

1. Go over and review test prep answers for yesterdays worksheet

2. Reading for Informational Text Test Prep Worksheet - due tonight at 11:59pm

Social Studies:

1.  Complete Trading card #4.  Make sure that you fill the back of the card.  You will share tomorrow.

2.  Open note test on Friday:  Civil Rights Movement.

Core Connection

1. Finish the Time Capsule.

2. Complete any missing work.

3. If you're caught up, work on the Story Corp activities.

Math:
1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th: IXL E1 (85 smartscore or 20 active minutes)

3rd: IXL G2 and G3 (85 smartscore or 20 active minutes for EACH)

Spanish: Final Exam Thursday, May 12th

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Core Connections

1. Time Capsule writing activities.

2. Complete any missing assignments in GC. 

ELA

1. EOG Passages and Questions worksheets

Math: finish any unfinished classwork

Spanish: final exam Thursday, May 12th

Science:

1 - Warm Up #2 (see GC for questions if you missed any of this)

2 - Brain Dump for periodic table (practiced in class)

3 - Review Games (classwork)

4 - Finish the Biotechnology & Microbes Quiz in GC if you haven't done this yet.  It counts as a quiz grade. It is open-note.  Use your slideshows (posted in GC) and LearnEd notebook (dark green - Biotech). This is due on Wednesday. 

Social Studies:

1.  Review notes and key terms on the Civil Rights Movement: 1950s-1960s.  Test on Friday. (Open Note)

Monday, May 9, 2022

 ELA

1. Reading Comprehension Review Jeopardy

Science:

1 - Warm Up #1 (see GC if you were absent from class today)

2 - Microbes Review (study today's slideshow if you were absent)

3 - Finish Biotech:Cloning video / quiz from BrainPop if you haven't done this yet.

4 - Biotech / Microbes Quiz - due on Wednesday. This is open-note, but you need to work alone.  Ask me if you need help!

Core Connections

I'm out today.  Today's assignment includes the following.  Please do them in order. 
1. EOG Coach Book PowerPoint
2. Google Form Quiz that Goes with it.  (Scored for accuracy)
3. Supplemental Reading on Dolly the Sheep (First Cloned Mammal)

Social Studies:

1.  Make sure that you have turned in your Q4 Warm Up doc!  You have had 2 weeks to fill in any missing posts.  

2.  Complete Trading Card #3/Civil Rights Movement

3.  Study your notes and key terms on the Civil Rights Era.  Final TEST this Friday.  It will be open note!

3.  Grading will be complete by this Friday.  Make sure that everything is turned in to me by that day!  I will not process any additional grades for social studies after Friday at 3:00

Spanish: End of Year Exam is Thursday, May 12th

Math:

1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th - Completed Volume sheet in class; Complete Volume Google form for homework

3rd: Took lots of Geometry notes in class (see google classroom); complete Area google form and Volume google form for homework

Friday, May 6, 2022

 Science

1 - Warm Up #5 & submit all Warm Ups for this week (see GC for slideshows if you missed any day)

2 - Biotechnology Review (study today's slideshow if you missed class)

3 - Biotechnology article: Read & annotate, answer questions. Submit during class today.

4 - 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th periods - Complete the BrainPop Cloning video & quiz.  Assigned in GC. 

Social Studies:

1 - Study your new unit vocab. 

2 - Create Civil Rights Trading Card #2. Pick another topic from the list or come up with your own topic.

Core Connections

1. Please finish the Biotech LearnEd Notebook pages 21 & 22.

2. I've loaded 3 GC Forms for Biotech review. The glitches are fixed - so make sure you take a look.

    1. Form 1 is Old EOG questions.  

    2. Form 2 reviews the LearnEd Healthcare content.

    3. Form 3 reviews the overall content in short answer formats. 

None of these should take you too long.  

