Wednesday, March 31, 2021

 Science:

1 - Take your Microbes & Infectious Diseases quiz today. Please work alone and use only your brain for this assignment, no outside resources.

2 - Finish the Solve the Outbreak assignment from yesterday if you did not finish. 

Math:

1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th: Complete "Survey Results - Frequency Tables" doc in google classroom (choose 3 of the surveys to create frequency tables)

Think of a survey a question fro your project. We will use it in class Thursday.

2nd: Complete Quadratics Quiz

Copy/glue notes: p110 Unit 7 Systems Table of Contents; p111 Systems; p112 Solve by graphing; p113 Solve Systems Examples

Core Connections:

1. Google Form due by 1:00 - only one question and a chance to schedule help on your draft via Zoom.

2.  Please work on your draft for you COVID story.  It's due tomorrow for a peer review.  Check through the rubric.

3.  Make sure you've turned in Tuesday's in-class Choose Your Story Format (you need it for your draft).  

4.  Double check for any missing assignments.

Social Studies:

1.  Complete warm up #14.

2.  Complete the rough draft sketch for your Arpillera design.  Make sure that you use the guide that you submitted to complete the process.  The rough draft design should indicate where certain colors are and which items are 3D.  Remember that household items or items from your yard can be used to create 3D items on your canvas.  One 3D item is required for the project.  

3.  We will begin our "art days" in Social Studies when we return after the break.  Make sure that you bring all of your art supplies to school or you will have a different assignment and will have to catch up on the art at home!

You will need your own paint brush, paints and 3D items.

ELA:

1. Finish your L&G roots from yesterday.
2. Finish the peer-evaluation from yesterday.

3. Complete self-evaluation. See details on GC.

Tuesday, March, 30

 Social Studies:

1.  Make sure that you have completed warm up #13

2.  Make sure that you have taken your test and submitted it for grading.

Have a great homework free evening in social studies:)

ELA:

1. L/G roots: tract, hydro, port, aud, cred.

2. Ode peer-evaluation.

Science:
1 - Study! Quiz tomorrow. Use the links on GC to help you prepare.  There are three sets of practice quizzes/questions - please use these!

2 - Solve the Outbreak CDC activity is due Wednesday. You may work on this after tomorrow's quiz. 

Math:
1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th: Complete "Two-Way Frequency Tables Homework" doc

2nd: Finish Factoring Review doc

Quiz due Wed at 11:59pm

Monday, March 29, 2021

 Core Connections:

This week you'll be working on your COVID story. Remember, Friday is the beginning of our SPRING BREAK! 

1. Complete the High School Registration Process.

2. Check for any missing work.

ELA:
1. IXL Skills AA 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5: Work until you get 85 or 20 ACTIVE minutes per day.
2. L/G roots: pot, laud, term, ego, lith.

Science:
1. Finish the 1918 Flu Pandemic article and questions.

2. Study and review for Wednesday's quiz on Microbes & Infectious Disease. Use the links and practice quizzes in GC. 

Social Studies:

1.  Complete warm up entries #11 and #12.

2.  Use the Jeopardy Game to review for tomorrow's test.

Math:
1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th - Make sure definitions are copied to the top of p80 (definitions can be found in google classroom by slideshow, video, and doc)

Complete two way frequency tables by using the given clues

2nd: Complete Quadratic Word Problems 3

Quiz due by end of day Wed (will be posted Tuesday afternoon)

Friday, March 26, 2021

Ads for the yearbook went home Tuesday, March 23rd. Here is a link to the document. Extra copies are in the bin at the back of the gym. Speaking of the bin, several packets still need to be picked up. We started using these supplies yesterday in math.

 Science:

1 - Finish your Most Wanted Pathogen project.  Follow instructions in GC. Be sure all of your information fits onto 1 page / slide / doc (whatever format you are using). Do your best work - this counts as a quiz grade. 

2 - Check PowerSchool and be sure you have completed all assignments for 4th quarter. This is a great opportunity to finish anything that you haven't done yet. 

 Social Studies:
1.  Complete warm up #10
2.  Finish Flocabulary Reconstruction by 11:59 tonight for on time credit.
3.  Fill out the guide assigned in GC regarding your plans and ideas for your Arpillera.  This form must be completed before you begin your design.  Nothing should be added to the canvas at this time.  Your canvas should still be blank.

Math:
1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th: 

1. Complete INB p77 Line of Best Fit (purple sheet - other half of scatterplots from Thurs; fill in blanks and glue)

2. Complete INB p78 Write Equation from Line of best fit (purple examples need to be cut off and glued; write beside the examples in your notebook)

3. Complete Google Slides "Write Equation from Trend Line"

2nd: Complete Quadratics Review Sheet

Core Connections

1. Today's assignment is Empathy Makes Us Better Readers (and Humans). Please read the story Each Kindness.  Then answer the writing prompts on the Google Form that goes with it.   You may want to keep two tabs open.  This counts as a journal grade.

2.  Please finish anything you're missing in Google Classroom.

ELA:

1. I extended the deadline for the odes until Monday morning. 

2. Ode reactions (details on GC). This assignment is an INFORMAL writing assignment--just say what you think and feel! Use textspeak if you wanna! 

