Friday, March 22, 2024

Science:

Finish the "Major Biological & Geological Events in Earth's History" assignment if you did not finish in class today.  Follow directions. Use color in your diagrams.

Have a safe & wonderful Spring Break! See you back at school on April 2!

Thursday, March 21, 2024

Science:

1 - Finish labeling the Major Events in Earth's History chart (back side of today's notes). The timeline you were using in class for reference (pages 346-349) is posted in Google Classroom for you. 

2 - Finish the 1918 Flu Pandemic reflection questions (digital, in Google Classroom) if you haven't done this yet. This was due Wednesday by 11:59 pm. 

Core Connections:

Make sure you have completed and turned in the following assignments;

• Bird Song
• Architecture, Math, and Birds
• Archaeopteryx
• It's a Bird: Birds and You
• Threats to Birds
• Hope Is

If you're all caught up and want to begin, we can paint bird silhouettes today.

Have a great Spring Break!

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

 Science:

1 - Read and annotate "The Great Flu Pandemic of 1918" if you did not finish this after the test today. Be sure your annotations have margin notes in addition to highlighting, underlining, and other notations. 

2 - Finish the 1918 Flu Pandemic reflection questions (digital, in Google Classroom) if you did not finish today. 

3 - Score your March Mammal Madness bracket for Round 1: Rainbow Collection.  Use the video posted in Google Classroom (it should post after your test today).  Fourth period - You also need to score your bracket for Round 1: Connoisseur Creatures. See video in Google Classroom for this. 

Core Connections:

1. Make sure that you've completed your class registration in PowerSchool.

2. Bird Song Article and Google Form.  You will need to enter a manual citation for the MLA question.  It's a good idea to keep a split screen between the article and the form.  

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

 Math 8 students should complete Delta Math assignment Introduction To Scientific Notation.

Math 1 students began Modeling Data using Exponential Functions with Pre-Test, so now homework. 

Four Days to Spring Break! 

Social Studies:

1.  Create a new Doc for Q4 warm-ups.  Complete warm up #1 (classwork)

2.  Finish the reading from Friday (NC 9.4 "Reconstruction in the State" pp.305-311) and review the notes in GC (classwork)

3.  I.N. L2:  Civil Rights Act Graphic Organizer/R2: Civil Rights Act of 1966 (classwork)

4.  Study your notes and vocab for Friday's quiz (homework)

Science:

Study for your Microbes & Infectious Diseases test.  Test is Wednesday, March 20. Review material is posted in Google Classroom. Look for "Review Material for Microbes & Infectious Diseases Test," dated March 14. 

If your class started "The Great Flu Pandemic of 1918" article, this is not homework.

Core Connections:

1. Please bring your class registration form tomorrow - Tuesday - printed, filled out, and signed. 

2.We will continue with Archaeopteryx.

3.  Wednesday we will do fieldwork - bird observations. 

4.  Please prepare to paint on Thursday and Friday. 

Español

- No olvides hacer tu padlet de lunes a jueves

- Memoriza tu poema y practicalo hoy por la noche

ELA:

If you were absent, check the Reading Progress document to make up today's readings

Periods 1, 3, 4, 5: 

   1) Unit test study guide - due TOMORROW. You must turn this in via Jupiter by the beginning of class to be eligible to retake the unit test.

2) Prepare for your unit test on Friday. Links for extra practice are posted in Jupiter materials and linked to the Unit Test assignment in Jupiter. 

Students who are going on the school's spring break trip are welcome to take the test before or after the break, whatever they would prefer.

If you were in the library during class today, here is what you may have missed:

1. Period 1: Warmup (in Jupiter), reading journal feedback review (Jupiter messages), IXL group jam (practiced the central idea skill)
2. Period 2: Check the "Reading Progress" document, linked above.
3. Period 3: Warmup (in Jupiter), movie (through 1:21:17)
4. Period 5: Warmup (in Jupiter), IXL group jam (practiced the skill titled "matching themes to quotations")

Core Connections:

1. Due to PowerSchool technical difficulties, we have postponed class registration until Wednesday 3/20.

2. Please turn in your Archaeopteryx slides.

3. Wednesday's daily schedule will be changed to accommodate 7th grade's project celebration.

4.  Class Picture Day is Thursday.

 

 

Monday, March 18, 2024

 Math 8 students should complete Delta Math assignment Introduction To Scientific Notation.

Math 1 students began Modeling Data using Exponential Functions with Pre-Test, so now homework. 

Four Days to Spring Break! 

Social Studies:

1.  Create a new Doc for Q4 warm-ups.  Complete warm up #1 (classwork)

2.  Finish the reading from Friday (NC 9.4 "Reconstruction in the State" pp.305-311) and review the notes in GC (classwork)

3.  I.N. L2:  Civil Rights Act Graphic Organizer/R2: Civil Rights Act of 1966 (classwork)

4.  Study your notes and vocab for Friday's quiz (homework)

Science:

1 - Finish the Pandemic or Epidemic? Assignment in Google Classroom if you did not finish in class.

