Friday, March 27th, 2026

 ELA:

Any assignments not finished in class today should be finished by end of break. These include:

1) "Stage 3: Public Health Campaign Choice" (handed out yesterday)

2) CDC Clear Communication score sheet (handed out today. If you are absent, I will post an electronic copy you can use by end of day.

Science 

 Finish any incomplete work, if this applies to you (LearnEd, Brain Pop, etc.) Check Infinite Campus. 

Have a wonderful, safe, and enjoyable Spring Break next week!  We'll see you on April 7, 2026!

Thursday, March 26

 Social Studies

1.  Warm up #9

2.  Reconstruction Quiz

3.  Feedback/Project 3 Kick Off

4.  You must pick a product to reveal knowledge by tomorrow.  Workday 1 begins tomorrow.  Bring your supplies and be prepared!!

Science

Finish the BrainPop: Plate Tectonics if you did not finish at school today (yes, all of it).  You do not need to take the Graded Quiz if you score 100 on the Practice Quiz. 

Math

Math 8: Finish estimating square roots delta math. Review 5 in delta math due tomorrow.

Math 1: Review 5 in delta math due tomorrow.

Wednesday, March 25th, 2026

 ELA
-Stage 2 is due tomorrow at the beginning of class. Remember that you must click "Mark as Done" in Google Classroom in order to be considered done/turned in. If you don't mark as done before class tomorrow, it will be considered late/missing.

-BEFORE TURNING IT IN: Grade yourself using the rubric. Is there anything you need to fix before submitting?

-If you will not be here on Friday, you may take your graded warmup tomorrow OR after the break.

-Tomorrow is a library day.

Social Studies

1.  Warm up #8

2.  Study for your quiz tomorrow on Reconstruction

3.  Guest Speaker: Glenn Stiles (Character, Collaboration, Choices, College Experience)

Science

Finish pages 10-12 in your Earth History LearnEd notebook if you did not finish during class and Viking Time today. 

Finish any incomplete work, if this applies to you. 

Tuesday, March 24th, 2026

 ELA:

-Stage 2 is due Thursday

-Recommended progress: Finish adding your 3 sources to the Research Notes app.

Social Studies:

1. Warm up #7

2.  Students will access their graphic organizer from Friday’s primary source lesson lesson and answer this question:

What were the political, social, and economic impacts of the event you studied?   Responses should be in paragraph form.  2-3 paragraphs required.  There is nothing to turn in.  We will review responses on Wednesday. 

3 .  Create a new vocabulary study set: Industrialization

Technology, monopoly, supply, demand, rural, urban, immigrant, urbanization, interest, Industrial Revolution, migration, patent, tenement, industrialist

4. Read in the America test Ch 18.1 “ A New Industrial Revolution pp. 608-613.  Take notes as you go!

Math

Review 5 in Delta math due Friday!!

Science

Finish the "How Fossils are Made" reading passage (underline key terms!) and crossword puzzle if you did not finish during class today.

Complete your missing work, if this applies to you!  Remember to email me when you complete any assignment after the due date. 

Monday 3/23

 Math

Math 8: Scientific Notation Quiz tomorrow. Complete quizizz in google classroom to help you study.

Math 1: Complete study guide for your systems test tomorrow.

Science
1 - Complete pages 6-7 (!!) in your Earth History LearnEd booklet (the new one you got today).  Follow directions given in class; see directions in Google Classroom if you didn't record the fossil types on p.7 during class today.

2- Finish the Layers of Time digital activity if you did not finish in class today. 

3 - Finish the Index Fossils Review if you did not finish this assignment last week.  Remember to email me upon completion of late work! If you have a 0 in Infinite Campus, you need to finish this assignment.

ELA:

-Stage 2 is due Thursday.

-Recommended homework for tonight:

    1) Finish putting your scientific study into the Research Notes app

    2) Put the first HALF of a second source in (up to the essential questions)

**The full recommended timeline and some tips for entering your scientific study are attached to the "Stage 2" assignment in Google Classroom.

Friday March 20th, 2025

 ELA:

-Stage 2 (of your project) is due Thursday next week.

-Recommendation: Have your Literature Search #2 done by Monday.

Core Connections:

Check for Missing Work.

Thursday March 19

 Math

Math 8: Finish the IXLs posted in google classroom.

Science

Finish the Index Fossil Review in Google Classroom if you did not finish during class today.

Spring Picture Day is March 23. Pictures can be ordered at strawbridge.net using these codes:

Individual Pictures - FM493452

8th Grade Group Picture - FM493449 

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

 Spring Picture Day is March 23. Pictures can be ordered at strawbridge.net using these codes:

Individual Pictures - FM493452

8th Grade Group Picture - FM493449 

Science:

1 - Finish reading and annotating the Fossils review passage if you did not finish in class. 

2 - Answer the questions based on the reading (yes, the front and back sides of this). 

3 - Finish the Geologic Time Organizer, if this applies to you.  This was due today. 