Thursday, March 25, 2021

Ads for the yearbook went home Tuesday, March 23rd. Here is a link to the document. Extra copies are in the bin at the back of the gym. Speaking of the bin, several packets still need to be picked up. We will start using these supplies in math Thursday and Friday. 

Social Studies:

1.  Complete warm up #9

2.  Review the power point presentation from the NC Book (Ch.9 section 4)in your new Hybrid GC account.

3.  Go to your old GC account which you used until March 16th.  There you will find a flocabulary assignment titled:  Reconstruction.  Complete the flocabulary activities:  video, vocab game, read and respond, and the quiz by Friday night March 26th at 11:59pm.

Here are the old GC codes so that you can access the Flocabulary "Reconstruction" assignment:

1st:  ortrdod

2nd:  fdglp5i

3rd:  b4viccn

4th:  cd2ougf

5th:  omhf7jy

Science:

Work on your Most Wanted Pathogen poster project.  Follow the directions posted in GC.  Be sure all of your information (except sources) fits onto 1 page, doc, slide, or whatever format you are using.  Your sources can be on a separate doc. Do your best - this will count as a quiz grade.

Math:

1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th: (copies, slideshow and video are posted in gc)

1. Copy INB p73 Unit 7 Statistics Table of Contents

2. Glue INB p74 Scatterplots (purple sheet from new supply packet; whole sheet but cut off scatterplot half; will use the other half tomorrow)

3. Copy INB p75 Positive Association (use 1/3 of stickers)

4. Copy INB p76 Negative Association (use another 1/3 of stickers)

5. Copy INB p77 No Association (use the last 1/3 of stickers)

6. Complete 8th Grade IXL CC16 Identify Trends with Scatterplots

2nd:

1.  Copy INB p107 Compare Linear, Quadratic, and Exponential Functions

2.  IXL CC2 Identify linear, quadratic, and exponential functions from graphs (100 smartscore)

3.  IXL CC4 Identify linear, quadratic, and exponential functions from tables (85 smartscore or 20 active minutes)

Core Connections

1. Connecting Your Covid Story with Facts: Please read the supporting article and fill out the writing prompts in the Google Form.

ELA:

Ode Reactions (see GC).

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

 Ads for the yearbook went home Tuesday, March 23rd. Here is a link to the document. Extra copies are in the bin at the back of the gym. Speaking of the bin, several packets still need to be picked up. We will start using these supplies in math Thursday and Friday.

Math:
1st, 3rd, 4th & 5th: 

Go over the Review answers (slides and video)

Complete Systems Quiz today

2nd: use desmos.com to complete doc posted in google classroom

(video instructions are posted in google classroom also)

Social Studies:

1.   Complete warm up #8.

2.  On the same paper or document that you used to analyze political cartoons yesterday, answer the 4 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS on slide 2 of the Reconstruction Era slide show that we used yesterday in GC.

3.  Study your new unit vocab.  Test next Tuesday. 

4.  Use this Study Guide to Review:

New Unit Vocab

America Ch. 16 Notes Section 1 and 2 in GC

Powerpoint NC Ch.9.5 (will be posted tomorrow)

Reconstruction Slide Show

*Jeopardy Review will be played next Monday.  BE PREPARED!

Core Connections:

1. Today's assignment is a Google form for Step 1:  The best story is my story.

2. Please make sure you've submitted your high school planning form.  

3. If you haven't already done so, please consider submitting your Water Poster to the City of Durham.  Submission is voluntary but it is an easy extra/bonus grade in the projects category. 

ELA:

Work for today, Thursday, and Friday: Ode Reflections (see GC).

Science:

1 - Complete pages 10-11 in your LearnEd notebook.  Use the PDF in GC for the events on p.11. You  may summarize the event to fit it in the space for the timeline.

2 - Work on your Most Wanted Pathogen mini-project.  See directions in GC.  Do your best - this counts as a quiz grade for 4th quarter.  

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Ads for the yearbook went home today, Tuesday, March 23rd. Here is a link to the document. Extra copies are in the bin at the back of the gym. Speaking of the bin, several packets still need to be picked up. We will start using these supplies in math Thursday and Friday.

Math:

1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th: Complete Review Sheet (slides)

Quiz on Systems Wed, March 24th

2nd: Complete Quadratic Word Problems 2

Social Studies:

1. Complete warm up #7 about Human Nature

2. Begin your independent study on Reconstruction analyzing political cartoons from the Era. (slide show posted in GC)

3. Read the introductory information on the first two slides.

4. Peruse slides 3-9 which contain political cartoons (primary sources) from the Reconstruction Era.

5. Pick 2 political cartoons to analyze.

6. On a piece of notebook paper or a google doc, answer the questions posted for each cartoon that you select. THERE IS NOTHING TO SUBMIT TODAY.

7. Be prepared to discuss your responses to the questions in class next week.

8. Review all Reconstruction Era vocabulary. Test next week!

Core Connections:

1. In small groups, complete the Review of Plot and other elements of a story.

2. Make sure you've discussed your 9th grade planning high school course planning form as a family.

Science:

1. Finish the How Lou Got the Flu assignment if you didn't finish in class.
2. Part of tomorrow's assignment is posted in GC today. You may complete it early if you'd like.

3. Look for details in GC tomorrow about your Most Wanted mini-project! This will count as a quiz grade for 4th quarter, so do your best work.