Tuesday, December 19

Holiday Breakfast on Wednesday - that's tomorrow! Remind your parents about what you need to bring. YAY - FOOD! Remember, your breakfast spread is as good as you make it. :)  We look forward to a wonderful morning with you.

Science:

1 - Finish the Oh, Reindeer activity from class today if you were present at school.  You may turn this in tomorrow (if you are at school) or the first day we return from winter break (if you are not at school tomorrow). 

2 - Absent today?  Complete today's Warm Up (slides are posted in Google Classroom) and submit this week's Warm Up. 

 3 - Check PowerSchool.  Finish any missing work. Email your teacher when you have completed the assignment. 

Core Connections:

Today, I read The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry out loud.  We discussed active listening. Literary devices we discussed included: Dramatic, situational, and verbal irony, context clues, foreshadowing, allegories, and literary allusion.  

Then, we went outside to Rangoli Sidewalk.

IXL and Deltamath During The Holidays

 I highly encourage students to continue using IXL and Deltamath during the holiday to keep their brains filled with numbers. Some students have outstanding assignments and have to complete them over the break. Parents can view missing assignments if connected to IXL. Ask your child their username and password. Most students have completed all their assignments and just want to keep the cobwebs out. Parents should have access to IXL and Deltamath 

Students Absent Today

 Please complete the IXL Math Diagnostic Test today if you're feeling up to it. Thanks. 

Core 1 Students Bring Sweets and Pastries on Wednesday for Holiday Breakfast.

No math homework tonight. But, a reminder that my Core 1 students should be bringing in sweets and pastries on Wednesday for our holiday breakfast. Thank you in advance. 

Mr. K

Monday, December 18, 2023

Holiday Breakfast on Wednesday! Remind your parents about what you need to bring. YAY - FOOD! Remember, your breakfast spread is as good as you make it. :)  We look forward to a wonderful morning with you.

 Science:

1 - Finish the two EdPuzzle assignments if you did not finish during class today. 

2 - Missed class?  Use today's slideshow (will be in Google Classroom after your class period today) to complete today's Notes on Limiting Factors, if you have access to a printer. No printer?  Review today's slideshow and you will get the paper copy of notes whenever you return to school

Core Connections:

Please make sure you've completed the Diwali activities.  Then check for missing work.  I have reset the Flocabulary through tomorrow.

Friday, December 15, 2023

 ELA:

1) If you did not finish the Codebreaking Slides worksheet from today's gallery walk/presentations, finish for homework. You will turn the worksheet in on Monday.

You can access all of the slideshows (as well as an electronic copy of the worksheet) via Jupiter To Do list or your Google Classroom stream.

2) If you are retesting: prepare for your retest on Monday.

Core Connections:

Please double-check the rubric for your Kwanzaa infographic.  If you need additional time for either Hanukkah activities (through Monday) that is OK.  

Thursday, December 14, 2023

 Social Studies:

1.  Make sure that you have answered the 5 questions related to the life and legacy of enslaved entrepreneur Lunsford Lane.

Science

Finish the Ecosystems Color By Number if you did not finish in class today.  Yes, you need to finish the front and the back sides.  

Core Connections:

1. Please complete the Kwanzaa activities, especially the infographic.

2. Tomorrow, you will finish Hanukkah activities and Flocabulary on Active Listening.

Our 8th Grade Holiday Breakfast  is on Wednesday, December 20.  Click here for homeroom assignments of what to bring.  Please tell your parents about this today. Yay! We look forward to a fun holiday breakfast with all of you!

Holiday Spirit Week is happening! Click here for details.  

ELA:

1) Finish codebreaking slides (if not done in class)

2) Data chart due tomorrow

3) If retesting: all other retest requirements due Friday. Retest requirements are listed on the back of your study guide. (Lost your study guide? An electronic copy is attached to the unit test assignment in Jupiter).

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Our 8th Grade Holiday Breakfast  is on Wednesday, December 20.  Click here for homeroom assignments of what to bring.  Please tell your parents about this today. Yay! We look forward to a fun holiday breakfast with all of you!

Holiday Spirit Week begins tomorrow - click here for details.  

