Wednesday Sept. 26

Reading- Don't forget tomorrow is Spelling test day for all classes except 8th period. Eighth period will be tested Friday. 5th period completed chapter 2 of novel Sarah Plain and Tall. All other classes are still reading part 2 of Flowers for Algernon. Please bring all library books to school to renew or check in.

Math - 5th and 8th period students need to finish their Pythagorean Theorem Worksheets if they have not turned them in! Tomorrow is the last day! They also need to finish Pg. 233-234 #1-8, 14 and 15. 4th Period has a worksheet to complete. Algebra 1 has Pg. 136 #6,7, and 9. Tomorrow we will be going outside to measure shadows and heights, students might want to wear shoes so their feet do not get we in the morning!

Science - Pre assessment on aoms/periodic table. Started Cornell notes on history of atomic model. No Homework.

Language Arts - Finish your dead verb worksheet if you did not do so!

Reading - Begin part 2 of Flowers for Algenon. Spelling test TOMORROW.

WV Studies-  Today we finish up the explorers.   Assessment will be worth 100 pts.  Students will be given 8 explorers and will write one sentence explaining the significance of their exploration. 
Tomorrow, we will go to the library and work on reaserch for a report on one of the explorers.(each student will be randomly assigned an explorer by Mr. Colegrove) 
Assessment due:  Oct. 1 100pts.
Report due:  Oct. 9  100pts.
Directions to these assignments can be found under the, assignments tab for the students WV Studies class on ed-line. Students will also receive a paper copy.

Here is your Monday summary!

Math:
3rd - Pg. 169 #7,12,13,21,22
4th - Pg. 316 #10-14, 16
5th - Pg. 233-34 #2-8
7th - Pg. 128 #8-15
8th - No Homework

Science: Test tomorrow. Study guides due.

Language: 8th period needs to finish writing lead paragraph for article.

Reading: checked Bell Ringers today. New spelling words were handed out, keep reading at home.

Social Studies: Continued exploring explorers...ha!


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Reminder to all students and parents: Study Guides are due Monday before the bell. Quite a few students finished in class (they had all class period to work on it.) We will review them in class and students can turn them in on the day of the test (Tuesday the 18th)for additional credit!

Sorry this is late, but better late then never!

Math: we kept working with scientific notation. 3rd and 4th need to finish their worksheet, 5th and 8th have a book assignment to finish.

Social Studies: Map Quiz on Monday!!

Language: Final drafts due tomorrow by 3:05

Science: Test tuesday the 18th. We did a wanted poster on the mothman using the sci method to prove/disprove it. Due tomorrow before bell.

Reading: Bring AR books for SSR tomorrow and you will get me Spelling Words

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3 down, 2 to go! Here is your daily summary -

Science: We watched video footage on Mothman from 1967. No hw. Tomorrow we are making a wanted poster and using the sci method to prove/disprove presence.

Math: We finished up our first week of fantasy football and started on pythagorean theorem. In Alg. 1 we began writing equations involving absolute value. They had 3 problems for homework.

Reading: Continue reading flowers for Algernon and working on documentation of Changes in Charlie watching for parallel episodes.

Language Arts: Final drafts due friday by 3:05 work on them at home, no more class time

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Another Tuesday gone with the wind!

Here is your daily summery,

Reading: Continue reading Flowers for Algernon.

Language Arts: Students worked on final drafts. They can work on them at home if need be. These are due by Friday.

Science: We read about the mothman in "Haunted WV" and made a T chart graphic organizer. There is no h.w. Test next Tuesday!!

Math: Today was the first day of Fantasy Football! We looked up our player stats and learned how to use a formula to solve how many points each player recieved. Tomorrow we will continue to work on this and put the information into an excel file to be used in Mr. Whitt's class for their team blog.

Have a great evening!!

Good heavens! Right before I was going to bed I realized that I didn't do the blog! Ahhh! Sorry folks! My list is at school so I'll do my best:

English: Students were finishing their fantasy football posters. We also discussed peer reviewing and why it is important. We will be reviewing rough drafts on Monday.

Math: Mr. Mann's classes did a data calculation sheet based off of my lab. Students will have a little time to finish in class on monday so if you don't have at least 4 of the 6 questions finished you need to do so! Algebra 1 took a quiz, remember if you did not finish the quiz in class you need to do so at lunch on Monday!

Social Studies: Exploration notes and map quiz 4 is Monday Sept. 10th; WV Forest/Compare and contrast statement and 10 sentence paragraph was due today.

Reading: Today was library day. Students also only have two more weeks to take an AR test on their reading level!

Science: We finished our "What's in my head?" concept maps on the scientific method. 90% of students turned it in--some were finishing the 7th and 8th bubbles: The Scientific method is like.... And Why do we use the scientific method? (answer in own words.) YOUR AIRPLANE LABS ARE DUE MONDAY!!!!
I apologize again for the late posting. Have a great weekend and good luck to our guys tomorrow morning as they play Man (I believe) on our home turf! GO PANTHERS!!!

Hello! Happy Thursday to ya! Here are your class updates:

Science: LAB TODAY! :) If students didn't finish their lab sheet in class, it is homework! Be sure to bring your lab sheet to Mr. Mann's class! The lab sheet is due on Monday.

Social Studies: p. 35 map (expansion of the New world: collected in class) Students did a handout on Early English explorers and finished up with a 5 sentence summary paragraph.

Math: Today we worked on the distance formula with whiteboard practice. If they do not finish their practice problems in class, it is homework. Tomorrow ALGEBRA 1 has a quiz!

Reading: Broken Chain test today. Students will be going to the library tomorrow.

English: Finish posters and set up a blogger account and write their first post. Students also turned in their rough drafts!

We want to wish our tennis team good luck in their match against St. Joe tonight at CMHS! Also, good luck to our Volleyball team in their home game against Teays Valley Christian!

Happy Wednesday to ya!

Math: Same as yesterday

Science: We finished up our check activity. We also did a concept map on the scientific method. There is no homework. The lab is tomorrow. If you still haven't brought your lab contract signed in to me--you can't do the lab!

English: Fantasy football draft; poster, rationale

Reading: Read AR books-the 6 weeks is passing quickly. TEST TOMORROW ON THE BROKEN CHAIN!

Social Studies: Exploration notes and map quiz 4 is Monday Sept. 10th; WV Forest (Compare and contrast statement and 10 sentence paragraph due Friday Sept. 7th)

Have a good evening!

Hello! I hope that everyone enjoyed their three day weekend! Here are your 8A updates!

Social Studies: We are continuing our work on the American Indian use of Forest. Students made four compare and contrast statements and worked on their ten sentence paragraph (which is due Friday Sept. 7th).

Science: Their Save Fred labs were due before the bell. I let my students know how many assignments that they were missing and also their midterm grades. Quite a few students turned in late work, which will probably not affect their grades on their midterms because grades are due in the computer by the end of the day. We also introduced the scientific method with a check activity where students had to piece together a couple's life by only using their checks that they have written. We will continue this tomorrow. No homework!

Math: Working on x and / with scientific notation. Group work on making their own questions involving x and / with scientific notation. No homework. Algebra 1: finish their in class assignment.

Reading: Students are workig on their broken chain questions in preparation for their test Thursday.

English: Students started their descriptive essay rough drafts and worked on pre-writing strategies.


Have a great evening!