Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Math I: Finish assigned classwork (check Google Classroom).

Math 8: Finish Lesson 1 Practice Problems (check Google Classroom).

Science

*Lab Day tomorrow - Long hair needs to be tied back. Please bring a hair tie if you have long hair.

Continue to work on your periodic table project. Follow directions on your rubric.

Study for Thursday's quiz. Use the FREE, LIMITED TIME, MONEY-BACK GUARANTEED review material in GC. 

5th period- Finish the Acids/Bases review if you did not finish this in class. 

Social Studies

1.  Study your notes from last week and this week: A.G.R.S., Mecklenburg Declaration, and Declaration of Independence.  Review Colonization vocabulary study set in Quizlet.

Monday, Sept. 21, 2026

 Science:

1 - Finish the Acids & Bases assignments if you did not finish in class today (read & annotate the passage, finish the EdPuzzle assignment).

2 - Work on your periodic table project. Projects are due on Thursday, Sept. 24 by the end of the school day.

3 - Quiz on Thursday, September 24. Use the study guide posted in Google Classroom - ABSOLUTELY FREE! No shipping, handling, tax, or hidden fees! 

Social Studies

1.  Read and Annotate the Mecklenburg Resolves.  Be prepared to talk about NC's Declaration of Independence tomorrow!

Math I: Finish Geometric Sequences practice (check Google Classroom).

Math 8: Good work on the test! No HW

Friday, September 19, 2026

 Science

1 - Finish the Physical & Chemical Changes Lab if you did not finish during class today. 

2 - Work on your periodic table project. Projects are due on Thursday, Sept. 24 by the end of the school day.

3 - Quiz on Thursday, September 24. Quiz will cover these topics:

- properties of metals, nonmetals, metalloids

- groups & families on the periodic table

- physical & chemical changes and properties

- acids, bases, and indicators

4 - The Physical/Chemical Changes review (in GC) is not homework if you did not finish or did not get to it today in class. 

ELA:

Upcoming dates to prepare for:

1. Unit test on Wednesday -- prepare by:
1. Checking any study guide questions we didn't get to in class, using the key (posted in Google Classroom by end of day today)
2. Studying the study guide
3. Focusing on any skills that you struggled with on the study guide (check the "Extra Help" link in your Google Classroom quick links for resources)
2. Flash narrative final draft due Wednesday at the start of class. Prepare by unsubmitting your rough draft and making edits. Use your revision pages from yesterday.

Thursday, September 17

 Science

Continue working on your periodic table project!  Use the rubric posted in Google Classroom as you work. Projects will most likely be due at the end of the day on Thursday, Sept. 24. You may take your project home over the weekend (Sept. 25 -27) if you need more time, without late penalty. Remember to ask for help or clarification at any step of this project. 

Quiz next week - likely on Thursday, September 24. Study your notes -on the periodic table groups, physical & chemical properties, and physical & chemical changes. 

Social Studies

1.  Slide 7-Regulator Movement ppt- What would you do?  Make sure you have an answer for tomorrow's class.

2.  Study your notes from the A.G.R.S. graphic organizer!

ELA:

1) Finish any revision passes that were not finished from class today (on the handout "Revision Passes" look for any checkboxes that aren't checked off yet. That's what you need to finish).

2) Finish the Partner Audit sheet -- all the way to the end!

3) Study guides are due TOMORROW at the START of class. If they are not here, to be checked, on time, you will not be able to retake the unit test if you want to.

• You will not be able to answer these questions on the study guide until Friday in class. Leaving these blank will not affect your ability to retake: 
• Section 1 questions 2 and 3
• Section 3, Passage A, Question 4
• Section 3, Passage B, Question 4

Dates looking ahead:

• Unit test on Wednesday next week
• Flash Narrative final draft due some time next week, between Tuesday and Thursday. Date to be officially announced tomorrow.

Math I: Finish Sequences practice (check Google Classroom).

Math 8: Finish Applications of Inequalities practice (check Google Classroom).

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

 Math I: Good work on today's quiz! No HW.

Math 8: Finish Inequality Word Problems practice (check Google Classroom).

Unit Test study guide goes out on Friday, Unit Test on Monday (9/21)!

Social Studies

1.  Study your notes on the graphic organizer that you have been working on this week (A.G.R.S.).  You should also study the notes from the NC text from this week and Colonization vocab!

ELA:

Period 3: Finish annotating the poem if not done in class (Lesson 11 handout). Then, answer questions 1 and 2 on the back of the Lesson 11 handout.

Period 4: Do the explanations in section "Theme lines vs pretty lines" on your Lesson 11 handout (in Unit 1 Packet #2)

All classes:

You will not be able to answer these questions on the study guide until Friday in class. Leaving these blank will not affect your ability to retake: 

• Section 1 questions 2 and 3
• Section 3, Passage A, Question 4
• Section 3, Passage B, Question 4

Study guides are due Friday, and the start of class. If they are not here, to be checked, on time, you will not be able to retake the unit test if you want to.

Unit test on Wednesday next week.

Science

1 - Finish the Sunset in a Bag lab if you did not finish during class.

