Science: Week of 4/6 - 4/10

The 8th grade science students will have an intro to engineering lesson on Wednesday, 4/8.  On Friday, 4/10, students will have an engineering design activity.  In this activity, students will design, develop and produce an earthquake-resistant structure.  Students will then have the opportunity to test their design on a shake table, re-design and re-test.  They will be asked to write a summary of their procedure, including reasons for and effectiveness of their re-design. There is also a non-fiction article assignment due on 4/10 that students received before spring break.  Next week, we will finish up our unit on geology by learning about mountains and metamorphic rock.

Science: Week of 3/23 - 3/27

The 8th graders had a lesson on mapping volcanoes and earthquakes on Monday, 3/23.  There was no homework.  Today, Wednesday 3/25, students will have a lesson on moving continents (plate tectonics). There will be a short quiz on igneous rocks and plate tectonics on Friday, 3/27.  Students will be given a non-fiction article assignment to work on over spring break.  It will be due on Friday, 4/10.  Students who were absent this week should see a classmate for notes and Mrs. G during lunch, I/E, or after school for a quick mini-lesson on what they missed.

Social Studies: Week of 3/23/2015

This week students are getting into the Harlem Renaissance and will be picking up a person to do a presentation on once we return from Spring Break. Following this introduction, we will introduce the Great Depression and analyze the causes of the Great Depression. Monday (today) students did their last in class assignment and will not have any more assignments for the rest of the quarter. The last day to complete assignments for the quarter is this Thursday!

Communication Arts: 3/23 - 3/27

This week in Communication Arts we will officially be starting our Battle of the Brains competition. Battle of the Brains consists of the students forming teams, creating mascots and team names and each day reading a different non-fiction article and completing a quiz and writing prompt after reading. The quizzes and writing prompts are graded; the winning team moves on. All teams participate each day, but they don't all have the chance to be crowned champions. The teams completed a round of prelims to earn their rankings within the class last week. Teams are organized into brackets, and the winning teams and block with the most points will earn various prizes. In addition to Battle of the Brains we will be having a debate, brushing up on various grammar aspects and completing readers theatre. Lastly we will have the March One Pager writing day on Thursday.

Algebra 1 (March 23-27)

Here are the assignments for the week. Assignments are listed on the day they are assigned. They are due the next day. Assignments may be modified based on how class goes that day.

Monday--no homework
Tuesday (Chapter 9-5)--p. 557-558 #’s 17-49 every 4th, 53-56
Wednesday (Chapter 9-6)--p. 593-594 #’s 17-28
Thursday (Chapter 9-7)--p. 601-604#’s 11-51 every 4th
Friday (Chapter 9 review)--p. 611 #’s 1-26
*There is a Chapter 9 mid-chapter quiz scheduled for Monday of this week.

Math 8 (March 23-27)

Here are the assignments for the week. Assignments are listed on the date they are assigned. They are due the next day along with a review worksheet given for warm-up problems. Assignments may be modified based on how things go in class on a daily basis.

Monday (Chapter 12-3B)--p. 737 #’s 5-17
Tuesday (Chapter 12=3D)--p. 743-745 #’s 6-21,24-31, + review worksheets
Wednesday (Chapter 12 review)--p. 752 #’s 1-14
Thursday--no homework
Friday--no homework
*There is a chapter 12 quiz scheduled for Monday of this week and the chapter 12 test is scheduled for Thursday of this week. Students are allowed to write notes on the front side of one sheet of paper to use on the quiz and test.

Social Studies: March 16/2015

This week students will finish up their "Living on one dollar" papers and will begin to learn about the United Nations. They will do a few introductory activities on the computer and will then use that knowledge from the activities to turn into notes and deeper level understanding. The United Nations unit should take about a month to complete

Science: Week of 3/16 - 3/20

8th graders have science on Tuesday and Thursday of this week.  On Tuesday, they will have a lesson on geologic time.  Students will take some notes, complete a timeline activity, and read "Rocks, Fossils and Time" from their FOSS resource books. If your student was absent on Tuesday, please have them get the notes from a classmate and a FOSS book from me so they can complete the reading.  On Thursday, students will have a short quiz on geologic time and begin a lesson on igneous rocks.  

Communication Arts 3/16-20

We will be completing a variety of things since we completed our large argument paper on fracking last week. We will be finishing our article presentations from last Friday, completing a mini-argument writing task, reviewing grammar concepts to improve student writing and starting Battle of the Brains at the end of the week.

Algebra 1 (March 16-20)

Here are the assignments for the week. The assignment is listed based on the day it is assigned. It will be due the next day. Assignments may be modified depending on how things go in class on that day.

Monday (Chapter 9-2)--p. 558-559 #’s 10-37 every 3rd
Tuesday (Chapter 9-3)--p. 569-570 #’s 8-32 every 3rd, 24
Wednesday (Chapter 9-4)--p. 577-578 #’s 11,17,21,27,31,33,35,41,45,46
Thursday (Chapter 9 mid-chapter review)--p. 582 #’s 1-25
Friday (Chapter 9 mid-chapter review)--review worksheets for mid-chapter quiz
*The chapter 9 mid-chapter quiz is currently scheduled for Monday, March 23rd.

