Thursday, November 6

 Social Studies

1.  Warm up Reading:  America Text 9.1 "Jefferson Takes Office"/review teacher notes in GC

2.  I.N. Activity 6 

L6 "Louisiana Purchase Mapping"

R6 "L.P."

3.  America Text Reading 9.2 "Louisiana Purchase"  pp.314-319/take notes as you go (classwork)

4.  Study vocab and notes on Westward unit (homework)

Science

Finish the groundwater diagram on the back of today's notes if you did not finish in class today. Follow directions.

Finish the Mapping River Basins activity if you did not finish during the allotted time in class today. You need to complete the US map and the NC map.

ELA:

Finish reading Act 1 scenes 4 and 5 of "Diary of Anne Frank"(audio version posted in GC)

Graded warmup tomorrow. Review ELA resource as well as this week's warm ups to prepare.

MTSS assignment due Monday.

Core Connections:

We began our Fish Tale #4 Mini-Project today during class.  We WILL have time tomorrow (Friday) to work on our Digital Fish drawings.  

Wednesday 11/5

 Math

Math 8: Complete similar figures delta math. Test Friday

ELA

Finish reading Act 1 Scene 3 "The Diary of Anne Frank"

Science:

- Finish the IXL skills on the water cycle if you did not complete both during MTSS / Viking Time today.

- Bring 3 different colored pencils, pens, or highlighters tomorrow to class. One of them should be the same color you used to map the Mississippi River today in class. (You may also use thin-tipped markers as long as they do not bleed through the paper - not Sharpies or permanent markers.)

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

 Social Studies

1.  Complete the ATSOU #3 Westward assignment including mapping (classwork)

2.  Review notes on the documentary in GC (classwork)

3.  Play Jeopardy (Test review)  (classwork and homework)  

Test 1 is tomorrow!  Be prepared!!

Science:

Finish the EdPuzzle: Distribution of Earth's Water if you did not finish in class today. Remember to submit the assignment after answering all questions. 

Finish the Flocabulary:Water Cycle if you did not finish in class today.  

ELA:

Objective summary activity-keep up with the sheets passed out in class today. We will use it over the course of the whole unit. 

Do scenes 1-2 ONLY.

Do the first column ONLY.

Math

Math 8: Test Friday on dilations, scale factor, similar figures, angles and triangles.

Math 1: Finish classwork from today. (delta math, IXL)

Monday 11/3

 Math

Math 8: Dilations Project due TOMORROW. Test Friday on Dilations, Similar Figures, Angles, and Triangles.

Math 1: Finish classwork from today.

Social Studies

1. Review new vocab: Westward

2.  Select 1 goal for the Civic Virtues challenge Week 1-write it down!

3.  Watch ATSOU #3 in GC.  Work on the mapping exercise to minute 25 (classwork and homework)

4.  Study for your test! (homework)

ELA:

Mini Lesson-"The Final Solution Video Guide" Background

-answer your question sheet as you go pausing video to answer questions. Link to video is posted to your GC.

Science:

Finish the Hydrosphere LearnEd pages 6-7 if you did not finish in class today. Remember to follow directions given in class to complete p.7 - label the chart according to the diagram. See today's slideshow for more details. 

Finish the Natural Resources Color By Number if you did not finish in class.

Core Connections:

I will allow approximately 10 minutes to finish the Bear Squares tomorrow during class.

Thursday, October 30, 2025

 Science:

1 - Quiz tomorrow on Energy/Natural Resources.  Study your notes, slideshows in GC, and completed pages in your Energy LearnEd notebook. Use the study guide posted in Google Classroom (dated Oct. 27).

2 - Bring your colored pencils to class tomorrow.  If you don't have colored pencils, please bring $2 and purchase from the school store.

Math

Math 8: Finish Dilations Delta Math

Social Studies

1.  Warm up #9/Schoolhouse Rock Video "Three Ring Circus"

2.  Gimkit Vocab review (classwork)

3.  I.N. Activity #5 (classwork)

4.  Civic Virtue Challenge...define the 12 virtues only (classwork/homework)

5.  Study for your test (homework)

ELA 

Finish MTSS assignment

Study for graded warmup tomorrow

Study for Skills Quiz

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

 Science:

Finish the LearnEd assignment if you did not finish in Viking Time today 

Study for Friday's quiz on Natural Resources.  Use the study guide posted in GC on Oct. 27.

ELA:

Finish highlighting activity that was started in class.

Skill activity "Analyze Text Structure" worksheet.

*Graded warmup on Friday

Review daily warmups and ELA resource packet to prepare.

*Quiz on Friday- "Stranger Than Fiction: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe" and "Maggots as Medicine" articles.

Make sure you are completing classwork and homework assignments even if not taken as a grade as these help to prepare you to do well on the quizzes!!

Social Studies

1.  Warm up #8

2.  B. O. R. 6-10 notes (classwork)

3.  Violation or No Violation (classwork)

4.  Study for test (homework)

Core Connections:

Please make sure that you have completed and turned in the following classwork.

1. Bear Names & Scientific Naming Games from last week (Completed on and due to be turned in Friday 10/24)

2.  Applying Fact Checkers (Completed on and turned in Tuesday, 10/28)

3.  Flocabulary: Voting Due today (Started on Monday and Due on Wednesday, 10/29)

4.  Issues Form (Completed today and turned in on Wednesday, 10/29)

Tuesday, October 28

 Social Studies

1.  Warm up #7 

2.  Bill of Rights explained + graphic organizer (classwork)

3.  Bill of Rights questions (classwork and homework)

4.  Study Guide for TEST 1:

US Gov Vocab

I.N. notes Activities 1-5

America Ch. 7 Notes sections 1-3

Crash Course Questions

Flocab:  A More Perfect Union + Bill of Rights

US Constitution handout + "cheat" sheet

History Alive Fill in the Blank

Bill of Rights for Kids Video

Violation or No Violation

*Test 1 will be administered next Wed. Nov. 5!

Science

Finish the EdPuzzle: Climate Change if you did not finish in class today. It is set for optional retakes. You may retake it up to 3 times; only the final attempt is recorded / seen by me.

Study for Friday's quiz on Natural Resources and Energy. Use the study guide posted in Google Classroom (dated Oct. 27).

ELA

Make sure you complete the guided notes. Use Google Slides posted in GC.

Finish skill activity "Analyze Structure and Features of a Nonfiction Article". Use the biography  "Stranger Than Fiction :The Life of Edgar Allan Poe" that was handed out previously. It is also posted in GC.