Thursday, November 30, 2023

 Core Connections:

You should have completed your Estuary Booklet 

Today, we're working on Social Studies - the Amendment Project - make sure your citations follow the requirements.  

ELA:

1) All requests for printouts (for anything you want printed for your project presentation trifold) are due today by 4pm.

2) Unfamiliar Vocab practice questions -- due Monday (12/4)

3) Presentations must be prepared by Tuesday, 12/5, so we can do practice presentations.

4) Final projects are due Wednesday, 12/6 at 8am

5) Unfamiliar Vocab Unit Test is on Friday next week (12/8). You got a paper copy of the study guide yesterday (lost it? It is also attached to the unit test assignment in Jupiter).

**Parents: I sent a signup Google form via ClassTag on Monday. Please respond to it if you (or another adult in your child's life) would like to attend the alien project presentations next week. 

Science:

1 - Finish the Ocean Zones - Neritic Zone assignment if you did not finish during class today. 

2 - Finish your Estuary Booklet, if you have not given it to me already. 

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Core Connections:

Today is a project work day.

1.  Science -Estuary Booklet - due Today

2.  ELA Alien Project -  checklist

3.  SS-Constitution Project

We will revisit My Story, Our Story, History tomorrow.

Social Studies:

1.  Use the suggested resource list in GC to continue to add notes about your selected Amendment. 

2.  Check out the awesome Hamilton contest posted in GC.  See me as soon as possible if interested! 

ELA:

1) All requests for printouts (for anything you want printed for your project presentation trifold) are due by tomorrow at 4pm.

2) Unfamiliar Vocab practice questions -- due Monday (12/4)

3) Presentations must be prepared by Tuesday, 12/5, so we can do practice presentations.

4) Final projects are due Wednesday, 12/6 at 8am

5) Unfamiliar Vocab Unit Test is on Friday next week (12/8). You got a paper copy of the study guide yesterday (lost it? It is also attached to the unit test assignment in Jupiter).

**Parents: I sent a signup Google form via ClassTag on Monday. Please respond to it if you (or another adult in your child's life) would like to attend the alien project presentations next week. 

Science:

1 - Finish the Intertidal Zone assignment in Google Classroom if you did finish in class today. 

2 - Finish the Hydrosphere LearnEd assignment if you did not finish in class or during MTSS today. See Google Classroom for details.

3 - Finish your Estuary Booklet, if you asked me about an extension or did not turn it in today. Follow directions and do your best work ~ neatness counts!

4 - Please remind your parent to complete the NC Estuarium Field Trip permission form (sent via email and ClassTag).  We are still waiting for permission for several students.  Your parent also needs to pay for this trip through the Titan/Linq pay portal.

Español:

Favor trabajar en su tarea de las cinco oraciones de Padlet en casa hoy. 

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Core Connections:

Today is a project work day at your Core Teachers' request.  Please work on the following priorities.

1.  Estuary Booklet:  Complete this (Due Wednesday).  Check the rubric for required information on each page of the booklet.  Also, Mrs. Graham has asked for "limited pencil."  Please review her guidelines.

2.  ELA Checklist for your Alien Project:  Each group's folder has a yellow checklist that you need to delegate and complete.

3. SS Constitution Amendment Project:  Begin your research - this project requires extensive and annotated research.

4.  Have you turned in your Google Form Permission Slip for the Estuary Field Trip?  

ELA:

1) All requests for printouts (for anything you want printed for your project presentation trifold) are due by Thursday at 4pm.

2) Unfamiliar Vocab practice questions -- due Monday (12/4)

3) Presentations must be prepared by Tuesday, 12/5, so we can do practice presentations.

4) Final projects are due Wednesday, 12/6 at 8am

5) Unfamiliar Vocab Unit Test is on Friday next week (12/8). You got a paper copy of the study guide yesterday (lost it? It is also attached to the unit test assignment in Jupiter).

Social Studies:

1.  Continue to work on your research project.

2.  Test on Westward next Tuesday, December 5th

Study Materials

ATSOU #3 Map

Vocab

America 9.1, 9.2 and 9.4 Readings and notes

Flocab: War of 1812

L5R5, L6R6 (I.N.)

Westward Expansion Trading Card

Violation or No Violation

American Values Graphic Organizer (Discover Ed)

Science:

1 - Your Estuary Booklet is due tomorrow.  Follow instructions, check the rubric, and do your best work. Neatness is important!

2 - Work on the Ocean Zones - Intertidal Zone assignment posted in Google Classroom. You will have part of class tomorrow to work on this. 

3 - Bring your Hydrosphere LearnEd notebook to class tomorrow. 