Math 8 (3/16-3/20)

Here are the assignments for the week. The assignments are listed by the date they are assigned. They will be due the next day along with the warm-up review worksheet for the day. Assignments may be modified based on how things go in class that day.

Monday (Chapter 12-1E)--p. 717 #’s 5-17

Tuesday (Chapter 12-2A)--p. 722 #’s 6-18, 21

Wednesday (Chapter 12-2B)--p. 728-729 #’s 11-13, 15-31 odd

Thursday (Chapter 12 mid-chapter review)--p. 731 #’s 1-15

Friday (Chapter 12 review)--review worksheets for mid-chapter quiz

*The chapter 12 mid-chapter quiz is currently scheduled for Monday, March 23rd.

Social Studies Week of 3/9/2015

This week we will be finishing up the Netflix documentary "Living on one dollar." We will then write our response paper to that documentary while also using aspects previously covered in our Poverty Unit.

Algebra 1 (3/9-3/13)

Here are the assignments for the week. The assignments are listed on the day they are assigned. The will be due the next day. Assignments may be modified on a daily basis depending on how things go in class.

Monday--no homework
Tuesday (Chapter 8 review)--lesson by lesson review problems
Wednesday (Chapter 9-1)--p. 550-551 #’s 22-62 every 4th, 64
Wednesday (Chapter 9-2)--p. 558-559 #’s 10-37 every 3rd
Friday (Chapter 9-3)--p. 569-570 #’s 8-32 every 3rd, 24
*The Chapter 8 test is scheduled for Monday of this week.

Math 8 (3/9-3/13)

Here are the assignments for the week. The day the assignment is listed is the day it is assigned. It will be due the next day along with a review worksheet from warm-ups. The assignments may change on a daily basis depending on how things go in class.

Monday (Chapter 8 review)--p. 534 #’s 1-17
Tuesday--no homework
Wednesday (Chapter 8 review)--lesson by lesson review problems for retake test
Thursday (Chapter 12-1B)--p. 707 #’s 8-26
Friday (Chapter 12-1E)--p. 717 #’s 5-17
*The chapter 8 test is currently scheduled for Tuesday of this week.

Science: Week of 3/9 - 3/13

On Monday, students will be completing a self-assessment of their 8th grade performance test that they took last week.  On Wednesday, there will be a lesson on sedimentary rocks.  We will either continue the lesson on sedimentary rocks on Friday, or move onto a lesson on Fossils.  There will be a short quiz on sedimentary rocks on Friday, 3/13.

Social Studies: Week of 3/2/15

This week the students will be doing a Socratic Circle as a form of review before their test on Wednesday. Following the test, students will continue to finish up their Poverty unit by watching the Netflix documentary "Living on One." In this documentary, 4 people visit Guatemala and try and live on one dollar a day. Next week, students will use a writing prompt to explore their experiences and what they learned throughout the documentary and the Poverty Unit as a whole.

Communication Arts: 3/2 - 3/6

This week students are researching for and writing their argument paper. We are collaborating with Science for this task. Students have to take a side on the fracking debate and defend their position with claims and evidence. The students have a graphic organizer with daily checkpoints to guide them through this process as well as a claims evidence packet. There will be work time in class to write, research and ask questions each day this week. The half-time or rough draft of the argument paper is due at the end of class on Friday, 3/6.  

Algebra 1 (3/2-3/6)

Here are the assignments for the week. The days shown are the days the assignment is given. It will be due the next day. Assignments may be modified depending on how things go in class on a given day.

Monday (Chapter 8-8)--p. 519-520 #’s 15,23,27,39,43,44,45,47,51,55
Tuesday (Chapter 8-9)--p. p. 527-528 #’s 17-50 every 3rd
Wednesday (Chapter 8 review)--p. 535 #’s 1-33
Thursday--no homework
Friday (Chapter 8 review)--lesson-by-lesson review problems
*The chapter 8 test is currently scheduled for Thursday of this week. Students are allowed to use the front side of one sheet of paper for notes.

Math 8 (3/2-3/6)

Here are the assignments for the week. The days shown are the day the assignment is given. It will be due the next day along with the warm-up worksheet. Assignments may be modified depending on how class goes on a particular day.

Monday (Chapter 8-3A)--p. 510-511 #’s 4-11, 14-18
Tuesday (Chapter 8-3B)--p. 515 #’s 6-19
Wednesday (Chapter 8-3D)--p. 521-522 #’s 4-11, 17-18
Thursday (Chapter 8-3E)--p. 525-526 #’s 4-12, 15-16
Friday (Chapter 8 Review)--p. 534 #’s 1-17
*--At this time, the chapter 8 test will be scheduled for Monday, March 9th. Students are allowed to use the front side of one sheet of paper for notes.