Daily Update-Ocy.30/09

ELA-Work on your next reading response. Vocabulary Unit 3 test will be written near the end of next week. Start reviewing now. Read chapter 3 in the novel, and start working on the written assignment. A handout was given out. Your October calendar is due Monday. Keep reading.

Check to see if you have any overdue work and get the work in.

Happy Halloween!

Daily Update--Oct.28/09

ELA--Vocabulary booklet needs to be completed for tomorrow. Work on your next reading response. October calendar is due Monday.

Math--The assignment from yesterday is due tomorrow.

SS--Have the hunter/gatherer and agrarian compare and contrast frame due for Friday (we do not have SS tomorrow).

Health--Poster illustrating your fitness skill is due tomorrow. Check the rubric for the criteria.

French--Have your $5 in for Friday's pizza party.

Volleyball players going to Portage tomorrow can bring money if they would like to because we will be stopping at McDonald's.

Daily Update--Oct.27/09

ELA--For tomorrow, students must hand in their "Tuff" poster AND summary which should be between 1/2 to 1 page in length. You will also be writing a short quiz on Chapter 2 of the novel so reread it and pay close attention to details. Vocabulary unit 3 booklet (the last two pages) are due Thursday.

Math--Worksheet 4.2 #4 a,b,c ,#5 a,b, and c, and #6 a,b, and c are due tomorrow but due to the early dismissal, we wil correct it on Thursday.

SS--Compare and contrast frame about the hunter-gatherer and the agrarian societies is due tomorrow but due to the early dismissal, we will correct it on Thursday.

Health--Poster of your chosen Fitness Skill is due Thursday. Check your rubric for the criteria.

8S Health--Your chart of the "Types of Exercises" is due tomorrow morning.

Daily Update--Oct.26/09

ELA--Fot tomorrow, you need to have the synonyms and antonyms page in Vocab.Unit3 completed. The Tuff poster and 1 page summary is due Wednesday. There will be a quiz on the events of Chapter 3 in the novel on Wednesday. Second reading response should be in now.

Math--In your foldable have the 4 examples represented in pictoral form. Have your chart completed for tomorrow as well.

Health-- Your poster for the Fitness Skill is due Thursday.

Tomorrow is Tropical Day.

Daily Update--Oct. 22/09

ELA--Second reading response due Monday. "A"memoirs due Monday. Vocabulary Unit 3 Syns and anty. due Tuesday. Tuff poster due Wednesday.

Math--Have test signed, and corrections done. Worksheet on percents #1 to 8 done for Monday.

Health--Fitness poster due next Thursday.

8C--Caves of Lascaux sheet due Monday.

Daily Update--Oct. 21/09

ELA--Work on the second reading response which should be handed in by Monday. "A" memoirs are due Monday. "Tuff/Tough" collage which we just started today will be due next Wed.

Science--Your 3-D model is due tomorrow.

SS--Complete your information frame for tomorrow.

Health--Start working on your Fitness Skills poster which we discussed yesterday. No due date has been set as of yet.

Daily Update--Oct.20/09

ELA--Work on the reading responses. Hand in signed tests. "A" memoirs are due by Monday--absolute last day.

MATH--Review for tomorrow's test.

Science--Cell model is now due on Thursday.

SS--"Putting Words Together" worksheet is due tomorrow.

Daily Update--Oct. 19/09

ELA--Signed vocabulary tests should be handed in asap. I need first reading responses in asap. The character map for The OUtsiders is due tomorrow. Work on your "A" memoirs.

Math--Second review sheet 1.5 is due tomorrow. Last review before Wednesday's test.

SS--Have the "Putting words together" work sheet done for next class.

Science--Functions test is tomorrow. Your 3-D model is due Wednesday.

Health--The chart on "Types of Exercises" is due tomorrow.

Daily Update--Oct. 16/09

ELA--Students need to start handing in their reading responses. Get vocabulary tests signed. Work on your memoirs. We have started the novel, and there is a Venn diagram to be completed by Monday.

Math--Review work from the textbook page 491--#1 a,c,and e, #2,#3 a and b, #4 a to d, #5,#7 a,b,c, and #13, and#16 a,c,ande. Unit test is on Wed.


Science--Study for your functions quiz on Tuesday, and have your cell model done by Wednesday.

Health--Types of Exercises chart is due Tuesday.

We had our reading party this afternoon. Thank you to everyone who brought food. Have a great weekend!