Español

Por favor, no olvide hacer su tarea de las cinco oraciones en su Padlet

Monday, November 27th, 2023

 ELA:

1) Cover slide edits & Request for Printout (due by 4pm today) -- the Request for Printout is attached to your "Final Project" assignment in Jupiter.

2) All Requests for Printouts -- due by Thursday at 4pm

3) Period 2 only: Final grammar quiz (Wednesday)

4) Unfamiliar Vocab practice questions -- due Monday

Core Connections

1. Project Work Day - Estuary Booklet, ELA Alien, Constitution Project.

2. Please make sure you've turned in your Field Trip Permission Form.

Social Studies:

1.  Continue to read and review resources which provide notes on your Amendment for Part 1 of the project.  You will have workdays Monday-Thursday this week.  Part 1 will be collected for a grade next Monday, December 4th.

2.  Add 1 term to the WESTWARD vocab study set:  manifest destiny (the belief that the expansion of the American continents was both justified and inevitable).

Test on Westward next Tuesday, December 5th. 

Science:

1 - Finish the Ocean Water Chemistry assignment if you did not finish during class today. 

2 - Work on your Estuary Booklet.  This is due on Wednesday. Follow instructions and use the rubric to check yourself.  Neatness counts ~ do your best work!

Español

No olvides hacer tu tarea de las cinco oraciones en tu Padlet hoy. 

Friday, November 17, 2023

Core Connections:

Please make sure you are using your project work days wisely for the Estuary Booklet (science).

ELA:

Period 2: Final 4 grammar concepts due Friday at 11:59pm

Period 2: Final grammar quiz on Wednesday, 11/29

Science:

Your Estuary Booklet mini-project is due Wednesday, November 29.  You may work on this project over the break if you'd like. Follow directions carefully and do your best work! Neatness counts.  The rubric and instructions for this project are posted in Google Classroom. 

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving break! See you back at school on Monday, November 27.

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Core Connections:

During this work day, please make sure you've completed the following:

1.  ELA Check-point #4 
2.  Annotations for the Science Estuary Booklet - please show them to me for feedback before beginning the booklet.

This time is important for feedback, opportunity for revisions, and work completion.  Use your time wisely.  Ask for help!

Science:

1 - Finish your annotations of "All About Estuaries in NC" if you did not finish today during Science or Core Connections class.  

2 - Begin working on your Estuary Booklet mini-project. Follow directions (posted in Google Classroom). You may want to use your paper booklet as a draft (for planning purposes to decide where to put information and pictures), and then do your final project on cardstock.  (See Mrs. Graham if you would like cardstock for your booklet.) 

Espanol: 

-Recuerda hacer la tarea en Padlet hoy. 

ELA:

Checkpoint #4 final draft is due at 4pm tomorrow.

**Note: Tomorrow is not designated as a project work day. The first priority is introducing and understanding expectations for final project revisions and the presentation. Do not rely on ELA class to finish checkpoint 4.**

Social Studies:

1.  Complete warm up #14 (classwork)

2.  Watch the guest speaker video featuring Mr. Bryant Wright (classwork)

3.  Set up your doc "S.S. Project-Part 1".  Copy and past the 6 breakdown questions onto the doc and begin to research your Amendment.  Start with the Constitution Center resources (constitutioncenter.org) (classwork and homework)

Wednesday, November 15th, 2023

 ELA:

1) Checkpoint #4 peer review (due tomorrow)

2) Checkpoint #4 final draft (due Friday)

Social Studies:

1.  Complete warm up #13 (classwork)

2.  Legacy Questions Share and 4 Corners game (classwork)

3.  Project 1 Outline and Discussion:  Legacy of our Democracy (classwork)

4.  Pick the Amendment you wish to research for Part 1 by tomorrow (homework) 

Science:

1 - Finish your Hydrosphere LearnEd assignment from Tuesday (pages 19-20; see Google Classroom for details).

2 - Finish both EdPuzzle assignments about Water Treatment if you have not finished these yet. 

3 - Finish the MTSS assignment, "Testing the Waters," if you did not finish during MTSS today.  See details in Google Classroom.

4 - If this applies to you: Finish and submit your Water Quality Lab Report!!!!

Espanol: 

- Favor, recuerda hacer tu tarea de las cinco oraciones en Padlet

- Estudia para la evaluacion de manana. 

Core Connections:

Hopefully, you have used your work days wisely in Core Connections.  

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

 Social Studies:

1. Complete warm up #12 (classwork)

2.  Complete the I.N. activities L6 and R6 (classwork)

3.  Complete the responses to the Legacy Questions (classwork and homework)

Science:

1 - Water Quality Lab Report is due today by 3:45 (unless you have been given an extension from Mrs. Graham - you know who you are). 