2 - Finish the Chemical & Physical changes review handout from Viking Time if you did not finish at school. 

3 - Bring a penny (if you have one) for tomorrow's lab. Bring a hair tie to class on Thursday & Friday if you have longer hair. 

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Social Studies

1.  Make sure that side 2 of page 1 of the A.G.R.S. Graphic Organizer is completed by tomorrow

2.  Study your notes from this week which supports this week's EQ:  Why did colonists in the "New World" begin to rebel against British rule? 

Science

Finish p.14 in your LearnEd if you didn't finish during class today. 

If I did not get your lab today, be sure to finish that and turn it in. 

ELA

   -Study guides are due FRIDAY at the START of class. If you do not have it with you and complete ON TIME you will be INELIGIBLE to retake the test.

-Unit test Wednesday next week.

Math 8: Finish Pixel Art activity (Google Classroom).

Math I: Be ready for tomorrow's quiz!

Monday, September 14, 2026

 Social Studies:

1.  Add 3 terms to your Colonization study set (unalienable, preamble, propaganda)

2.  Complete side 1 of the A.G.R.S. graphic organizer if you did not finish in class.  Review the notes on side 1 when you are finished adding the information.

Science

Finish reading & annotating the text from today, "When Chemistry Changes Temperature." Complete the questions if you did not finish in class today. 

Bring a hair tie tomorrow and each day this week. Long hair will need to be tied back all week. 

Continue working on your periodic table. Bring your posterboard to school if you have not already done this. 

Math I: Finish Average Rate of Change practice (check Google Classroom). Quiz on Features of Functions and Average Rate of Change on Wednesday!

Math 8: Finish Multi-Step Inequalities practice (check Google Classroom).

ELA

Finish the lesson 10 handout.

Core Connections:

1. Please bring in your Poster Board to work on your project.

2. Make sure you have completed the Periodic Table Check-in#1 Google Form.  

Friday, September 11th, 2026

 ELA

Flash Narratives rough drafts due Monday. Remember -- if you handwrote it you still need to scan/take a CLEAR picture and upload it to the assignment in Google Classroom.

Math I: Features of Functions practice (check Google Classroom).

Math 8: Solving inequalities practice (check Google Classroom).

Science

Continue working on your periodic table project. Bring poster board so that you can begin working on your project when you are ready and have been approved to start. 

Thursday, September 10, 2026

 Science:

Finish the Mystery Picture assignment if you did not finish in class today.

Continue working on your periodic table project. You should be selecting elements and arranging them according to the patterns on the real periodic table.

ELA:

1) Quiz tomorrow!

• the EXACT questions (without answer choices) that you will see on the quiz will be posted in Google Classroom TODAY so you can read through them. 
• Review your classwork from last Friday ("Check_1_Package" in Google Classroom). You can see the questions and your answers now.
• Study your handout from this week and last (All of Unit 1 Packet 1)
• The quiz will cover: theme, warm-up vocab from the current warm-up set, and evaluating evidence
• You will have a copy of all texts ("The Necklace" and "The Ransom of Red Chief")
• Unless you have an accommodation for extended time OR have a reason and have spoken with me ahead of time: you will have ONLY one class period to finish.
• Today's MTSS assignment is a good study resource, too.

2) Flash narrative rough draft

• Period 1 - due tomorrow (speak with me if you will need more time)
• Periods 2, 3, 4 - due Monday

Math 8: Finish your Quiz Error Analysis sheet.

Math I: Finish your classwork (check Google Classroom).

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

 Social Studies

1.  Finish labeling the map of the 13 original colonies if you did not finish after the test!

Science

Finish the Flocabulary: Physical & Chemical Changes if you did not finish in class today. 

Finish the LearnEd assignment from Viking Time if you did not finish at school today. 

ELA

If you are absent, please remember to be checking the Google Classroom stream for the daily updates.

Prep for your quiz on Friday! Remember -- 

• the EXACT questions (without answer choices) that you will see on the quiz will be posted in Google Classroom TODAY so you can read through them. 
• Review your classwork from last Friday ("Check_1_Package" in Google Classroom). You can see the questions and your answers now.
• Study your handout from this week and last (All of Unit 1 Packet 1)
• The quiz will cover: theme, warm-up vocab from the current warm-up set, and evaluating evidence
• You will have a copy of all texts ("The Necklace" and "The Ransom of Red Chief")
• Unless you have an accommodation for extended time OR have a reason and have spoken with me ahead of time: you will have ONLY one class period to finish.

Core Connections:

1.  Please make sure you've turned in today's completed Picture Prompt: Lottery. 

2.  You should be working on your Periodic Table Projects.  

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

 Social Studies

1.  Study for your test which is tomorrow.

*The Jeopardy Review game will be posted at the end of the day

**The link to the game is in your google classroom account

Math I: Finish Relations and Functions Practice (check Google Classroom).

Math 8: Good work on today's quiz! No HW.

ELA:

1) Finish reading "Ransom of Red Chief" and filling in the gists on your Lesson 6 handout.

