Hello, happy Good Friday to ya! There is no school on Monday! Here are your class updates:

Science: We watched a Video on Bill Nye: waves and did graffiti. Homework: students need their books to watch the flipped video that can be found here.Or you can access it from Youtube here. Those who don't do the homework will have to play catch up on Tuesday while the other students do an activity.

Reading: Students read their AR books and finished their flip books, novels and book reviews. Mrs. Bates will take this work from this week no later than 8 a.m. Tuesday!!!! Get it done!!!!

Social Studies: Natural gas and oil continuation, no homework

Math: Regular Math: Coin problems on system of equations, no homework
Algebra: p. 454 1-6 and 21

Social Studies: Natural Gas and Oil Industry; no homework

Have a great weekend!

Hello everybody! I hope everyone had a great day!

Here are your class updates:

Science: Yesterday, we had a crazy schedule because of the golden horseshoe test (sorry I missed it!)so some students didn't have time to work on the assignment. Today, I gave all students ALL class period to do their cornell outline on 24.1 and 24.2. Only a handful of students actually finished, did their summary, decorated it for extra credit and turned it in. Some students came at the end of the day to check out a copy of the outline. HW: Finish cornell notes from yesterday

Math: Started solving coin problems (eventually work up to algebraically solving these types of problems). No homework

Social Studies: Students are working on natural gas and oil industries in WV. No homework.

Reading: Finish novels, read AR books, book reviews and flip books need to be completed by Friday.

English: Focus: Flashback stories; STudents create a character that has a flashback at some point in the story.

Spanish: Capito 3A test next Tuesday. Start Studying!

Have a great evening!

Hello all! Here are your class updates:

Science: We are starting waves so we took a pre-test today. Also, I let the students know what they got on their last test.

Social Studies: Working on farming industry; no homework

Math: systems of equations worksheet

English: fun sheet which is homework if you didn't finish.

Reading: finish AR books and novels; complete flip books and book reviews by the end of the week!

Spanish: Capito 3A test is next Tuesday April 2nd so you all can start studying.

Have a great evening!

Link for the Flipped Classroom Survey:

Please take this short survey for the flipped classroom. Click here

Hello! Our trio to the WV Capitol and Cultural Center was a success!

Students need to remember to bring their flash drives tomorrow.
Students will be going to 1st, 2nd and 6th periods, but will be staying in their homeroom groups all day.
We will be doing a test run of the presentations tomorrow afternoon.

Mr. Colegrove's presidents essay is due this week.

MRS. CONNER'S HOMEROOM ONLY: BRING YOUR MEDIA RELEASE SHEET TOMORROW!!!!!

Have a great evening!

Hello, there is a lot of important information regarding our trip so please read over it before tomorrow.
8A trip to Cultural Center
Students will need to remember to pack their lunches for tomorrow's trip. I know a lot of our students bring those 31 bags and they won't fit in our coolers. We will try to bring brown bags for students to put their names on their lunches in extended homeroom tomorrow. Also, students need to bring their jackets. It is supposed to be cold tomorrow and they will need their jackets to put their personal belongings in as well. This project is worth a test grade in all of the student's core classes.

Mrs. Conner's Homeroom
Students will be getting a release form for Cabell county to film in the classroom on Thursday. This is for the flipped classroom program that I am doing with my students this year. Our goal is to present it to the WV State Department to get funds and free wifi for our area through a program called Whitespace. For more information please check out these links: FCC Petition to get Wifi in our area

Science: Students who are going on the PAWS trip turned in their Bellringers today. Also, the study guides were due today. Students took the test and there is no homework.

Math: Graphic calculator activity; no homework

English: Students did a bellringer on proper field trip behavior. Students also did a comprehensive review jeopardy game; no homework.

Social Studies: Iron industry; presidential essays are due sometime this week. No homework for students.

Reading: Reading novels and working on flipbooks; no homework.

Hello! Here are your class updates:

Note: Students need to turn in their permission slips for the PAWS trip on Wednesday! If you need an extra copy of the permission slip--come see one of us! Also, I will be giving out a slip to film my homeroom on Thursday for a flipped classroom video to present to the state department of education.

Science: We went over the study guide. Study for the test tomorrow. You will turn in the study guides before the test tomorrow to get some of your points back! Also, listen to these songs to help you to study for the test: Crust is in pieces and Plate tectonics Rap

English: Appositives worksheet

Reading: Reading log and started flip book

Math: Graphic calculator activity in class; no homework

Social Studies: Salt industry; President's essay due sometime this week!

Have a great evening!

Hello and Happy Friday to ya!

Here are your class updates:

Science: Today was delivery day so I got to show my students what they will be dissecting in the upcoming weeks. Does anybody like Patrick off of Spongebob or perhaps sheep? Haha! Anyway, students worked on their study guides all class period and they are due Monday. The TEST on Chapter 7 is on Tuesday.

Math: Students took a quiz. No homework.

Reading: Students continued their novels and renewed their AR books. No homework.

English: Students completed an appositives worksheet where they combined sentences using appositives. It is homework if they didn't finish in class.

Social Studies: We are still covering the Korean conflict, Desert Storm and 9/11. There are two worksheets with assessment questions from these conflicts due Monday.

Have a great weekend!

Hello, here are your class updates! I apologize for not posting yesterday--I was in training.

Science: Sub report; Milky Way Tectonics lab. A few students didn't do their assignment from yesterday or behaved badly for the sub, were given an alternate assignment. There is no homework UNLESS students didn't finish it in class. All of the all county kids will be doing the lab tomorrow to make it up.

English: Appositives; Students read an article and placed commas in the appropriate place. If students didn't finish their work in class, it is homework.

Math: Substitution assignment if they didn't finish in class is homework.

Reading: Don't forget to do your 20 minutes of nightly reading and put it in your reading log.

Social Studies: Today is Mr. Anastasio's last day and we wish him the best of luck at Cabell Midland and in the future. Students are finishing up the Cold War, Vietnam and Iraqi freedom tomorrow. No homework.

Have a great evening!

Hello! Here are your class updates:

Science: Students turned in their labs from Thursday for 10% off. We watched two rap videos on plate boundaries. I will post the links here. We also worked on our booklets for 7.3. These are due Thursday. Also, there is a test on Chapter 7 Tuesday March 12th!

English: Bates and Conner's homerooms took the writing assessment today. All other students wrote a one to two page Dr. Seuss story (rhyming) which is due tomorrow.

Reading: Literature circles; complete reading response sheets for literature circle. Do nightly reading.

Math: Finish class work!

Social Studies: Students are learning about Cold War, Vietnam and Korea. No homework.

Hello! Here are your class updates:

Reading: Students went to the library to check out a new AR book. No homework

Science: Bellringers and the S.F Spreading rates lab from p. 189 were due today. Students started their booklets for section 7.3 out of the book. There is no homework.

Math: Comparing substitutions and graphing system of equations; Algebra 1 did adding and subtracting polynomials

English: Mr. Witts homeroom took the writing assessment; all other students were displaced. They were to finish their worksheet.

Social Studies: map activity no homework.

No school on Monday! I hope that everyone has a great three day weekend!

WV Studies students on the team were assigned their 2nd semester essay yesterday 2/28/13.  Each student was given the instruction sheet complete with grading rubric and a newspaper insert on the American Presidents.  Their essay is to be written on 3 of the presidents.  (see instructions for further details)  Instructions will also be posted on ed-line.  The essay will be due the week of March 11-15 before spring break and will be late if turned in the day we return after spring break. 
Thanks
 Mr. Colegrove