ELA:

Period 1: Finish reading and annotating your group's section in the Literature Review of the article.

Period 2: Finish reading the Introduction section of the article. As you read:

• Circle unknown words
• Make 2 annotations for meaning (putting a sentence or phrase into your own words)

Period 3: Read the last sentence in "1. Transformation of Digital Media Consumption Patterns" and write down the meaning in your own words.

Period 4: Read the section of Literature Review that is for your group's focus area. Circle any unknown words.

Core Connections:

Make sure that you have completed and turned in the following:

1.  3rd QuarterGrades/GPA Graph of your 1, 2, and 3rd quarter grades.

2.  BR:  Intro to Public Health. Specifically, I am checking for revised, updated, correct information on slides 3, 4, and 6.  

3.  You should have completed Part ONE of BR: PEL today.  We will continue working on it tomorrow.

Tuesday March 17

 Math

Math 8: Finish Scientific Notation Delta Math. Review #4 in delta math due Friday

Math 1: Review #4 in delta math due Friday. Systems test Friday.

Social Studies:

1.  Create a new warm up doc for Q4/complete warm up #1 and #2

2.  Read in the America Text 16.2 pp. 552-557/review the notes provided in GC

3.  Review the slideshow notes on "Reconstruction in the State" located in GC

4.  Watch the first 20 minutes of ATSOU #6-Heartland and take Graffiti notes!

5.  Study your new vocab: Reconstruction.  We will play Gimkit later this week!

Science:

1 - Complete labeling the "Major Events in Earth's History" if you did not finish in class.

2 - Complete the Geologic Time Organizer. Follow directions. 

3 - Complete the Picture It assignment to sketch a picture of Earth during each of the 4 major time periods.  Pictures should include biological and geological events.

Core Connections

1. Make sure you've completed the graphing activity of your grades and posted it in GC.

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

 Spring Picture Day is March 23. Pictures can be ordered at strawbridge.net using these codes:

Individual Pictures - FM493452

8th Grade Group Picture - FM493449

No school for students on Thursday, March 12 and Friday, March 13.  These are teacher workdays. We look forward to seeing you on Monday, March 16. Enjoy your long weekend!

ELA:

I recommend that you get your research notes in for Stage 1 before next week. We will begin Stage 2 then, and all research notes will be checked at the end of Stage 2.

If you're worried about losing your work, use the "export notes" button at the top to save an offline copy of your notes to your computer before you log out or close the tab.

Tuesday, March 10

Spring Picture Day is March 23. Pictures can be ordered at strawbridge.net using these codes:

Individual Pictures - FM493452

8th Grade Group Picture - FM493449

 Social Studies

1.  Enrichment Cluster Product Rubric review (warm-up)

2.  Civil War Era Enrichment Cluster Product and Presentation workday/gallery walk tomorrow

Science

1 - Finish the Typhoid Mary assignment in GC if you did not finish after the quiz today.

2 - Finish p. 10 in your Health & Disease LearnEd if you did not finish in class today.

Math

Math 8: Exponent Quiz tomorrow. Make sure you are prepared.

ELA:

-If you are retaking your #DR_F.23 graded warmup tomorrow, review your warmup slides from week 23 so you are ready.

-Your "Focus Questions" worksheet that you worked on with the sub on Friday last week is due by end of day tomorrow (Wednesday). You may turn it in any time.

-Your research notes are due next week (Monday). You will have time in Core Connections tomorrow, and you MAY have some ELA time (depending on how long your group needs to investigate and choose a focus area for Step 2 of the project).

Monday, March 9

 Social Studies

1.  Enrichment Cluster Product Planning-Civil War

*complete form and submit in GC (warm-up)

2.  Work on your product.  Gallery Walk on Wednesday!

Math

Math 8: Quiz on Wednesday on exponents.

Math 1: Finish to at least 50% on delta math from class.

Core Connections:

I have reopened Stories That Matter: Ron McNair - please complete it.  

Science

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

2- Study for tomorrow's quiz on microorganisms and infectious diseases. Use the study guide posted in Google Classroom (posted on March 6). 

ELA:

-Optional retake for DR_F.23 on Wednesday.

-If your "Focus Questions" worksheet from Friday is not done yet, get it done by end of week and turn it in.

Fridiay, March 6, 2026

 Science

Study for next week's quiz on microorganisms & infectious diseases. Review your notes, slideshows, assignments, and completed LearnEd pages.

Thursday, March 5

 Social Studies

1.  I.N. Notebook Check

2.  Enrichment Cluster Inquiry (classwork and homework)

3.  Civil War unit test tomorrow!  Be prepared!!

Math

Math 8: Review 3 due tomorrow in delta math. Finish classwork from today (IXL: EQY, AEQ). Quizizz linked in google classroom.

Math 1: Finish classwork (systems word problems worksheet). Review 3 in Delta math due tomorrow.