2 - Complete the two Ed Puzzle assignments about the water treatment process.  These are due by 11:59 on Wednesday, 11/15.

3 - Complete pages 19-20 in your Hydrosphere LearnEd notebook.  See more details in Google Classroom. These will be checked at the beginning of your science class period on Thursday, 11/16.

Monday, November 13, 2023

 ELA:

1. Checkpoint 4 rough draft - due Wednesday

2. Roots quiz - on Wednesday

Period 2 only: Open-note quiz on your next 3 grammar concepts on Tuesday. See the assignment in Jupiter for more details about the notes you are allowed to bring.

Core Connections:

1. Today is a project work day for the Science Lab Reports, which are due on Tuesday for Mrs. Graham.

2.  Please make sure you've submitted the Card you made for Story Corp. These cards are a project grade.  The rubric is on the last page of Letter of Introduction. 

Social Studies:

1.  Complete warm up #11 (classwork)

2.  Complete the 5W's Westward Trading Card and present (classwork)

3.  Study your Westward vocab (homework)

Español:

- No olvides hacer tu tarea en Padlet hoy. 

- Estudia para la evaluacion de mañana. Sera sobre las dos ultimas lecturas y sobre la ultima asignacion de clase (Evaluado-preguntas personales y las rutinas)

Science:

Keep working on your Water Quality Lab Report. This is due by 3:45 on Tuesday, November 14. Follow all directions carefully and use the rubric to check your work.  You may want an adult or older sibling to proofread your work before your submit. 

Thursday, November 9, 2023

Core Connections:  

Today is a Project Work Day.  Please use this time to gain feedback and help on your science lab report, revisions to ELA's Check-in #3, or ELA Check-in #4.  

If you need to bring art supplies, I have small, clear plastic bins.  You may borrow them, write your name on them, and store them in my classroom while you work on the Artifact in ELA.

Also, please make sure you've submitted the Timeline activity and your hand-made card for the My Story, Our Story, History CC project.

Social Studies:

1.  Make sure that you have finished Flocabulary "War of 1812" by tonight at 11:59 (homework)

2.  Continue to work on your 5W's Westward Trading Card.  You will have 20 additional minutes to work on the card on Monday before you present your information to your peers.  Remember the EQ:  How did America grow and expand as a nation during this time (1800's-1850's) (homework)

3.  Continue to study your new unit vocab (homework)

ELA:

1) Finish today's MTSS assignment, if not done during class.

2) Go through the Roots quizlet. For each flashcard, look at the root on the front and try to think of the definition. Then flip it over to see if you were right. Keep track of how many you get right. Record that number in your data chart (posted in Jupiter Materials).

3) Checkpoint 4 rough draft - due Wednesday

4) Roots quiz - on WednesdaySci

Period 2 only: Quiz on next 3 grammar concepts on Tuesday. This is OPEN NOTE. See the assignment in Jupiter for details. 

Spanish: 

- Do your Padlet homework, and make sure you have the 4 posts done this evening.

- Study for the written evaluation on Tuesday: Presente simple, pasado simple y pasado imperfecto.

Science:

Work on your Water Quality Lab Report.  Your completed Lab Report is due on Tuesday, November 14. Follow all directions (posted in Google Classroom) and proofread your work carefully! The Honors' Level Options are available to anyone who would like to attempt these. 

Happy Veterans' Day! Enjoy your 3-day weekend!

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

 Social Studies:

1.  Take test 1 (classwork)

2.  Review the notes on "Louisiana Purchase" 9.2 in GC (classwork)

3.  Complete the Flocabulary assignment "War of 1812"  (classwork and homework)

Core Connections:

There is no official homework - but you'll want to make sure you've made adequate progress with the following:

• Finishing the card for StoryCorps (art, address, letter)
• Timeline
• Interactive notebook assignments
• Science Lab Report

Science:

1 - Study for tomorrow's quiz on water properties, the water cycle, freshwater, and water quality. Use the posted review material found in Google Classroom.

2 - Finish p. 17 in your Hydrosphere LearnEd notebook if you did not finish in class today. 

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

 Social Studies:

1.  Review the notes in GC from last night's reading (America 9.1) (classwork)

2.  Play Jeopardy Review for tomorrow's test (classwork) JEOPARDY GAME

3.  Read America 9.2 "The Louisiana Purchase" pp. 314-319 and take bullet pt notes as you go (classwork and homework if not finished in class)

4.  Continue to review for your test on US Gov using the posted materials!  The Jeopardy Review game will be posted at the end of the day for further review!

ELA:

1) Periods 1, 3, 4, 5: Study for the grammar quiz tomorrow.

2) All classes: If you have not completed your Checkpoint 1 Data Analysis in Google Classroom yet, finish it before tomorrow.