2) Prep for your quiz on Friday! Remember -- 

• the EXACT questions (without answer choices) that you will see on the quiz will be posted in Google Classroom TODAY so you can read through them. 
• Review your classwork from last Friday ("Check_1_Package" in Google Classroom). You can see the questions and your answers now.
• Study your handout from this week and last (All of Unit 1 Packet 1)
• The quiz will cover: theme, warm-up vocab from the current warm-up set, and evaluating evidence
• You will have a copy of all texts ("The Necklace" and "The Ransom of Red Chief")
• Unless you have an accommodation for extended time OR have a reason and have spoken with me ahead of time: you will have ONLY one class period to finish.

Science:

1 - Finish the Wizer review on Metals, Nonmetals, and Metalloids if you did not finish in class today. 

2 - Continue to brainstorm and work on your periodic table project. The exact due date will be communicated later in the project. For now, you should be selecting a topic, designing groups, and beginning to select elements for your table. 

Friday, September 4, 2026

 Social Studies

1.  Test next Wednesday. Use study materials to prepare.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Math I: Great job on the Unit Test! No HW over the weekend.

Math 8: Take the weekend to complete missing work (check Infinite Campus and Google Classroom). Quiz on Equations with Fractions and Equations with Different Numbers of Solutions on Tuesday!

Our first field trip will be Thursday, October 8. See below for details and the permission form. Parents, please complete the form for your student. Payments should be made in Infinite Campus. We look forward to a great experience!
Harris Energy Center Permission Form

Thursday, September 3, 2026

 Social Studies

1.  Study for your test next week.  Remember that we will play a Jeopardy Review Game next Tuesday, the day before the test.

Gimkit: Colonization

Math I: Be ready for tomorrow's test!

Math 8: Finish the classwork from today (check Google Classroom).

ELA:

-All classes have a short graded classwork assignment tomorrow about theme and evaluating strong evidence.

Period 1: Do the "Exit" section of your Lesson 4 handout.

Period 2: Make sure these sections of your Lesson 4 handout are FULLY completed: "My Claim," "Exhibit A," "Exhibit B," and "The argument against me"

Period 3: Finish the card sort chart on your Lesson 3 handout, if not finished in class. (The card sort materials are posted in Google Classroom).

Period 4: Review your "My Claim," "Exhibit A," "Exhibit B," and "The hardest box" sections:

• If you were moved to a corner you did NOT prepare for originally: Make sure that your evidence and explanations fit your NEW corner.
• If you ARE in your original corner: make sure your evidence fits the claim about the FINAL result of the story. "She is/is not greedy" is not sufficient to prove the END result is any single character's fault.

Period 5: 

If you changed corners, make sure you have at least ONE piece of evidence to support your new corner.

Science

Continue to brainstorm and think about ideas for your periodic table project.  I've seen many great ideas so far!

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

 Social Studies

1.  Complete the Flocabulary assignment if you did not finish in class (The Lost Colony of Roanoke)

2.  Study for Test 1- Study Materials listed below

Anchor Vocab and Colonization Vocab

History's Habits of Mind and What is Annotation handouts

5 Themes of Geography and I.N. Activities 1-3

Native American Culture Reading and European American Culture Reading plus questions

America 1.2 Team notes and First Language Questions

NC 2.4 The Lost Colony PPT notes and Jamestown Reading and questions

NC Ch. 3 Mapping and Fill in the Blank Activity and America 3.1 "First English Settlements" notes

Math I: Study for the Unit 1 Test on Friday (study guide on Google Classroom)!

Math 8: Finish the Equations with Different Solutions practice (See Google Classroom).

ELA:

Periods 1, 2, 4, 5: Finish the Lesson 3 handout if not done in class.

Period 3: 

1. Finish reading "The Necklace" (we left off on paragraph 93 in class). It's posted in Google Classroom.
2. Do sections "First Read" and "After the Last Line" in your Lesson 2 handout (in Unit 1 Packet 1).

Science: 

Finish the Periodic Table interactive reviews (posted in Google Classroom) if you did not finish at school today. 

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

 Science:

1 - Finish the Family Matters / P. Table Scavenger Hunt if you did not finish in class today. 

2 - Periods 1, 2, 4, 5 - Finish the Flocabulary: Properties of Chemical Families if you did not finish in class today. 

3 - Finish the Mixtures Questions if you have not finished them. This was assigned after last week's quiz on Friday. 

Social Studies

1.  Finish the reflection questions about "First Language" if you didn't finish in class.

2.  Study your new vocab: colonization

ELA:

Periods 1, 2, 4, 5: Finish reading "The Necklace" (posted in Google Classroom). As you read,

complete the "First Read" and "After the last line" sections of your Lesson 2 handout. As usual,

the challenge is optional.

Period 2: left of at paragraph 54.

Period 4: finished chunk 2.

Period 5: finished reading chunk 2, but you still need to answer the

question with it in the handout.

Core Connections:

-1st Period, 2nd Period, 4th Period, 5th Period - Make sure you've finished the Chemistry Activities.

Brain Pop (1 and 2), and Biotech Lab Safety.

-3rd Period - We'll get you caught up on Wednesday.

Math I: Inequalities practice (check Google Classroom).

Math 8: Equations with different solutions practice (check Google Classroom).