2 - Complete page 6 (all), 7 (top half), and 10 (all) in your Health & Disease LearnEd notebook. See instructions in Google Classroom. 

3 - Finish the Microorganisms Color By Number if you did not finish in class.  Neatness counts! Do your best work. 

4 - Study for your Microbes & Infectious Diseases test.  Test is Wednesday, March 20. 

Core Connections:

1. Please bring your class registration form tomorrow - Tuesday - printed, filled out, and signed. 

2.We will continue with Archaeopteryx.

3.  Wednesday we will do fieldwork - bird observations. 

4.  Please prepare to paint on Thursday and Friday. 

Español

- No olvides hacer tu padlet de lunes a jueves

- Memoriza tu poema y practicalo hoy por la noche

ELA:

If you were absent, check the Reading Progress document to make up today's readings

Periods 1, 3, 4, 5: 

   1) Unit test study guide - due TOMORROW. You must turn this in via Jupiter by the beginning of class to be eligible to retake the unit test.

2) Prepare for your unit test on Friday. Links for extra practice are posted in Jupiter materials and linked to the Unit Test assignment in Jupiter. 

Students who are going on the school's spring break trip are welcome to take the test before or after the break, whatever they would prefer.

If you were in the library during class today, here is what you may have missed:

1. Period 1: Warmup (in Jupiter), reading journal feedback review (Jupiter messages), IXL group jam (practiced the central idea skill)
2. Period 2: Check the "Reading Progress" document, linked above.
3. Period 3: Warmup (in Jupiter), movie (through 1:21:17)
4. Period 5: Warmup (in Jupiter), IXL group jam (practiced the skill titled "matching themes to quotations")

 

Friday, March 15th, 2024

Social Studies:

1.  Submit your SS Project Part 3 for grading in GC/deadline 11:59pm tonight for on-time status (classwork)

2. Gimkit Vocab Challenge: Reconstruction (warm-up)

3. I.N. L1 and R1 /Review of yesterday's content (classwork)

4. Read in the NC Text Ch. 9.4 "Reconstruction in the State" pp.305-311 then review the PPT notes provided in GC.  You should also review the notes from yesterday's content on the America reading Ch.16.2 (classwork)

Gimkit Review List:  Reconstruction

ELA:

1) Complete any reading journal questions that are incomplete.

If you were absent, check the Reading Progress document to make up today's readings

Periods 1, 3, 4, 5: 

You will have your "Flowers for Algernon" unit test on Friday next week. The study guide is posted in Jupiter, and is due on Wednesday next week. The study guide must be completed on time (Wednesday, by the beginning of class) for you to be eligible to retake the test.

Links for extra practice will be posted in Jupiter throughout the weekend. You should not attempt to use all of these practices. Instead, focus your attention on the topics you need additional help with.

If you would like to check the answers on your study guide before Wednesday, I will have paper copies of the answer key that you may borrow to check your answers. The keys need to stay in this room, but you may check your answers as long as I have checked that your study guide is complete. This may be a good way for you to figure out where to focus your energy, with regards to the extra practice links.

Students who are going on the school's spring break trip are welcome to take the test before or after the break, whatever they would prefer.

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Core Connections:

1. SS Project Work Day: Checklist for Sauer's help

1.  Citations:  complete, alphabetical order, hanging indent, double-spaced
2.  Definition of Legacy: As applied with a specific reason to the Constitution
3.  Slides: Bulleted points, not paragraphs

2. If you're finished, go to It's a Bird.  You'll need 8-15 ish sources.

Social Studies:

1.  Read pp.552-557 in the America text "The Battle for Reconstruction" (classwork)

2.  Watch the video "The Story of Reconstruction" and complete the 5,4,3,2,1 Collage activity (classwork)

3.  Study your new unit vocab (homework)

4.  Project due tomorrow!

5.  Complete Flocab: Reconstruction (due by Friday night 3/15)

ELA:
1. Informal vs Formal tone - in Jupiter
2. Period 2: Finish reading journal question 33

If you were absent, check the Reading Progress document to make up today's readings

Science:

1 - Finish the West Nile Virus Activity if you didn't finish in class today. See today's slideshow (posted in Google Classroom) if you need data for the chart on the back of the handout.

2 - Study for your test on Microorganisms & Infectious Diseases.  Test is next week on Wednesday, March 20. 

