Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Health 7

Students are playing a tic tac toe review game for their test on Thursday. Make sure you read over your handouts on alcohol, tobacco and marijuana before the test.

Monday, April 20, 2009

7th Grade Math

Lesson 10-4, pages 430-431. Problems 8-24 and 27-32. Mid-chapter test, quiz and notes on Friday.

Pre-Algebra

Lesson 11-4, pages 528-529. Problems 10-23 and 30-36. Mid-chapter test, quiz, and notes on Wednesday.

Algebra

Lesson 9.4, pages 529-531. Problems 18-44 even, 52, 57, 65, and 72-82 even. Test, quiz and notes on Wednesday.

Applied Math 7

Lesson 85: Circumference and Pi
Lesson 85 was completed together in class. Students should have shown work and submitted their worksheets before leaving. Students will not recieve points on problems that do not have work shown since all the work was shown on the overhead.

Science 8

A review of chapter 5 so far...
Seed Plants, Gymnosperms & Angiosperms

We also took notes on 5.4 tropisms and had a review assignment.

Literature 8

Each hour started a new book. The assignments vary for each book and will sometimes vary by the class period.


"I Am the Cheese"
Read pages 1-11 and complete review

"Mrs. Mike" Read chapter 1 and complete review.

Applied Math 8

Lesson 7-3: Solving Proportions
Assignment: p. 299 #4-39

Language Arts - 8 (4/20-4/24)

This week we are focusing on organizing and typing our rough drafts for the Hispanic American research unit. Some upcoming deadlines are:

Wednesday, April 22nd - Outline completed
Monday, April 27th - Rough draft completed
Wednesday, April 29th - Peer edit completed
Monday, May 4th - Final due
Tuesday, May 5th - Speeches begin

Social Studies 8

Today we discussed background information on the causes of WWI including the rise of nationalism, militarism, imperialism, and the formation of secret alliances.
Students have a four-part homework assignment - (1) list the tensions in Europe prior to WWI *this was done in class,* (2) list the countries involved in the two main alliances - the Central Powers and the Allied Powers, (3) color a map and make a key showing the locations of the Central Powers and Allied Powers, and finally (4) write a paragraph explaining the benefits and risks of forming alliances between countries *discussed in class.*

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Algebra

Lesson 9.3, Part 2. Pages 522-524. Problems 65-74 and quiz 1 (1-25).

Applied Math 7

Corrected Lesson 84. No homework, have a great break!

7th Grade Math

Page 587, Lesson 10-1 (1-18), Lesson 10-2 (1-2), and Lesson 10-3 (1-6).

Pre-Algebra

Page 643, Lesson 11-2 (2-12 evens) and Lesson 11-3 (2-18 evens).

Applied Math 8

Corrected Lesson 7-2.
IN CLASS ASSIGNMENT: Complete the 7-2 Packet. DUE IN CLASS.

Science 8

Correct Flower structure packet.
Pollination video
No Homework/enjoy your break!

Literature 8


Health 8

Students put together their digestive system model today.
Assignment: Have a great spring break and get outdoors and be active!

Health 7

Students read and discussed an article on prescription drug misuse and abuse.
Have a great spring break. Get outside and be active.

Social Studies 8

Students viewed the video "The Doughboys" which is a compilation of archived WWI footage.

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