Daily UPdate--Oct.15/09

ELA--Vocabulary tests were returned today. Please have parents look at them ,and get them signed and returned to school tomorrow.Work on your "A" memoirs.

Math--Review sheet was handed out today. Unit test next Wednesday. For tomorrow have # 1 d,e, and f, #2 a,b, and c, #4 a and b, #5 a and b, and #6 and #7 completed.

SS-If anyone did not hand in their "Origins of Life" writeup in class today, have it done for tomorrow.

Science--Study for the functions test which is next Tuesday.

Health--Types of Exercises chart to be completed by next Tuesday.

Remember that we are having our celebration reading party tomorrow afternoon. If you offerred to bring any food,please do not forget and thank you for offering to bring food.

Daily Upadte--Oct.14/09

There is a fair amount of work due tomorrow.

ELA--Evidence of Learning is due tomorrow--rough draft,editting, and good copy. Novel KWL chart is to be completed and ready to hand in tomorrow.

Math--Journal entry #3 is due tomorrow.

SS--Compare and Contrast frame is due tomorrow.

Science--Study for your diagram quiz which is tomorrow.

Health--Chart of exercises is due next Health class which is next Tuesday.

Daily Update--Oct.13/09

ELA--We wrote our Unit 2 vocabulary test today. The Evidence of Learning paragraph is due Thursday. The rough draft should be done for tomorrow so I can edit with the students. The good copy is due Thursday. Students should also be writing their "A" memoirs. The first reading response should already be handed in.

Math--Assignment from the textbook--#2 a to f,#3 a to d, #5,and #9 a and b (in expanded form) for tomorrow. Rewrite on Thursday.

Science--Review the animal cell. Diagram quiz on Thursday.

Daily Update--Oct.8/09

ELA--Vocabulary test on Tuesday. Vocabulary "Evidence of Learning" paragraph is due next Wednesday. Work on your memoirs. Work on your reading response.

Math--Worksheet on Expanded NOtation--#4,5,6,7,8,9 for tomorrow.Signed tests need to be handed in.

Science--Study for spelling test (Tuesday).

Health--Poster due tomorrow.

Daily Update--Oct.7/09

ELA--Continue to review vocabulary words. Unit 2 test on Tuesday. Work on your first reading response. Be working on your "A" memoirs.

Math--Correct your mistakes on the mid-unit test. Have the test signed and returned to school by tomorrow. A few students are attending extra classes at noon to rewrite the test next week. The option to rewrite is open to everyone, however they must attend the extra help classes in order to rewrite.

Science--Have your test signed and returned to Mrs. Clarke tomorrow.

SS--Have your 2-cloumn chart note taking organizer completed for tomorrow.(5 words needed to be completed on the organizer.)

Health--The poster project is due Friday. Check your rubric for criteria.

Daily Update--Oct.6/09

ELA--Unit 2 vocabulary test is next Tuesday. Start review now. Work on your first reading response which should be handed in by the end of the week to keep on schedule. Think about ,and start drafting, your first memoir which is the topic of your next creative writing piece.

Math--We wrote our mid-unit test today, so no homework tonight in Math.

Health--Your Health triangle poster is due Friday.

French--The sheets are due tomorrow.

Remember that tomorrow is picture day;remember your forms.

Daily Update--Oct.5/09

ELA--We will be correcting the remainder of the booklet for unit 2 vocabulary tomorrow. Students should decide on the topic of their "A" memoir in creative writing. If they come to class tomorrow with the idea, then they will go directly into writing their rough draft. Students should also be working towards their first reading response.

Math--Review sheet was handed out today with questions directly in preparation for tomorrow's midunit test. The questions to be done are # 2,3,4,5,7 i)ii)iii) and b, #8 a and b, #9 b and c, #10 a and b, #11 a,b, and c for tomorrow. We will correct them in one period and then write the test in the second Math class.

Health--The health triangle poster project is due this Friday.

Daily Update--October 2/09

ELA-We have signed an October contract,so keep reading. You should be working on your first reading response which is due by the end of the week. Vocabulary unit 2-antonyms is due Monday, and the rest of the booklet is due Tuesday.

Math--Booklet 1.4 on Calculating Powers is due Monday. Review powers of 10 because I could give you a surprise quiz on just that on Monday. Your mid-unit test on perfect squares, squaring a number, square roots and estimating square roots will be on Tuesday. Extra help will be available on Monday and Tuesday at noon.

Health--Health poster in due Friday, Oct.9.

Have a great weekend!