Core Connections:

1. Please complete the Kwanzaa KWL and Infographic.

2. Continue working on your Flocabulary.

Social Studies:

1.  Review the 5 Features of Enslaved Entrepreneurship (see info in GC).

2.  Make sure that your I.N. entries for Q2 are complete.  Entries will be assessed for a quiz grade tomorrow!

*  All make up work should be submitted by Monday, December 18th!!

I.N. Activities for Q2

L1 13 states, R1 Articles of Confederation

L2 Compromise, R2 The Constitutional Convention

L3 Rights, R3 Democracy

L4 Evaluating, R4 Principles of the Constitution

L5 LP and LC, R5 Westward Timeline

L6 Tribe Timeline, R6 Tribes of Southeast

Science:

1 - Finish the Flocabulary: Ecosystems assignments if you did not finish after today's Oceans & Estuaries quiz.  The quiz part of Flocabulary counts as a classwork grade, but only if you complete all sections of the assigned Flocabulary. Email me or ask me in person if you would like to redo the Flocabulary quiz.

2 - Finish all missing or incomplete work, if this applies to you.  The end of 2nd quarter is near! Finish strong!

ELA:

1) Test corrections (for everyone) due tomorrow

2) Data chart due Friday

3) If you are planning to retest: all other retest requirements (listed on your study guide) are due Friday. Lost your study guide? You can find another copy attached to the unit test assignment in Jupiter.

4) If you are planning to retest on your unit test: retests are on Monday

If you did not finish your warm-up ("Warm-up 12/13" posted in Google Classroom) in class today, finish for homework) 

Español

- Haga su tarea de Padlet ahora. 

- Estudie para el examen del viernes: Las partes del cuerpo y los consejos medicos; los poemas:"El oso despierta" y "La Semilla", y preguntas en diferenes tiempos 

Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Our 8th Grade Holiday Breakfast  is on Wednesday, December 20.  Click here for homeroom assignments of what to bring.  Please tell your parents about this today. Yay! We look forward to a fun holiday breakfast with all of you!

Holiday Spirit Week begins tomorrow - click here for details. 

Core Connections:

I will be out today for an appointment.

1.  Complete Each Kindness Short Story with the Google Form that goes with it.  Please answer the questions thoughtfully and thoroughly.

2.  Check for missing CC work.  Make sure your Interactive Notebooks are up to date, including the table of contents.  I will pull those this afternoon.

ELA:

1) Periods 1, 2, 5: PBL Wrap-up: due tomorrow

2) Unfamiliar vocab test corrections: Due Thursday

3) Data chart: Due Friday

4) If you are planning to retest: complete all other retest requirements (listed on the back of your study guide) by Friday. (Lost your study guide? It is attached to the unit test assignment in Jupiter.)

Social Studies:

1.  Finish the 8.2 questions and submit for a grade (classwork)

2.  America 11.1 reading and review slides 1-6 in GC (classwork)

3.  What was the Industrial Revolution? Video in GC for review.  Take notes as you watch (classwork)

4.  Warm up doc due tomorrow for a project grade.  I.N. check on Thursday

Science:

1 - Study!  Quiz tomorrow on Oceans & Estuaries.  See Google Classroom for the review material. Look for "Review Material for Oceans & Estuaries Quiz," posted Dec. 4. Check Google Classroom for today's Kahoot Review; it should be at the top of your stream. We did not finish all the questions in class today, so this is a good way to review. 

2 - Finish any incomplete work or missing assignments, if this applies to you.  The end of the quarter is approaching!

Español

- Esta es la ulitma semana de tareas en Padlet. No olvides hacerla hoy

- Estudia para la evaluacion del viernes. (las enfermedades, partes del cuerpo, medicinas y los dos poemas: "El Oso Despierta" y "La Semilla"

12/11/23 Math 8 and Math 1 Homework

 Math 8 Core 1 and Core 3: Deltamath 12/11/23 Alternate Interior Angles

Math 1 Core 2: Complete Ready, Set, Go of "Some Of One, None Of The Other"

Math 8 Core 4 and Core 5: Deltamath A) 12/11/23 Alternate Interior Angles and B) Translations In A Transversal. 

Monday, December 11, 2023

 Core Connections:

1.  Please make sure you've completed your permission slip for StoryCorps.

2.  Make sure you've completed Friday's Interactive Notebook assignments.

3.  Please begin the Season of Giving: Part 1 

Social Studies:

1.  Gimkit vocab review "Slavery in America" (classwork)

2.  NC 8.2 Reading/ Group Questions (classwork not homework)

REMINDER:  Warm up Docs are due on Wednesday, Dec. 13 for a PROJECT GRADE!