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

 Social Studies:

1.  Review the new Syllabus in GC (classwork)

2.  Define the new unit vocab: Reconstruction (warm up/classwork)

3.  Finish your SS Project (Part 3) (classwork and homework)

4.  Complete Flocabulary "Reconstruction" by Friday evening at 11:59pm for on time credit (classwork or homework)

Core Connections: 

Please work on the It's a Bird Slides.  You should be looking for a lens/issue and a specific species you would like to study.  

Science:

1 - Finish How Lou Got the Flu if you didn't finish in class / MTSS today. 

2 - Complete p.11 in your Health & Disease LearnEd notebook.  See Google Classroom for details on which slides to use. 

3 - Test on Microorganisms & Infectious Diseases on Wednesday, March 20. Study your slideshows, notes, and all assignments related to this topic. 

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

 ELA:

1) Mood & Tone Edpuzzle -- Make sure you take notes on the sheet distributed in class while you complete this assignment. If you lost yours, there is a blank copy posted in Jupiter Materials.

Español 

- Padlet continua hoy. Por favor trabaja en tus cinco oraciones 

Math 8

Wednesday 3/13/24 

Math 8 students should do Delta Math Assignment "3/13/24 Exponents Expand/Condense" a review of 7th grade exponents as an introduction to Math 8 exponents. 

Friday, March 8, 2024

 Science:

Finish your March Mammal Madness bracket if you did not finish during science and MTSS today.  Your entire paper bracket needs to be completed.  Use the MMM study guide for additional information on each combatant. This is posted in your science Google Classroom.

Core Connections:

Begin the Intro to It's a Bird slide show research.  I don't expect it to be completed yet.  Have a good weekend.

Thursday, March 7, 2024

 Science:

1 - Finish the Build a Parasite assignment if you did not finish in class today. 

2 - Finish pages 8-9 in your Health & Disease LearnEd if you did not finish in class today.  Follow directions in Google Classroom. 

ELA:

If you were absent, check the Reading Progress document to make up today's readings

Social Studies:

1.  Complete the warm up questions on a piece of notebook paper and turn it in when finished.

2. Project Workday #4

3.  Extra Credit Opportunity Tonight ONLY. Look for the details in GC!

Core Connections:

1. Please turn in the completed Spreadsheet activity for Bird Mortality we worked on during classes. 

 

3/6/24 Math 8 and Math I

Math 8  students are completing Delta Math assignments called Two-Way Tables and Frequency Tables. Most students finished one or the other or both near the end of class, but some are still outstanding. There is a Scatter Plots Quiz on Friday. 

Math 1 students are finishing their Modeling Data projects at school so no homework tonight. Tomorrow we will finish project and begin presentations. 

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Core Connections:

Please click submit on your spreadsheet on Bird Mortality.  I'd like to see what you have completed so far.  We'll unsubmit and finish it tomorrow.

ELA:

If you did not finish any of your reading journal questions from class today, this is a reminder that you should be making sure you finish those questions outside of class.

If you were absent, check the Reading Progress document to make up today's readings

Science

Finish the You Pick Two assignment if you did not finish in class today. 

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Core Connections:

Please make sure you completed Monday's assignment - Hope Is

Today's information on high school registration is important - please begin having conversations with you parents about your future classes.

Science:

Finish the Typhoid Mary assignment (news story & Google Form) if you did not finish in class today.

ELA:

Periods 3,4: Finish question 28 in your reading journal. You can access the story in Jupiter materials, or using the Reading Progress document linked below.

If you were absent, check the Reading Progress document to make up today's readings

Social Studies:

1.  Jeopardy Review.  Test Tomorrow.

Play Jeopardy

2.  Continue to work on the SS Project Part 3 (classwork)

Monday, March 5, 2024

 Social Studies:

1. Review the Rubric and Template if you are producing a Course of Study (slideshow).

(classwork)

2.  Project 3 workday #2 (classwork)

3.  Study for your test on Wednesday!  Jeopardy tomorrow!

Check out the SCOTUS ruling on whether or not Trump can be removed from the ballot due to the activities which occurred on January 6th! 

Espanol

- Alegrate mucho, esta semana no haras tus cinco oraciones. Tienes libre toda la semana! 

- Traduce tu poema y practicalo en casa. Recuerda que el miercoles lo recitaras en la clase a nuestra Directora. Sera tu nota de esta semana 

- Finaliza tu hoja sobre la "Conversacion" y presentala manana en clase. Es evaluado! 

Friday, March 1, 2024

 Social Studies:

1.  Gimkit Vocab review (classwork)

2.  SS Project Part 3 Kick Off: Pick your Product and begin the process!  Workday 1 (classwork)

Core Connections:

Congratulations to our 8th Grade Spelling Bee Reps!  You were amazing!

You should be working on the Bird Migration and Bird Cam activities.  They're due Monday.  

Science:

Finish the writing prompts for Parasites & Hosts.  The prompts are posted at the end of today's slideshow in Google Classroom.