Language Arts:
This week we are working on poetry. We will be reading, comparing, and writing poetry. Book jackets are due Friday.
Science:
This week we will be starting a unit on Earth's Interior. The unit will start with earthquakes. We will be reading chapter 8 in the Science Voyages textbook.
History:
We are into the Great Depression sorting out causes and moving toward a classic New Deal Supreme Court challenge case dealing with the Interstate Commerce clause.
Mathematics:
1st and 2nd hour: We are continuing work on chapter 9. The test will be next week before the quarter ends on Thursday.
6th hour: We started chapter 3 this week and will have a quiz on Friday.
7th hour: We started chapter 10 this week. Students should be working towards an INDEPENDENT understanding of the material in this chapter.
Monday, March 10, 2008
March 10-14
Language Arts:
This week students will be working in groups to create a PowerPoint to present to the class related to their controversial issue. No spelling this week. Journals are due March 25th and book jackets are due March 28th.
Science:
This week we will be wrapping up our unit on simple machines. We will have labs on pulleys and gears Monday through Wednesday. There is a test scheduled for Thursday.
Math:
This week, all classes are working on an exploratory unit on map coloring. The rules for coloring a map state that regions that border each other must be colored with different colors. If regions touch only at a single point, they can be the same color. Map makers have long accepted the fact that any map can be colored using 4 or fewer colors. Mathematicians have been trying to prove this theory for over a hundred years. Students will learn about the history of the theory and practice coloring some simple maps.
History:
We are reading up on mass culture and putting together an outline to organize film and reading materials from the 1920's. We will then write an outline based essay describing the mood and developments of the 1920's.
This week students will be working in groups to create a PowerPoint to present to the class related to their controversial issue. No spelling this week. Journals are due March 25th and book jackets are due March 28th.
Science:
This week we will be wrapping up our unit on simple machines. We will have labs on pulleys and gears Monday through Wednesday. There is a test scheduled for Thursday.
Math:
This week, all classes are working on an exploratory unit on map coloring. The rules for coloring a map state that regions that border each other must be colored with different colors. If regions touch only at a single point, they can be the same color. Map makers have long accepted the fact that any map can be colored using 4 or fewer colors. Mathematicians have been trying to prove this theory for over a hundred years. Students will learn about the history of the theory and practice coloring some simple maps.
History:
We are reading up on mass culture and putting together an outline to organize film and reading materials from the 1920's. We will then write an outline based essay describing the mood and developments of the 1920's.
Monday, March 3, 2008
March 3-7
Language Arts:
We will be writing our research paper using the research that was gathered last week. Students will be in the computer lab writing their research paper. The paper will be due at the end of the day on Friday. We are also working on spelling unit 21.
Math:
1st/2nd hours: Starting chapter 9.
6th hour: Chapter 2 test is on Friday.
7th hour: Chapter 9 test is on Wednesday.
Science:
We will be exploring the different classes of levers early this week. Later in the week we will be learning about pulleys and other simple machines that turn.
Social Studies
We are in the 1920's looking at the mood of the nation coming out of WW I and heading into the growth of mass culture.
We will be writing our research paper using the research that was gathered last week. Students will be in the computer lab writing their research paper. The paper will be due at the end of the day on Friday. We are also working on spelling unit 21.
Math:
1st/2nd hours: Starting chapter 9.
6th hour: Chapter 2 test is on Friday.
7th hour: Chapter 9 test is on Wednesday.
Science:
We will be exploring the different classes of levers early this week. Later in the week we will be learning about pulleys and other simple machines that turn.
Social Studies
We are in the 1920's looking at the mood of the nation coming out of WW I and heading into the growth of mass culture.
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