Science:

1 - Finish the "Cleaning Up an Oil Spill" lab questions if you did not finish during class today. 

2 - Complete pages 14-15 in your Hydrosphere LearnEd notebook.  Use slides 51-62 in the LearnEd slideshow.  *At the bottom of p. 14, draw a diagram to show upwelling.  Include labels and arrows in your diagram. 

3 - Study for Wednesday's quiz on Oceans & Estuaries.  Use the review material posted in Google Classroom. Study the slideshows for oceans & estuaries.  Review the completed pages in your Hydrosphere LearnEd about oceans & estuaries. 

12/8/23 Friday! Yahoo. Here comes the weekend. Math 8 and Math 1 students completed quizzes today. I will enter grades as I correct them. Depending on their quiz grade some Math 8 have test corrections as an option to improve their grade, while Math I students are to finish Lesson 3 Some of One, None of The Other: A Solidifying Understanding Task pages 1-2. It is important they complete these tasks for Monday. 

As part of our schoolwide "Sense Of Belonging" theme 8th graders will be writing holiday cards and messages December 11 and 18th to residents of a local retirement home, while 7th graders are making wreaths.  Knowing first hand when my father lived in one nearby before he passed, residents really enjoy hearing from kids. 

Friday, December 8, 2023

Core Connections:

Please update your Interactive Notebook.

1. Pages Left 11 Estuarium Journal; Right 11 Estuarium Facts

2. Pages Left 12:  StoryCorps Interview Questions List; Right 12 Interview Planning

If you finish, wrap up your loose ends/review for the tests in Math and ELA today.

Science:

1 - Finish "An Ocean of Plastic" if you did not finish during class / MTSS today. 

2 - Study for your quiz on Wednesday.  Review material for the Oceans & Estuaries Quiz was posted in Google Classroom on Dec. 4. 

 Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Estuary field trip tomorrow, Thursday Dec. 7th. 

Today, Math 1 students are finishing up Lesson 5.2 Too Big, or Not Too Bid today. Friday, I will administer a quiz on graphing systems of inequalities and afterwards, we will begin Lesson 5.3 Some Of One, None Of The Other.   Graphing Systems Of Inequalities Some Of One, None Of The Other.. 

Today, Math 8 students will be identifying the domain of functions on a coordinate plain. Specifically, students will identify where functions are increasing and/or decreasing on a graph AND create linear equations for horizontal and vertical lines on a coordinate plane. Quiz on Friday involving slope, y-intercept, and linear equations, 

Social Studies:

1.  Complete warm up #18 (classwork)

2.  Read in the America Text Ch. 4 section 3 pp.113-117 and answer the questions assigned on the handout (classwork)

3.  Start the Flocabulary assignment "Slavery in America".  The assignment is due on Friday by 11:59pm.

4.  The warm up doc for Q2 will be collected for a project grade next Wednesday, December 13th.

Core Connections:

Students prepared for their ELA Alien Project Celebration today.  We're on the field trip tomorrow (Thursday).  We'll return to our StoryCorps project on Friday.

Science:

1 - Finish Aquagram #2 if you have not finished it yet. It is due by 11:59 pm tonight.

Reminder: Field trip tomorrow! Be at the high school at 7 am tomorrow morning. We will return in time for you to be picked up during regular afternoon carline.  Bring your lunch, snacks, and your water bottle.  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

 Tuesday Night Homework:

Math 8 students are working on graphing horizontal and vertical lines on a coordinate plane. The Deltamath homework is called "12/5/23 Graphing Horizontal and Vertical Lines" and the IXL homework is "Math 8 AA.3" 

Math 1 students are working on graphing systems of linear inequalities. Today, we graphed several inequalities and were careful to consider 1) Dotted or solid lines, regions, great than and less than signs, y-intercepts, and slopes. Tomorrow, we will return to Too Big, Or Not Too Big considering the cost and space for dogs and cats. I am altering my statement in class and assigning homework tonight. Students should complete IXL Algebra I O14 and O15. 

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

 Science:

1 - Finish the Ocean Zones - Deep Zone / Oceanic Zone assignment in Google Classroom if you did not finish during class today. 