Science:

1 - Study for Thursday's quiz on water properties, freshwater, water quality, and the water cycle. Use the posted review material in Google Classroom.  Study the slideshows posted in the "Water" topic in Google Classroom. 

2 - Work on your Water Quality Lab Report.  Follow all directions in Google Classroom.  Finish the Purpose section and begin your Procedure section. Take your time, write clearly, and do your best work. 

Core Connections:

No homework. We will continue with timelines tomorrow.

Monday, November 6, 2023

 Social Studies:

1.  Finish ATSOU episode 3 "Westward" (classwork)

2.  Create a new study set:  WESTWARD (words are listed in GC/classwork)

3.  Read in the America text Ch.9 Section 1 pp.310-313.  Take notes as you read.  (classwork and homework)

4.  Study for your test using the posted study materials (homework)

Science:

1 - Finish the hardness and sediment & suspended sediment rows of your Water Quality chart.  Use the Water Quality information posted in Google Classroom. Finish any incomplete sections on your chart. 

2 - Study for Thursday's quiz.  Use the posted study materials - look for "Quiz Review Material" in Google Classroom, posted on November 3.  

Spanish

Do your Padlet homework this evening. 

ELA:

1) Periods 1, 3, 4, 5: Study for your grammar quiz on Wednesday.

2) Period 2: Your next 3 grammar concepts from "Checkpoint 2 Grammar Review" document (in Jupiter) are due tomorrow.

Friday, November 3rd, 2023

 ELA:

1) Period 2: Due Tuesday: Work through 3 more grammar concepts from the "Checkpoint 2 Grammar Review" document. Make sure you select them in this signup form.

2) Periods 1, 3, 4, 5: Finish the "Check-in 1 Data Analysis" in Google Classroom.

3) Periods 1, 3, 4, 5: Quiz on ALL grammar concepts from "Checkpoint 2 Grammar Review" on Wednesday. A list of study resources is listed on the quiz assignment in Jupiter.

Science:

Study for your quiz on November 9.  Study your notes on water properties, the water cycle, freshwater, and water quality. Use the review material posted in Google Classroom.  Look for "Quiz Review Material" posted today, November 3.

Finish any of these sections on your Water Properties chart if you did not complete them already: temperature, turbidity, pH, and DO. 

Thursday, November 2, 2023

 ELA:

1) Periods 1, 3, 4, 5: Finish all concepts in Checkpoint 2 Grammar Review Google Doc.

2) Periods 1, 3, 4, 5: Quiz on all grammar concepts on Wednesday.

3) Period 2: Three more grammar concepts from the Checkpoint 2 Grammar Review Google Doc. 

Spanish: Do your Padlet homework. Make sure you have turned in every post this week by tomorrow 8:00 pm

Science:
Read the pH and dissolved oxygen sections of the Water Quality Information.  Complete these sections of your Water Properties chart (the back of today's notes). Remember to write in your own words for the "Important Facts" and to list the important vocabulary words for each section. (Also: Finish the temperature and turbidity sections if you did not finish these from Wednesday.)

Social Studies:

1.  Complete warm up #9 (classwork)

2.  Gimkit Vocab review US GOV (classwork)

3.  I.N. activities L4 and R4 "Bill of Rights" and "Principles of the Constitution" (classwork)

4.  Study for your US GOV test on 11/8 (homework)

Core Connections:

Please work on your Card for your letter of introduction. I hope that you will complete all aspects by Friday.  Double-check the mailing addresses.  

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

 Social Studies:

1.  Complete warm up #8 (classwork)

2.  Complete the 1,2,3,4 Poster on What is Democracy? (classwork)

3.  Study for your test next Wednesday, Nov.8th on US Government

STUDY Materials:  Interactive Notebook Government reference sheet, US Gov Vocab, Crash Course Video, Preamble School House Rock, The Constitution worksheet, 3 Branches worksheet, Role of the US President website, Bill of Rights Graphic Organizer, Violation or No Violation worksheet

Science:

1 - Read the temperature and turbidity sections of the Water Quality Information.  Complete these sections of your Water Properties chart (the back of today's notes). Remember to write in your own words for the "Important Facts" and to list the important vocabulary words for each section. 

2 - Finish the "What is Groundwater?" EdPuzzle assignment if you did not finish during class today. Be sure you watch all the way to the end of the video, or your score will not be submitted.  

ELA:

1. Periods  1, 3, 4, 5: Finish all concepts in the Checkpoint 2 Grammar Review document by Friday.

2. Period 2: Study for your grammar quiz tomorrow (on the 3 concepts you chose). You can find a list of study materials in the directions for the quiz in Jupiter.

Spanish: 

- Do your five sentence homework and post it in the right Padlet. 

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