Thursday, May 5, 2022

 Social Studies:

1.  Go to the History Channel webpage linked in GC.

2.  Click on the picture of MLK, Jr. at the top to watch a brief video.

3.  Review the web page by reading the information and clicking on the links.

4. Create your own timeline of 7-10 events from the Civil Rights Movement.

5. Study your new vocabulary terms.

ELA

1. Star Wars Claim vs. Counter Claim Writing - due tonight 

2. Go over and review reading passages from the week 

Math:

1st: IXL V2 (85 smartscore) and IXL V7 (answer 8 correct)

2nd: IXL V2 (85 smartscore or 20 min)

3rd: finish classwork worksheet and IXL LL13 (5 correct)

4th: IXL V2 (85 smartscore or 20 min)

5th: IXL V2 (85 smartscore)

Science:

1 - Warm Up #4 (see GC for questions if you missed class)

2 - Blooket & Kahoot Review (classwork)

3 - Complete p.6-7 in your EOG Review LearnEd notebook.

Core Connections

Please finish your Intern Application letter and peer review.  Final draft should also be submitted.  

If you're complete the Biotech Job Part 3 activities, continue working on your Biotech LearnEd Notebooks pgs. 21 and 22.

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Wednesday, May 4, 2022

 Social Studies:

1.  Complete Civil Rights Trading Card #1.

2.  Define new unit vocab in GC.  Create a non-linguistic representation of the meaning and a traditional written definition for each of the 10 terms.

ELA

1. May the 4th be with You Word Search

2. Claim vs. Counter Claim Notes

3. Claim vs. Counter Claim Star Wars Clip Activity 

Core Connections:

1.  Please complete work from Monday and  Tuesday on Biotech Jobs 1 and 2.

2.  If you've finished your Biotech Internship Application letter, please do the Peer Review Part 3.

3.  If you've finished, look through your Green Biotech LearnEd notebook vocabulary.

Science:

1 - Warm Up #3 (posted in GC if you missed it)

2 - Science Vocabulary Review / Word Root Review (classwork; handout we completed during class)

3 - Give Me 5 (classwork / review game)

4 - Finish the EOG Review LearnEd notebook pages (assigned in GC today during your class)

5 - Finish the IXL assignment posted during MTSS today, especially if you did not do this during MTSS. 

Math:
1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th: Complete Distance and Perimeter Problems (in GC)

3rd: Mean/Median/Mode/Range Practice sheet (can do old school/by hand or use graphing calculator)

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Social Studies:

1. Read over the notes in google classroom on NC Chapter 13. Using a piece of notebook paper, make a graphic organizer with 3 columns: Interesting, Important, Confusing. Write down 7-10 notes from Ch. 13 and put them in the appropriate column.

2.  Finish your Civil Rights Flocabulary assignment from yesterday.

3.  Start the Civil Rights Trading Card assignment in google classroom.

Math:
1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th: complete and turn in any missing work

3rd: Finish Monopoly Activity #1-7

Science:

1 - Warm Up #2 (see GC if you missed class today)

2 - Cell Processes & Biomolecules Review (Google doc in GC; classwork)

3 - Kahoot Review

* No homework!  Finish p.4-5 in your EOG Review LearnEd if you haven't done this yet. 

Core Connections: 

Please make sure you've finished yesterday's Biotech activities in Google Classroom

1. Bar Graph

2. Line Graph

3. Job Search

We're working on Part 3 of our Biotech Jobs Exploration Activities in GC.  Today's Goals include: 

1. Career Quiz

2. Internship Pick

3. Draft Letter to apply for the internship. 

Tomorrow, we'll work on peer reviews of our application letters.  

Monday, May 2, 2022

 Science:

2.

1 - Warm Up #1 (check slideshow if you were absent for this)

2 - Hydrosphere Review (classwork; use slideshow if you were absent)

3 - EOG LearnEd: complete p. 4-5 (Chemistry)

Core Connections

For the Biotech Jobs Part 2, please make sure you've completed.

Parts 1 and 2 (through graphs).

Math:

1st, 2nd, 4th & 5th: Pythagorean Theorem Test (word problems and distance)

3rd: IXL LL.8 (go to 100)

Click and Drag Assignment posted in google classroom

Social Studies:

1.  Quiz 1900s -1940s

2.  Flocabulary:  Civil Rights (Video, Vocab, Read and Respond, Quiz)