Friday, November 8, 2019

Science: 
1 - Finish any incomplete assignments from this week (Waterborne Illnesses, Water to Drink, lab report)
2 - Quiz on Wednesday.  Use the links posted earlier this week to review and study.  Study your notes on water quality, water treatment, and pollution. 

ELA:
Read 20+ minutes. (Your book club book counts!)
Finish NRI if you didn't in class.
Finish your book club assignment (reading & Book Club Notes form) for Tuesday. No school Monday!

Math: 80 minutes in IXL due SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10th (yes, Sunday)

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Science:  
1- Finish your Water Quality lab report - due tomorrow in Google classroom.  Use the rubric and proofread carefully.  
2 - Quiz next week (Wednesday) on water quality, water treatment, and pollution. Study pages 5-10 in your science binder. 
Water Quality terms
Quizizz Codes: 423659 (Water Treatment & Quality) 793563 (Water Quality)

Spanish: Mini Biography of Hispanic athlete (part 1 of project) due Wednesday, November 13

Math: 80 minutes in IXL due Sun Nov 10th
1st & 4th - thatquiz writing equations review; Roller Coaster Project due Friday Nov 15th; bring a posterboard to class by Nov 12th

2nd, 3rd, & 5th - Roller Coaster Project due Friday Nov 15th; bring a posterboard to class by Nov 12th

ELA:
Read 20+ minutes.
Finish conjunctions quiz (Flocabulary) if you didn't in class.
"Lamb to the Slaughter" (CommonLit) is due Wednesday, but if you turn it in before then, I can score it and return it to you for corrections. 

Business Set Up Research

This is due on 12/15

1) Watch and reference two business Youtube videos.
2) Write the vision of your business.
3) Set goals for your business.
4) What is your target population? How many customers are you planning for?
5) Define your unique selling point. How is your product different? How are you different?
6) How do you plan to know your customers wants and needs? Create a survey and hand it out to at least 20 students or parents not in 8th grade.
7) Research your competition.
8) Research the demand for your business. You may use the survey for this as well.
9) Set your market goals. What will be your cost? Price margin? How will you advertise or promote your business?

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Links for Science:

Water & You - The Treatment Process

How Do Treatment Plants Work?

Review Video - Water Treatment Process

Animation - read captions and click arrows to advance

Water Treatment Steps - hover over each picture and read the captions

Quiz Yourself - drag the steps into the correct order

Science:  Finish the Water Treatment assignment from class today, including all links above.  Work on your Water Quality lab report. Lab reports are due Friday, November 8. 

Math: 80 minutes in IXL due Sun Nov 10th
1st & 4th - thatquiz more evaluating exponential functions
2nd, 3rd, 5th - Roller Coaster Project due Friday Nov 15th; we will be working on it in class but students may need to followup with it at home to complete by the deadline; BRING A POSTER BOARD TO CLASS by TUESDAY NOV 12th.

Social Studies:  Product Workday Tomorrow.  Be prepared.

Read NC Ch.8 section 2 and take notes.  Due on Friday 11/8.

ELA:
Read 20+ minutes.
Finish Flocabulary video and Read & Respond if you didn't in class.

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

ELA:
Read 20+ minutes.
Finish any late NRI or CommonLit work.

Spanish: Work on project. Part 1 (Mini biography of athlete) due Wednesday, November 13

Math: 80 minutes in IXL due SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10th
1st & 4th - thatquiz evaluating exponential functions
2nd, 3rd, & 4th - thatquiz angles; finish examples of 4 functions and 4 nonfunctions (may have finished in class)

Science: Work on your Water Quality Lab Report (due Friday).  You should complete the Purpose, Procedure, and at least 1 paragraph of your Results by tomorrow.  You will work on this in Core Connections tomorrow. 

Monday, November 4, 2019

Social Studies:  Your Legacy of our Constitution PRODUCT is due on November 13th.  Make sure that you are continuously making progress.   

New Unit Vocabulary:  Triangular trade, free black, racism, slave code, subsistence farming, agrarian, bartering, plantation, staple crops, artisan, emancipation, abolitionist, quarters,  Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850

Spanish: Review for quiz tomorrow (sports vocab, gustar, ir + a + infinitive, saber/conocer)

Math: 80 minutes in IXL due Sun Nov 10th (extra credit if done by Friday Nov 8th)
1st (will be assigned to 4th tomorrow)- thatquiz evaluating exponential functions
2nd (will be assigned to 3rd & 5th tomorrow)- thatquiz angles
make sure you are caught up on thatquiz assignments

ELA:
Read 20+ minutes.
Finish any late NRI or CommonLit work. 
3rd, 4th, and 5th periods: Idioms test tomorrow. (It's easy. If you can do the jeopardy, you can do the test.)

Friday, November 1, 2019

Science: Review the procedure you are doing at the Duke Pain Clinic pond.  You will have a modified schedule next week on Monday and Tuesday.  Watch the weather and dress accordingly.  1st and 2nd periods will conduct water quality testing on Monday; 3rd, 4th, and 5th periods will conduct water quality testing on Tuesday.  Your Water Quality Lab Report is due Friday, November 8 in Google classroom. 

Math: 80 minutes in IXL due Sun Nov 3rd
make sure you are caught up with all thatquiz assignments