2 - Work on your Aquagram #2, due Wednesday, Dec. 6 by 11:59 pm. Remember to incorporate the important elements of effective slides. You Aquagram should have appropriate color contrast, legible font, useful images (in the correct places), accurate details, and 8th-grade level information.

3 - Quiz on Oceans & Estuaries next week: Wednesday, December 13.  Study your slideshows on Oceans & Estuaries.  Study the completed pages in your Hydrosphere LearnEd notebook.  Additional review material will be posted in Google Classroom soon. 

4 - Our field trip to the NC Estuarium is on Thursday of this week.  Please be at the high school parking lot at 7 am on Thursday morning.  Bring your lunch, snacks for the bus, and water bottle.  Wear layers and dress comfortably.  Pickup is during normal carline on Thursday afternoon. Thanks for being flexible and for having a positive attitude all day!

Social Studies:

1.  Complete warm up #17 (classwork)

2.  Take test 2 (classwork)

3.  Create a new vocab study set for the next unit titled "Slavery".  The words are listed in GC.

Español

This week, write your sentences in Padlet using the imperfect tense

Core Connections:

During our class time, students should have been reviewing for their ELA Project Celebration on Wednesday.  Also, students reviewed for their SS test and for their ELA test.  We're going back to our CC project on Wednesday. 

Monday, December 4, 2023

ELA:

1) Presentations of learning ready by tomorrow (tomorrow is a presentation practice day).

2) Final projects due Wednesday at 8am

3) Presentations are Wednesday

4) Unit test Friday

Social Studies:

1. Complete warm up #16 (classwork)

2.  Play Jeopardy Review WESTWARD (classwork)

3.  Study for your test tomorrow (homework)

Play JEOPARDY

Changes/Corrections to Review Game:

Awakening (50 pts)

List 3 objectives of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Answers:  Report on the geography, plants, animals and other features, make contact with Native Americans and find a waterway between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean

It Takes Two (40pts)

Name 2 Native American groups which the Federal government considered civilized.  These groups were found in the southeast region of the United States  

Answers:  Creeks, Seminoles, Cherokee, Chickasaws, Choctaws

Living Constitution (50pts)

A man erects a giant billboard on his lawn even though the city has a law against billboards in residential neighborhoods. He is told to remove the billboard.

 No violation. 10th Amendment

Core Connections:

With so many projects due, please use your workday wisely to complete:

1. Aquagram for Science

2. Constitution Amendment Project for SS

3. ELA Alien Presentation (Project Celebration is Wednesday)

You also have a Test coming up in SS.  

Science:

1 - Finish your Aquagram #1 if you did not finish already. You may want to look at today's slideshow to reference the poor examples of slides. You Aquagram should have appropriate color contrast, legible font, and 8th-grade level information.

2 - Quiz on Oceans & Estuaries next week: Wednesday, December 13.  Study your slideshows on Oceans & Estuaries.  Study the completed pages in your Hydrosphere LearnEd notebook.  Additional review material will be posted in Google Classroom soon. 

3 - Field trip is on Thursday of this week.  Please be at the high school parking lot at 7 am on Thursday morning.  Bring your lunch, snacks for the bus, and water bottle.  Wear layers and dress comfortably.  Pickup is during normal carline on Thursday afternoon. 

Español 

Recuerda hacer tu tarea diaria en Padlet

  

Math I Students have a rare weekend homework assignment. They are to finish the graph of the Pet Sitters Scenario and include labels and units for x and y axis, x and y intercepts for each linear equation, each linear equation changed from standard form to slope-intercept form, shaded regions for the two inequalities. and the solution to the systems of equations. A few students received incompletes for not finishing their assignment.

Friday, December 1, 2023

Core Connections:

1.  Zoom Meeting for StoryCorps information 

ELA:

1. Unfamiliar Vocab Practice Questions (in Edulastic) -- due Monday. Remember: you must complete these before the beginning of class on Monday if you would like to have the ability to retest on your unit test. (If you are getting a warning message when you try to pull up the Edulastic site, use the link posted in Google Classroom.)

2. Presentations for the project must be ready by Tuesday (before class), so that we can practice.

3. Final projects due 8am on Wednesday.

4. Unfamiliar Vocab Unit Test - Friday.

**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. 

Social Studies:

Freedom of Speech rights in the news again....check it out!

Violation or No Violation?