Science

Study for next week's quiz on microorganisms & infectious diseases. Review your notes, slideshows, and completed LearnEd pages.

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Please check School Status Connect or Google Classroom to view the High School Electives Course Catalog for Freshmen.  Students will meet with High School Guidance and Administration on Monday, March 9th to begin the process.  

Wednesday, March 4

 Social Studies

1.  Submit Q3 Warm up doc in GC for on-time grading.

2.  Enrichment Cluster Workday (classwork), Enrichment Cluster notetaking (homework)

3.  Study for your Civil War unit test (homework)

ELA:

Periods 1, 4, 5:

Your vocabulary assignment (in "Vocab Sheets" in Google Classroom) is due tomorrow at the beginning of class. Make sure that you have done all of the steps described in the Google Doc. 

To submit:

• Step 1: You do not need to attach the spreadsheet to the assignment. I own them all and have the links -- I will check them when it is time.
• Steps 2, 3: ONE group member should attach the categorization slide (step 2) and graphic organizer (step 3).
• Step 4: If you wrote a group paragraph, only ONE group member needs to attach it to the assignment. If you wrote individual paragraphs, each person should attach their own.

Turn it in once you have followed all directions above.

Periods 2, 3:

Your vocabulary assignment (in "Vocab Sheets" in Google Classroom) is due tomorrow at the beginning of class. Make sure that you have done all of the steps described in the Google Doc. 

To submit:

• Step 1: You do not need to attach the spreadsheet to the assignment. I own them all and have the links -- I will check them when it is time.
• Steps 2, 3: ONE group member should attach the categorization slide (step 2) and graphic organizer (step 3).
• Step 4: If you wrote a group paragraph, only ONE group member needs to attach it to the assignment. If you wrote individual paragraphs, each person should attach their own.

Turn it in once you have followed all directions above.

Science: 
1 - Finish pages 8-9 in your Health & Disease LearnEd if you did not finish during Viking Time today.

2 - Study for your quiz on Microorganisms & Infectious Disease.  Quiz will be Tuesday, March 10.

Core Connections:

Please double-check to see that you have completed, updated, and submited:

1.  BR Literature Search

2.  BR Evaluating Sources 

We will hold off on Public Health Webquest until Tomorrow.

Tuesday, March 3rd

 ELA:

-Vocab assignment (BR1) due at the beginning of class on Thursday. You must have ALL deliverables for the assignment done by then. 

Step 1 should include all words from the word list. For Steps 2 and on, you can choose 10-15 of the words.

The rubric can be located in any of these places:

• Your project folder
• Infinite Campus
• Google Classroom

Math

Math 8: Quiz tomorrow on volume. I will not be giving you the formulas for the quiz. You need to know them for the quiz!

Math 1: Quiz tomorrow on systems of equations (graphing, substitution, elimination)

Science:

Finish the Microorganisms Comparison assignment if you did not finish during class today. Use your notes, slideshows in GC, and the resources posted today to help. 

Study / review your notes on bacteria, viruses, and fungi.

Monday March 2

 Math

Math 8: Finish classwork from today. (volume practice sheet and quizizz linked in google classroom). Volume Quiz on Wednesday.

Math 1: Quiz on Systems of Equations Wednesday.

ELA:

Periods 2, 3: "Vocab Sheets" full assignment (described in the "BR 1" document) is due by beginning of class THURSDAY. Recommended breakdown:

• Today for homework: have all words assigned to a person in your group (if not done in class)
• Tomorrow in class, finish for homework: Vocab Spreadsheet (step 1 in your directions)
• Wednesday in class: Steps 2 and 3 (sort terms and graphic organizer)

Periods 1, 4, 5:  "Vocab Sheets" full assignment (described in the "BR 1" document) is due by beginning of class THURSDAY. Recommended breakdown:

• Today for homework: have all words assigned to a person in your group (if not done in class)
• Tomorrow in class, finish for homework: Vocab Spreadsheet (step 1 in your directions) & sort terms
• Wednesday in class: graphic organizer and paragraph

Science

1 - Finish the Flocab-Bacteria if you did not finish during class today.

2 - Finish the Fungi Notes assignment in GC if you did not finish during class today. Record your information on the document given to you in class today, or print a copy from the assignment in GC if you lost yours.

Core Connections:

Finish the group BR Literature Search. You should have a minimum of two articles per group member.  Make sure the shared document includes color coding for each group member. Also, the citations should be in MLA format.

Social Studies

1.  Civic Challenge Week 10-set your goal

2.  BHM-Trading cards Legacy share

3.  Enrichment Clusters - Day 1

STUDY GUIDE for the CIVIL WAR unit TEST this FRIDAY

vocab

I.N. activities 4-6

ATSOU #5 Questions

America text Ch. 15 notes and slides

Videos:  Ironclads, Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln's Assassination

Music of the era reflection

Emancipation Proclamation questions

Gettysburg Address questions

The Address reflection

Poetry of Walt Whitman